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The retailer, expecting crowds, said customers can start lining up at the store on September 28, two days before the doors open that Wednesday.

Ikea typically has product giveaways for the first person in line to enter on opening day, which draws big crowds. When the Kansas store opened, those who lined up two days in advance were given free sofas.

More information about grand opening events and promotions can be found at .

The store will hire about 300 new workers by the opening, and the retailer said those interested can go online at or submit applications at ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE) office at 1520 Market Street, 3rd Floor.

Ikea, which sells unassembled furniture that customers put together, broke ground on the store’s site at Vandeventer and Forest Park avenues in June 2014.

The store is a 380,000 square-foot building, with what it touts as Missouri’s largest rooftop solar array. The new store also will be Ikea’s first to be built to use only LED lighting.

Ikea scouted sites for a ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ store for a decade before choosing the 21-acre property. It’s the only U.S. store the retailer is adding this year.

×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™ urban Ikea location in the city’s Cortex Innovation District in the Central West End is a departure from the chain’s stores in neighboring states. The two Chicago-area Ikea stores are in suburbs Bolingbrook and Schaumburg. The new Ikea that opened in Merriam, Kan., in September is about 10 miles southwest of Kansas City. Most Ikea sites in the U.S. are in suburbs, but several are in urban areas, including Atlanta and Philadelphia.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated at 7:20 a.m. to correct the day of the store announcement. It also was updated to correct the location of the store.