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Greensboro store opening draws cheering crowds

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Feb 22nd, 2009

After extended delays and much anticipation, the Greensboro, NC Apple Store at Friendly Center finally opened its doors yesterday to paying customers.

The photo here is courtesy of the Iconfactory's Talos Tsui, who appears momentarily in this local news coverage from prior to the store open; unfortunately, his colleague Gedeon Maheux is misidentified as "Corey Marion" in the clip. Whoops! Perhaps that lingering closeup on the Twitterrific icon in the store window will help soothe the pain.

You can check out all the Greensboro excitement from those who were there:

The Triad's newspaper story
iPhone Savior's post
Before and after stories from the News & Record (money quote: "'Welcome home,' general manager Dave Arnold shouted to the crowd before letting the first customer inside...")
More photos from Frijole, and his tumblog of the campout

The store's official page, with event schedule and directions, is at Apple's retail site. See Talos' video from inside the store in the second half of the post.

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Tags: apple store, AppleStore, greensboro, retail

Filed under: Retail, Apple

Greensboro, NC Apple Store set to open this weekend

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Feb 18th, 2009

We've been waiting for this opening for a long time. Way back in July, we posted a photo of what (we thought) was the Greensboro store. It turned out to be a Williams-Sonoma.

Next the launch date got pushed back, as Apple decided to make an even larger store than what was originally planned. This time, we've got official word.

Apple Store Friendly Center (doesn't that sound nice?) will open Saturday the 21st at 10:00 AM. This store is located at 3320 West Friendly Center in Greensboro. If you attend this opening, lets us know! We'd love to see your photos and stories.

Tags: apple store, apple store friendly center, AppleStore, AppleStoreFriendlyCenter, greensboro, retail

Filed under: Retail

Georgetown Apple Store to move forward after redesign is approved

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Feb 5th, 2009

ifoAppleStore has an update on the battle between Apple and Washington D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission: A new design for the Georgetown Apple Store is close to approval, and includes a subtle Apple logo and trees growing inside the building.

The ANC's objections, ranging from rejecting an all-glass storefront to requiring a two-story masonry facade had been the reason for so many design submissions from Apple. While Apple wanted to maintain consistency among all its stores, the ANC wanted to make sure the Apple Store fit in with the other, older buildings on that street.

Most interestingly is the rear 20 feet of the store: It has a higher ceiling and skylights to accommodate two living trees inside the building.

This isn't the final design, however: The ANC is requesting additional minor changes, and has wondered aloud why there isn't an actual second story behind the two-story facade. Even so, locals suggest the plan is likely to be approved today. If it is, the store will likely open in 2010.

In other retail store news, MacNN notes that stores are planned or in progress for:

Churchill Square in Brighton, UK
Rideau Centre in Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hamburg, Germany (Thanks, Steffen!)
and Greensboro, NC, which we mentioned in July.

[Via MacNN.]

Update: Commenters Brad and Chris noted that in a meeting last night, the Georgetown board rejected Apple's plans even after the ANC approved them. So much for that. Thanks, guys!

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, architecture, brighton, design, georgetown, greensboro, ottawa, retail, washington dc, WashingtonDc

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Retail, Rumors, Apple

$1.7 million for Greensboro Apple Store

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Nov 30th, 2008

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.

Tags: apple, apple-store, argument, construction, deal, friendly-center, ged-maheux, greensboro, iconfactory, opening, price

Filed under: Retail, Flickr Find

First picture of the Greensboro, NC Apple Store under construction

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Jul 31st, 2008

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.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, greensboro, nc, north carolina, NorthCarolina, retail

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