SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Barnes & Noble will open its seventh San Antonio location in summer 2026 in a Northwest Side shopping center already seeing growth.<\/p>\n
The retailer will open at the Huebner Oaks Shopping Center, located in the 11000 block of Interstate 10, according to a filing<\/a> with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). <\/p>\n The space was previously occupied by Bed Bath & Beyond, which shuttered many of its stores<\/a> in 2023. Next door to the forthcoming Barnes & Noble is San Antonio\u2019s third Trader Joe\u2019s location<\/a>, which opened to large crowds<\/a> on Nov. 4.<\/p>\n Barnes & Noble eyes nationwide growth<\/p>\n The retailer, which saw sales decline amid Amazon\u2019s surge over the last two decades, is eyeing nationwide growth. In 2026, Barnes & Noble expects to open 60 stores, according to USA Today. <\/p>\n In 2025, Barnes & Noble opened a similar number of locations nationwide, including seven in Texas, per USA Today\u2019s count.<\/p>\n Barnes & Noble was sold to a private hedge fund for $476 million in 2019. The retailer and independent bookstores alike were hit by a rise in Amazon and Kindle users<\/a>, despite Barnes & Noble\u2019s own e-reader, the Nook.<\/p>\n As a result of the company going private, Chairman Leonard Riggio stepped down. Riggio, 83, died from Alzheimer\u2019s complications<\/a> in August 2024.<\/p>\n According to the TDLR filing, renovation and alteration work is expected to begin on March 1, 2026, and be completed on June 30. The estimated cost of the work will be $350,000.<\/p>\n