IKEA to Relocate LA-Area Store in February

BURBANK, CALIF. — IKEA’s relocated Los Angeles-area store within Burbank will open on Feb. 8, replacing the existing IKEA Burbank that will close permanently on Feb. 4.

The 456,000-square-foot new store will include 1,700 parking spaces on 22 acres west of San Fernando Boulevard and south of Providencia Avenue. The closing store was 242,000 square feet and opened on 6.4 acres in 1990, the first IKEA store in California.

IKEA will install a solar array atop the new store, as well as six electric vehicle charging stations.

IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943. There are currently more than 390 IKEA stores in 48 countries, including 43 in the U.S.