I'm not exactly sure why there's so much excitement centered around
the upcoming Greensboro Apple Store (my guess is it's because
our friend Ged of the Iconfactory can't wait for it to open), but the excitement is there, and Ed Cone has
some insight into how the store's deal got put together. Apparently Greensboro won't see the story by December 25th, as there's apparently some argument with the property's owners over whether Apple is "just another computer store" or deserves a better place in the location. You know our answer on that one.
An anonymous reader also tells Ed that the store's construction cost a pretty penny -- $1.7 million for 5,873 square feet, according to the building permit. Unfortunately, we're not sure if that's more expensive than usual or not: most retail places
seem to cost a little less according to this, but then again,
$1.6 million per store for Apple is about right, according to past numbers.
Either way, hopefully the wrap will be taken off the store soon -- we don't think Ged can
wait that much longer.
Next on Apple's retail domination tour: Naperville, IL. Reader Mike Heller wrote to tell us it'll be "on Jefferson Ave. just across from Lou Malnati's Pizza." He even sent some pics of the construction, which we've put in the gallery on this post. Next time you're in Naperville and have an Apple itch to scratch, you finally have a retail utopia to help you. No word if Microsoft will open up a retail store inside Lou's -- maybe a Zune vending machine, though?
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