Just a few days until the Swedish multinational furniture and home decoration company, IKEAinaugurated its fourth store in South America, has been causing a lot of expectation among consumers. In this way, the Swedish company continues with its expansion plan in the region with presence in Chile, Peru and Colombia. In this note more details about this new store.
WHERE AND WHEN WILL A NEW IKEA STORE OPEN IN SOUTH AMERICA?
According to the Perú Retail platform, the multinational IKEA will open its second store in Colombia this Wednesday, May 8, in the Mallplaza shopping center, located in the city of Cali. This store will have 21 showrooms, where customers can find a variety of objects for the home; In addition, it will have an expansion of 15,000 m2.
Likewise, due to its inauguration there will be an event for people who come on the aforementioned day starting at 10:30 am. This means that when purchasing any decoration or furniture product they will have the possibility of entering the draw for 1,000 products. IKEA, also be the winner of one of the 20 bonuses of $1,000,000 or a bonus of $10,000,000 that will allow you to redeem brand products.
WHAT IS IKEA?
Ikea is a company of Swedish origin that is dedicated to the sale of household items, such as appliances, mattresses, decorations, among others. Its main business is the sale and manufacture of furniture that comes ready to assemble.
The term “Ikea” comes from the initials of its founder, Ingvar Kamprad, and the first letters of the farm and village where he grew up, which are Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, respectively.
WHAT IS THE LARGEST SHOPPING CENTER IN PERU?
According to data collected by the page Peru Retail, the Jockey Plaza shopping center boasts the title of the largest in the country. Here, we present the complete list of the largest malls:
- Jockey Plaza: It is located in the Surco district. This location has 170,461 square meters of surface and its construction required US$45 million.
- North Plaza: It is located in the commune of Independencia. It has a land area of about 150,000 m2, also adjacent to a land terminal, which has about 33,000 m2 of land. It is operated by the E. Wong Corporation, also owners of Mall del Sur.
- Mega Independence Plaza: This is located in the Independencia district, it has a GLA of 110,000 m2.
- Real Plaza Puruchuco: Real Plaza has 21 malls throughout Peru, but the Puruchuco establishment, opened in 2019, is the largest with 126,257 m2.
- San Miguel Square: Located in the district of the same name, the first shopping center today operates 128,000 m2.
- Minka: Considered a commercial citadel located in Callao, it has 120,000 square meters, although only 54,000 m2 are leasable area. Its operator is Grupo Centenario.
- Mall Aventura Santa Anita: This mall has a constructed area of 130 thousand m2, with a leasable area of 50 thousand m2.
- South Mall: This shopping center was built on an area of 35,000 m2, but has a total area that exceeds 200 thousand m2. It is located in the San Juan de Miraflores district.
- Mall Aventura Arequipa: Mall Aventura in the city of Arequipa is located in the Paucarpata district and has an area of 100,000 m2.
