Comments on: Carlsbad…Still Pinpointing the Space http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/03/20/carlsbad%e2%80%a6still-pinpointing-the-space/ news and information about Apple Inc.'s retail stores Fri, 16 May 2008 15:04:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dick http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/03/20/carlsbad%e2%80%a6still-pinpointing-the-space/#comment-28858 Dick Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:37:04 +0000 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/03/20/carlsbad%e2%80%a6still-pinpointing-the-space/#comment-28858 Hi, Barbarossa got the facts spot on. Progress on the outside construction of the store has slowed somewhat, a few new small holes in the outside of the storefront have appeared. From the look of things, the beams are supporting the top framing of the building so a new and larger window frame can be installed. I doubt the girders are going to be part of any permanent installation, no matter who is going to move in. Which brings me to the latest twist in the story. It seems that the New Balance shoe store is closing after all! Signs indicating a moving sale appeared over a week ago. It seems doubtful that Apple would want this property though. Any construction on this shoe store would take far longer, considering that the store had two retail entrances, front and rear of the building. Closing that, cleaning out the space, building a new interior and settling for far less up front parking would be a significant step down. Hi,

Barbarossa got the facts spot on.

Progress on the outside construction of the store has slowed somewhat, a few new small holes in the outside of the storefront have appeared.

From the look of things, the beams are supporting the top framing of the building so a new and larger window frame can be installed. I doubt the girders are going to be part of any permanent installation, no matter who is going to move in.

Which brings me to the latest twist in the story. It seems that the New Balance shoe store is closing after all! Signs indicating a moving sale appeared over a week ago. It seems doubtful that Apple would want this property though.

Any construction on this shoe store would take far longer, considering that the store had two retail entrances, front and rear of the building. Closing that, cleaning out the space, building a new interior and settling for far less up front parking would be a significant step down.

]]> By: Barbarossa http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/03/20/carlsbad%e2%80%a6still-pinpointing-the-space/#comment-28762 Barbarossa Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:28:35 +0000 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/03/20/carlsbad%e2%80%a6still-pinpointing-the-space/#comment-28762 Today - Sun 30 Mar 08 - the consensus of opinion among staff at the Forum was that "Yes" indeed the former 'Bombay/Bombay Kids' would be the new Apple Store. ("My dad knows a manager who said ..." yadda yadda) The earlier mentioned site #152 is clearly marked with a 'Free People' poster and a notice for "Help Wanted." 'Free People' appears to be a women's store selling a retro-hippie look, and is associated w/ the 'Anthropologie' chain in the same Mall. There seems to be some major retrofitting of the new site, with a new set of steel girders in the roof now poking out from the front facade of the building by about two feet. Judging by this kind of construction, it may be a long wait. Interestingly, a BestBuy just opened Friday less that ½ mile to the south (parking spot to parking spot) in another mall at the location of a former CompUSA. They are currently selling Apple Laptops and iMacs and have a good selection of Apple accessories (not to mention TVs, washers & dryers, and refrigerators.) The next nearest Apple store is 15 miles south in the Westfield 'University Town Center' mall (UTC,) very close to UCSD which itself has an excellent collection of Apple products in the computer section of the campus Bookstore @ the Price Center. Today - Sun 30 Mar 08 - the consensus of opinion among staff at the Forum was that “Yes” indeed the former ‘Bombay/Bombay Kids’ would be the new Apple Store. (”My dad knows a manager who said …” yadda yadda)

The earlier mentioned site #152 is clearly marked with a ‘Free People’ poster and a notice for “Help Wanted.” ‘Free People’ appears to be a women’s store selling a retro-hippie look, and is associated w/ the ‘Anthropologie’ chain in the same Mall.

There seems to be some major retrofitting of the new site, with a new set of steel girders in the roof now poking out from the front facade of the building by about two feet. Judging by this kind of construction, it may be a long wait.

Interestingly, a BestBuy just opened Friday less that ½ mile to the south (parking spot to parking spot) in another mall at the location of a former CompUSA. They are currently selling Apple Laptops and iMacs and have a good selection of Apple accessories (not to mention TVs, washers & dryers, and refrigerators.)

The next nearest Apple store is 15 miles south in the Westfield ‘University Town Center’ mall (UTC,) very close to UCSD which itself has an excellent collection of Apple products in the computer section of the campus Bookstore @ the Price Center.

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