Legacy Books

Huge independent bookstore to open at Plano's Shops at Legacy
02:44 PM CDT on Thursday, April 10, 2008

By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
stevebrown@dallasnews.com
Plano's Shops at Legacy complex will soon have one of the largest independent bookstores built in the U.S. in years.

The 24,000-square-foot bookseller plans to open in late summer near the northeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and Legacy Drive, occupying a three-level store in the newest section of the Shops at Legacy.

"All you hear about is independent bookstores going under," said Teri Tanner, managing partner of Legacy Books. "Well, we are opening one."


Legacy Books
Plans call for Legacy Books to occupy a 24,000-square-foot space at the Shops at Legacy.
Ms. Tanner – a Tyler native whose retail experience includes both big nationwide book chains – was working with Borders a few years ago when it considered a location at the Shops at Legacy.

Borders ultimately decided not to do the deal, but Ms. Tanner couldn't get the site out of her mind.

"This is a great niche location in Plano," she said. "The demographics are great, and this is a place where people like to hang out."

On any day of the week, thousands stop by to catch a movie at the Angelika Film Center, eat at the more than two dozen restaurants or shop in one of the center's specialty stores.

But developer Fehmi Karahan still wanted a bookstore in his 6-year-old project