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Pleasanton officially became home to IKEA’s newest store last week, bringing a small-scale plan and order point location to the Tri-Valley.
“We are thrilled to open our Pleasanton location, bringing the new IKEA experience closer to the residents across the Tri-Valley,” Arda Akalin, IKEA’s San Francisco market manager, said in a June 15 press release.
“This milestone reflects our commitment to meeting customers where they are by offering convenience, inspiration, and accessibility to our home furnishing solutions,” Akalin added. “We are excited to be part of the local community and continue to create better lives at home for the customers.”
IKEA first announced its plans to open a new-concept store at the Pleasanton Square Shopping Center this past January.
The company previously had in mind to open a full service store in Dublin but it pulled out of those plans last fall and sold the 28-acre property it owned on the east side of town.
In its place, the company decided to instead open a plan and order point with pick-up store in Pleasanton.
Located at 5755 Johnson Dr., the store is modeled after a similar concept location in Colma, just south of San Francisco.
Customers go to the store, meet with IKEA employees and choose the items they wish to purchase, but they don’t actually leave with those items, according to IKEA officials.
“While customers are unable to take products home that day, IKEA co-workers can arrange for delivery or schedule orders to be picked up from the convenient, onsite pick-up location,” the company stated in its press release. “With the addition of an IKEA Pick-up point, customers will be able to collect their purchases when and where it is convenient for them, supporting purchases made at the Plan and order point as well as online.”
The Pleasanton store marks the fifth IKEA store in the Bay Area. In addition to the plan and order point stores in Colma and Pleasanton, there are three full-scale stores located in San Francisco, Emeryville and East Palo Alto.
