Park Street Books Looks to Expand from Current Space
New England's largest children's bookstore is looking for a space to house its nearly one million books after a recent offer on the former Coldwell Banker building was rejected.
Business is booming at Park Street Books – New England’s largest children’s bookstore – and that has the walls of 26 Park St. bursting at the seams. “We have about 800,000 books and we’re constantly getting books in and we don’t have the space to put them out,” said store owner Jim James, a former preschool teacher who opened his first book store in Walpole in 2004 then moved it to Medfield in 2008. He expanded the store in 2010 and is now ready to expand again. “It would be nice to have 4,000 or 5,000 square feet but it’s just not available and it’s not realistic to think it’s available,” said James. “The alternative is we’re going to be creative in finding other spaces and we’ll make it work that way.” James said he will be taking on …
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7:53 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
This is an incredible store, one which we visit most weekends either picking up books or birthday gifts. It would be a shame and a HUGE loss if it were to move from Medfield. more ›