A huge space in the municipal building in downtown Brooklyn is for sale and Borough President Marty Markowitz has made it clear that he wants Steve Jobs to buy it for an Apple Store.

An Apple Store in Brooklyn? Sounds like an excellent idea for Apple. Surely it would be hugely popular in a borough that has many Apple users and a huge pool of potential customers.

Downtown Brooklyn is filling up with many high profile national stores like Barney’s Co-op and Trader Joe’s. Panera Bread, H&M, Aeropostale, Filene’s Basement, and Danny Meyer’s  Shake Shack will all be Brooklyn-bound soon.

So what is the rent on the space in the Municipal Building? Something to the tune of $20 million says the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (in the Brooklyn Paper).

Neither Steve Jobs or anyone at Apple has gotten back to the Borough President who bought an iPad and instantly sent Jobs a message about an Apple Store in Brooklyn (that was a few months ago).

A dis or does Jobs have too much on his mind to bother with Brooklyn? Maybe he doesn’t get what’s going on in this borough. Maybe he doesn’t care. Your guess is as good as mine.