Although Barnes & Noble switched tracks overnight in November regarding an announced closure of its Union Station bookstore in Washington, D.C., the company said yesterday that the store will be shut down at the end of February "after a deal to extend its lease by one year fell through," DCist reported.
B&N spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating noted that the bookseller had been negotiating with Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. to remain in the space for an additional year: "An agreement was reached by both [Barnes & Noble] and the landlord, but prior to having the agreement fully executed the landlord changed their mind."
