All About Microsoft posted a story that Microsoft may be close to obtaining a Fifth Avenue store, providing the company with its first, real Manhattan flagship location.

According to the New York Daily News, Microsoft is negotiating to take control of the former Fendi store on Fifth Avenue, which it would turn into its first Manhattan brick-and-mortar store.

The Fendi store, located at 677 Fifth Avenue (near 53rd Street) is five blocks away from Apple's Fifth Avenue Store (near 58th Street).

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