Barnes & Noble To Open Store, Café​, Inside Danbury Fair Mall

DANBURY, CT — Barnes & Noble is re-locating its Danbury store.

The bookseller will move down the road a few numbers and into the Danbury Fair Mall.

The new store at 7 Backus Avenue will occupy 19,000 square feet and include a Barnes & Noble Café. The lease at its current location at #15 Backus ends in the spring of 2023 after 31 years.

The new location, occupied previously by Arhaus, is situated between Dick’s Sporting Goods and Primark, on the outside of the mall, and is expected to open its doors to coincide with the end of its current lease. This will be the bookseller’s second new bookstore in Connecticut, having opened its Westport store in 2021.

"While we are sad to be leaving our current home after a very happy 31 years of bookselling, the move to a new location gives us the opportunity to start afresh with a new store," said James Daunt, CEO, Barnes & Noble. "As anyone who has visited our Westport store knows, our new stores are stunningly beautiful and we have a great team of experienced local booksellers who look forward to curating the new space. We look forward to welcoming both old and new customers to the bookstore."

Anchored by Macy’s, DICK’s Sporting Goods, JCPenney and Primark, the announcement of the Barnes & Noble move to the Danbury Fair Mall comes on the heels of recent updates for the shopping destination, including details surrounding opening plans for Target as well as Round1 Entertainment.

Barnes & Noble has been actively opening new stores in communities across the country. In the nine years from 2010 to 2019, the bookseller opened just 15 new stores in total. In 2022, Barnes & Noble opened 16 new stores and the bookseller has announced opening plans for over 30 new bookstores in 2023.