Job listings suggest Apple’s first retail store in Brooklyn could open for business this year

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Following setbacks, Appleā€™s first retail store in Brooklyn, New York City’s most populous borough, could open some time this year.

That’s because the company’s now started a recruiting process for the Brooklyn area. The store should be located at 247 Bedford Avenue, at the corner of North 3rd Street, in Williamsburg.

A series of job post on Apple’s website, first spotted by MacRumors, advertise positions forĀ Creatives, Experts, Geniuses, Specialists, Business Leaders and management, with LinkedIn adsĀ seeking a Retail Manager and Senior Manager specifically in Brooklyn.

Apple is thought to have negotiated a long-term $66 million lease for a 20,000-square-foot space for the upcoming store. Construction has been ongoing since 2015.

According to The New York Post in December 2014, theĀ two-story brick structure ā€œis getting a whole new look, featuring dramatic, arched windows.ā€ The building nowĀ has the facadeĀ while the windows are going in, suggesting the storeĀ may open later this year.

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247 Bedford Avenue, site ofĀ the supposedĀ Brooklyn store, is undergoing renovations.Ā ImageĀ via Brownstoner.

In addition to its Manhattan stores (Fifth Avenue, Grand Central, SoHo, Upper East Side, Upper West Side and West 14th Street), the Cupertino firm is said to be eying a store inside the Westfield shopping complex at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.

In celebrating the 15th anniversary of the first Apple Store, the company yesterday invitedĀ media for a detailed preview of its refreshed retail design in a brand new flagship Union Square store in downtown San Francisco, dueĀ to open on Saturday.

Top image: rendering of the expected look of 247 Bedford AvenueĀ upon completion of renovations,Ā via The Real Deal.

Source: MacRumors