Posts Tagged “Bridge Street”

Well, when I first heard the rumblings of a new mall to be constructed in Cummings Research Park (which I though to be a very odd location, and really still do), I looked online to see if I could find any mention of it. I did, in fact find that the mall is actually a franchise-like mall that had similar setups in other locations. I happened to run across a site plan for the mall early-on which happened to mention a space marked Apple as “In discussion/negotiating”. Well, this stirred a bit of interest, but was dismissed since I had already heard plans that the local privately owned “Mac Resource” was planning to relocate. No, biggie, they were planning to move into the new mall, and they developers simply marked the space Apple… Right?

Well, actually, not that long afterwards, a sign with a little apple on it appeared in a completely different location from where the mall was being built and was marked as the new location for Mac Resource… Well, I decided to dig in a little deeper. Soon, I found that monster.com had job listings in Huntsville made by Apple… not Mac Resource. At this point I was pretty sure that they were going to open a store, especially after Mac Resource opened their new building.

Well, now it is in full plain view of the public on the Bridge Street Towne Centre website. Apple is clearly listed as coming to the mall. Now, I have been there, and walked through and I did not see any sign of a coming Apple store. I was beginning to think they had changed their mind. It is a shame that this will likely limit the business of the locally-owned Mac Resource though.

NOTE: I no longer have a copy of the original site plan that was marked with Apple on it. I do have this updated version with an unmarked #108 space which is where the store is rumored to be located.

Also, the Job Opportunities Section of the website includes positions for the Apple store.

Feb 22, 2008 UPDATE:

Someone has finally dug to the bottom of the Apple Store. The building permit has been acquired, and the location determined. It will be in the southern-half of the mall in location #S23.

June 1, 2008 UPDATE:

The store opened on the 31st.