Apple Saddle Creek

Apple Saddle Creek is an Apple Store located in, USA. It opened for business in 2001 as Apple's eleventh retail store and is internally identified as R020. However, the store moved up to become the tenth oldest still in operation with the closure of Apple Willow Bend in April 2019.

Location
This Apple Store is presently situated at 2031 West Street at the in Germantown. It is normally open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except Sundays, when it is open from 12 noon to 5:30 p.m.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, its hours were temporarily changed to 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday to Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday.

History
The original storefront was designed by architect Art Gensler in direct collaboration with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. It first opened as Apple Store Saddle Creek at 7615 West Farmington Boulevard within the Saddle Creek shopping center on October 13, 2001, becoming the first Apple retail store in. Its original grand opening date of September 22nd had been postponed as the local sign ordinance did not allow food items on signs, nor did it allow them to be lighted.

Relocation
In August 2015, Apple applied for a 15 million building permit to renovate a larger space at Saddle Creek to become a "Next Generation" store. The plans were unanimously approved by the Germantown Design Review Commission. On March 26, 2016, the new updated store was opened across the street within the Saddle Creek shopping center. The 4,000-square-foot location featured a storefront with sheet glass and short metal bollards as protection from vehicles in the parking lot. The previous store location was taken over by, then , and most recently, Evereve.

Incidents
In August 2007, the original Saddle Creek store location was robbed after its front window had been smashed. Ten iPhones, six MacBooks, and an iMac were stolen. On March 14, 2020, newer Saddle Creek store location was closed during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 31, 2020, the store was pre-emptively boarded up during nationwide protests related to George Floyd. It was finally reopened on October 18th of that year.