The Penn Square Mall Apple Store in Oklahoma City is set to become the next brick-and-mortar Apple retail store to receive a “next-gen” makeover.
Planning documents suggest that Apple is spending upwards of $2.5 million on the renovation, which saw the Penn Square Mall site close its doors on April 18.
Although Apple is playing its cards typically close to its chest in terms of its plans, it is likely that it will incorporate the same elements that it did for its recently-reopened Saddle Creek Store in Germantown, Tennessee. In that case, the company added an enormous floor-to-ceiling display — similar to the one shown in December’s “Inside Apple” episode of 60 Minutes, in which Apple’s retail guru Angela Ahrendts walked Charlie Rose through a mockup of a future Apple Store inside a Cupertino warehouse.
Newer Apple Stores also boast tree-lined avenues and a cleaner layout, designed by none other than Jony Ive. There’s no word on exactly when Oklahoma’s Penn Square Mall Apple Store will reopen, but you can expect it to be later this year.
Source: NewsOK
Via: Apple Insider
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
4 responses to “Oklahoma City next in line for a ‘next-gen’ Apple Store”
Hey,move that old out of date one to Wichita. Sux to have a city as large as Wichita,Kansas without a Apple store
With as backwards as Kansas is they don’t need to have a store there at all
Y’know, actually there IS an Apple Store in Kansas. It is in Leawood, Kansas, just a mile or so from the MIssouri state line in the far south Kansas City metro area, so your ugly comment about Kansas, besides being really mean-spirited, is baseless. There really should be an Apple Store in Wichita, Apple has retail stores in other similarly-sized metro areas in the US.
This is great news! The Apple Store in Penn Square has been packed to the rafters since the day it opened. One has to almost fight their way to the accessory wall to browse for goodies. According to a salesperson at the temporary location, the renovated store will be twice the size of the original as they will be taking over the next-door retail space of a store that is closing, which will be a great relief. Side note: Just down the hall in Penn Square is a huge Micdrosoft store. Microsoft must be really taking a beating on it, though, because there is never a soul in the place except the sales people. They lurk at the door ready to pounce on anyone who even glances at the place. It is a pretty store, great design, but no customers.