Cultural leaders convened meetings in the public library to discuss who could step in and open a new bookstore.
The multi-use complex houses a new bookstore, laundromat, video store, restaurants and a food court.
A new bookstore was built several years later, then expanded to house the audiovisual department.
In 2009, the college opened the Triton Student Center and a new bookstore.
The board members say they want a larger space, with room for performances, classes and even a new bookstore.
The company, a national chain, agreed to donate $1,000 every time it opened a new bookstore, up to a maximum of $50,000.
This would be the ideal site for a new bookstore.
It should go on display at the new bookstore - in a bulletproof showcase.
It says it is the world's largest independent new and used bookstore in the world with more than one million (1,000,000) books on its shelves.
The office was closed, but the new bookstore in the house next door was open.