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Apple is in negotiations to open a flagship store at Carnegie Library in Mount Vernon Square, The Washington Post reports.

The company is in talks about leasing it with Events DC, the authority that owns the historic building.

Apple Stores have changed the game for brick and mortar stores, netting more sales per square foot than any other retailer in the country. There is already a D.C. location in Georgetown. CityCenter DC, the downtown development featuring a number of luxury stores, has been trying to entice Apple to open up shop there, a plan that has yet to bear fruit for them.

As The Post reports, Apple is thinking about more than just selling its electronics in the Carnegie Library, according to officials.

They said the proposed store was reminiscent of the location Apple opened in May on San Francisco’s Union Square, which in addition to the company’s products includes a plaza with outdoor seating, public Wi-Fi and events space where the company hosts concerts, forums and children’s events.

Currently, Events DC, which is largely funded through hotel taxes, rents out the building as a special events venue, in addition to its role as the home of the D.C. Historical Society. The National Capital Planning Commission and the Historic Preservation Review Board need to give the go-ahead for any proposals regarding the 113-year-old building.

And getting their permission is no walk in the park. Just ask the Spy Museum, which wanted to relocate to Carnegie Library but was denied amid historic preservation concerns and ultimately landed in L’Enfant Plaza.

So, what do you think? Should Apple open up at the Carnegie Library?