Fourlis group announces that today Thursday June 3, 2010, took place the Breaking-Ground ceremony of the IKEA store in Sofia Bulgaria. During the ceremony in Sofia, participants were the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, other important persons from political and business community and senior IKEA management. The Greek investment through the franchise of the Swedish brand name is considered as one of the biggest in the neighbor country for the next two years, and it will reach 50 million euro approximately. The store is expected to open until the end of 2011 following the completeness of the construction period. The 30.000 sq. m. store will be the biggest IKEA store of Fourlis Group and it is expected to attract more than 1,6 million visits during the first full year of operation.