Bookworms, rejoice: Barnes & Noble plans to return to downtown Seattle, according to recent city filings.

The bookseller has leased a property, previously occupied by The North Face, at 520 Pike St. in the city’s Central Business District, per a permit filed Monday.

The company’s website has the store slated to open in April.

The leased building includes two floors and more than 14,000 square feet of floor area, according to related filings last month.

The company didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Downtown Seattle has lacked a Barnes & Noble bookstore since January 2020 when a former location at Pacific Place shopping center shuttered. Another of its stores had closed in West Seattle a year earlier.

The city remains home to two Barnes & Noble bookstores: one at Northgate Stati

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