PHOENIX, AZ (March 16, 2026) — IKEA has included Phoenix, Arizona, on its list of 10 new U.S. locations opening this year, reinforcing the retailer’s continued expansion in the Valley with what will become its third Arizona location. The new store is planned for Village Square II, 4643 E. Cactus Road, near Cactus Road and Tatum Boulevard, in a strong north Phoenix trade area across from the former Paradise Valley Mall redevelopment.
Phoenix appears alongside Culver City, California; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Gurnee Mills, Illinois; Fort Collins, Colorado; Huntsville, Alabama; University Park, Texas; Rockwall, Texas; Chantilly, Virginia; and Webster, Texas on IKEA’s current list of stores expected to open this year. For Arizona, the addition further expands IKEA’s reach beyond its established Tempe store and its Scottsdale format.
Unlike IKEA’s traditional warehouse-style big-box model, the planned Phoenix location is a 75,000-square-foot small-format store. IKEA has said the location will offer about 3,000 take-home items and roughly 75 small furniture pieces for immediate purchase, while larger furnishings will be available for delivery or pickup through its omnichannel model. The concept reflects IKEA’s broader strategy of moving closer to customers in dense, high-traffic trade areas with smaller, more flexible store footprints…