Barnes & Noble is taking over a retail space in Westchester County that has been vacant since Borders went bankrupt, and plans to build one of four new concept stores in the location. (It’s an odd, below-ground space reached through an escalator.) The retailer has been working through the Eastchester planning board, with minutes of a February 25 meeting quoting architect Greg Belanger: “This will be one of four stores built in this country this year that’s going to have a completely new design, not anything seen anywhere locally. They brought in new designer, an Italian designer.” They hope to open the […]