Following up on my slightly tardy “giant Starbucks opens at Emory” post yesterday, TODAY is the actual day that Emory will open its massive new bookstore along Oxford Road.

The Emory Report did a piece on the new building a couple weeks back – including the following video, which gives some internal shots of the space.  The article quotes campus architect Jen Fabrick saying “The building was designed to provide important functional services for the University, but also to provide an active interface between Emory’s campus and the surrounding community,”

While the bookstore will primarily serve Emory students, faculty and staff, the Emory Report says the new B&N  “will offer an increase in titles, Emory merchandise and product offerings for customers.”

Erica reports on Twitter that the massive Starbucks, which is part of Emory’s new Barnes & Noble bookstore that sits along Oxford Road at the edge of Emory Village has opened to the public.  She also provides the pic above.  (used with permission)

WhiskAwayNic notes it’s the largest campus Starbucks in the country.

From the Emory Report…

Emory’s new campus bookstore and admissions office continues construction on Oxford Road. The building is expected to be complete in late May, and occupied later this summer.

When completed, the three story structure will house a Barnes & Noble Bookstore on the first and second level, a large Starbucks coffee shop on the first level, and a Barnes and Noble “spirit merchandise” sales area on the third level. The new undergraduate admissions office will also be on the third floor.

A landscaped plaza, the Anne Register Jones Courtyard, will bridge the area between the new building and the B. Jones Building.  Recently named to honor the wife of Boisfeuillet Jones, the courtyard will be a large “green roof” over a new parking deck.

Interior and Exterior Renderings courtesy of the Emory Report