Amazon confirmed to the East Bay Express that the company will open a Books store in Walnut Creek, CA’s Broadway Plaza and is currently hiring employees for the location. Barnes & Noble closed their store across from Broadway Plaza a little over a year ago, after 21 years in that location, when they were unable to agree on a lease renewal. At the time, the bookseller said, “We expect to have a new store in the area in the future.” The newspaper says rents in the plaza “are between $80 and $140 per square foot.” The new location is the […]