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Two Apple Stores in U.S. and Australia Will Soon Be Temporarily Closed

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Apple Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, California will be temporarily closed for renovations starting the evening of Saturday, April 11.

Apple Victoria Gardens 2Apple Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, California

The store will reopen in the fall, according to a notice on Apple's website spotted by MacRumors reader Kate. No specific date was provided, but Apple will likely aim to resume business ahead of iPhone 18 Pro launch day in September.

In the meantime, Apple will be opening a temporary store elsewhere at Victoria Gardens, in a unit that was most recently occupied by activewear retailer Athleta. The address for the temporary store is 12501 N Mainstreet, Suite 3610.

Apple Victoria Gardens first opened in September 2004.

Apple Chermside outside of Brisbane, Australia will also be temporarily closed starting Wednesday, April 29, with Apple inviting customers to visit nearby stores in the meantime. Apple has not provided a specific reason for this store's closure, but it is likely another renovation project. The location first opened in November 2009.

In addition, Apple Trumbull in Connecticut and Apple Towson Town Center in Maryland will be opening at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time this Thursday, April 9. It is unclear exactly why these locations are opening a few hours later than usual, but it is our understanding that at least one of the stores might simply be holding an employee meeting.

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Joe Rossignol Avatar
Joe Rossignol
12 hours ago at 07:34 pm

Why are these temporary closings of random stores always news here? I can understand if it's a big flagship store undergoing significant renovations, but I'm not sure why we should care about what these small stores are doing.
I wrote it just to bother you mainly.
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m1mini
15 hours ago at 05:15 pm
Uh oh..



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Naildown
14 hours ago at 05:44 pm

Uh oh..


TIL Rancho Cucamonga was not just a Craig gag, but a real place. ;)

And great to see Chermside get a mention on GeekWebGuides! Shout out to the Queenslanders in here :)
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Blackstick
16 hours ago at 03:28 pm
Not having worked there since 2014, delayed openings and mid-week closings aren't terribly uncommon. It's not always a team meeting, sometimes it's as simple as "they were having the stone floor buffed and cleaned" or "we had to replace all the display tables."
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svish
7 hours ago at 12:42 am
Closed for quite a long time. Definitely the first day of reopening will be either the day iPhone 18 series launch or a week before that. Not sure whether much will change inside.
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jbc25
15 hours ago at 04:35 pm
Why are these temporary closings of random stores always news here? I can understand if it's a big flagship store undergoing significant renovations, but I'm not sure why we should care about what these small stores are doing.
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