Apple in March permanently shut down its retail stores in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the mall where it’s located suffered at least three shootings in recent months. At the time, Apple’s website stated, “In preparation for a new store we plan to open in the Charlotte area early next year, we will be permanently closing Wednesday, March 1st at 4pm.”
Tech giant Apple Inc. is bringing a retail store to Huntersville’s Birkdale Village.
The town’s planning department confirmed today that a permit for an Apple Store there has been filed and approved. The Birkdale Village location stands to replace the Apple Store that abruptly shuttered at Northlake Mall earlier this year.
Construction has kicked off on the project at 8805 Townley Road — formerly home to Girl Supply and Pier One Imports. Mecklenburg County permits show the project is valued at $8.6 million.
Birkdale Village owner North American Properties is listed as the owner on the permit, which describes only retail store improvements. Roughly 9,800 square feet is to be renovated, with landlord improvements to prepare the space for a new tenant layout and modification of the exterior. The tenant scope of work will include improvement of the existing leased space with non-structural partitions, ceilings, finishes, furniture and related infrastructure work.
MacDailyNews Take: At the time of the Charlotte-area closings, Apple told employees that there will be no layoffs and that staff at the Northlake Mall site would be transferred to the nearby SouthPark location in Charlotte or roles working at the company’s online store.
Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman reported in March that the company would be opening a new location in Charlotte in 2024 to replace the Northlake Mall store. Plans for that store were already in the works before the recent shootings, Gurman reported.
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Even though North Carolina is overrun by law and order republicans it is in the top 10 for violent crime. Meanwhile, not one democratic run city is in the top 20.
What the duck is wrong with the fucking law and order republicans? Oh yeah, they’re too busy seeing who can suck trump’s cock.
The mayor of Charolette is a democrat.
Yeah, I remember when Rudy Giuliani (R) ran NYC. It was the 4th safest city in America and had among the lowest murder rates.
Gee, what happened after the Democrats (Mayor Big Bird) took over again? Rampant crime, drugs.. Place has gone right back to as bad as it was in the 1970’s…
I remember that last day and for once Politics was the last thing on my mind.
I recall having to drive two hours from my home in North Carolina to the Northlake Mall Apple Store to get a iPhone battery replaced.
I left early so as not to be late, arrived in plenty of time, was about to turn into the Mall and…
Out of nowhere a cruiser with a positively end-of-the-world sounding siren was engulfing my entire rear view mirror. Yeah, that close.
Where the Hell did he come from?
Somehow I had called Apple Customer Support on the line to report that “I will be late to my appointment,” and “Will you connect me to the Store itself?” which they did.
In the traffic slowdown I lowered my window to another cruiser on my right, asking him “What’s going on?”
Answer: “Active Shooter.”
Meanwhile the line to Apple line rang and rang as I pulled to the right but was redirected around and around every Mall entrance until I could get off the main road to a side road and a cemetery entrance (gulp) where a young Sherrif was parked.
He filled me in; “No one gets in the entire Mall.” Then more quietly,
“It’s a cluster.”
“They will be shut down all night.”
I asked “Anyone hurt?”
He replied, “Don’t know.”
(Turns out no one was hurt.)
We shook our heads at each other, I reset my GPS and started the ride home.
“Have a good night, Officer.”
I called Apple Support again to make sure they knew I had not ignored the appointment.
In those moments, politics was the last thing on my mind.
I can’t figure out why Apple Stores are almost exclusively in dying malls, other than in major cities like NYC.
We are rated as having one of the top 5 downtowns in America, and it’s booming! Meanwhile, the Apple store is in a very sad, old mall with a dying Penney’s and Macy’s and is located next to the closed Sears.
Sad for a premium retailer. It’s why I never go. I’d rather order online that go to such a depressing place…