My wife is from New York and loves IKEA. A year ago I went with her for the first time and as soon as I walked in I just looked at her and said, 'ya... IKEA is never coming to OKC' lol. My whole life, OKC's residential market has been completely suburban, mostly because our urban core was a total joke and there was no reason to live downtown.

But now with places like the Hill, Level, and all the other downtown residences, not to mention midtown and the surrounding area being filled faster than they can expand, you're going to see more minimalist furniture stores like IKEA moving into the market. Mathis Bros will still dominate the market for the foreseeable future, but I can see modern furniture moving up pretty soon. I would say Container Store would have to move in and be successful before we see an IKEA though.