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==History==
The property that is now Greentree Centre was the eastern part of the Buresh family farm, as shown in property maps from 1893 and 1930.<ref>[http://racinecounty.net/East%20End%20Racine%20County/East%20End%20Racine%20County.htm "Map Drawing - East End of Racine County - 1893"], racinecounty.net</ref><ref>[https://online.flowpaper.com/7695073a/MapBook/#page=7 Racine County Map Book, 1930], racinecounty.net</ref>
After opening [[Kmart 4477|its first Racine store]] on the southwest side of the city in 1976, Kmart Corporation confirmed in April 1979 that it was considering opening a second location in the city.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53470493/the-journal-times/ "Business Briefs: K mart considers 2nd site"], [[Racine Journal Times]], April 24, 1979, page 5E.</ref> In November of that year, Kmart stated that it was working with [[Vestcor (Austin, Texas)|Vestcor]], a development firm based in [[Austin, Texas]] on the potential new store. Vestcor had an option on nine acres of land at the northeast corner of Douglas Avenue and 4 Mile Road in Caledonia, just north of the city of Racine, and it planned to build a shopping center on the site, which would contain a {{convert|72900|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Kmart store as well as a {{convert|26000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} supermarket. The shopping center was intended to open in fall 1980,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53470657/the-journal-times/ "Option taken for 2nd K mart site"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 9, 1979, page 1D.</ref> but Vestcor's option expired without any further action.
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