Towered
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Maybe if we hadn't torn down so many historic buildings...
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Maybe if we hadn't torn down so many historic buildings...
AlvinofDiaspar
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AlbertC
Superstar
Also the Yonge Street Arcade:
Source: http://torontothenandnow.blogspot.com/2010/12/16-yonge-street-arcade-then-and-now.html?m=1
Or the Manning Arcade:
Source: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PICTURES-R-5974&R=DC-PICTURES-R-5974
Although, 205 Yonge St would have made for a good Apple Store candidate:
Source: http://torontothenandnow.blogspot.com/2010/12/16-yonge-street-arcade-then-and-now.html?m=1
Or the Manning Arcade:
Source: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PICTURES-R-5974&R=DC-PICTURES-R-5974
Although, 205 Yonge St would have made for a good Apple Store candidate:
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Johnny Au
Senior Member
Only if One Infinite Loop and the Apple Park were constructed as Neo-Victorian buildings (even with plenty of steampunk elements) ....
MetroMan
Senior Member
Apple Eaton Centre is now complete. They moved in the furniture a couple of weeks back and have sealed off the James St. construction entrance, restoring it back to how it was.
October During construction:
Now, Construction complete:
This was the last shot I was able to get, having been allowed seconds of access a few times during construction before they drywalled the backroom.
This gives us an idea of how expansive this store is going to be. Nearly three times the size of the existing store upstairs.
As for the opening date, Apple opened up new retail positions at Eaton Centre 10 days ago. My hunch tells me they'll do it for Black Friday (next week) but there's no way to know for sure. I have a contact at CF who doesn't know for sure either but is hearing mid December. That would be nuts, right in the middle of busy holiday shopping season. The store is ready, Apple has their reasons for holding off on opening it.
October During construction:
Now, Construction complete:
This was the last shot I was able to get, having been allowed seconds of access a few times during construction before they drywalled the backroom.
This gives us an idea of how expansive this store is going to be. Nearly three times the size of the existing store upstairs.
As for the opening date, Apple opened up new retail positions at Eaton Centre 10 days ago. My hunch tells me they'll do it for Black Friday (next week) but there's no way to know for sure. I have a contact at CF who doesn't know for sure either but is hearing mid December. That would be nuts, right in the middle of busy holiday shopping season. The store is ready, Apple has their reasons for holding off on opening it.
MetroMan
Senior Member
We can see some features from construction photos. First, that they're going to use the full width of the store for the retail floor with shelving embedded in the walls. An earlier plan called for the stock room and back of house operations to run along the left side.
Second, They're not relocating ceiling utilities so this is going to be a lower than average ceiling, calling for Apple to use their light panelled ceiling to give an illusion of height. Higher ceilings usually get either wood or aluminium ceiling panels with embedded light strips. Lower ceilings are typically all illuminated panels.
Third, we can see an iron frame on the other side of this back wall. It's there to support a large wall display at the back of the store.
Fourth, the way the store is set back a few feet from the mall floor indicates that there'll be swivel doors that pivot open rather than sliding doors at the mall threshold.
It'll very likely look a lot like this mall store in Australia but both about 30% wider and deeper.
Photos: Apple
This won't be an exciting store, but the relief from the crowding at the painfully overdue original store replacement is welcome.
We'll have to look forward to the flagship store at The One to bring a taste of Apple and Norman Foster's iconic architectural excellence to Toronto.
Second, They're not relocating ceiling utilities so this is going to be a lower than average ceiling, calling for Apple to use their light panelled ceiling to give an illusion of height. Higher ceilings usually get either wood or aluminium ceiling panels with embedded light strips. Lower ceilings are typically all illuminated panels.
Third, we can see an iron frame on the other side of this back wall. It's there to support a large wall display at the back of the store.
Fourth, the way the store is set back a few feet from the mall floor indicates that there'll be swivel doors that pivot open rather than sliding doors at the mall threshold.
It'll very likely look a lot like this mall store in Australia but both about 30% wider and deeper.
Photos: Apple
This won't be an exciting store, but the relief from the crowding at the painfully overdue original store replacement is welcome.
We'll have to look forward to the flagship store at The One to bring a taste of Apple and Norman Foster's iconic architectural excellence to Toronto.
GabrielHurl
Active Member
I believe it's Dec 14th
MetroMan
Senior Member
That’s crazy. Less than 2 weeks before Christmas. The mall will be bananas and their staff will have their hands full during the busiest weeks of the year.
I guess they’re bringing in an entirely different transition staff to deal with the move. One set of staff will be operating the original store while a different set of staff will be training in the new store and opening it. I wonder if there’ll be an overlap where both stores are open until after Christmas.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
...or until the end of 2019 to accommodate Boxing Day shopping.
daptive
Active Member
It would be interesting to see that. But I don’t think there’s precedent, pretty sure even 5th avenue had the exact same stop and start date for their temporary store.
Also couldn’t see it working logistically: where do they put stock, will they have two radio frequencies, where will customers with appointments go. Also it would be admitting their new store isn’t large enough of they keep both open.
MetroMan
Senior Member
5th Avenue didn’t open smack in the middle of the busiest shopping season of the year. When I worked retail, Christmas was all hands on deck, executing plans we had rehearsed for and getting out as much stock as we could sell, replenishing the stockroom multiple times a day. Adding in a move to a totally different store would be insane. There was simply no time.
While I don’t expect both stores to be open simultaneously, I can’t imagine the staff from the old store will be the staff opening the new one. They won’t have time to train and to go through familiarizing themselves with the new store layout and back of house while also operating the old store during the busiest 2 weeks of the year.
In fact, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they just scrubbed the opening because they missed the deadline in October/November and instead opened it in the new year.
donoreo
Active Member
Macrumours story:
www.macrumors.com
Downtown Toronto is About to Get a New Apple Store [Updated]
Update: In its Apple Store app, Apple has confirmed that its new Eaton Centre location opens Saturday, December 14 at 9:00 a.m. local time. Original...
www.macrumors.com
daptive
Active Member
ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
Fairview Mall is next apparently
Johnny Au
Senior Member
An expanded Fairview Mall Apple Store would be great, especially if there are no plans to open an Apple Store proper in Scarborough Town Centre.