MacNN reader Jason Simmons notes that "Apple has posted in Emeryville (CA):

"The Apple Store in Emeryville (Calif.) is finished, stocked and ready for customers--but the mall is still being completed around it. The store was apparently ready for last week's scheduled opening of the mall, which was delayed to this Wednesday (the Apple Store opens on Saturday). I toured the site and learned the Apple Store is in the northern-most part of the uncovered mall, in between an Express store on one side and Pottery Barn Kids on the next. The mall reminds me of City Walk or similar sites: it resembles a city street (they call it Bay Street), but with no traffic. The store is the narrow, check-out in the back variety, and features an all-glass front, with a huge and impressive brushed-metal finish running from the top of the windows to the roof. All of the computers are in place, the software is stocked, but there are no front window banners yet. And get this: on a Sunday, with construction still taking place, there was a security guard standing watch across from the Apple Store, wearing black pants and a nicely-tailored black cloth jacket, with the Apple logo and 'Apple Security' silk-screened on the front! Pretty impressive."

by MacNN Staff