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First picture of the Greensboro, NC Apple Store under construction

by Michael Rose Jul 31st 2008 at 1:30PM



North Carolinians can start to polish up their credit cards, as the long-awaited Greensboro Apple Store (to be located at The Shops at Friendly Center, a heck of a nice place to spend your money) is now underway. The Iconfactory's Ged Maheux was kind enough to send us this parking-lot snapshot of the site -- looks like a big one.

ifoAppleStore had a mid-summer target for the Greensboro store to open, which seems optimistic bordering on impossible at this point. A commenter on Ged's blog hinted that the delay in construction may have been the result of a proximity dispute; Apple is a bit picky about which stores can cohabit with the glass wonderlands, and now that the neighborhood is up to snuff the project is underway.

By the way, if you've ever wondered what the offices (and the denizens) of the Iconfactory really look like, you can catch a glimpse via this local news report on the company.

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bjf

The store on the left (with the wood covering the facade) is in fact a williams-sonoma. The empty space to the right is where the apple store will be.

September 23 2008 at 11:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
darla

It would be nice if they had one more closer to me. Like Wilmington which is a college and business town, or Jacksonville which is military. I hate having to drive 2 hours away and Greenville doesn't make it much closer.

August 01 2008 at 2:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J.L.

This is great news. I'm pretty excited. Maybe a prospective job for me in the future.. maybe. Way to go Shops at Friendly!

July 31 2008 at 10:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tpfilm

I was in High Point last week for a Home Depot commercial and stopped in at the Shops at Friendly when I passed through Greensboro (ok, you got me you don't go through that part of Greensboro to get to High Point from ILM...) I asked at the info office about the Apple Store. Lots of people must have been asking because on a sheet taped to the side of the counter was:

"Apple Store: Feb 2009."

Def. not mid-Summer!

July 31 2008 at 10:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ratbastid

Sweet Fancy Moses! That's like three minutes from my house!

July 31 2008 at 6:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brandonburke

Now I only have to drive 5 minutes to drool over shiny gadgets!

July 31 2008 at 5:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
james r

We need another Apple Store in Charlotte, I hate driving all the way to South Park just to oggle the new gear.

July 31 2008 at 4:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

OMG, OMG, OMG... 10 minutes away... no more driving to Charlotte!

Hip-hip-hooray!

Can you tell I'm stoked?

July 31 2008 at 3:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hokie17

I live in Clemmons, so this is good to see. It'll be closer than driving 85 miles to Charlotte (which I did yesterday to get a 3G iPhone).

Now let's just hope they still have my application on file at Apple.com. :D

July 31 2008 at 3:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rich

FINALLY. I live in Greensboro and have waited patiently for this since last year's mention! and I never knew the Iconfactory had an office here. Go Gboro!

July 31 2008 at 3:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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