Apple Northlake Mall

Apple Northlake Mall was an Apple Store located in , USA. It opened for business in August 2011 as Apple's 342nd retail store and was internally identified as R463.Apple Storefronts: #342 Northlake Mall by Thomas Park, AppSpot. Archived 2011-11-10. By the time it was permanently closed in March 2023, it had become the 330th oldest Apple retail store, as 12 other preceding stores had closed during its nearly 12 years of operation.Apple Storefronts: #330 Northlake Mall R463 by Thomas Park, AppSpot. Archived 2022-09-11.
==Location==
This Apple Store was situated within the at 6801 Northlake Mall Drive in . It was normally open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except Sundays, when it was open from noon to 6:00 p.m.
==History==
The store was first opened at the Northlake Mall on Saturday, August 27, 2011.Northlake Apple Store To Open Saturday, WSOC-TV News. 2011-08-23.
===Closure===
On March 1, 2023, Apple announced that it was permanently closing the Northlake Mall store at 4:00 p.m. and redirected customers to the Apple SouthPark store nearby.Apple Northlake Mall - Thank you for visiting., Apple Inc. Archived 2023-03-02. Apple did not notify customers or staff beforehand, and reached this decision quickly after a wave of shootings at the mall over the preceding months.Apple Store in Charlotte permanently closed without notice after three shootings by Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac. 2023-03-02.
In a statement, Apple said in part, 
"In preparation for a new store we plan to open in the Charlotte area early next year, we're now closed here. All of our team members will continue to support our Charlotte customers at Apple SouthPark and the Apple Store Online. Please visit our Apple SouthPark store or apple.com/shop to shop or connect with a Specialist. For service and support, visit support.apple.com"
===Replacement Apple Store===
In the summer of 2023, Apple announced that the new store in the Charlotte area would be located at the in , replacing the Northlake Mall location. Apple Birkdale Village was opened on December 14, 2023 as the company's 530th store.Apple Store headed to Birkdale Village in Huntersville by Charlotte Business Journal, WSOC-TV. 2023-06-23.APPLE STORE: The future Apple store in Birkdale Village is under construction. by Axios Charlotte, Instagram. 2023-07-17.
==Videos==
Apple Northlake Mall grand opening|(August 27, 2011)
File:Apple Store Coming To Huntersville’s Birkdale Village|Upcoming new Apple Store in Birkdale Village
==References==
==External links==
*Apple Northlake Mall at Apple (archived 2023-02-03)
**Apple Store, Northlake Mall (archived 2012-06-16, 2011-10-06)
*The Apple Store at the Northlake Mall (archived 2023-03-02)
Category:Defunct Apple Stores
Category:Apple Stores in the United States
Category:2011 establishments