Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea plans an expansion in Stoughton, where it has operated its only Massachusetts store since November 2005.
The build-it-yourself furniture chain's proposal calls for increasing the warehouse area of its 357,000-square-foot store by almost 58,575 square feet and starting construction by this fall.
The addition would reconfigure and extend the store's self-serve furniture area where shoppers collect flat-packed furniture to take home that day. Ikea also plans to expand and shift customer service functions to the new part of the store and enlarge its home delivery area and "as-is" section.
"IKEA is thrilled with the success of IKEA Stoughton," store manager Frank Briel said in a statement. "But, as its customer base and sales continue to grow — along with the product assortment we offer — the size of the store's warehouse capacity now is less than ideal."
The expansion, which requires permitting approvals, also would allow the store to increase stock on hand, which would result in transport savings passed on to consumers, according to Ikea, which has a U.S. base in Conshohocken, Penn.
The store would remain open during the work, which is targeted for completion in the fall of 2014.
"This project may require some flexibility by our customers, but we are confident it will create an enhanced shopping experience with access to a bigger product selection and greater quantities of each item," Briel said.
The expansion plans of Ikea, whose Stoughton property is located on 27 acres along Route 24, are scheduled to be vetted tomorrow night at a joint public hearing of the Stoughton Planning Board and Board of Appeals.
Ikea has 340 stores in 41 countries, including 38 in the United States.
Last July, after more than 10 years of planning, Ikea backed out of building a 350,000-square-foot Somerville store on a 12-acre property in Assembly Square. Federal Realty Investment Trust, the Maryland-based developer of the adjacent $1.5 billion Assembly Row mixed-use project, announced in December that it was buying the property for undisclosed terms, with plans to build a grocery store, residential units and office space there.
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