Apple ya fara aiki a kan sake fasalin babban shagonsa na Fifth Avenue a farkon wannan shekarar, amma ba a da masaniya game da shirye-shiryen kamfanin. Sabon bayani daga Bloomberg, duk da haka, yana ba da ƙarin cikakkun bayanai game da sake fasalin da kuma shirye-shiryen Apple na shagon don haɓaka "fiye da ninki biyu na asalin."
A lokacin bayyanarsa a ranar Laraba, shugaban kamfanin na Boston Properties, Douglas Linde, ya bayyana cewa kamfanin Apple zai ninka girman shagonsa a Fifth Avenue. Kamfanin Boston Properties shi ne wanda ya mallaki ginin da General Motors ya mallaka a Fifth Avenue, wanda shi kuma Apple Store da shahararriyar cube ta gilashi. Linde ta bayyana a lokacin da take jawabi cewa Apple ya kasance "sirrin dan haya da muke magana sama da shekara guda" lokacin da muka tattauna game da zama kantin sayar da kayayyaki a cikin Fifth Avenue gini.
Shi kansa kamfanin na Apple bai ce komai ba game da shirye-shiryensa na wannan gyaran shagon da ke kan titin Fifth Avenue na New York, amma wani mai magana da yawun kamfanin da Tim Cook ya jagoranta ya bayyana wa Bloomberg cewa Apple yana shirin wani "wuri" mai ban mamaki "inda namu abokan ciniki za su iya jin daɗin sababbin ayyuka da ƙwarewa a cikin sarari da yawa fiye da da ”.
Yankin kasuwanci na Biyar Avenue ya sha wahala a cikin watannin da suka gabata idan ya zo ga masu haya. An bayar da rahoton adadi mai yawa na gurabe saboda hauhawar haya da faduwar tallace-tallace da zirga-zirga a yankin. Bloomberg ya danganta wani bangare na wannan kasancewar Shugaba Donald Trump a Trump Tower, wanda ke da tazara biyu kacal. Wannan ya haifar da karuwar ‘yan sanda a yankin, da kuma cunkoson ababen hawa da kuma takaita hanyoyin wucewa.
Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, daga cikin wurare mafi tsada a cikin gundumomin kasuwancin duniya, ya sami adadi mai yawa na sararin sayarwa kamar yadda yan kasuwa ke adawa da tsadar haya da mai gida ya sanya. Bugu da kari, kasancewar Shugaba Donald Trump a cikin Hasumiyar Trump, tazara biyu kawai kudu, an alakanta da raguwar cunkoson ababen hawa a yankin, lamarin da ya sa kasancewar 'yan sanda sun kafa shingaye da kuma takaita zirga-zirgar masu tafiya da kafa.
A farkon wannan watan, Apple a hukumance ya matsar da shagonsa na biyar Avenue bayan rahotanni da yawa da ke cewa kamfanin na shirin yin garambawul don fadada shi. A shekarar da ta gabata, Apple ya sake yin kwaskwarima a shagon Union Square da ke San Francisco tare da sabon fasali da "Genius Grove," kuma da fatan za a yi amfani da irin wadannan dabarun a wajen sake fasalin sanannen shagon na biyar. Yayinda ayyuka a shagon Apple suka kare, shagon yaci gaba da yiwa kwastomomi da baƙi a cikin sararin samaniya wanda aka bari fanko dama kusa da kumburin gilashi, na na FAO Schwarz.
Akwai Shagunan Apple guda takwas a Manhattan. Babban kantin yana a 767 Fifth Avenue. Shagon Apple tare da ƙofar gilashi mai ban sha'awa ba shine mafi girma ba, duk da cewa shine mafi shahara. Mafi girma shine kyakkyawan shago a cikin Yankin Meatpacking a 401 West 14th Street. Kuna so ku sayi wani abu banda sabon ku na'urar daga Apple? Sannan shagon-shago a Macy's shine kuke nema. Anan zaku sami samfuran Apple a falon ƙasa, tsakanin turare da kayan shafawa. Wani Shagon Apple wanda ya cancanci ziyartawa yayin zaman sayayya shine shagon a Westfield World Trade Center. Thearancin kayayyakin Apple yayi daidai da tsarin zamani na wannan cibiyar kasuwancin.