Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman final 12 months leaked Apple’s inner roadmap for greater than 50 new and relocated retail shops by way of 2027, and thus far the record has confirmed to be correct, past Apple lacking a few of its estimated timeframes.
A number of the new and relocated shops within the record which have since opened within the U.S. embrace Apple Del Amo in California, Apple Birkdale Village in North Carolina, Apple South Shore in Massachusetts, Apple Tice’s Nook in New Jersey, Apple Mall of Georgia in Georgia, Apple Bridge Road in Alabama, and Apple Fairfax Nook in Virginia. The record additionally talked about that Apple Roosevelt Subject in New York and Apple La Encantada in Arizona could be relocating, and each of these shops not too long ago moved to non permanent places.
A number of different initiatives on the record are shifting ahead, based mostly on experiences and different info that has surfaced on-line in latest months.
Apple will doubtless be shifting into a number of street-facing retail items between 1426 and 1434 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, sources instructed Crain’s Detroit Enterprise final month. The publication shared a photograph displaying that development is already underway on the venture, however it’s unclear when the shop will open, as Apple’s leaked roadmap didn’t record an estimated timeframe for this proposed location. Apple at the moment has three shops in Metro Detroit, however this might be the primary location serving the town’s downtown. The shop may additionally entice cross-border customers from close by Windsor in Canada.
In September, Crain’s Detroit Enterprise additionally reported that Simon Property Group is redeveloping a portion of the floor parking zone at Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan right into a mixed-use space with each retail and residential buildings. An government at brokerage agency Colliers instructed the publication that Apple might be relocating its present retailer contained in the Briarwood Mall to at the least a portion of an upcoming 16,000-square-foot retail constructing within the parking zone. Apple’s leaked roadmap estimated the brand new Ann Arbor retailer would open in September, nevertheless it has missed that concentrate on, and a timeframe for the shop’s completion has not been publicly shared. Apple’s present retailer in Briarwood Mall opened in 2007, and it’s fairly small.
In the meantime, content material creator Joel Franco not too long ago shared a photograph of what very a lot seems like an Apple retailer below development at Miami Worldcenter, a mixed-use space being developed simply north of the town’s downtown in South Florida. Apple’s roadmap estimated the shop would open in August, however development is evidently taking months longer, and there may be at the moment no timeframe for when the placement might be accomplished.
Elsewhere, constructing permits and pictures have revealed that Apple is planning to relocate its retailer at College Park Village in Fort Value, Texas. Demolition of the retail items that Apple might be taking on there solely not too long ago started, so don’t anticipate the shop to open quickly. Apple estimated that the shop would open in February 2025 in its roadmap, however that timeframe appears fairly formidable at this level and sure will not be met. Apple’s present retailer at College Park Village opened in 2008, so it now seems dated.
Outdoors of the U.S., Apple is planning to relocate its retailer in Perth, Western Australia to a Nineteen Thirties-era constructing initially constructed for the Commonwealth Financial institution of Australia, as confirmed by an article on the Perth authorities’s web site this month. The constructing is situated on the nook of Murray Road and Forrest Place, and Apple is predicted to take over items beforehand occupied by Australian swimwear retailer Metropolis Seashore, subsequent to Sephora. Apple’s present retailer in Perth, situated on close by Hay Road, opened in 2010. Apple’s roadmap estimated that this retailer would additionally open in February 2025, however timing may shift as at all times.
As we reported earlier this 12 months, Apple can be relocating its Sainte-Catherine retailer in Montréal, Canada to a close-by 125-year-old heritage constructing. That’s one more retailer that Apple aimed to open in February 2025, barring delays.
