After 10 years of establishing Grace’s Books & Records in Leesburg, FL, we’ve decided (due to age & health) to advertise our store for sale. We’re not in a hurry to accomplish this change but we’re hoping within the next year that we can attract either an experienced book person who is relocating to Central Florida or someone interested in acquiring a book store.
Grace’s is located in Historic Downtown Leesburg and features an inventory of some 40,000 antiquarian books (in addition to softbacks, comics, and health & business-related tomes), 50,000 LP Albums (now one of Florida’s largest collections), original New Orleans art, and an array of collectables. We have a large number of first editions and most books are Brodart covered.
Our store now has a customer base that is made up of local, state and national readers and collectors, as well as large numbers of international tourists.
The 1,740 sf. store consistently generates a significant profit to investment (and has for the past 10 years as well as the current period). This will be a turn-key sale (does not include the building). The store offers someone with book store experience and computer skills an opportunity to significantly increase sales. Leesburg, a city of about 22,000, is one of Florida’s more progressive cities with a visionary Business Association that is involved in staging several annual events, a Saturday morning farmer’s market, and a number of special events that draw numbers of shoppers to the downtown area.
Hopefully, a Florida or nearby state resident or a retiring northern bookseller who is moving to Central Florida might be looking to continue his/her book involement.
Serious inquiries should be directed to Sue or Frank Grace at: bkrecgrace@cs.com
#1 by Ray Shapiro on March 2, 2010 - 3:37 pm
Hello;
Would you please email me some information about your beautiful book store. Thank you very much.
Ray and Daphne