The Tampa Tribune will tour the new store today, a week before it opens to the public. And business reporter Richard Mullins will be filing live photos of the inside: the furniture, the kitchen displays, the Swedish meatballs. You can see photos during the noon hour at TBO.com or through Mullins' Twitter feed: @DailyDeadline. ...more

April 29, 2009

W hile the rest of the world wonders what is going to save it from economic ruin, Tampa's salvation rises on Adamo Drive. ...more

March 22, 2009

If you've ever spent a frustrated afternoon assembling a bed or desk from Ikea, have sympathy for Monica Varela. ...more

March 18, 2009

If you happen to pass the construction site for the Ikea store going up at Adamo Drive and 22nd Street in Tampa, you might think the project is on a fast track. Since clearing the land in April, construction crews have erected the walls, and within the next several weeks, steel framing to support the roof should be in place, said Joseph Roth, a spokesman for the furniture and housewares chain. Roth said the company is moving at a steady pace to meet the construction timeline. The 350,000-square-foot store is expected to open as planned in the summer. ...more

October 6, 2008

The towering prefabricated concrete walls are rising on the southeast corner of Adamo Drive and 22nd Street, and that can only mean one thing: The long-awaited Ikea furniture store that is somewhat of a pop culture phenomenon, is getting closer to opening its doors. ...more

August 25, 2008

Mobs of fans greeted the opening this week of build-it-yourself furniture chain Ikea's first store in New York City - but the fervor is masking shoppers' underlying frugality. ...more

June 20, 2008

TAMPA The long-awaited opening of the IKEA store moved forward today with a groundbreaking in which city officials and IKEA executives glad-handed and back-slapped one another, all the while marveling at what a wonderful fit Tampa is for the Swedish furniture store. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Ikea Work To Start In June Ikea, the casual home furnishings retailer, says it plans to begin construction in early June on a store in Tampa. The company plans to begin building on 29 acres on Adamo Drive at 22nd Street, just east of downtown Tampa, on June 4. ...more

May 23, 2008

Tampa - Ikea, the casual home furnishings retailer, says it plans to begin construction in early June on a store in Tampa. ...more

May 22, 2008

The teddy bears selling for $1.40 in Shanghai's IKEA store may be just about the cheapest in town, but they're not made in China - they're stitched and stuffed in Indonesia. ...more

February 22, 2008