The Christiana Mall (Del.) Apple store is being expanded for the second time, and this time possibly to counteract the future arrival of a Microsoft store just four spaces away. The new location will give Apple over 10,000 square feet of space for retail and back-of-house operations along a busy mall corridor. The store opened in October 2004 with about 3,400 square-feet. In early 2010 construction work started on a larger, replacement store in space 1370, and the grand re-opening was held in June 2010. Now Apple has moved retail operations to a temporary store in space 1845 facing the outside of the mall while expansion construction is underway. Microsoft has announced they will open a 5,000 square-foot retail store in space 1310, possibly by year’s end. The two stores would be about 225 feet apart, door-to-door. Based on construction schedules, the expanded Apple store will re-open before Thanksgiving.
The existing store has closed and moved to space #1845 while the store is expanded. This will be the second expansion for Apple in the Christiana Mall.
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