EL's Barnes and Noble will close

WKAR Public Media

Published September 21, 2011 at 8:46 AM EDT

By Mark Bashore, WKAR

EAST LANSING, MI –

East Lansing's Barnes and Noble bookstore will close its doors on December 31.

Company officials in New York announced the closing. East Lansing store manager Kelly Flynn-Schut says the closing was triggered by the failure to renew the store's lease with the building owner.

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