Barnes & Noble opening over 60 new stores, including one in Port St. Lucie, Florida
A Barnes & Noble bookstore will open at 1745 St. Lucie West Blvd. in Town Center at St Lucie West, where Party City used to be. The Party City closed after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 21 and closed all its stores nationwide.
"Barnes & Noble is enjoying a period of tremendous growth as the strategy to hand control of each bookstore to its local booksellers has proven so successful," the bookseller said in a February news release. "In 2024, Barnes & Noble opened more new bookstores in a single year than it had in the whole decade from 2009 to 2019."
The over 13,000 square-foot store is targeted to open by November, but the date is subject to change, according to Barnes & Noble spokesperson Janine Flanigan.
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Barnes & Noble has opened new locations in Naples, Tampa and Tequesta this year, according to its website.
This Port St. Lucie location will be the second Barnes & Noble on the Treasure Coast, with one in Jensen Beach at 3001 N.W. Federal Highway.
Barnes & Noble said on its website that there are about 600 stores across the United States as of 2022.
Gianna Montesano is TCPalm's trending reporter. You can contact her at gianna.montesano@tcpalm.com, 772-409-1429, or follow her on X @gonthescene.
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