ST. PETERSBURG — The Barnes & Noble bookstore across from Tyrone Square Mall has served readers for more than three decades. Now its days are numbered, though no one will say exactly how many remain.
BayCare Health System purchased the property at 2501 Tyrone Blvd. N. in January for $10 million. The nonprofit health care giant plans to convert the 15,800-square-foot building into a freestanding emergency room, part of a $30 million project approved through Pinellas County municipal bonds last August.
The bookstore remains open, for now. But whether Barnes & Noble will find a new home in St. Petersburg — or leave the city entirely — remains unclear…