Foyles flagship store to move

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 28/02/2011 - 09:43 Foyles will end more than 100 years of bookselling from its flagship store on Charing Cross when it moves to a new "purpose built" bookshop next door in 2013. The indie bookstore is currently based at 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London, but will move to 107-109 in around two years’ time after Noved Investment Holdings, owned by five members of the Foyle family, recently purchased the 74,780 sq ft area which houses the Central St Martin School of Art. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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