Barbara’s Bookstore to open at Burr Ridge Village Center

Burr Ridge, Ill. Rosemont, Ill.-based Opus North Corp. said that Barbara’s Bookstore has signed a lease at Burr Ridge Village Center, a 20-acre lifestyle center in southwest-suburban Burr Ridge, Ill.

The 7,495-sq.-ft. store is under construction and slated to open in August, with a portion of it commissioned to be a 2,500-sq.-ft. community/reading room to be completed by December.

This will be the twelfth Chicago-area Barbara’s Bookstore, with other locations in University Village, Willis Tower, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Macy’s State Street and O’Hare International Airport. The bookseller also operates a store in South Station, Boston.