From Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal:
The downtown Minneapolis Nicollet Mall Barnes & Noble will close its doors this weekend.
A store associate at the downtown bookstore said its last day of business will be Saturday. Nicollet Mall was the home of the downtown Barnes & Noble since 1994.
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The Barnes & Noble space has 11,100 square feet on the ground level and 14,000 square feet on the second floor.
The most likely future scenario for the site will be for one business to take the ground-level space with two different tenants splitting the second level. Sources have told the Business Journal that a few high-end restaurants have expressed interest in the ground floor.
Link to the rest at Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal
The downtown Macy’s is closing there as well. This strikes me as much as a sign of the shopping experience there than about bookstores in general. Restaurants still do well downtown but shopping is changing.
Funny how this comes right after
‘Disappearing Bookstores . . . or Not’
One might think PG was having a bit of fun with the timing and placement …
Who, me???