{"id":18964,"date":"2023-06-01T17:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T17:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zar2010.com\/?p=18964"},"modified":"2023-06-05T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T08:05:59","slug":"countdown-to-ikea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zar2010.com\/en\/countdown-to-ikea\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to IKEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wait has been long, but there is no harm that does not come for good and at last IKEA<\/strong> is about to open its doors in the capital of Almer\u00eda. Gone are the years when it was difficult to find big commercial names in the province beyond the small shops that could be found on the Paseo de Almer\u00eda or in the, at that time unique, Mediterr\u00e1neo Shopping Center. The starting signal was given by El Corte Ingl\u00e9s disembarking in the town of El Ejido back in 2003. A lot has rained since then (although less than we would like in the province) and with some missteps, IKEA<\/strong> is finally in the completion phase of the works<\/a> and with expectations of opening to the public in the next 5th of July.<\/p>\n

The opening of IKEA<\/strong> demonstrates several things: on the one hand, the strength of the province of Almer\u00eda, in constant demographic growth (740,534 people according to INE data as of January 1, 2022) and economic (the highest GDP per capital of the autonomous community from Andalusia<\/a> ); and on the other, the fact that Almer\u00eda is becoming “pretty” in the eyes of investors and companies, even more so with the upcoming arrival of the AVE to the city of Almer\u00eda (with a stop in Vera) which will substantially improve the media deficit transportation with the rest of the peninsula due to its underused international airport and its current non-existent rail network.<\/p>\n

Not only the residents of the city of Almer\u00eda are in luck. The entire province in general is celebrating as regular users of this brand had to make, until now, long journeys to be able to enjoy the wide range of products that the Swedish house of household items and furniture offers in its large-format stores. The inhabitants of eastern Almer\u00eda were used to having to travel more than 150 km to the city of Murcia and, not to mention the residents of the capital or the west who had to drive the 200 kilometers that separate them from Malaga.<\/p>\n

IKEA<\/strong> finally lands in the province to the delight of the people of Almer\u00eda who see, at the same time, how their city is getting bigger and already competing head-to-head with larger cities in terms of service offerings.<\/p>\n

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