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New Apple Retail Stores in 2006

flange, it's #45 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!
 
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
 
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

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http://www.liverpool-one.com/LiverpoolOne/WhosOnBoard
 
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*
 
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. :)
 
lilj4425 said:
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. :)
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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.
 
Sayhey said:
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.
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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
 
lilj4425 said:
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
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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.
 
ifoAppleStore points out a story in the St. Petersburg Times 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.
 
2nd San Antonio store?

ifoAppleStore 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.
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No confirmation yet.
 
Montreal Flagship store?

From AppleInsider:

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.
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jesteraver said:
SWEET!
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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?
 
lilj4425 said:
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
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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.
 
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.
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Courtesy of http://www.ifoapplestore.com/


More pictures of the store at

http://cupertinoinglasgow.com/
 
Louisville opening 9/08?

The Courier-Journal is reporting that the new Apple store in Louisville, Kentucky's Oxmoor Center 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.
 
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?
 
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:
 
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