Sources in the real estate industry say that Apple’s first retail store in Spain will appear later this year in Valencia, inside an historic building along the city’s main shopping thoroughfare. As reported by the ABC.es Web site, the store will be located in a three-story building at Calle de Cristóbal Colón 25, designed by noted architect Lucas Garcia Cardona in 1889. According to the sources, Apple is working through city approvals to renovate and upgrade the building to accommodate an Apple store. The location is across from the street from the large El Corte Inglés department store, and within a three-minute walk to the city’s train station and bullring. According to the Web site, city officials are willing to allow “maximum changes to the (building) permit…without compromising the special protections afforded the (historic) building.” The store will occupy the basement and ground floor, while upper floors will be occupied by back-of-house and Apple offices. The store could open by year’s end, the Web site states.
25 Calle Colon about 1889
View of the building in current times.
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In the northern Spanish province of Asturias as well as the Galician city of La Coruña, there are now several “Apple Stores” run by resellers who have made their own copies of the Apple Store.
They’re nowhere near the size of a real Apple Store, but are very striking in an area where the majority of people have never seen or used a Mac.
News!!! http://www.facilware.com/es/la-posible-apple-store-de-valencia-en-obras.html about Apple Store Valencia (Spain)