Ikea holds advanced talks to take over former Topshop store in London’s busy Oxford Street as part of its strategy to open outlets in city centres

By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday

Published: 21:50 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 8 May 2021

Swedish furniture chain Ikea has held advanced talks to take over the former Topshop store in London’s busy Oxford Street as part of its strategy to open outlets in city centres. 

The company has previously looked at other buildings on Oxford Street including the former BHS, but is understood to have shown a ‘serious interest’ in the Oxford Circus site, senior property sources told The Mail on Sunday. 

Expansion plans: Ikea said last year it had drawn up a list of 40 major cities around the world 'to introduce their vibrant, urban destinations'

Expansion plans: Ikea said last year it had drawn up a list of 40 major cities around the world ‘to introduce their vibrant, urban destinations’

Ikea said last year it had drawn up a list of 40 major cities around the world ‘to introduce their vibrant, urban destinations’. Sources said moving into the former Topshop premises would be a major statement of Ikea’s global ambitions for the new raft of stores. 

Other possible occupiers include Amazon, JD Sports and Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group. 

The shop is one of the most iconic in the capital. Ikea, which has a kitchen and bedroom planning studio in Tottenham Court Road and last year revealed plans to open a store in Hammersmith, West London, declined to comment.

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