The developer of a planned 80-story luxury condominium tower in downtown Toronto (Ont.) has bragged that Apple will occupy a large, anchor retail space in the building when it opens in 2011. The city finally approved the 1 Bloor East development by Bazis International last November despite objections about its record-setting height, and now the company will hold a unveiling press conference on April 5th. The three lower levels will include 100,000 square-feet of retail space, and Apple will presumably be located in the corner space. The development is adjacent to the University of Toronto, at the intersection of the city’s two highest-profile streets, and at the east end of an upscale shopping district. It would be the fourth store in Toronto, and about four miles from the existing Eaton Centre store.
There were at least two versions of the building design, one released in April, 2007 and another more recently. Here is the early version with a large iPod ad:
Check this even closer view of the old rendering.
Here is the most recent and approved version of the building design, with the 3-story retail space on the lower floors:
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1 Bloor is a lot closer to the existing Eaton Centre Apple Store than 4 miles. You can walk it in 15 minutes. Google Maps puts it at 2.5 km which is 1.5 miles.
The University of Toronto campus is probably a mile west, not quite adjacent as the article suggests.
Construction hasn’t yet begun on the site.
Bragging about a store that far off in the future seems a little premature.
Apple blows and is way overpriced. At least I’m laughing at you suckers that are paying for crap(ples)! The addition of yet another Apple store confirms my hypothesis that the world is in fact, full of stupid people.
You dislike Apple yet visit a very specific site devoted to the retail locations that Apple has ……and take the time to post about your dislike?
Why?
Crap(aples)! ….clever.
A flagship store for Toronto? are u actually serious? i thought this would never happen
now for London Ontario please
They should close Eaton Center and put a HUGE flagship somewhere in Bloor Yorkville.
With the exception of being on the South side of Bloor Street, this location is in Yorkville. There are many retailers on the South side of Bloor that fit the image of Yorkville. In fact, many of the retailers listed here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkville%2C_Toronto#Modern are on the South side of Bloor. Having a location here wouldn’t preclude the existing Eaton Centre store from surviving or even thriving. Many retailers have stores in Yorkville as well as in the Eaton Centre and Queen Street West, which is a near-Yorkville in image and just West of the South end of the Eaton Centre.
Funny that guy “john” just names Apple as crap. He’s a PC user (hehe)!