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cincyimages
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« on: June 28, 2005, 10:06:07 PM » |
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 Interesting site catering to bring IKEA to Ohio. Personally their poll leaves Cincinnati at a disadvantage since they broke it down into several categories. http://www.verybigdesign.com/ikea/
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unusualfire
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2005, 10:51:34 PM » |
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I think Union center blvd would be a great place for one.
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the pope
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2005, 11:40:05 PM » |
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columbus makes the most sense for Ikea. Clevelanders are long used to driving to pittsburg. Cincinatti, will have to drive two hours. OSU's one million students will be looking for cheap, trendy (albeit sometimes flimsy) during school. and those toledoians can drive to detroit (canton)
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CMH_Downtown
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2005, 01:24:44 AM » |
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Haha, cool! I love the rolling comments under the OHIKEA logo! Here's hoping Ohio (please be Central  ) gets an IKEA store one of these day...
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nsc
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2005, 08:09:43 AM » |
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Ikea now owns the Home Expo at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst. Just got a Dodge report on that. I don't know what the plans are at this point though. All I know is the Home Expo shut down and Ikea bought it.
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unusualfire
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2005, 08:21:46 AM » |
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columbus makes the most sense for Ikea. Clevelanders are long used to driving to pittsburg. Cincinatti, will have to drive two hours. OSU's one million students will be looking for cheap, trendy (albeit sometimes flimsy) during school. and those toledoians can drive to detroit (canton)
Do you have any idea what student population is in metro Cincinnati. More so than metro Columbus.
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nsc
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2005, 09:14:39 AM » |
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I don't know. I get a new envelope of dodges every monday, wed and Fri though and I can check. It has been in there now every week. They do have to do some renovation to the Home expo though. Thats why it's been in the dodges.
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nsc
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2005, 09:15:25 AM » |
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I don't even know what this store is though. I saw this post and read it and thought, wow, these must be cool stores.
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MayDay
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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2005, 09:32:44 AM » |
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IKEA is a Swedish-owned company that produces affordable yet relatively well-designed furniture. As some have said - some of their pieces are a little flimsy but for what you pay the quality is usually decent. It's not a place where you'd want to go to completely furnish your house or buy a family heirloom, but for basics, it really has carved out a niche. You can spend a hundred dollars and pick up some great pieces to fill in the 'blanks' in your home. It's also great for someone fresh out of school who is just starting out. Thus, the low prices and modern design also appeal to the younger demographic. It's not uncommon for northeast Ohio residents to make the 2.5 hour trip to Pittsburgh and "stock up" - if you go to the Pittsburgh store, every other car has Ohio plates. http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/
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unusualfire
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^ Yes so you're comparing 94k in the Cincy area to 76k in the Columbus area. i don't get it? what's your point?
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CMH_Downtown
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Just out of curiosity, where did you get the 76,000 figure for the Columbus area? Just searching the main colleges in Franklin County alone, I got 92,000 students:
OSU: 58,000
CSCC: 23,000
Capital: 4,000
CCAD: 1,300
ODU: 2,800
Otterbein: 3,000
I couldn't include Franklin University or the Pontifical College Josephenum since they didn't have student population figures. And that just Franklin Country. Include Ohio Weslyan in Delaware Co. Kenyon College in Knox Co, etc. and you have a student population of well over 100,000. One must also remember that Columbus is the destination point for essentially all colleges and universities in Southeast Ohio, including OU, Muskegum, and others which would also be drawn to a store the likes of IKEA.
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nsc
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So wait, college kids buy stuff from this ikea store. Then why did they buy a building in Lyndhurst at Legacy village. Again, I have never heard of these stores, so I guess I just don't know the market they cater to.
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moonloop
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It's not just cheap European designed furniture for college kids. You can get an entire room designed by them. I like their kitchens. A relative in Atlanta is having the interior of his house remodeled by Ikea.
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metrocity
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You put together all of the fiurniture yourself: Check the website for more info: http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/The quality varies, most of it is pretty cheap, but they are coming out with higher priced items that are better made. They have an entire leather sectional couch now, for example. For the most part it is for younger people that need to furnish an apartment cheap. One bonus is that in this era of 'Super Size' houses and overstuffed furniture, this stuff is generally apartment sized and will fit through older urban doorways and stairwells that most traditional American furniture won't. Also, they offer some nicely designed modern kitchen cabinets that are great as an alternative to the traditional wood paneled/brass hardware boring crap they have at home depot. You can get a stylish Euro kitchen remodel even on a budget.
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cincyimages
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Just out of curiosity, where did you get the 76,000 figure for the Columbus area? Just searching the main colleges in Franklin County alone, I got 92,000 students:
OSU: 58,000
CSCC: 23,000
Capital: 4,000
CCAD: 1,300
ODU: 2,800
Otterbein: 3,000
I couldn't include Franklin University or the Pontifical College Josephenum since they didn't have student population figures. And that just Franklin Country. Include Ohio Weslyan in Delaware Co. Kenyon College in Knox Co, etc. and you have a student population of well over 100,000. One must also remember that Columbus is the destination point for essentially all colleges and universities in Southeast Ohio, including OU, Muskegum, and others which would also be drawn to a store the likes of IKEA.
Not to get into your little battle but I thought OSU had around 35,000 students and was resently passed by Texas for the largest enrollment in the US.
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mrnyc
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nsc -- here's my opinionated dissertation:
ikea is a big box furniture warehouse store. it typically builds in suburban areas, but i think the company is making inroads into the city. for example, one is coming to brooklyn soon.
the style is clean functional modern swedish design. it's also notable because the stuff gets packed into a box and you put it together at home (or they will do it for you).
the marketing focus is on the college age and post college age population, ie., young apt dwellers and new families. the focus of the tv commericals and ads clearly play on this. yes the stuff is cheap and temporary, but most of it is fine for what it is -- they don't hide this.
ikea is a big big touchstone for those who support the "creative class" ideology and for stemming the "brain drain." like, starbucks or urban outfitters, ya gotta have one to help keep the brightest kids around or to attract others --- or so it is sometimes put forth.
if you want one i heard somewhere they are responsive to mail bombardment pressure so go all "get the rock hall" crazy on them with emails --- it might pay off.
bottom line is you can indeed live without it and get somewhat similiar furniture elsewhere. however, its cheaper, cooler and more convenient at ikea. so in the end yes its an excellent, useful and affordable store!
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metrocity
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So wait, college kids buy stuff from this ikea store. Then why did they buy a building in Lyndhurst at Legacy village. Even though they cater to a younger crowd for the most part, they generally locate in suburban areas in the US. The stuff is heavy pressboard, and they need a lot of loading zone space for cars. The city of Chicago tried to get them to build their 2nd location in the city on the South Side near an "L" stop for city residents and they were really cold on the idea. A 2nd one is going to be in the South west burb's. The Pittsburgh one is tiny compared to most of the newer stores. Actually, I am surprised that it would go into a congested shopping Mall like Legacy Village. They are mostly stand alone with giant parking lots.
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nsc
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Thanks for all the info. I'm suprised my wife hasn't made me drive her to Pittsburgh yet. I figured they were pretty cool stores. When we were looking through the Dodges at a meeting the other day, a couple of the people saw "ikea" in there at Legacy village and got excited. I didn't want to sound stupid and ask any questions though.
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punch
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I know Jacobs wanted to put an IKEA in Chagrin Highlands a few years back, and the city of Cleveland tried to block it.
Not sure if Jacobs was going to pitch it to IKEA once he had approval, or was IKEA the ones inquiring.
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mrnyc
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ikea would be an ok fit at legacy. it would be a much better fit at steelyard commons no? ha. i forgot to add that they have been trying out somewhat more "upscale" furniture product lines for years, but to no great or (at least blatantly obvious) success. ****if anyone wants to do the email campaign thing here is a start. heck, i'll email'em too: http://info.ikea-usa.com/IKEAContactUs/Contact.aspx
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unusualfire
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You know the company has franchises. So if a group with a little money that gets together can bring a store to a location near you..
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Summit Street
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Not to get into your little battle but I thought OSU had around 35,000 students and was resently passed by Texas for the largest enrollment in the US.
the main campus has between 48000 and 50000. it's been a while since it was at 35. ___________________ Just out of curiosity, where did you get the 76,000 figure for the Columbus area? Just searching the main colleges in Franklin County alone, I got 92,000 students:
OSU: 58,000
CSCC: 23,000
Capital: 4,000
CCAD: 1,300
ODU: 2,800
Otterbein: 3,000
\ capital central ohio technical college circleville bible college columbus college of art design columbus state denison devry franklin ohio dominican ohio state ohio weslyan otterbein pontifical college josephinum are all the colleges in the columbus metro. the total is somewhere around a hundred thousand if anyone can find the numbers
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unusualfire
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capital
central ohio technical college
circleville bible college
columbus college of art design
columbus state
denison
devry
franklin
ohio dominican
ohio state
ohio weslyan
otterbein
pontifical college josephinum
are all the colleges in the columbus metro. the total is somewhere around a hundred thousand if anyone can find the numbers
Hmm Don't you think there is other colleges in cincinnati too like university of phoenix ,Indiana Wesleyan University, Etc? From what i understand college students don't have much money to furnish a WHOLE apartment. they usually get apartments or dorms that are already furnished for them.
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nsc
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I don't think college kids have enough money to buy furniture outside the thrift store...seriously. So I do not think a furniture business would consider a large population of college students the target market. I could see people in starter neighborhoods such as Parma, Mayfield Hts, Euclid etc shopping here.
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Summit Street
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Hmm Don't you think there is other colleges in cincinnati too like university of phoenix ,Indiana Wesleyan University, Etc?
i'm not familiar with those, but they probably don't have many people. but it doesn't matter, both cincinnati and columbus have around the same college population, and i'm not trying to start a battle. (but it does look like columbus has more, he he he  )
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unusualfire
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I can understand what the company goal is. It's not going to expand fast and create alot of debt like what american companies have done in the past. This is not an american company so the profits will be going over seas.
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