Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea, which owns the property, is seeking approval from New Haven’s City Plan Commission to repurpose the building as a 165-room hotel. The concrete building is composed of two sections, with an office block elevated above the lower floors by massive pillars. In a letter to the planning commission, Ikea said the expectation is “that the building will become an attractive purchase opportunity as a hotel,” the New Haven Register reported . The site plan documents do not identify a potential hotel operator. For now, he said, Ikea is only talking about parking and zoning changes that might be needed to accommodate a new use for the building.

Source: National Post September 11, 2018 16:34 UTC