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Eaton Centre To Be Closed for Make-Over

August 10th, 2008

The Eaton Centre (Toronto) retail store will be closed for five days beginning August 11th in preparation for a major renovation. It will then re-open, presumably in a smaller space while construction goes on around it. The store opened only two years ago and features the V2.0 interior design, so it’s not clear exactly what work will be performed at the 4,977 square-foot store. Is it possible that one of the next-door retailers is moving out to provide an additional 3,200+ square-feet of space?

 

Will the existing Eaton Centre retail store expand into one of the adjacent spaces?

Will the existing Eaton Centre retail store expand into one of the adjacent spaces?


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The eaton center Apple Store is no version 2.0

This is the current design

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbeng/145371254/

The eaton center will be renovated to likely have no doors… a wide entrance…they will get rid of the cash till area at the back..

Basically they are having a makeover with all aluminum like the current stores opening today.

Example

http://flickr.com/photos/sheshymaroii/2638882705/in/set-72157605993480454/

That is the new V.2 design

None of the stores next door are closing

Source: I asked a Manager when I was there about the renovations

Eric Lewis August 10, 2008 at 7:03 am

Could it simply be a new store front. I know the new store here in Vancouver has a different store front than most (with the apple logo hanging from the celling as opposed to the aluminum that surrounds most fronts), so maybe they could be changing to a similar one?

jason August 10, 2008 at 5:17 pm

Good call Eric. Those glass dividers are remnants from the V1.0 and those are going as the “sections” (home, pro, photo, etc.) went away. The metal interior is also probable, but at least they don’t need to redo the floor as it’s already the stone. I wonder if the front window displays will stay, or go like the actual new stores that are opening.

-Brian

Brian Kaempen August 10, 2008 at 7:06 pm

I can confirm that the Eaton Centre Apple Store will NOT be expanding, their neighbors BCBG and some shoe store I can’t remember the name of will not be vacating.

DW August 10, 2008 at 9:45 pm

It looks like one of the biggest changes is to the front of the store - it’s been expanded outwards slightly and will feature a different exterior look. The cash-wrap at the rear is also being removed I believe.

Gray August 11, 2008 at 4:39 pm

Eaton Centre hasn’t had a cash wrap at the back for months now, they converted the cash wrap at the back to the studio.

DW August 12, 2008 at 2:06 pm

I looked beyond the door in the hoarding today (Tuesday) and can report the following. They have TOTALLY gutted the old store walls. Drywall is removed from the side walls. The ceiling remains, but the open space now has been divided with steel studs in various new wall arrangements. I really can’t figure out what the floor plan is intended to be. It sure looks like the previous space will be chopped into smaller components. I will continue to monitor.

William August 12, 2008 at 3:50 pm

I was in the Rogers store downstairs today (Wednesday August 13th), and I asked the guy if he knew anything about the renovations. He said Apple keeps a large stock of iPhones in the back for warranty purposes, and he thought that maybe they were having theft problems, and they were now installing a new security system.

Richard August 13, 2008 at 9:20 am

Yes, I spoke to one of the staff at the Apple Store Eaton Center right before it closed temporarily. That was to prepare to open a mini store WITHIN the existing store. They’re just updating the rest of the store to be more modern and look like all the other new Apple Stores. Apparently many employees of the Eaton Center location have been shipped to Sherway and Yorkdale.

Daniel August 16, 2008 at 5:25 pm

what, no one has pictures?

a fan August 17, 2008 at 9:08 pm

Shipped to Sherway and Yorkdale eh! Is that why Yorkdale has a 5:1 ratio between employees and customers! The store is so damn packed its hard to breathe!

ipodrulz August 31, 2008 at 4:37 pm
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