Montreal Apple Store details!

Lots has happend in the last couple of months. It seems like the rumors are rumors no more.

Last week the official construction and building permits were filed with the City of Montreal. In them, they show what Apple’s future store will look like. Here are the highlights:

A two-story design
A glass staircase
Storefront similar to Chestnut Street (San Francisco) and Fifth Avenue
A white-lit Apple logo suspended inside the glass façade

Should be quite the store!

"Men's" left the location in early-December and ever since then, the demolition has been taking place. In early January front-end loaders were bringing out full loads of concrete and steel debris. It seems like they're taking out everything but the walls.

The exterior of the building is now covered by matte black panels and is very unassuming - very Apple like. And as of today, it was officially revealed who is the general contractor on the job - Montreal-based SAJO . If you check their website, you'll see that they worked on the Apple Store at Carrefour Laval as well. They've put small 3' x 2' vinyl banners on the outside of the hoarding.

Pictures to follow tomorrow.

With the way things are going the rumored Holiday 2008 opening date is a good possibility.

Think Steve will make the trip for the big day? Afterall, it's the first flagship store in Canada.

Any tips? Email me!