First Look Inside: Oak Creek Ikea To Open In 2018

OAK CREEK, WI — Wood furniture. Billy the bookcase. Tiny wrenches. Construction of the Oak Creek Ikea is continuing in earnest in preparation for its 2018 opening, and a local television crew got the chance to produce a video tour of the new furniture retailer.

Check out the video by FOX 6. Outside it may be cold and snowy, but inside, the floor of Ikea is a hub of activity as crews tend to a variety of projects:

Here are a few details about the store:

• store will be 1 story tall
• will be approximately 295,000 square feet.
• 992 parking spots
• 50 showrooms
• 3 model homes
• self-service area
• 300-seat cafeteria
• supervised children play area
• preferred parking for families
• will employ about 250 people
• will generate 500 construction jobs.

Chicago-based Pepper Construction is the construction manager for the IKEA Oak Creek store project. Milwaukee-based Graef has been hired for civil engineering, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. is serving as the local land use counsel and CBRE brokerage for site selection support, the Biz Times reports.

image via ikea