The job of scouting out future Apple retail store sites usually falls to fellow enthusiasts in distant cities and towns, since I can’t travel everywhere. I receive lots of e-mail each day providing tips, photos, maps and other information about up-coming sites. But there’s more work to be done! After the break, check my list of identified future store locations that need to be better defined.
Here’s the on-going, every-changing list of future or potential Apple store locations for which I seeking information. (I’ve posted feedback from commenters after posting this article, and have updated the entries in brackets.)
- Geneva (Switzerland) - What is the store’s exact address on Rue de Rive, and what does it look like? [check this story]
- Zurich (Switzerland) - It will be at Bahnhofstrasse 77, but is there any construction underway? [No.]
- Carousel de Louvre (Paris) - It’s inside the underground shopping center adjacent to the Louvre Museum, but is any construction underway? [No.]
- West 34th Street (NYC) - Is it still leased by Apple or not?
- NW 23rd Street (Portland, OR) - Is this still an Apple project or not?
- Beijing (China) - Apple has confirmed a store, I know that the primary site on Qianmen Street won’t be ready for the Olympics, so they’re opening a temporary store in the Sanlitun district. What’s happening to both of these sites–any construction?
- Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace (Las Vega) - What specific space, and will it be two-stories? [Mystery solved--see a photo here.]
- State Street (Santa Barbara, CA) - Any construction for this street-level store? Any permits?
- Brooklyn (NYC) - Where is Williamsburg will the store be located?
- Paris (France) - OK, beyond the Louvre store, has Apple landed in another space along the Champs Elysees or in the Opera District?
- State Street (Chicago) - What’s up with 108 N. State Street and a possible Apple store. Real or not? [Unknown, but the project itself is under construction and behind schedule.]
- Philadelphia (PA) - Will there be a store downtown, possibly somewhere around the 1800 block of Walnut Street?
- Berlin (Germany) - Long-rumored but not action. What’s happening?
- Japan - There hasn’t been a new Japan store since Sapporo in June, 2006. Will there be another store this year or next?
- Edinburgh (Scotland) - Just confirmed, but where’s the space?
- Sainte-Catherine Street (Montreal) - What’s happening and when will it open? [Under construction, and possibly mid-summer opening.]
- Mexico - Yes or no? Any chance of a Mexico City store as rumored?
- Calgary (Canada) - What happened to this project? Will it ever come to pass? [A pillar couldn't be removed from the space Apple wanted at the Chinook Center, so they moved the future store to the Market Center.]
- South America - What’s the strategy for this continent? Will stores arrive here before Africa?
- What did I forget to ask–tell me!
