Belfast Store Gets Green Light

Written by Administrator December 21, 2006

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has been granted planning permission for a store in east Belfast, which will create 500 jobs. IKEA increased the floor area of the Belfast store by 3,200m² and this delayed the planning application. The new Belfast store will have a floor area of 29,000m².

The application for their Dublin store of a similar size is currently in the planning process and may be subject to a number of objections. The biggest obstacle to the proposed Dublin development may be the resulting traffic congestion on the M50. We believe the Belfast store will prove a significant lure for Irish furniture shoppers to take the trip to Belfast.

More information on IKEA from RTÉ.

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