Kmart 3484: Difference between revisions

'''Kmart #3484''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[201 Crossings Mall Road (Elkview, West Virginia)|201 Crossings Mall Road]] in [[The Crossings (Elkview, West Virginia)|The Crossings]] mall in [[Elkview, West Virginia|Elkview]], [[West Virginia]]. The store opened November 16, 1989 and closed December 2019.<ref> [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>

==History==

[[Little Sandy Creek (West Virginia)|Little Sandy Creek]] flooded in June 2016, destroying the culvert which provided access to the Crossings Mall center, and forcing the Kmart to close. When the access road was not repaired for several months, some employees at the Kmart were reassigned to other stores in the area, while others were laid off in February 2017. After a new bridge was constructed in July, the store reopened in September 2017.<ref>Steelhammer, Rick. [https://www.wvgazettemail.com/business/elkview-kmart-shoppers-mourn-upcoming-closure-of-crossings-mall-store/article_ecf9fde7-e458-5843-bddd-5b038e57b8a9.html "Elkview Kmart shoppers mourn upcoming closure of Crossings Mall store"], [[Charleston Gazette-Mail]], September 4, 2019.</ref> In August 2018, a former employee who was laid off from the Kmart after the flood sued the shopping center's owners for failing to repair the damage in a timely manner.<ref>[https://wvrecord.com/stories/511525797-kmart-employee-alleges-she-lost-job-because-of-flood-damage-at-crossings-mall-in-elkview "Kmart employee alleges she lost job because of flood damage at Crossings Mall in Elkview"], West Virginia Record, August 20, 2018.</ref>