Exclusive: Apple Remodeling Alderwood Mall Retail Store

A tipster has contacted us with news that Apple’s retail store in Alderwood Mall, Lynnwood, WA is closed until September 3rd with the purpose of “remodeling.”

The store in question is located in Alderwood Mall, at 3000 184th Street Southwest in Lynnwood, next to GAP. Alderwood Mall itself is located near the intersection of interstates 5 and 405 in western Lynnwood.

“I went to go buy some iKlear at the Apple Store in Alderwood Mall (closest to where I live,” this person said.

“Although it is not mentioned on Apple's website, The Alderwood Mall Apple Store will be closed until September 3rd due to ‘remodeling’,” the tipster added.

Maybe it wasn’t mentioned on Apple’s site when our tipster hit the send button but, as it happens, Apple right now does notify visitors of www.apple.com/retail/alderwoodmall/ that the store is closed for a few days.

“We’re closed August 28 - September 3,” reads a notice on the page reserved for this particular location. Apple instructs locals to visit the Apple Store, University Village during this time.


A relatively old, low-res photo of the Alderwood Mall store inside. Notice the boxed copies of iWork and iLife. Apple's current method of distribution for the software is the Mac App Store
Credits: Ken Bates via Gowalla
It’s still a good thing we learned about it from our tipster because Apple (as it usually occurs) is tight-lipped about the exact reasons of the temporary closing of this store.

Those who live in the area are encouraged to send us pictures of said ‘remodeling’ as it’s taking place, and that includes you, Mr. Anonymous.

In other words, we’d like some visual confirmation of it all.

However, chances are Apple has the store covered with a tarp as the necessary alterations are being made. There’s still one day to go!

The Alderwood Mall store in Washington is not the only Apple retail establishment undergoing changes, though we don’t expect this relatively small outlet to see any major aesthetic overhaul.

Apple has bigger stores to really pimp out, such as the flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York City. There, workers are mounting huge slabs of glass to re-make its iconic cube as you are reading these lines.