New Apple Retail Stores in 2006

[Sayhey]

flange, it's #45 (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=3697483&postcount=475) on my list, but have you any new information about the Lakeside opening? I haven't a clue to when it's scheduled to open, so if you see something, be sure to post it. Thanks!

[flange]

Ya sure will always post more information when it is released and put it on here am always here to help Sayhey. As ifoapplestore says they hope to open in time for the holiday time so i would imagine November for Lakeside, Solihul and Glasgow hopefully and some more if they start the contruction soon

Now for some more news on uk stores this time the new 2nd Birmingham store in Solihull at Touchwood Mall

the touchwood store has been ID'd now as the black hoarding are up around the unit now

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20262161@N00/747657290/
the pic is not mine i just found it on flickr now

they will be located on Cresent Avenue in between Mango and Republic the unit has always been an empty one according to the website

http://www.touchwood-solihull.co.uk/default.asp?nStoreID=29

[flange]

Looks like the Liverpool (UK) store could be now confirmed as Apple now appear on the confirmed list of stores to open within the centre

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8336/confirmedshopsoi0.jpg

http://www.liverpool-one.com/LiverpoolOne/WhosOnBoard

[Sayhey]

Apple has made the rumored third Honolulu store (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=3866879&postcount=492) official with the beginning of staff recruitment for the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (http://www.shopwaikiki.com/Html/) store now appearing on their web site.

flange, thanks, I've added the Liverpool store to the list.

[Arcee]

We're finally getting an :apple: store here, but it won't open until next spring. :( The closest stores are Memphis and now Tulsa.

*sigh*

[lilj4425]

Confirmed. Apple will open a store at Haywood Mall in Greenville, SC in late 2008. This will be the first Apple Store in South Carolina. :)

[Sayhey]

Confirmed. Apple will open a store at Haywood Mall in Greenville, SC in late 2008. This will be the first Apple Store in South Carolina. :)

Great news, but can I ask how it is confirmed? It's not on Apple's site, it's not on the mall's site, and I don't see it in the local papers. Where do you get the confirmation?

This is a very likely location, btw. Simon malls are a favorite of Apple's and Greenville is the largest metro area in the state. I'd just like to have something I can link to for confirmation.

[lilj4425]

Great news, but can I ask how it is confirmed? It's not on Apple's site, it's not on the mall's site, and I don't see it in the local papers. Where do you get the confirmation?

This is a very likely location, btw. Simon malls are a favorite of Apple's and Greenville is the largest metro area in the state. I'd just like to have something I can link to for confirmation.

A person I know went to a meeting last week and held documents in his hand for the store. He wouldn't reveal the location, but i'm pretty sure it's Haywood Mall with all of the rumors going around about one locating there. Link: http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40535

[SwiftLives]

A person I know went to a meeting last week and held documents in his hand for the store. He wouldn't reveal the location, but i'm pretty sure it's Haywood Mall with all of the rumors going around about one locating there. Link: http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40535

I actually don't doubt that Greenville is getting an Apple Store – and Haywood Mall would not surprise me a bit. But "A person I know" holding documents is hardly a reliable source.

Chances are, something will trickle out in the local media soon.

[Sayhey]

ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/08/06/new-tampa-metro-store-planned/) points out a story in the St. Petersburg Times (http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/02/Pasco/Some_familiar_names_f.shtml) that reports Apple will be opening a new store in the new mall "Shops at Wiregrass" scheduled to open in August of 2008. This not only will be the second store in the Tampa/St. Pete metro area, it also will be the largest US metro area with only one store to finally get its second and the last 2000 US census metro area with over 2 million people to get a second store. Looks like Apple is filling out its retail plans.

[Sayhey]

ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/08/14/san-antonio-finally-on-the-map/) is reporting the following:San Antonio (Tex.) is the country’s fourth fastest-growing large city, and an obvious choice for a second Apple store to serve the city’s 1.3 million residents–and now they’ll have it. Apple has committed to opening a store at the super-regional North Star Mall on the city’s north side, about 10 miles from the existing La Cantera store. The mall claims to have been the country’s fifth shopping mall when it opened in 1960. The Apple store could open mid-summer 2008.

No confirmation yet.

[Sayhey]

From AppleInsider (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/08/15/source_apple_to_build_double_decker_flagship_in_montreal.html):

Source: Apple to build double-decker flagship in Montreal

By Kasper Jade
Published: 12:00 PM EST
Apple Inc. is finalizing plans for its first Canadian flagship shop, a spacious multi-story retail outlet to be located in the heart of Montreal, a source tells AppleInsider.

The Cupertino-based gadget maker is reported to have secured some 9,300 square feet of space along the 1300 block of Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, where it plans to heavily alter -- but not raze -- an existing structure.

According to a set of initial design plans, the company has proposed that the ground floor of the building be raised and that existing column structures on the property be relocated. Plans also call for the building to receive a new roof and stainless steel facade.

On the interior, Apple's proposal calls for two stories of retail sales space to be joined by a trademark glass staircases, similar to the one found at its SoHo, New York and Regent Street, London locations.

Office space, a back-end stock room, and bathroom facilities will consume a portion of the 9,300 square feet, trimming the retail sales area to approximately 8,000 -- leaving the Montreal location a couple thousand square feet short of Apple's Manhattan-based shops.

Although Apple presently operates four retail locations in Canada, none of the stores are designated as flagship locations. Montreal would represent just the 10th high-profile location for Apple, joining its eight existing flagships spread across the U.S., U.K., and Japan, as well as a ninth under development in Manhattan's Meatpacking district.

Apple's flagship shops have been strategically placed in the world's most densely populated shopping districts and are conceived as projections of the Apple brand with their architecture and interior design. Each year, the company spends an undisclosed sum on marketing costs for the the high-profile locations, ranging up to $10 million.

Unexpected delays withstanding, Apple hopes to begin operating out of the Montreal location during the summer or early fall of next year, according to the source.

[Teddy's]

From AppleInsider (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/08/15/source_apple_to_build_double_decker_flagship_in_montreal.html):

Flagship in Montreal? :confused:

I thought this so-called "flagship" would be in Mississauga.

?

The ship is going to sink.

[jesteraver]

SWEET!

Apple Canada should just move up here to Quebec muhahahaha

[BKKbill]

I know we are very foreign here in Bangkok but this city has over ten million people and I'm sure at least six apple thingies so does anyone know if that Cupertino based gadget maker has any plans for this side of the world.

[Lara F]

SWEET!


Definitely. :D It'll be cool to check out when visiting my parents. And the Montrealer in me can't help being pleased we got it instead of Toronto, heh.

Now when the heck is Philadelphia going to get a downtown store??? We have a prime vacancy at 17th and Walnut near Rittenhouse Square, next to Burberry. It's exactly the location Apple would/should go for. Small, but it's not going to be a flagship anyway I presume.

But in the meantime, any news re. the Cherry Hill opening?

[Eric Lewis]

what about london ontario?

[peestandingup]

A person I know went to a meeting last week and held documents in his hand for the store. He wouldn't reveal the location, but i'm pretty sure it's Haywood Mall with all of the rumors going around about one locating there. Link: http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=40535

Yeah, thats hardly a "confirmed" location. No offense dude, but you've been posting these "confirmed" reports about Haywood Mall for months now with nary a bit of proof. I think you want one there so bad that you let your emotions get the best of you.

I dont care what "some guy" said, its not confirmed. Heck, there have been real confirmed plans on 2 stores in DC from Apple themselves for YEARS & still nothing has developed.

[flange]

The Glasgow Apple store is nearly finished it could be a possible end of August opening


Logo Installed at Glasgow Store

Construction is nearing an end at the future Buchanan Street (Glasgow, Scotland) retail store, with the giant, back-lit Apple logo the latest item to be installed over the front entrance. A photo by Duncan Sinclair shows the logo going up between the entrance columns of the historic building that was built in 1842. Also check a more complete set of photos by alasdair, which also shows that the interior is finished, including the mezzanine Genius Bar. Based on tipsters’ reports and these photos, the store could open by the end of August.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/141/buchananstreetlogowo9.jpg

Courtesy of http://www.ifoapplestore.com/


More pictures of the store at

http://cupertinoinglasgow.com/

[Sayhey]

The Glasgow Apple store is nearly finished it could be a possible end of August opening



http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/141/buchananstreetlogowo9.jpg

Courtesy of http://www.ifoapplestore.com/


More pictures of the store at

http://cupertinoinglasgow.com/

On August 25th (http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/buchananstreet/week/20070826.html) at 9:00 am to be precise.

[DesignerOnMac]

Damnit! You beat me by only a few minutes! As long as I don't end up having a Kubrick ending, I'd gladly enter.

Wonder if anyone will work in the new store named, 'Dave'?

[Sayhey]

The Courier-Journal (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/BUSINESS/708230350) is reporting that the new Apple store in Louisville, Kentucky's Oxmoor Center (http://www.oxmoorcenter.com/html/index20.asp) is scheduled to open on September 8th. No confirmation from Apple as of yet - although Apple has been recruiting staff for the location, the first in the state, for months.

[flange]

Some pictures of the new Apple Glasgow store shows the interior and the sprial glass stairs

http://ifostore.cachefly.net/buchanan_street/first_interiors.html

Is a really impressive store, the glass spiral staircase is defitantly a talking point of the store.

[savanahrose]

It looks absolutely beautiful. But those glass stairs would scare the heck out of me.
Since they did that in a historical building in Glasgow. I wonder what the hold up is with one in Charleston SC?

[MacsAttack]

Just got back from the Glasgow store... and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt!

Err... and one of the new keyboards. I wanted to try one of these suckers out before shelling out the cash.

The new iMac looks alot better in the aluminum than on the Apple site IMO. I noticed that most of the hardware on display was with the base config - except the Mac Pros (naughty Apple) which were bumped up to 2 GB.

It was quite busy with the innitial surge, but the queues were winding down by the time I left around 11 am. The famed glass starecase was looking a bit the worse for wear - light rain all morning and a mod of people trailing gunk in off the street not helping...

First chance I've had to play with an intel Mac Mini. Have to say, the performance was excelent - way better than my humbel G4 1.42 model. Thankfully I've got this Mac Pro now. :D

Off to play with the new keyboard as I probe the capabilities of Numbers :apple:

[twoodcc]

any news on the store coming at the Mall of GA here if Buford?

[Sayhey]

Now with today's opening of Scotland's first store, here is the updated list of upcoming FY2007 stores. Apple has announce it will open approximately 40 stores during the FY 2007 - which would mean 15 are set to open between now and September 30th. The following list shows stores already opened in red,) and upcoming stores confirmed by Apple's own listings (including stores with officially announced opening dates in gold, stores in the process of staff recruitment in green, and new locations which have only been listed as upcoming retail sites in black.)

Topanga Mall - Canoga Park, California - opened 10/06
29th Street Mall - Boulder, Colorado - opened 10/13
Otay Ranch Town Center - San Diego, California - opened 10/27
ABQ Uptown Center - Albuquerque, New Mexico - opened 11/01
First Colony Mall - Sugar Land, Texas - opened 11/11
Kahala Mall - Honolulu, Hawaii - opened 2/10
West Quay Mall, Southampton, England - opened 2/10
Bentall Centre, Kingston, England - opened 2/17
Coconut Point Mall - Estero, Florida - opened 2/24
The Domain - Austin, Texas - opened 3/09
Waterside Shops - Naples, Florida - opened 3/10
Roma Est Mall - Rome, Italy - opened 3/31
The Summit - Birmingham, Alabama - opened 4/14
Park Meadows - Lone Tree, Colorado - opened 4/21
The Galleria - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - opened 4/21
Baybrook Mall - Friendswood, Texas - opened 5/12
899 Higuera Street - San Luis Obispo, California - opened 6/09
Fashion Fair Mall - Fresno, California - opened 6/09
Bayshore Town Center - Glendale, Wisconsin - opened 6/29
Woodland Hills Mall - Tulsa, Oklahoma - opened 6/29
West Towne Mall - Madison, Wisconsin - opened 7/07
Orland Square - Orland Park, Illinois - opened 7/21
Briarwood - Ann Arbor, Michigan - opened 7/21
Holyoke Mall at Ingleside - Holyoke, Massachusetts - opened 7/21
147 Buchanan Street - Glasgow, Scotland - opened 8/25
N. Santa Cruz Ave - Los Gatos, California - opened 9/06
Oxmoor Center - Louisville, Kentucky - opened 9/06
Natick Mall - Natick, Massachusetts - opened 9/07
Deer Park - Deer Park, Illinois - opened 9/15
Mall of Georgia - Buford, Georgia - opened 9/22
Touchwood Centre - Solihull, England - opened 9/22
Lehigh Valley Mall - Whitehall, Pennsylvania - to open 9/29
Fair Oaks Mall - Fairfax, Virginia
Chinook Centre - Calgary, Canada - likely CANCELLED
Cherry Hill Mall - Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Crocker Park - Cleveland, Ohio
367 George Street - Sydney, Australia
Midsummer Place - Milton Keynes, England
Bridge Street Town Center - Huntsville, Alabama
Churchill Square - Brighton, England
Town Square Mall - Las Vegas, Nevada
San Tan Village - Gilbert, Arizona
The Mall at Partridge Creek - Clinton Township, Michigan
Princessshay - Exeter, United Kingdom
Lakeside Shopping Centre - Greys, United Kingdom
The Oracle - Reading, United Kingdom
2125 Chestnut Street - San Francisco, California
Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center - Honolulu, Hawaii
77 Bahnhofstrasse - Zurich, Switzerland - postponed


The following are upcoming stores confirmed by mall websites, public documents, and press reports. No word from Apple on any of these or a word on possible opening dates as of yet. Unless they get derailed by planning difficulties, they appear to be locations of future stores.


815 Boylston Street (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/boston/index.html) - Boston, Massachusetts
MGM Grand, Foxwoods Resort (http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS01/70718017) - Ledyard, Connecticut
Liverpool One (http://www.liverpool-one.com/LiverpoolOne/WhosOnBoard) - Liverpool, England
Shops at Wiregrass - St. Petersburg, Florida (scheduled to open August 2008 (http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/02/Pasco/Some_familiar_names_f.shtml))

[aswitcher]

So Sydney is looking good for this year :)

[twoodcc]

glad to see us on the list! (number 35)

[Sayhey]

Apple has added a new web page to its job opportunities sites. This one is a Europe wide page (http://www.apple.com/jobs/euro/store/) that would seem to be in preparation of not only the many UK coming soon but also new countries to receive their first retail store.

[Sayhey]

A new rumor about the first South Carolina store. ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/08/29/apple-switches-greenville-locations/) is reporting the store will be in the new Magnolia Park Town Center (http://www.magnoliapark.com/) development in Greenville. The center is scheduled to open in "Spring 2008" but there is no confirmation from either the mall developers or Apple as of yet.

[lilj4425]

Late 2008 opening for Apple in Greenville, SC. This is confirmed by someone I know working on the project. Other things coming to MPTC include Cheesecake Factory and Ruth's Chris.

[lilj4425]

Yeah, thats hardly a "confirmed" location. No offense dude, but you've been posting these "confirmed" reports about Haywood Mall for months now with nary a bit of proof. I think you want one there so bad that you let your emotions get the best of you.

I dont care what "some guy" said, its not confirmed. Heck, there have been real confirmed plans on 2 stores in DC from Apple themselves for YEARS & still nothing has developed.

Maybe you should read this then: http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/08/29/apple-switches-greenville-locations/

[SwiftLives]

Yay for SC *finally* getting a store.

Boo for it not being in Charleston.

Speaking of, anyone hear anything about a store down here yet? Are they still looking at King Street?

[lilj4425]

Yay for SC *finally* getting a store.

Boo for it not being in Charleston.

Speaking of, anyone hear anything about a store down here yet? Are they still looking at King Street?

From what I know, Apple is still looking at King Street. I think Charleston will get one within the next year or two. I live in Greenville, so this works out for me. :) I have a friend who is working on the Magnolia Park Town Center project and he went to a meeting a few weeks ago and saw the plans for the Apple Store. :cool:

[peestandingup]

Maybe you should read this then: http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/08/29/apple-switches-greenville-locations/
Thats find, dude. But you didnt say that did you. You said, "Haywood Mall CONFIRMED." Then said, "Well, I dont know that for sure & I have no proof. But, yeah, its coming. Done deal. Some guy I know told me so." (Not in those words, of course). Well, thats not any kind of confirmation now is it.

[tomd89]

So, sheffield is getting an apple store. When's Leeds gonna get one!

[puckhead193]

i went in to the smithaven store to bring my brother's ibook in for a new HDD, ne woot he said to bring it in after september 15th because the store iss getting a redesign. What redesign... it just opened? Any info on their being a new store design. Could this be related any chance to the september 5th announcement at all :confused:

[lilj4425]

Thats find, dude. But you didnt say that did you. You said, "Haywood Mall CONFIRMED." Then said, "Well, I dont know that for sure & I have no proof. But, yeah, its coming. Done deal. Some guy I know told me so." (Not in those words, of course). Well, thats not any kind of confirmation now is it.

They decided to change locations. Ok, it's not going to be at Haywood Mall. It will be 5 minutes from it. :p It's sounds like you're just jealous to me, but whatever. :rolleyes: :apple:

[BigPrince]

What kind of stuff is given away at these things, if any, and how many people get something.

[Sayhey]

Apple has confirmed the opening this Saturday, September 8th, of its first Kentucky store in Louisville's Oxmoor Center (http://www.apple.com/retail/oxmoor/week/20070909.html). The opening will be at 10:00 am, and the first 1000 people will get a free Apple T-Shirt.

Note: the day and time of the opening has been changed, as you can tell if you look at the page referenced in the link above. The new time is Thursday, Sept. 6th at 6:00 pm.

[zap2]

Bring on the Cherry Hill Apple Store in NJ!



In no way do we need it...but what the heck!

[Sayhey]

Apple has put out its usual last minute notification of two new store openings, one in California and one in Massachusetts, with unusual opening times. The Natick Collection (http://www.apple.com/retail/natickcollection/week/20070909.html) store in the Boston metro area will open Friday, September 7th at 10:00 am, and the Los Gatos (http://www.apple.com/retail/losgatos/week/20070909.html) store in the San Francisco Bay Area will open Thursday, September 6th at 6:00 pm. Together with the already mentioned Oxmoor store this will bring the number of opening to three this week. All stores will have the usual giveaways.

[savanahrose]

Yeah, one in South Carolina!!!!

But which is closer Greenville or Charlotte to Charleston.

Guess I better do some digging.

[lilj4425]

Yeah, one in South Carolina!!!!

But which is closer Greenville or Charlotte to Charleston.

Guess I better do some digging.

213.21 miles from Greenville to Charleston. 209.16 miles from Charlotte to Charleston. Almost the same distance. :)

[BennyK]

Man, we are 100+ away from an Apple Store. The Green Bay, WI or Appleton, WI really need one. It is a prime area for retail as Appleton has the 2nd largest mall in the state. Please Apple??

[peestandingup]

It's sounds like you're just jealous to me, but whatever. :rolleyes: :apple:
No, you just need to check the definition of what "Confirmed" means.

[macinthebox-nan]

its sad. i'm actually scared to walk into the apple stores now because there is always something i HAVE to have. its one thing to see a commercial...its a whole 'nother ball game to see that shiny new iMac up close and personal.


might not be a bad thing if you live far away from the apple store ^_^

[Detlev]

For those who have seen them. Are you liking the new layout and color scheme of the most recent stores? There are more wood cabinets/counters and the walls are what appear to be the same material as the iMacs.

[lilj4425]

For those who have seen them. Are you liking the new layout and color scheme of the most recent stores? There are more wood cabinets/counters and the walls are what appear to be the same material as the iMacs.

Well, I went to the Madison, WI store last month and I loved the layout personally. :D

[Sayhey]

Apple has made it official, the Deer Park (http://www.apple.com/retail/deerpark/week/20070916.html) store in suburban Chicago is opening Saturday, September 15th at 10:00 am. The usual t-shirt giveaway apply.

[puckhead193]

Apple has put out its usual last minute notification of two new store openings, one in California and one in Massachusetts, with unusual opening times. The Natick Collection (http://www.apple.com/retail/natickcollection/week/20070909.html) store in the Boston metro area will open Friday, September 7th at 10:00 am, and the ...
Dam it.... i came to check it on the natick store only to find bad news

[daystartech]

any news on the store coming at the Mall of GA here if Buford?
Yes, I spoke to Evan, the Sr. Gen for the new store opening on the 22nd. The store is a smaller one like the NorthPoint version. Although at Daystar Technology (next exit up), we have been handling the bulk of Apple Service for this area, I welcome the Apple store and its ability to allow users to get hands-on with systems.

But, if you don’t want to wait in the Genius line (and prefer more knowledge), or want your system fixed in a day… drive up and visit us sometime. :-)

Oh, we offer free pickup and delivery for Gwinnett and surround counties as well!

Daystar Technology
770-614-5400

Apple Authorized Service Provider
Apple Authorized Reseller

daystartechnology.com
5012 Bristol Industrial Way, #108, Buford, GA 30518

[Sayhey]

Dam it.... i came to check it on the natick store only to find bad news

Sorry, puckhead, I would have sent you a pm if I remembered you wanted to know about the opening.

Yes, I spoke to Evan, the Sr. Gen for the new store opening on the 22nd.

Thanks, daystartech, Apple confirms your opening at the Mall of Georgia (http://www.apple.com/retail/mallofgeorgia/week/20070923.html) on the 22nd at 10:00 am. the usual T-shirt giveaway applies.

[TheBonk]

Apple has made it official, the Deer Park (http://www.apple.com/retail/deerpark/week/20070916.html) store in suburban Chicago is opening Saturday, September 15th at 10:00 am. The usual t-shirt giveaway apply.

Damn! I missed it. I had just read yesterday that one was opening in Deer Park, but I didn't know when.

[twoodcc]

Yes, I spoke to Evan, the Sr. Gen for the new store opening on the 22nd. The store is a smaller one like the NorthPoint version. Although at Daystar Technology (next exit up), we have been handling the bulk of Apple Service for this area, I welcome the Apple store and its ability to allow users to get hands-on with systems.

But, if you don’t want to wait in the Genius line (and prefer more knowledge), or want your system fixed in a day… drive up and visit us sometime. :-)

Oh, we offer free pickup and delivery for Gwinnett and surround counties as well!

Daystar Technology
770-614-5400

Apple Authorized Service Provider
Apple Authorized Reseller

daystartechnology.com
5012 Bristol Industrial Way, #108, Buford, GA 30518

thanks for the info.

also, i'll keep you in mind, and stop by sometime. i'll look you up after i graduate :)

[infectbda]

Went and checked out the Deer Park store today. It was a big smaller than the Woodfield store I usually go to, but it's closer to home, so I'm happy it's opened now. It was pretty busy today. I heard one women ask an Apple employee "Why is it called the iPod touch?".

Also, I didn't get a t-shirt :(. They stopped handing them out just as I got there.

[Sayhey]

Latest rumor from ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/15/apple-looking-at-downtown-atlanta/):
Apple Looking at Downtown Atlanta
Apple retail execs are in negotiations with a trio of developers who are building a 35-story condo/retail project along the Midtown Mile in Atlanta (Geo.), according to a tipster. The 1010 Midtown development will include 443 luxury condos, and 38,000 square-feet of ground floor retail space that could open in Spring 2009. The project is part of a multi-block project by the developers, and a coordinated city redevelopment of 14 blocks into an urban shopping and residential district that could eventually rival Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.

[Lara F]

Still no word on the Cherry Hill mall opening? It's got to be coming up anytime now...(if I could get an alerting PM I'd definitely appreciate it).

[twoodcc]

Latest rumor from ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/15/apple-looking-at-downtown-atlanta/):


that would be cool

[flange]

UK Store Opening Set

The new Princesshay (Exeter, UK) shopping center will hold its grand opening on September 20th, but mall management says that seven stores won’t open that day, including the Apple retail store. Instead, mall manager Sally Henley told a local newspaper that Apple would open “a few days after” the September 29th opening of the Virgin store. A weekend opening would put the date as October 6th.

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/16/uk-store-opening-set/

[Sayhey]

Apple has officially announced the opening of the new store in the Touchwood Centre (http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/touchwoodcentre/week/20070923.html) in Solihull, UK (a suburb of Birmingham.) The opening will take place this coming Saturday, Sept. 22nd at 9:00 am. The usual T-Shirt giveaway will apply along with a grand opening sweepstakes.

P.S. - Lara F. I'll be glad to send you a pm if I can find out any information about the Cherry Hill opening. I've been watching both Apple and the mall site and I haven't seen anything yet, but I expect an opening very soon. I will, of course, post something here as well.

[MikeTheC]

Apple has officially announced the opening of the new store in the Touchwood Centre (http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/touchwoodcentre/week/20070923.html) in Solihull, UK (a suburb of Birmingham.) The opening will take place this coming Saturday, Sept. 22nd at 9:00 am. The usual T-Shirt giveaway will apply along with a grand opening sweepstakes.

P.S. - Lara F. I'll be glad to send you a pm if I can find out any information about the Cherry Hill opening. I've been watching both Apple and the mall site and I haven't seen anything yet, but I expect an opening very soon. I will, of course, post something here as well.

Sorry, but for a moment I read that as "Apple has officially announced the opening of the new store in the Torchwood Centre..."

Has anyone seen anything suspicious going on in or around that area? :eek: ;) :)

[Sayhey]

ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/) has two very interesting rumors I'd like to relay to macrumors members. First, the Apple retail fan site has a report it reposts from MacBidouille (http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2007-09-19/#14987) about a possible developments concerning Apple's much anticipated Paris store (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/19/apple-movement-in-paris/).
Apple Movement in Paris?
The France-based MacBidouille Web site is reporting that Apple has abandoned plans for a retail store in the Opera District of Paris because they couldn’t reach an agreement with city officials on architectural approvals. Now the company has focused on the Carrousel du Louvre, a shopping center beneath the Tuileries garden and adjacent to the Louvre museum. Thanks to Vincent for translating that one of the mall’s great advantages is that it’s one of the few locations in Paris where stores can remain open on Sundays. Apple has planned a Paris store almost from the beginning of its retail initiative, but has never been able to find the perfect location.

Second, the site confirms Apple's continuing attempt to open a store Portland, Oregon's Alphabet Historic District (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/18/second-try-on-portland-site/).
Second Try on Portland Site
Over a year after an unsuccessful attempt to win approval for a retail store in northwest Portland (Ore)., Apple has submitted revised architectural designs for a store at the same 437 N.W. 23rd Street address. This time Apple has substituted ebony-faced brick for gray stone and has added a canopy to the design of the 5,000 square-foot, 1.5-story building on the corner of 23rd and Glisan Street, all intended to better blend in with the neighborhood. Apple proposes to demolish the current, historically insignificant building, but must win special city approvals for the new building because it’s located within the Alphabet Historic District. more » (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/18/second-try-on-portland-site/)

MikeTheC, not being an aficionado of Doctor Who, an obvious mac fan, I had to look that one up. I'm sure it's got be scheduled for opening soon. ;)

[I'm not Harry]

Hi fellow Apple heads.

Apple has officially announced the opening of the new store in the Touchwood Centre (http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/touchwoodcentre/week/20070923.html) in Solihull, UK (a suburb of Birmingham.)

:eek:

I must protest in the strongest possible coffee that Solihull is it's own Metropolitan area (or People's Free Republic as I prefer). This slur on my home town has made me write to my MP and I shall complain unceasingly until I am blue in the tie! :)

Some Silhillians (as we are known) can get very touchy about that (it's a good way to wind someone up!)

And thankfully we have nothing to do with Torchwood (very few Welsh aliens around here).

Anyway, anyone else going to be there tomorrow morning?

John

[OllyW]

Hi fellow Apple heads.



:eek:

I must protest in the strongest possible coffee that Solihull is it's own Metropolitan area (or People's Free Republic as I prefer). This slur on my home town has made me write to my MP and I shall complain unceasingly until I am blue in the tie! :)

Some Silhillians (as we are known) can get very touchy about that (it's a good way to wind someone up!)

And thankfully we have nothing to do with Torchwood (very few Welsh aliens around here).

Anyway, anyone else going to be there tomorrow morning?

John

I'm going over in the morning, I could do with a new T shirt :)

[Sayhey]

Apple has officially announced the opening of the Lehigh Valley (http://www.apple.com/retail/lehighvalley/week/20070923.html) store in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. It will open on September 29th at 10:00 am. The usual T-shirt giveaway will apply.

[BigPrince]

Apple has officially announced the opening of the Lehigh Valley (http://www.apple.com/retail/lehighvalley/week/20070923.html) store in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. It will open on September 29th at 10:00 am. The usual T-shirt giveaway will apply.

I will be there!

[rotlex]

Apple has officially announced the opening of the Lehigh Valley (http://www.apple.com/retail/lehighvalley/week/20070923.html) store in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. It will open on September 29th at 10:00 am. The usual T-shirt giveaway will apply.

Awesome news! I just learned of this today actually, and all I can say is it's about time! I live literally a mile from this location. :D

[Sayhey]

ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/27/dc-store-location-spotted/) is reporting a rumor that Apple "is now finalizing a real estate deal for a flagship store" in the Georgetown area of Washington D.C. If true it would continue Apple's pattern of Flagship stores in urban centers of the major US metro areas surrounded by smaller stores in the suburban areas. With Boston already on the way, and now DC, can Philly be far behind?

DC Store Location Spotted
Our nation’s capital is ringed with Apple stores in Virginia and Maryland, but until now has not hosted a store within the District itself. Apple is now finalizing a real estate deal for a flagship store on what’s called “the best corner of the most powerful city in the world,” at Wisconsin and M Street NW in the city’s Georgetown area. The space at 3501 M Street NW is now occupied by the legendary Nathan’s Restaurant, a Zagat-rated, wood-paneled hang-out for those who crave American classic cuisine. The restaurant’s lease expires in April 2009, and the operation will vacate before year’s end, leaving a 2,500 square-foot lot for Apple to develop.

The area is booming, especially with in influx of high-end retailers, some destined for the Shops at Georgetown Park mall in the adjacent block. The space is owned by the Heon family, which has reportedly been charging Nathan’s $20,000 a month for the three-story building. DC real estate experts say the area has become too expensive for restaurants, forcing Nathan’s owner Carol Joynt to find another spot.

The land is assessed by the city at $519,000, and the building at $788,050.

The building is not heritage classified, so it would be a fairly simple matter for Apple to demolish the building and put up a new structure. Fortunately, the Shops at Georgetown Park includes a 650-car underground parking garage, in the midst of an area with very limited street parking.

Check this Web page (http://www.img.tv/nathans/index.html) and video for more information about Nathan’s, and the Q & A Cafe that has made it even more famous.

[MacFan782040]

Awesome news! I just learned of this today actually, and all I can say is it's about time! I live literally a mile from this location. :D

Wonder what this will do to Double CLick's sales?

[rotlex]

Wonder what this will do to Double CLick's sales?

Yeah, I have wondered that too. I have pretty much dealt with Double Click for all my Mac needs for years now. Problem is, this new store is just going to be way to convenient for where I live.

I hope in the long run though that Double Click still comes out doing well as they have been around so long in this area.

[macinthebox-nan]

a mile away huhn? you can kiss your money goodbye:) wonder if they'll let u start a tab

[Sayhey]

The Washington Business Journal (http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/10/08/tidbits1.html) is reporting Apple has bought up a property at 1229 Wisconsin NW for a new retail store in the Georgetown district of Washington D.C.

Friday, October 5, 2007
Apple's picking
Washington Business Journal

An Apple Store is coming to Georgetown.

Princeton Investment Corp. sold 1229 Wisconsin Ave. NW to Apple Inc. on Sept. 27, according to a source close to the deal. The French Connection clothing store now occupies the space. Princeton, a European investment group, has owned the property since 1995.

The company and Apple had been negotiating for several months, sources say.

The Georgetown store will join other Apple locations in Tysons Corner, Pentagon City and Bethesda.

This a different location than was previously rumored by ifoAppleStore (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=4252400&postcount=570).

[Sayhey]

Two new juicy rumors about New York City stores - Apple's favorite city. First, the New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102007/business/bklyn_gets_apple__barneys.htm) has an article telling of Apple's attempts to open its first Brooklyn store in The Edge (http://www.williamsburgedge.com/) in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

B'KLYN GETS APPLE, BARNEYS
RETAILERS IN TALKS WITH WILLIAMSBURG CONDO THE EDGE

October 10, 2007 -- APPLE and Barneys Co-op are both negotiating for their first stores in Brooklyn.
Sources said the two retailers have been in ongoing discussions to locate to the new residential property The Edge in Williamsburg, which will have 75,000 feet of new retail.
There are 1,350 residential condo units under construction planned for that property and as many as 2,500 coming within a two-block area, including two Toll Brothers projects.
The Edge goes along Kent Avenue from North 5th Street to North 7th Street, right near where the funky shopping district along North 6th Street will eventually lead to the water taxi.
The Livanos Restaurant Group - known for Oceana and Molyvos - is also negotiating for one of the spaces that sources said have asking rents from $60 to $100 a foot.
Barneys is exploring opening a more than 9,000 foot co-op, while Apple's reps at Madison Retail Group have been spotted checking out a corner store of between 3,000 and 5,000 feet.
Tenants won't get possession, however, for another year.
Robert Greenstone of Greenstone Realty, who is handling the retail for Jeffrey Levine's Douglaston Development, did not return calls before press time.
A Levine spokesman gave us no comment.

But don't think a Brooklyn expansion means Apple is finished with Manhattan. It looks like Apple's plans for a store at 21 West 34th Street might just be hot again. ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2007/10/09/is-34th-street-active-again/#more-2456) reports that Apple has applied for permits to make use of the location that seemed to be put on hold.

There are mixed signals about Apple’s intentions for 21 West 34th Street in New York City–it was identified as a possible store location back in December 2005, and everything seemed to be “go” to demolish the 1922-era building and build a three-story store there. But in January 2007 Forbes reported that Apple had backed out, believing the location lacked a “coolness” factor. Now permit, financial and architectural sources indicate Apple will locate there, across from the Empire State Building, as part of a larger development costing up to $125 million.City permits have been issued to a firm to erect scaffolding around addresses at 21-23 W. 34th St., and the adjacent address of 25 W. 34th St.Financial records filed with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that in December, 2006 Wachovia Commercial Mortgages Inc. issued so-called “pass through” certificates totaling almost $2 billion, including a $100 million mortgage at 5.76 percent over 10 years to refinance existing debt held by two limited liability partnerships formed to develop the two properties.According to the loan documents, Apple would be the sole tenant of a 27,900 square-foot building, with a lease through January, 2022....

New York City! Who loves you, baby? Apple does. ;)

[liv4Mac]

There is a new Mall being developed right in the Meadowlands complex in NJ next to Giants Stadium were there will be America's first indoor ski slope. Knowing how carefully Apple chooses their location for stores, I wouldn't be surprise if they open a store at that location.

http://shoutingthomas.typepad.com/photos/jersey_city/xanadu1large.gif (http://shoutingthomas.typepad.com/)

[Sayhey]

The Detroit Free Press (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071010/BLOG01/71010029) is saying the upcoming Partridge Creek mall store in the Detroit suburb of Clinton Township will open on Oct. 18th.

Apple store coming to new Macomb mall
October 10, 2007
By MIKE WENDLAND
Convergence Editor and Technology Columist
A new Apple store, mall-wide free Wi-Fi, and heated sidewalks are among the features of the Mall at Partridge Creek, which opens next week in Clinton Township.

You'll be hearing a lot more as the sprawling and very upscale 640,000-square-foot mall officially opens Oct. 18, but tech fans will note that it contains the Detroit area's third Apple retail store selling Macintosh computers, iPhones and other Apple gadgets, gizmos and software....

[Sayhey]

From Chicago Business News (http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?rssFeed=news&id=26738):

Apple eyeing big store on State Street

iPod maker among retailers in Block 37 talks

Apple Inc. aims to put down roots on State Street as part of the Block 37 project.

Joseph Freed & Associates LLC, the Palatine-based developer of the retail and residential portion of the project, is in talks with Apple, as well as a host of other higher-end retailers including Coach, Puma, J. Crew and Zara, sources familiar with the plans say.

Landing marquee tenants like iPod- and iPhone-maker Apple would be a major coup for Block 37, a seemingly jinxed Loop parcel that defied development efforts for decades. Apple also would give State Street a dose of the cachet found mostly on Michigan Avenue.

"To finally, ultimately hit a home run on this hugely notorious site is a boost for the entire city," says Michael Shields, an executive vice-president with Chicago-based retail brokerage Northern Realty Group Ltd.

The status of the talks with Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple and the other retailers couldn't be determined. Sources say Apple has engaged a broker to negotiate a lease for a store as large as 6,000 square feet of ground-level space fronting State Street....

[queshy]

apple stores are so....pretty. They need more in canada, though.

[lurker777]

http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=11539&CurrentPage=1

look like Apple's recruiting for a Calgary Store lead!

The store will NOT be in Chinook Centre (heard directly from leasing rep at Chinook)

Hearing it might be Downtown in "Scotia Center and TD Square"

[Sayhey]

http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=11539&CurrentPage=1

look like Apple's recruiting for a Calgary Store lead!

The store will NOT be in Chinook Centre (heard directly from leasing rep at Chinook)

Hearing it might be Downtown in "Scotia Center and TD Square"

This is for a Apple Solutions Consultant position. That is an Apple employee who works in another company's store (e.g. CompUSA, BestBuy, etc.) It isn't an indication of Apple recruiting for a new Apple Retail Store in Calgary. Sorry.

[Sayhey]

Apple has officially announced the opening of the Partridge Creek (http://www.apple.com/retail/partridgecreek/week/20071021.html) store in Clinton Township, Michigan to open on October 18th at 9:00 am. The usual T-shirt giveaway will apply.

[Sayhey]

Apple has officially announced the opening of the Lakeside (http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/lakeside/week/20071021.html) store in Essex, England to open on October 20th at 9:00 am. The usual T-shirt giveaway will apply.

[Sayhey]

Apple has begun recruiting staff for positions at two new stores. The first is the first store in Louisiana to open in the Mall of Louisiana (http://www.malloflouisiana.com/html/index20.asp) in Baton Rouge. The second is a new store in Cambridge, England to open in the Grand Arcade (http://www.grandarcade.co.uk/Home) mall.

Also of note, Apple has begun recruiting staff for its high-profile store on Boylston Street in Boston. The store is still just a iron skeletal frame (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/boston/), but this begins the 6 to 9 months countdown that is usual from job listings to openings.

[savanahrose]

Where is my Charleston SC Store, APPLE? :mad::(:p:confused:

[iPhil]

New  store opening:



Store Address
2218 E. Williams Field Rd.
Gilbert, AZ 85295
(480) 366-8477

Driving Directions & Map

Store Hours
Mon - Sat: 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sun: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Grand Opening October 26 at 6:00 p.m.

Shop Online at SanTan Village


edit: the usual t-shirt giveaway will apply for first 1,000 people @ opening

[Sayhey]

OK, first the news, Apple has begun recruiting staff for the first Vancouver, B.C. store in the Pacific Centre (http://www.pacificcentre.com/home/index.ch2). This has been widely expected, but this is the first we have seen of Apple's effort to open a store in British Columbia. This also starts the the normal 6-9 months countdown to opening. You heard it here first.

Next, with the opening of Apple's 200th retail store (the San Tan Village store -- remember when they said this would be a disaster that wouldn't last more than a year?) it is time to update the list of upcoming stores. So, here is the list of upcoming FY2008 stores. Apple has announce it will open approximately 40 stores during FY 2008 (the same rate it has tried for in the last few years.) The following shows stores already opened in red,) and upcoming stores confirmed by Apple's own listings (including stores with officially announced opening dates in gold, stores in the process of staff recruitment in green, and new locations which have only been listed as upcoming retail sites in black.)

The Mall at Partridge Creek - Clinton Township, Michigan - opened 10/18
Lakeside Shopping Centre - Greys, United Kingdom - opened 10/20 San Tan Village - Gilbert, Arizona - opened 10/26
Town Square Mall - Las Vegas, Nevada - opened 11/14
2125 Chestnut Street - San Francisco, California - opened 11/23
West 14th Street - New York City, New York - opened 12/07
Fair Oaks Mall - Fairfax, Virginia
Cherry Hill Mall - Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Crocker Park - Cleveland, Ohio
367 George Street - Sydney, Australia
Midsummer Place - Milton Keynes, England
Bridge Street Town Center - Huntsville, Alabama
Churchill Square - Brighton, England
Princesshay - Exeter, United Kingdom
The Oracle - Reading, United Kingdom
Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center - Honolulu, Hawaii
815 Boylston Street - Boston, Massachusetts
Beijing - Beijing, China
Mall of Louisiana - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Grand Arcade - Cambridge, England
Pacific Centre - Vancouver, British Columbia
Town Center Plaza - Leawood, Kansas
Friendly Center Mall - Greensboro, North Carolina
Liverpool One - Liverpool, England
77 Bahnhofstrasse - Zurich, Switzerland - postponed
Chinook Centre - Calgary, Canada - likely CANCELLED


The following are upcoming stores confirmed by mall websites, public documents, and press reports. No word from Apple on any of these or a word on possible opening dates as of yet. Unless they get derailed by planning difficulties, they appear to be locations of future stores.


MGM Grand, Foxwoods Resort (http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS01/70718017) - Ledyard, Connecticut
Shops at Wiregrass - St. Petersburg, Florida (scheduled to open August 2008 (http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/02/Pasco/Some_familiar_names_f.shtml))
State Street (http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?rssFeed=news&id=26738) - Chicago, Illinois
1229 Wisconsin Avenue (http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/10/08/tidbits1.html) - Washington, D.C.
The Edge (http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102007/business/bklyn_gets_apple__barneys.htm) - Brooklyn, New York
21 West 34th Street (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2007/10/09/is-34th-street-active-again/#more-2456) - New York, New York
437 N.W. 23rd Avenue (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2007/10/17/portland-store-design-approved/) - Portland, Oregon
Broadway & 67th (http://www.nypost.com/seven/12192007/news/regionalnews/apple_of_upper_w__sides_eye_796388.htm) - New York, New York

[iMartini]

Any word on when the new Apple Store at 401 W. 14th Street in NYC will be open? The space is under construction, but the last time I looked at it, it looked like there's still a long ways to go. I suppose it's possible it could be open in time for the holiday shopping season, but they'd need to maintain a very aggressive construction schedule to do so.

The latest word on the 34th Street location seems to indicate that it will be part of a new 30-story tower. If that's the case, it will be at least a couple years before that's open. It seems like sort of an odd place for Apple, given that the other retailers in the area are along the lines of Old Navy, K-Mart, and Payless Shoes. Hardly the luxury retail market that surrounds the SoHo, Fifth Avenue, and 14th Street stores.

It will be nice to see Apple finally come to Brooklyn, although I understand their new Williamsburg store will be much smaller than any of their Manhattan stores. They certainly have a market; half the hipsters I see riding the L train are sporting iPods, iPhones, and MacBooks.

[iPhil]

Any word on when the new Apple Store at 401 W. 14th Street in NYC will be open? The space is under construction, but the last time I looked at it, it looked like there's still a long ways to go. I suppose it's possible it could be open in time for the holiday shopping season, but they'd need to maintain a very aggressive construction schedule to do so.




The normal apple new store timeframe is 6 to 9 months to Grand Opening.. I'd say early April '08 to August '08 for that NYC store ..

[Sayhey]

Apple's website (http://www.apple.com/jobs/cn/store/index.html) has started recruiting staff for next summer's opening of a store in Beijing, China.

[Sayhey]

Apple's website is now recruiting staff for two new stores. The first is in the Kansas City suburb of Leawood at 119th & Roe (Town Center Plaza (http://www.towncenterplaza.net/Index.asp?IdS=00219D-82E45D0&x=010|000&~=)), and the second is in the Friendly Center Mall (http://www.friendlycenter.com/) in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Leawood site is the first in the State of Kansas, but the second in the Kansas City metro area. The Friendly Center store will be the first in the Greensboro metro area, but the fourth in the State.

With the new Kansas site here is the list of US States without a store or one planned (from most populous to the least, and the State's most populous metro area)

South Carolina (Greenville/Spartanburg - 962,000)
Mississippi (Jackson - 440,000)
Arkansas (Little Rock - 583,000)
West Virginia (Huntington/Ashland - 315,000)
Idaho (Boise - 440,000)
Maine (Portland - 243,000)
Montana (Billings - 129,000)
South Dakota (Sioux Falls - 172,000)
North Dakota (Fargo - 174,000)
Alaska (Anchorage - 260,000)
Vermont (Burlington - 169,000)
Wyoming (Cheyenne - 81,000)


There are many rumors that a Little Rock, AR and Greenville, SC store are in the near future, but nothing confirmed yet.

[rollsroyce442]

There are many rumors that a Little Rock, AR and Greenville, SC store are in the near future, but nothing confirmed yet.

So how long till Greenville, SC? Is it still late 08 at magnolia park (which is gonna be a pretty cool place) and how long till apple makes it official?

[Sayhey]

So how long till Greenville, SC? Is it still late 08 at magnolia park (which is gonna be a pretty cool place) and how long till apple makes it official?

As soon as I have anything more on Greenville, I'll be sure to let you know.

[Sayhey]

Apple's third store in Las Vegas, in the Town Square Mall (http://www.apple.com/retail/townsquare/week/20071118.html), will open on Wednesday, November 14th at 10:00 am. The usual T-shirt giveawy applys.

[Sayhey]

The previously rumored new store in the Liverpool One (http://www.liverpool-one.com/Home) mall is now recruiting staff on Apple's website. This is the first official confirmation of this store and will make 18 confirmed UK locations (12 already open, 6 pending.) If the normal timeframe from the beginning of recruitment to opening plays out in this case, a late spring or summer opening is likely.

[Sayhey]

The Chestnut Street (http://www.apple.com/retail/chestnutstreet/week/20071125.html)store has announced its opening on November 23, 2007 (aka Black Friday.) This is the City of San Francisco's third store, the SF metro area's 14th, and California's 38th. The normal giveaways apply.

[savanahrose]

The Chestnut Street (http://www.apple.com/retail/chestnutstreet/week/20071125.html)store has announced its opening on November 23, 2007 (aka Black Friday.) This is the City of San Francisco's third store, the SF metro area's 14th, and California's 38th. The normal giveaways apply.

oh come on Steve, the west coast has enough stores already. How about one in Charleston SC?
I keep dreaming and dreaming.....

[Sayhey]

Apple has announced the opening of the Princesshay (http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/princesshay/week/20071125.html) store in Exeter, England to open on 11/24 at 9:00 am. The usual giveaways applies.

oh come on Steve, the west coast has enough stores already. How about one in Charleston SC?
I keep dreaming and dreaming.....

Sorry, savanahrose, no word yet on a Charleston opening.

[mitchellm]

i still can't believe downtown seattle doesn't have a mac store anywhere. the nearest one is by UW, which really isn't that close to the heart of downtown. pretty techy city, surprising. didnt even see a new one planned on that list.

[.adam]

Does anybody in the UK know if there are any plans to bring an Apple store to Liverpool?

[flange]

UK Store Opening Set

November 19th, 2007

The Midsummer Place (UK) retail store grand opening is set for Saturday, December 8th. The store, in Milton Keynes about 55 miles northwest of London, will be the 13th store in the country.

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2007/11/19/uk-store-opening-set-2/

[flange]

Does anybody in the UK know if there are any plans to bring an Apple store to Liverpool?

The previously rumored new store in the Liverpool One (http://www.liverpool-one.com/Home) mall is now recruiting staff on Apple's website. This is the first official confirmation of this store and will make 18 confirmed UK locations (12 already open, 6 pending.) If the normal timeframe from the beginning of recruitment to opening plays out in this case, a late spring or summer opening is likely.

They will be opening in the new Liverpool 1 scheme adam when it open in Spring 2008.

[Ish]

Great news about the Milton Keynes store! It still had the black boards covering the shop last week. I'd like to be there on opening day, but yeuch! I hate that place on Saturdays, especially the ones just before Christmas. If you're going by car, get there early as parking spaces run out rapidly.

[lilj4425]

There are many rumors that a Little Rock, AR and Greenville, SC store are in the near future, but nothing confirmed yet.

Greenville's will open sometime in 2009 Magnolia Park Town Center. It was originally going to be fall of 2008 but has been changed.

[SwiftLives]

Good for Greenville.

Now what about Charleston?

I actually know of a fairly prominent upcoming vacancy on King Street. If I had to guess, Apple is waiting on a couple of specific locations to open up. I suppose the question is whether or not 301 King Street is one which they have their eye on.

[Sayhey]

ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2007/11/29/another-store-another-island/) is reporting that the new Victoria Square (http://www.victoriasquare.com/home.php) complex will host Ireland's first store.

Another Store, Another Island
November 29th, 2007

Apple is finalizing negotiations with developers to locate a retail store in the Victoria Square complex in Belfast (Ireland), the first store in the country. The store is now assigned space UG5 on the second level of the new 800,000 square-foot set of buildings in city centre that includes 98 shops, residential and office space, restaurants, bars and entertainment venues, all converging on a 115-foot dome. Ironically, Apple already has a huge presence in the country, employing thousands in telephone technical support jobs. The complex, between City Hall and the River Lagan, will open in March 2008, but the Apple store will open later in the year.

[savanahrose]

Apple has announced the opening of the Princesshay (http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/princesshay/week/20071125.html) store in Exeter, England to open on 11/24 at 9:00 am. The usual giveaways applies.



Sorry, savanahrose, no word yet on a Charleston opening.

Thanks Sayhey, your a pal for keeping everyone up to date.

[Sayhey]

Thanks, savanahrose and thanks arn for the help with putting this thread back up.

Apple has officially announced the opening of the West 14th Street Store (http://www.apple.com/retail/west14thstreet/week/20071209.html) in New York City (meatpacking district) this Friday, December 7th at 6:00 pm and going on until midnight. This is Apple's 3rd high-profile store in Manhattan.

[210]

When is the Reading, Berkshire store going to open?

[Sayhey]

Thanks to ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2007/12/06/future-expansion-new-international-stores/) for pointing us to a fascinating post by engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-store-14th-street-press-preview/) about the 14th Street store opening. In it VP of Retail Ron Johnson is quoted as saying,We asked Ron Johnson, Apple's Senior VP of Retail, about how the growth of Apple into kiosks at other retail establishments such as Best Buy is impacting Apple Retail, and he responded that there's "plenty of room" for both, since Apple just had its best quarter ever in Mac sales and at Apple Stores simultaneously. He did say the ratio of new stores is going to move a bit more in the international direction, since there's a lot of room to grow there.emphasis added

It makes a lot of sense for Apple to go in this direction, and ifo continues along this theme with the following:His remark comes on the heels of an interview (http://idgnow.uol.com.br/mercado/2007/12/03/idgnoticia.2007-12-03.4731640443/) with mall developer Carlos Jereissati Filho, who said two Apple-built stores will open in Sao Paulo (Brazil), with the first opening this month at the Shopping Iguatemi mall. The second store will open in 2008 in the Shopping Marketplace mall. Next, tipsters report that Apple is now negotiating with Reichmann International for space in the Torre Mayor office complex in Mexico City. It’s the tallest building in the city and include 33,300 square-feet of ground floor retail space, where Apple may eventually locate. Lastly, there are three new stores planned for the UK, at the huge Westfield London mall opening in late 2008 northwest of that city, in the Covent Garden district of London, and another in an unverified northern city.
Other than Johnson's remarks there is no confirmation as of yet by Apple on this.

When is the Reading, Berkshire store going to open? No word yet.

[Sayhey]

From the New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/seven/12192007/news/regionalnews/apple_of_upper_w__sides_eye_796388.htm):

APPLE OF UPPER W. SIDE'S EYE
By LOIS WEISS

December 19, 2007 -- Upper West Siders will soon have an ultra-hip tech mecca of their own.
The Post has learned that Apple is erecting another monument to iPod, Mac and iPhone addicts on the northwest corner of Broadway and 67th Street.
Displacing a Victoria's Secret shop, the proposed Apple Store follows behind locations in SoHo, the Meatpacking District and the flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown.
Sources say Apple plans to put up a new building - which has architecture-buffs wondering if one of Apple's trademark glass designs is on the drawing board.
And just like Apple's previous locations, the Upper West Side store should have ample floor space and plenty of hidden nooks-and-crannies for hipsters to hang out, work on their novels - and of course, hook-up.

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