Some shopping developments nationally are having to get creative with the large spaces that Bed Bath & Beyond vacated following its bankruptcy — like opening pickleball courts in them — but not NewMarket Square. Barnes & Noble Booksellers will open in the 25,000 square feet where Bed Bath & Beyond had been at 21st and Maize Road.

“I think west Wichita will be excited to have a Barnes & Noble,” said Todd Slawson, president of NewMarket Square developer Slawson Cos.

“Every neighborhood needs a great bookstore, right?” said Brandon Mason, Slawson’s director of real estate development. The store will open by late summer.

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The new year is only a couple of days old, and North Maize Road’s restaurant population has already increased by two. Over the weekend, a new eatery opened at 21st and Maize as did one several blocks north at 29th and Maize. The new NewMarket Square restaurant is Tai Chi Bubble Tea, whose address is 2314 N. Maize Road, suite 101 (where Radio Shack and Simply Mac once operated.) It’s been in the midst of a soft opening for the past several days, and a few locals have reported stopping to sample the menu, which includes poke bowls, ramen soup, sushi burritos and boba tea.

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