Calling it "an incredibly sad day," Brilliant Books announced that it has lost the lease to its store in Suttons Bay, Mich., and will be closing in a few weeks. The store in Traverse City will remain open.
On the bookstore's Facebook page, owners Peter and Colleen Makin wrote: "We are all devastated, especially Amalia Venturi who worked so hard to make the store look so good over the past nine months. But there is nothing we can do. The landlord has decided he doesn't want to lease the building to us and has told us we must be out by the end of March."
Venturi will join the Traverse City staff while the Makins are "exploring all options to return to Suttons Bay. It's where we started. It's where we belong."
