Furniture retailer Ikea has begun construction on a new 1.25 million-square-foot distribution center in Joliet, the company said Wednesday.
The Swedish company said the facility, set to open in spring 2018, will eventually bring roughly 100 jobs to the local economy.
The distribution center, which will be designed and built by Gray Construction, will serve the inventory and customer fulfillment needs of at least 10 Ikea stores throughout the Midwest, the company said. It bought the land, about 72 acres at the Laraway Crossings Business Park in Joliet, in 2007.
This is Ikea’s fourth investment in Illinois. The company operates two retail stores in Bolingbrook and Schaumburg and last year purchased a 49-turbine wind farm in Hoopeston.
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