Barnes & Noble is planning to reopen this summer time at The Creeks at Virginia Centre. (Jack Jacobs photographs)
A tenant that when bookended The Creeks at Virginia Centre plans to return.
Barnes & Noble is anticipated to reopen within the Glen Allen purchasing middle in August at 9840 Brook Street, in response to Janine Flanigan, the corporate’s vp of retailer planning and design.
The 9,500-square-foot house, which is on the southern finish of the property and was previously residence to Pier 1 Imports, is adjoining to the storefront that Barnes & Noble vacated final 12 months.
The upcoming retailer could be smaller than the next-door, 23,000-square-foot house the place Barnes & Noble operated for greater than 20 years till it closed in June. The brand new retailer additionally wouldn’t have an on-site café.
The brand new Glen Allen location would deliver the New York-based Barnes & Noble again to 4 shops within the Richmond area. The corporate at the moment has shops at 11640 W. Broad St. in Brief Pump, 5501 W. Broad St. within the Libbie Place purchasing middle and at Chesterfield Towne Heart, per its web site. Barnes & Noble School, a separate firm from the bookstore chain, operates two areas on VCU’s campus.
Barnes & Noble is planning to open its new Glen Allen retailer in a 9,500-square-foot house subsequent to the storefront it previously occupied at The Creeks at Virginia Centre.
Final spring, the Glen Allen retailer introduced in a social media publish it was closing in its now-former location as a result of “the owner has chosen to redevelop.” It wasn’t clear this week what that mission entailed, or the way it was anticipated to have an effect on the shop’s operations.
If Barnes & Noble supposed to reopen in a unique storefront on the similar middle, as it’s now on monitor to take action, it didn’t share these plans publicly on the time. Flanigan didn’t present additional particulars about what elements had been behind the relocation.
As Barnes & Noble plots a comeback at The Creeks, one other main retail chain is making ready to open within the bookstore’s earlier location.
Low cost retail chain TJ Maxx has a new location in the works at 9850 Brook Street, the place buildout gave the impression to be underway on the house Tuesday. It was unclear when TJ Maxx plans to open. An organization spokeswoman declined to remark.
TJ Maxx has 5 areas within the area listed on its web site.
Different retailers at The Creeks embody Dick’s Sporting Items, Michaels and Ross amongst others.
In different native retail information, material and crafts vendor Joann is closing all its stores, a transfer that may trigger two storefronts to go darkish within the Richmond space.
