The computer group Apple on Wednesday presented his new New York store, which is open to the public Friday in the greater Grand Central Station, and is already generating questions about the conditions he obtained from the owner.
The shop, on the floor of the majestic main hall of the station almost a century old, is fully integrated into the frame, such as keeping away from street lamps and traditional aesthetics of glass privileged in many other sites.
This will be the fifth opened by Apple in New York. With a surface area exceeding 2,100 square feet according to the tabloid New York Post, it would not be the largest in the world, being surpassed by two London shops.
It is already causing controversy, because of particularly favorable lease conditions that would have been granted by the Transport Authority, the MTA, which owns the site, according to the daily: the ten-year lease would represent $ 800,000 for the first year, "much less "than what is required to pay a nearby restaurant. In addition, Apple would be "the sole trader (the station) to have no revenue-sharing agreement" with its owner.
The accounting officer of the State of New York Thomas Di Napoli, who last year had found that the MTA mismanaging its portfolio, announced Thursday that the information would lead to complete the audit. "This is a great location and I want to make sure that the MTA has not sold off the store," he said in a statement.
This will be the 361st "Apple Store" in the world, and the 245th United States. It will have 315 employees, with extended hours (7 am to 21h weekdays) to better serve the clientele of professionals who regularly attend the station.
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