IKEA to open first Serbian store for EUR 70 mln

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SERBIA Swedish furniture retailer IKEA plans on opening its first, 35,000 sqm Serbian store in Belgrade. Located near Bubanj Potok and estimated at EUR 70 mln, the project is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2016.
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The project will come as the first of five IKEA stores planned to be built in Serbia within the next few years, jointly estimated at EUR 300 mln, the Serbian government said. The construction work on the Belgrade development is planned to begin in autumn of next year and the Serbian authorities hope that the new investment will help attract other foreign investors to the nearby economic zone. Meanwhile, IKEA said it will also remain open to setting up some of its production facilities in the country.

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