View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/05/17/new.apple.stores/ Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:25pm New Apple Stores in CA, MA, NY; Westchester expansion Apple is in the process of finalizing leases and renovation plans for four additional retail stores this year, including two locations in California, one in Massachusetts and one in New York City's Staten Island. Over the next seven months Apple is expected to open between 20 and 30 new outfits. The first of two new California stores will open this summer at The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks, CA. A second (southern) California location is slated for the Brea Mall, in Brea, CA. Apple has inked a deal for a store in the renovated Burlington Mall, which will bring the number of Apple retail stores in Massachusetts to six. Most anticipated of the four new store locations is one planned for the Staten Island Mall in New York. Apple also plans to expand its Westchester Mall store, directly adjacent to the existing Apple retail location. The store will occupy the former retail spots of both The Body Shop and KB Toys.