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Carroll County’s first Barnes & Noble bookstore will open its doors next week after months of anticipation on social media.<\/p>\n

The company announced its Westminster location will hold a grand opening at 9 a.m. on July 30 in the Westminster Crossing West shopping center. It’s taking over the former Gavigan’s Furniture space.<\/p>\n

New York Times-bestselling romance novelist B.K. Borison, who is based in Baltimore, will be on hand for the ribbon-cutting and will sign books.<\/p>\n

The 20,000 square-foot store’s design will “marry the best traditions of independent bookselling with the resources of the historic chain,” the company said in a news release.<\/p>\n

It will include a B&N Cafe, books and a range of toys, games, paper and gift items.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enthusiastic response from the community has been very encouraging, and our Westminster booksellers have been hard at work preparing a bookstore curated with their new customers in mind,” James Daunt, CEO of Barnes & Noble, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Barnes and Noble opening summer of 2025 in Westminster at 402 Englar Rd Suite C. (Jeffrey F. Bill\/Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Barnes & Noble is opening seven new bookstores nationwide in July, as part of an ambitious corporate strategy.<\/p>\n

The company expects to open more than 60 new bookstores this year, and opened more stores last year than it had in the decade between 2009 and 2019, according to the news release.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Noble remodeled its two Baltimore County stores in White Marsh and Pikesville in recent years, and also downsized the Pikesville store, moving it across the street.<\/p>\n

Stores in Bel Air and Ellicott City are among those that retain the company’s previous 1990s-style format.<\/p>\n

The past decade has seen big changes for Barnes & Noble locally, as the company closed its high-profile, longtime stores at Towson Circle and at the Power Plant in the Inner Harbor. It also opened a new location<\/a> in The Mall in Columbia.<\/p>\n

Have a news tip? Contact Bryna Zumer at bzumer@baltsun.com, or on X as @brynazumer.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barnes and Noble will open in Westminster July 30. The company plans to open more than 60 stores nationwide this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":11574316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-07-23T19:47:35Z","apple_news_api_id":"536aa3a1-7870-4fd7-89e4-389351883638","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-07-23T20:04:55Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AU2qjoXhwT9eJ5DiTUYg2OA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"subheadline":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[75,80,76],"tags":[],"feature":[],"location":[301,223],"type-of-work":[],"coauthors":[3305],"class_list":["post-11573479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carroll-county-times","category-cct-latest-headlines","category-cct-news","location-carroll-county","location-maryland"],"post_status":"","edit_last":0,"edit_lock":0,"highlights":"","original_byline":"","original_canonical":"","original_category":"","original_email":"","original_id":0,"original_pubdate":"","original_source":"","primary_section":"75","primary_tag":0,"print_workflow_body":{"deck_headline":"","print_title":"Barnes & Noble to open first Carroll County store next week","print_subheadline":"","print_priority":"","print_placement":"cover","print_planned_ready":"","print_pub_date":"","print_slug":"CCT-L-BARNES-NOBLE-WESTMINSTER","print_budget_line":"","print_excerpt":"Barnes and Noble will open in Westminster July 30. The company plans to open more than 60 stores nationwide this year.","print_notes":"","photo_limits":"Photo limits are: 1 featured image, 5 featured gallery images, 5 embedded gallery images and 5 in-article embedded images. Articles that exceed these limits will not export. Please adjust images to reflect these limits.","print_featured_gallery_richtext":"","print_inline_galleries_richtext":"","print_inline_images_richtext":"

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Carroll County's first Barnes & Noble bookstore will open its doors next week after months of anticipation on social media.<\/p>

The company announced its Westminster location will hold a grand opening at 9 a.m. on July 30 in the Westminster Crossing West shopping center. It's taking over the former Gavigan's Furniture space.<\/p>

New York Times-bestselling romance novelist B.K. Borison, who is based in Baltimore, will be on hand for the ribbon-cutting and will sign books.<\/p>

The 20,000 square-foot store's design will \"marry the best traditions of independent bookselling with the resources of the historic chain,\" the company said in a news release.<\/p>

It will include a B&N Cafe, books and a range of toys, games, paper and gift items.<\/p>

\u201cThe enthusiastic response from the community has been very encouraging, and our Westminster booksellers have been hard at work preparing a bookstore curated with their new customers in mind,\" James Daunt, CEO of Barnes & Noble, said in a statement.<\/p>

Barnes & Noble is opening seven new bookstores nationwide in July, as part of an ambitious corporate strategy.<\/p>

The company expects to open more than 60 new bookstores this year, and opened more stores last year than it had in the decade between 2009 and 2019, according to the news release.<\/p>

Barnes & Noble remodeled its two Baltimore County stores in White Marsh and Pikesville in recent years, and also downsized the Pikesville store, moving it across the street.<\/p>

Stores in Bel Air and Ellicott City are among those that retain the company's previous 1990s-style format.<\/p>

The past decade has seen big changes for Barnes & Noble locally, as the company closed its high-profile, longtime stores at Towson Circle and at the Power Plant in the Inner Harbor. It also opened a new location<\/a> in The Mall in Columbia.<\/p>

Have a news tip? Contact Bryna Zumer at bzumer@baltsun.com, or on X as @brynazumer.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>"},"print_workflow_exported_ts":"1753303124","print_workflow_exported_username":"Molly Fellin Spence","print_workflow_shapes":"","print_workflow_side":{"print_section":"24229","print_status":"24232","add_export_buttons":"","print_endpoint":"tribune"},"really_short_title":"","short_title":"","syndication_source":"","market_neutral_title":"","social_title":"","dfm_hub_post_id":0,"paywall_level":"premium","featured_media_content":{"content_type":"image","content":{"id":11574316,"title":"CCT-L-BARNESNOBLEWESTMINSTER-p2","filename":"CCT-L-BARNESNOBLEWESTMINSTER-p2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CCT-L-BARNESNOBLEWESTMINSTER-p2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/cct-l-barnesnoblewestminster-p2\/","alt":"","author":"36","description":"","caption":"Barnes and Noble opening summer of 2025 in Westminster at 402 Englar Rd Suite C. (Jeffrey F. 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