Barnes & Noble will open a new store in Oak Park, Ill., tomorrow, July 1. The new location will occupy the historic Marshall Field's building at 1144 Lake St. and span 24,000 sq. ft. It will also have a B&N cafe. Mia P. Manansala, author of Death and Dinuguan (Berkley) will be on hand to cut the ribbon and sign copies of her book.
The Oak Park store will be the third new B&N to open in the Chicagoland area this year, with a fourth set to open in downtown Chicago later this summer.
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In August, B&N will be moving its store in the Fayette Mall in Lexington, Ky., to a larger space in the same shopping center. The store, at 3401 Nicholasville Rd., will close on August 5 and reopen later in August at 3565 Nicholasville Rd. The new space is about a two-minute walk from the old and is more than 3,000 square feet larger.
The Fayette Mall store is one of two B&Ns set to relocate in August; the other is the chain's Peachtree, Ga., store. B&N plans to open more than 60 new stores this year.