Chester County Books & Music in West Chester, PA may close now that landlords for the store’s 28,000-square foot space found new tenants. Owner Kathy Simoneaux told the Pottstown Mercury that the lease for the space they have occupied since 1987 expired in January and the store has been renting on a month-to-month basis ever since. The decision to leave was “mutual” as the rent increased too much for Simoneaux to keep paying. While closure seemed likely, Simoneaux says she has been “approached by different parties about continuing to run an independent operation elsewhere” and thus she “started to reconsider” getting […]
