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Apple Store Plans in Florida Go Beyond New Miami Worldcenter Location

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Apple recently announced that it will be opening an all-new retail store at the Miami Worldcenter complex on Friday, January 24.

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A pre-construction render of Apple Miami Worldcenter​

We have since learned that Apple's retail store plans in Florida go slightly beyond that. In early December, the company closed its store at The Galleria shopping mall in Fort Lauderdale, and opened a new store across the hall from it. We have confirmed that the new store is a temporary location, meaning that the original store is likely undergoing renovations and will eventually reopen with a modernized design.

"We've moved, but let's stay close," says the page for Apple The Galleria. "Visit us in our new location just across the hall."

We do not know when the original store will reopen.

Apple Store news isn't always especially interesting, but at least Apple released a special iPhone, iPad, and Mac wallpaper for the upcoming Miami Worldcenter location. And for an upcoming store in China, there is even a special Apple Watch face.

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This goes back a while (~2009-ish), but I guess Apple spent $4 million renovating a subway station in Chicago when it built a new store in Chicago. Would love to see more stories of Apple (and other companies for that matter) renovating areas around their stores. Clean it up, make it nicer, perhaps a bit greener, etc., so people would actually want to go over and see other shops as well in the neighborhood.

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Apple to spend $4 million on Chicago subway station renovations | AppleInsider

Apple has reportedly agreed to spend more than $4 million to renovate a Chicago subway station adjacent to a future Apple Store site, and also earned the right of first refusal to name the public transit stop.
appleinsider.com

As a side note, my mom and I recently took the Chicago pedway tour, and it was very interesting. While not Apple-related, the tour guide said that the company that owned the building immediately above any particular section of the pedway was responsible for its maintenance and design. Very cool to see the design changes between buildings. Would love to see what Apple would do if it had a pedway underneath one of its stores.
 
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guzhogi said:
This goes back a while (~2009-ish), but I guess Apple spent $4 million renovating a subway station in Chicago when it built a new store in Chicago. Would love to see more stories of Apple (and other companies for that matter) renovating areas around their stores. Clean it up, make it nicer, perhaps a bit greener, etc., so people would actually want to go over and see other shops as well in the neighborhood...
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The renovations ... and then $700,000/year lease, back then I read? That was a lot of money 16 years ago! I wonder how the store has fared since then?
 
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Yo Apple…. Tallahassee, Florida’s Capital City. Home to FSU and FAMU with 10s of 1000s of students - and just as many highly educated residents. Long past time we got an Apple Store.
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Average household income in Tally is a mere $56,000.

Apple looks at that number first and foremost. Then they need to find a thriving retail area, which not every metro has. There's a number of under-served cities with skyrocketing income that have no store nearby.
 
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Blackstick said:
Average household income in Tally is a mere $56,000.

Apple looks at that number first and foremost. Then they need to find a thriving retail area, which not every metro has. There's a number of under-served cities with skyrocketing income that have no store nearby.
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Great point on Household income gating introduction of Apple Stores. I used to do business in Spokane WA ~ 10 years ago and was pleasantly surprised that there was an Apple Store there. It is still there, but I wonder if Spokane had a higher avg household income (factoring for inflation) or maybe the proximity to a University (Gonzaga) factored into the placement of the store?
 
Blackstick said:
Average household income in Tally is a mere $56,000.

Apple looks at that number first and foremost. Then they need to find a thriving retail area, which not every metro has. There's a number of under-served cities with skyrocketing income that have no store nearby.
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Ok but are they taking into account the enormous surrounding area of unserved customers? Or is it that they are all too poor?

If all they want is to be in rich areas serving rich people, that’s kind of disappointing. I get that they have a brand image to maintain, but if they are going to be a vertically integrated, consumer facing company, it would be nice to be less elitist about their physical points of presence.
 
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CarAnalogy said:
Ok but are they taking into account the enormous surrounding area of unserved customers? Or is it that they are all too poor?

If all they want is to be in rich areas serving rich people, that’s kind of disappointing. I get that they have a brand image to maintain, but if they are going to be a vertically integrated, consumer facing company, it would be nice to be less elitist about their physical points of presence.
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it’s not just about income, but about what other stores or attractions are around.

Massapequa on Long Island is a pretty wealthy area or at least very upper middle class, but the mall there sucks. Apple would never open there unless the entire thing got redone and became upscale.

it makes sense for Apple to be around similar “nice” stores even if it means passing up underserved areas with a lot of people that have decent income.
 
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