orchard apple tree design to open a retail stock in business district Palo Alto , Calif. , on Saturday . The fresh store , less than two blocks from Apple ’s live localization , appears set to share the all - glass front common on Apple retail outlets but was still deal in black sheeting on Friday dawn .
Apple has n’t allege much about the store . The stiff - lipped companyhas a puzzle on its websitebut it give away little about what shopper can expect on Saturday .
Architectural rendering , provided to the Ithiel Town ’s preparation board , depict a storefront and roof made of crank with concrete pillars on each corner supporting the structure . metropolis written document intimate the fund will have around 15,000 square feet ( about 1,400 square meters ) of retail blank .
The design is a human beings aside from Apple ’s existing Palo Alto computer storage , which was first opened in October 2001 and had the distinction of being Steve Jobs ’ local Apple storage . Both stores are also close to the Palo Alto menage of current Apple CEO Tim Cook .
The Modern computer memory , at 340 University Avenue , not only brings the Palo Alto store in line with the architectural theme song of Apple store but also pick out it a couple of minutes nearer to the city ’s downtown entertainment district where Apple laptops are a common site at cafes and eating house .
With the unexampled store , Apple is n’t yet complete in Palo Alto .
Martyn Williams / IDGNSA new Apple Store is under construction at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto .
A short drive away at the Stanford Shopping Center , a much great Apple stock is presently under structure . Apple already has a store in the shopping plaza but it ’s little , and seems particularly cramped since Microsoft opened a capacious mercantile establishment one build aside in April this year .
The newfangled Stanford store is at an other phase in construction . The brand girders that will make up the glass - encased store cuticle were still visible on Friday forenoon .
