Apple seems to be on a Apple Store renovation spree, with reports today that its landmark SoHo store is also set to undergo renovations sometime in the next three months in order to increase the space of the store. It follows the renovations of the Fifth Avenue store, also in New York, that started earlier this month as well as reports that a store in Miami and Hawaii will also be undergoing renovations.
Whilst under renovations, the SoHo Apple store will be relocated to a temporary location, somewhere within Manhattan to accommodate the thousands of customers that visit the SoHo store every day. As ifoAppleStore points out, the SoHo store, which opened in July of 2002, is currently the smallest Apple Store within Manhattan and is constantly crowded.
The renovations will apparently primarily consist of a reconfigured first floor, with the exception of the glass staircase which will not be changed – it was the first such glass staircase to be built in an Apple store. Because the Apple store is housed in the heritage listed Prince Street building the construction work did also have to receive approval by the ‘Landmarks Preservation Commission’. They did approve the works, finding that they “will have no effect on significant protected features of the building”.
[Via ifoAppleStore]
