Swedish flat-pack brand Ikea says it has signed a deal with Auckland Airport for its first warehouse for a first Auckland store, and is telling those keen on working there to watch this space.
Ikea said in a press release that Auckland Airport would develop a 20,000 square metre warehouse for it located in The Landing Business Park in Māngere.
The warehouse was expected to be up and running by early 2025.
The Swedish retail giant said in June that construction had started on its long-awaited Ikea store in Sylvia Park.
Fabian Winterbine, Market Expansion Manager, Ikea Australia and New Zealand, said the warehouse would support both the Auckland store and e-commerce, “ensuring Ikea products are in strong supply, available and accessible” for many New Zealanders.
“Already home to some of the world’s largest logistics companies, and with the infrastructure and facilities to meet our needs, The Landing Business Park is the perfect location for our first ever Ikea warehouse in New Zealand.”
The warehouse will have about 19,600sqm of warehouse space in addition to 500sqm of office space, and it is expected it will receive a 5 GreenStar rating under the New Zealand Green Building Council Design and As-built Rating scheme.
Daniel Byrne, Head of Property Development at Auckland Airport, said the airport was excited to have been selected as Ikea’s development partner, “and to be playing a part in their long-awaited entry to the New Zealand market”.
Ikea said recruiting for its warehouse hadn’t started yet, but said New Zealanders could stay up to date for potential jobs on its website.
Coming to Sylvia Park
Ikea’s first New Zealand store, at Sylvia Park, will be about 34,000sqm in size spread across three-floors with a ground-level car park and shopping on the two other floors.
Ikea Auckland will have the chain’s famous food offering, with a Swedish Restaurant and Bistro “serving the iconic meatballs and hot dogs, now of course inclusive of plant-based versions of the Swedish favourites”.
Tolga Öncü, Head of Ikea Retail for the Ingka Group said in June New Zealand felt like a missing piece for Ikea.
“I am so pleased that, thanks to the support of the many involved, we are now able to start changing that. We are humbled by the interest shown in Ikead and our home furnishing solutions and will do our absolute best to live up to such expectations. I wish everyone a smooth and speedy construction and very much look forward to welcoming New Zealand to the big Ikea family as soon as possible."
Ikea New Zealand has purchased 3.2 hectares of land from Kiwi Property for its NZ store.
The store is expected to open "to customers of late 2025", the company said.
Construction started on Ikea Auckland in June.
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I rarely brave Sylvia Park due the the traffic and the time it takes to get in and out. Not sure if IKEA have picked the wisest location. People in the UK travel a long way for an IKEA perhaps Drury or even South of Bombay would have been a better plan. Would then serve Auckland and Hamilton.
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