Apple Retail Store Carnegie Library, Washington D.C. Shop, HSW Offices, Research, Galleries
Apple Store in Carnegie Library Building
Mount Vernon Square Electronics Shop in Washington D.C., USA ? design by Foster + Partners
Aug 10, 2017
Apple Retail Store at Carnegie Library of Washington D.C.
Design: Foster + Partners Architects
Apple Retail Store, Carnegie Library
Apple gets approval for its Carnegie Library retail proposal
The project will rehabilitate and modernize the Carnegie Library building to become a retail and education facility. The building will be leased jointly by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (HSW) which will continue to operate its research library, exhibit galleries, and administrative offices there, and a retail tenant which will operate a retail, events, and educational facility in the building.
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Events D.C., the official convention and sports authority for the District of Columbia announced that its board of directors had come to an agreement on July 27th with Apple for the Carnegie Library retail location and will execute the lease.

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The terms of the lease give Apple a 19,000-sqft section of the Carnegie Library. The lease runs for 10 years and there are two five-year options. The Historical Society will also continue to operate its museum and library in the building as per the existing 99-year lease.
The project will include a full restoration of the building exterior, includin...