Benito
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I would love this.
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I would love this.
vatche
Senior Member
It that were true, wouldn't the news have been out by now??
Benito
Senior Member
Apple is very secretive and it is possible that this news wouldn't be out yet this far ahead of when it would be ready to open.
Tulse
Senior Member
To be clear, Apple has not said a word about this possibility, and never does until it requests building permits. I believe that there was a speculative render of the Bazis version of "1 Bloor" that showed an Apple Store in the podium, but that's as far as it goes. That said, this location would be an obvious spot for a flagship store (although the fact that it wouldn't be standalone may mitigate against that).
EDITED TO ADD these two past postings/renders on the matter:
Render of prior design with Apple iPod billboard
Post from interchange42 with a similar billboard on render of new design, with background that Bazis claimed Apple was coming (never confirmed by Apple)
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ushahid
Senior Member
opening an Apple store in one Bloor is not a secret case of FBI or CIA that they will keep it a secret, i think it is a rumour because if it was happening they would have announced it a long time ago.
Tulse
Senior Member
Not at all -- Apple definitely would not announce a store in a building several years from completion. Apple never pre-announces its stores (or its products) until it absolutely has to, which usually involves when it needs official approvals.
Agreed - Apple never announce their retail plans until they have to. Sometimes you'll see a blank hoarding go up in malls months before opening and Apple won't admit that it's them until it suits them to do so.
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innsertnamehere
Superstar
a reminder that 88 Scott renders also had an apple store, something which is rather doubtful. Just because it's in the renders doesn't mean it's happening.
ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
false advertising much then.
Tulse
Senior Member
I bet most actual building residents aren't as attractive as they are in the renders, either.
hawc
Senior Member
No work today with all the snow. Interesting to observe from above however that the roof of the podium is being built as kind of a double roof or false roof. There's the first concrete roof, then they built the concrete forms and now about 4 or 5 feet up they're doing another pour so that the forms are flush with the floor of the actual roof. Between the two roofs will be about a 4 foot crawl space it seems. I guess there was no other way of doing it. Just looks funny to see being built, like they're building a 'half-story' like in Being John Malkovich.
Hamiltonian
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NBGtect
Active Member
Is the outdoor pool only 4 or 5 feet deep? I can see that being the case just for planters, but not a pool too.
hawc
Senior Member
Yup. Pool and planters the exact same depth. I think it's more just a soaking pool for beautiful people to sit around. You can't do laps or dive in it or anything.
The difference between the Bazis rendering for 1 Bloor East which had an Apple Store in it and the 88 Scott one (and in fact another one for 100 Bloor West where Roots is moving out), is that no developer ever stood up at a community meeting for the second two to claim that Apple was moving in.
Who knows if Apple has leased space here or not, and we won't know for a while yet. They don't have too many more options for a reasonably quick opening in the area though.
The pools here are just for lolly-gagging about in, not for deep sea diving. I'm not surprised they'll only be 4 or so feet deep.
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