Davidson College Store’s Jill Lazarus and Gwen Gardner hold a giant ribbon Tuesday as Mayor John Woods and Davidson President Carol Quillen handle the giant scissors. With them (from left): Mike Kessler, Ed Kania and Richard Terry from Davidson College and Bill Russell and Jack Stevens from the Chamber of Commerce. (Bill Giduz/Davidson College photo)

A ribbon cutting with college and local officials Tuesday morning formally opened the new Davidson College Store in the former BB&T building at 137 N. Main St.

The new store replaces the Davidson College Bookstore, which had been in the Alvarez College Union on campus. It also incorporates the former Cats on Main shop, which had been in a storefront next door at 131 N. Main St. for the past three years.

The college bought the former BB&T bank building from local investors in December 2010 for $1.25 million and spent much of this year renovating it.

Read more about the store in our Sept. 19 preview article.