Barnes & Noble Leaving Framingham Storefront For Natick

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham is losing one of its remaining bookstores, but it won't be moving far away.

Barnes & Noble announced it would be leaving its Shoppers World space on Jan. 22, 2023, but would reopen in the spring down the road in Sherwood Plaza. The current storefront is hosting a moving sale, with almost everything in the store listed at 50 percent off.

According to reports, this move is part of the plans at Shoppers World to add an Amazon Fresh grocery store, which will involve some reshuffling of storefronts.

The owner will tear down the Barnes & Noble and Old Navy stores to build a 38,650 square-foot grocery store plus nearly 6,000 square feet of new retail space, according to plans.

Barnes & Noble is expected to take over the storefront that once was the home of Petco in Natick.