Birkdale Village, North Carolina
Three months after Apple closed a North Carolina retail retailer, it has filed permits to begin development on a brand new location, only a handful of miles away.
Permits have been filed for development at 8805 Townley Street in Birkdale Village. It should open as half of a bigger effort to rejuvenate the world with new properties, together with Anthropologie, Lilly Pulitzer, Cheesecake Manufacturing facility, and different new retail venues opening on the heart.
Birkdale Village is a 250,000 sq. foot outside retail heart. Shops within the space quantity 60, and at present embody Warby Parker, Barnes & Noble, Kendra Scott, Lovesac, Sephora, Whole Wine & Extra, Dick’s Sporting Items, and extra.
The placement has in whole 320 residences and over 50,000 sq. toes of workplace house as nicely.
The brand new location is about eight miles away from the closed Northlake Mall location. The nonetheless open SouthPark location is about 17 miles away, on the opposite facet of Charlotte, North Carolina.
The permits don’t absolutely disclose the sq. footage of the shop. It’s anticipated that the shop will undertake the brand new design ideas most not too long ago demonstrated within the renewed Tysons Apple Retailer, and the current Battersea opening within the UK.
The Genius Bar returns
The transfer, first noticed by the Charlotte Enterprise Journal comes after the Northlake, North Carolina retailer shuttered abruptly and completely in March. Reportedly, it was closed as a result of the Northlake Mall suffered from at the very least three shootings inside current months, which prompted Apple to shut the shop.
On the day the shop closed, a message on Apple’s web site stated {that a} new retailer would open in Charlotte in early 2024. In the meanwhile, clients are being directed to the SouthPark location or on-line gross sales and assist venues.