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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Swedish furniture retailer IKEA will open its 290,000-square-foot store located in Grand Prairie on Wednesday, Dec. 13. The Grand Prairie location will be IKEA’s fourth in Texas, with plans to open stores in the San Antonio and Fort Worth areas in 2019 underway. Construction of the store created about 500 jobs, and approximately 250 coworkers will have joined the IKEA workforce by the time the store opens.