Riverstone Books, Pittsburgh, Pa., is closing its McCandless Crossing store on August 10 after nine years and will be relocating "two stoplights north" on McKnight Road to a standalone building in Pine Creek Center, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported.
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Owner Barbara Jeremiah, who founded Riverstone after a 30-year career at Alcoa, said customers can still shop at Riverstone's Squirrel Hill location, which opened in 2021, or online during the transition. The new store is expected to debut about two weeks after closing its previous space.
The company began looking for new space last year when facing "a significant rent increase" at McCandless Crossing, its home since 2017. "But looking at different store fronts also gave us the chance to think about what we wanted Riverstone to be in the future," Riverstone said. "So what is that vision? A new home with more space for events, a flexible space that can host a variety of new kinds of events, a space that still welcomes everyone with even more spots to sit and read, a true third space to grow our Riverstone community and a space that will serve a darn good cup of coffee.
"We hope you will embrace our new location," Riverstone added. "We are choosing to grow in space and in the services we offer at a time when reading books continues to be challenged by so many other forms of entertainment and spending time together is less appealing for many than spending time alone with your phone. But we think having a place that's available for your book club or a craft night or a birthday party or shower or mahjong classes is exactly what we are here to offer and once you get to see the new space, we would love to hear your thoughts on what else we can do together."