Barnes & Noble returns to Lakeland after 16 years with new store

The chain is opening the store Nov. 19 along with six others as it continues to grow along the Gulf Coast and nationwide.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:40 p.m. November 12, 2025
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Barnes & Noble's new Lakeland store opens Nov. 19 at Merchants Walk shopping center at 3615 S Florida Ave.
Barnes & Noble's new Lakeland store opens Nov. 19 at Merchants Walk shopping center at 3615 S Florida Ave.
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Barnes & Noble is opening a new store in Lakeland next week, the second local shop to open in the region in a month and a week following the 50th its opened this year.

The bookseller’s new 13,000-square-foot Lakeland location is in a former Party City space in the Merchants Walk shopping center at 3615 S Florida Ave.

The grand opening is set for 9 a.m. on Nov. 19.

 

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