The Hyattsville Wire heard from a local Realtor who heard from a Prince George’s County government official that developers of the Whole Foods Market in Riverdale Park are looking to land an Apple retail store.

Apple is apparently doing a market feasibility study of the area, which is something they do before opening any location, to check to make sure it’s a good place to invest in.

Now, if it’s true, there would still be quite a few steps between now and an Apple store actually opening along Route 1.

But there are a couple of reasons why it makes sense. Although Apple has focused its expansion of retail stores on the international market, it continues to open new stores within the U.S. in the right markets.

Apple already has stores in Georgetown, Pentagon City and Clarendon and two in Bethesda, but none in the northeast of the greater D.C. area. Locating near a Whole Foods Market would make sense from a retail perspective, while being near the University of Marland campus would fit with the company’s outreach to college students.

True or not, hearing talk of a possible Apple retail store in Riverdale Park is yet another sign of the Route 1 renaissance.