Sussex’s first IKEA: Major update reveals when superstore could open
Had the world not been flung off its axis at the beginning of last year, Sussex could have been looking forward to the opening of its first IKEA store.
Wednesday, 6th January 2021, 5:19 pm
Instead, the patch of land next to Shoreham Airport – New Monks Farm in Lancing – remains a sodden construction site with work well behind schedule.
When planning permission was finally granted in February last year, an optimistic schedule could have been Sussex have its first IKEA store by the end of 2021.
The pandemic put paid to those hopes, but an update from the company building the estate’s houses show there may be a light at the end of the tunnel.