Inside UCR: UC Riverside Campus Store Reopens After Three Months of Construction

UC Riverside Campus Store Reopens After Three Months of Construction

The renovations includes: a Marketplace, beauty bar, UCR-themed interior décor, a new single-level floor plan and more.

By Bethanie Le on September 6, 2016

The interior of the newly renovated Campus Store. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez

By Michael Kaplan

After an extensive three-month renovation, the UCR Campus Store has reopened with new features, new facilities, and a new, single-level floor plan.

The new and improved Campus Store boasts a Marketplace, offering snack foods, bottled beverages and greeting cards; a highly-requested beauty bar featuring an array of cosmetic products; and a renewed focus on literary works by UCR’s own faculty. Textbooks have relocated from the lower level with a dedicated Information Desk, and UCR-branded apparel abounds.

An official grand re-opening for the Campus Store will be announced in upcoming weeks.

The UCR Campus Store is managed by Barnes & Noble College, which operates more than 750 college and university bookstores nationwide.

During construction, the Campus Store remained open, operating out of its lower level.

The vacated lower level will be the future home of the UCR Career Center. Construction of the new Career Center offices is currently underway.

Take a peek of the newly renovated store through our slideshow below and be sure to stop by before the fall quarter crowds appear!

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A peek of the Campus Store's new renovations.

UCR Campus Store Reopens

The exterior of the UCR Campus Store. After a three-month renovation, the store reopened with new features, facilities and a new, single-level floor plan. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

Romain Courtois, book seller at the UCR Campus Store, folding the UCR T-shirts. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

As part of the renovations, the store has a renewed focus on literary works by UCR’s own faculty. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

Some of the literary works by UCR’s own faculty. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

After a three-month renovation, the store reopened with new features, facilities and a new, single-level floorplan.Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

The interior décor of the newly renovated Campus Store now sports a UCR-themed graphics package. Photo by Kris Lovekin
UCR Campus Store Reopens

UCR branded merchandise at the newly renovated Campus Store. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

The new interior of the store now sports UCR-themed décor. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

Textbooks have relocated from the lower level with a dedicated Information Desk, and UCR-branded apparel abounds. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

Textbooks have relocated from the lower level with a dedicated Information Desk, and UCR-branded apparel abounds. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

The new and improved Campus Store boasts a Beauty Bar, featuring an array of cosmetic products. Photo by Sandra Baltazar Martinez
UCR Campus Store Reopens

The new and improved Campus Store boasts a Beauty Bar, featuring an array of cosmetic products. Photo by Kris Lovekin
UCR Campus Store Reopens

UCR branded merchandise at the newly renovated Campus Store. Photo by Kris Lovekin
UCR Campus Store Reopens

Lab coats and safety goggles are sold at the newly renovated Campus Store. Photo by Kris Lovekin
UCR Campus Store Reopens

A wide assortment of backpacks for sale at the newly renovated Campus Store. Photo by Kris Lovekin
UCR Campus Store Reopens

Scantrons and blue books for sale at the newly renovated Campus Store. Photo by Kris Lovekin