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$50,000: The price of just the store’s shelving.

$50,000: Cost of a single guard rail on 'stair number six.'.

It would have been even more, but some joker took a bite out of it first. The giant stainless steel logo was only $2,000 of this.

$82,000: The cost of installing the signage on the exterior building.

$100,000: Seismic upgrades for the second floor and roof.

$100,000: Price of demolishing the old storefront.

$150,000: Cost of installing canopy panels.

$250,000: Price of the building’s interior and exterior frame.

$800,000: Value of the 50 kilowatt solar power apparatus on the roof.

$1 million: Price of the store’s staircase.

$1.5 million: Tenant improvements for the building next door.

$2.28 million: Total cost of upgrading the building’s sprinkler system.

Here’s a breakdown of where the scratch went: $19 million of that was just the building shell. That’s the same amount of money it costs them to manufacture 100,854 iPhone 6s. Make fun if you can, but I couldn't because they were part of something that I wasn't today.Curious how much a big and splashy projects like Apple's new Union Square store, with its 40-foot-sliding glass doors and 50 foot green wall, would set you back? The folks over at BuildZoom compiled all of the permits, an intriguing look into the finances of a major downtown development.Īll told, the permitted construction costs ran Apple at least $23.6 million.

Apple store san francisco plus#

You could not convince the last in line they weren't going to get an iPhone, or the first that it would not be worth the $500 plus contract. They were smiling, laughing, even those that had been there all night and really could have used a bath. No matter how hard I tried to make fun of the people in line, it just didn't work. Yeah, people like me, who weren't in line, not them. Surely, some of those waiting will go home disappointed. Estimates from those in line ranged from 500 to 5000 phones, but if you asked anyone who worked in store they wold tell you they had no idea how many iPhones they had, or that they had no iPhones, or both. Considering that each customer can buy two iPhones, the store better have at least two hundred. AdvertisementĮnlarge / Second HundredThe line went around the block and was looking to go around another side when I left. Not surprisingly, there were a good number of people waiting in line for someone else. Of those buying for themselves, almost everyone I spoke with was already an AT&T customer. The crowd itself was what you might expect at an Apple Store, mostly white, lots of black t-shirts, not too many goatees though, and only a smattering of berets. Whether it's a gay pride parade, or an anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-whatever protest, somebody always shows up in costumes. Right after the initial group of tents came the typical San Franciscans. The guy standing on the left was just a nerd. The guy sitting in the back wore some kind of t-shirt about a geek ghetto squad. One can only hope no scrawny employee tries to enforce the 'no shirt, no shoes, no service' policy. The guy sitting in front has tattoos all over his chest and arms, and he could probably crush my head in his hands like a beer can. Further Reading iPhone in depth: The Ars reviewThe first people in line showed up at 10:00 AM yesterday.