Laker Nest Bookstore featured in The College Store’s 15th Annual Store Design Showcase
October 1, 2020
For The College Store’s Store Design Showcase, the Laker Nest Bookstore was one of six campus stores featured in The College Store’s September/October 2020 issue. This is due to in 2019, the Bookstore saw massive changes.
The Bookstore once resided in a 5,000 sq. ft. pole barn with most of the space being taken up for warehouse space and a hallway sized sales floor. However with the Luther Student Center 2019 expansion, The Laker Nest Bookstore received a massive upgrade. In the Luther Student Center, the Bookstore now has 4,630 sq. ft. with a 1,600 sq. ft. sales floor. A significant improvement from the hallway sized space. The building project was finished in November 2019, and the project total cost was $1.1 million.
Even with the high project cost it was well worth it. With the enlarged sales space, a more center location on campus, and a new micro-mart and milkshake machine, sales have increased significantly. And with inspiration from the new space, many creative ideas are yet to come for the Laker Nest Bookstore.