Barnes & Noble to close old store, open new one on Tunnel Road

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Press release here: 

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, will open a new bookstore on March 18 in the Asheville Mall at 3 South Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina. Concurrently, the existing store at 83 South Tunnel Road will close.

At approximately 40,000 square feet, the new Asheville Mall Barnes & Noble will be the company’s largest store in North Carolina. The new store will stock close to 200,000 book, music, DVD and magazine titles and include a cafe serving Starbucks coffee. The store will feature a dedicated meeting and study area on the second floor overlooking Blue Ridge Parkway. The new Asheville Mall Barnes & Noble will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, and employ approximately 85 people from the community.

The public is invited to a Preview Night Party at the new Asheville Mall Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, March 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. A portion of the Preview Night sales will benefit Buncombe County Schools. Students from the school district will perform throughout the evening, including Enka High School’s performance of Seussical: The Musical, and Black Mountain Primary School’s performance of the play Go Fish. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Clifford the Big Red Dog will be on hand to meet his fans.