Council agrees to buy former Ikea Coventry store to turn into arts facility
Ikea closed last March, but the council has outlined a new vision for the seven-storey building
10:55, 24 FEB 2021
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A CGI of how The Collections Centre at the old Ikea building will look (Image: Coventry City Council)
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image captionThe former Ikea store could reopen as an arts venue in August 2023
A former Ikea is set to be turned into an arts venue after plans were backed by councillors.
The Coventry store closed in February 2020 after the company said it had made consistent losses since it opened in 2007.
Plans suggest it will be be one of the largest cultural hubs of its kind in the world.
Coventry City Council has agreed to spend an undisclosed sum to buy the leasehold for the site.
It then intends to spend a further £1.31m to convert the seven-storey building and hopes to open it to the public in August 2023.
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11:43, 23 FEB 2021
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A CGI of how The Collections Centre at the old Ikea building will look (Image: Coventry City Council)
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