Relocated Annapolis Apple store to open on Saturday, Montgomery Mall shop closed until fall

The Apple Annapolis store will reopen in a different part of the Westfield Annapolis mall — specifically, 1735 Annapolis Mall Road — at 10 a.m. local time. Operating hours will run until 9:30 p.m. most days, and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays.

In the city of Bethesda, the Montgomery Mall location has been closed for renovations since July 17. Store Reporter noted that construction began several months later than intended, but that the upgrade should be finished in November and give Apple almost twice the room it had before, eating into two neighboring spaces.

Renovating or relocating locations has become an important task for the company, since it's not only outgrowing some of its older real estate but looking to rebrand it with a new fashion-oriented aesthetic. Some outlets, like Union Square in San Francisco, even have areas purpose-built for special events.

Recently the company started dropping the term "Store" from its marketing, presumably trying to boost the impression that its retail chain is about more than just shopping.