Nearly four years after the first speculation about an Apple store at the Bondi Junction Westfield (Sydney) shopping center, the company has now signed a lease on a space and plans a mid-2010 grand opening. The huge mall includes over 500 retailers, a cinema, hotel, restaurants, supermarket and fitness center, about three miles from the existing George Street store in central Sydney. In early 2006 tipsters said Apple was scouting the mall for a suitable space, but there has been no action since. The mall serves upscale residents who live adjacent to the iconic Bondi Beach, about two miles away. The location would be the third store in the metro Sydney area. Besides being the name of the mall, the word “Bondi” has another significance for Apple—one of the original iMac computer colors was “Bondi Blue.” Update: MacTalk forum participants have identified 213 Oxford Street as the future store space, now under construction. Waverly Council planning documents show an $7.8 million “refurbishment” was approved last October, with Kell & Rigby listed as the contractor, the same company that built the George Street (Sydney) store.
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Heard anything about Castle hill? Apparently Castle Towers is near.
The address starts with 216, not 516.
Actually, I think it’s 213 Oxford Street. [IFO - Thanks for the address correction. I've updated the story.]
Ah apologies, it is 213, I can’t even read my own web posts ;)