Overview
- The bookseller detailed a 30,000-plus-square-foot location at 150 N. State St. that is in early design and development.
- An approximately 18,000-square-foot store at 1524 E. 55th St. in Hyde Park is slated for early 2026.
- Oak Park will see a roughly 20,000-square-foot store in the former Borders space, targeted for late spring 2026.
- The Westfield Old Orchard shop will relocate within the Skokie mall, with reopening expected in the spring.
- Hyde Park and Oak Park will feature B&N Cafés, and all new locations will add curated gifts, toys, games and vinyl as part of a broader 2026 pipeline with confirmed leases across Ohio, Texas, Florida, Colorado, Washington state, Washington, D.C., California, Virginia and Georgia.