Barnes & Noble will host a grand reopening celebration today, May 6, at its bookstore in the Crossing Clarendon shopping center at 2800 Clarendon Blvd., #2000, Arlington, Va. B&N said the nearly 14,000-square-foot store "has been fully remodeled and reimagined, with bright new fixtures, curated displays, and the cozy layout customers have come to love."
The store's relaunch will feature local author Sam Kean cutting the ribbon and signing copies of his most recent book, Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Signs, Sounds, Smells and Tastes of Lost Civilizations (Little, Brown).
B&N said the company is celebrating "the reopening of our wonderful Clarendon store, nearly one year after its closing. We are delighted to welcome our customers back to enjoy this beautiful new store."
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B&N is also opening its new bookstore in Seattle, Wash., today. The store returns downtown after the location in Pacific Place closed in January 2020. Located at 520 Pike St., the 18,000-square-foot space is situated a couple of blocks from the Convention Center and Pike Place Market.
The official opening to the public will feature local author Robin Hobb cutting the ribbon and signing copies of her book Blood of Dragons: Volume Four of the Rain Wilds Chronicles.
"The return of a major bookstore to Downtown Seattle is testament both to the revitalization of the downtown area and the vigor of bookselling generally," said James Daunt, CEO of Barnes & Noble. "The Downtown Seattle Barnes & Noble was for many years a flagship for the bookseller. We are very pleased to restore this again with the new Pike Street bookstore."