New Apple Retail Stores in 2006

[Sayhey]

Deer Park store to open 9/15

Apple has made it official, the Deer Park 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 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 on the 22nd at 10:00 am. the usual T-shirt giveaway applies.

 

[TheBonk]

Apple has made it official, the Deer Park 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]

Downtown Atlanta store?

Latest rumor from ifoAppleStore:

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:

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]

Solihull store (UK) opening 9/22

Apple has officially announced the opening of the new store in the Touchwood Centre 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 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?

 

[Sayhey]

ifoAppleStore 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 about a possible developments concerning Apple's much anticipated Paris store.

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.

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 »

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 in Solihull, UK (a suburb of Birmingham.)

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.





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]

Whitehall, PA store to open 9/29

Apple has officially announced the opening of the Lehigh Valley 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 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 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.

 

[Sayhey]

Washington DC Flagship store?

ifoAppleStore 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 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.

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 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.

 

[Sayhey]

Apple Loves New York, New York

Two new juicy rumors about New York City stores - Apple's favorite city. First, the New York Post has an article telling of Apple's attempts to open its first Brooklyn store in The Edge 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 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.