Kmart 3497: Difference between revisions

'''Kmart #3497''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Park Plaza I (Houston, Texas)|Park Plaza I]], [[4815 Highway 6 North (Houston, Texas)|4815 Highway 6 North]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=2000160044410 K mart Corporation], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on November 15, 1979,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-published-as-houston-chronicle-november-12-1979-p-12_202207/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle_published_as_HOUSTON_CHRONICLE___November_12_1979__p12.pdf Advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], November 12, 1979, p. 12.</ref> and was tied with [[Kmart 3404]] for the 114th Kmart in Texas. Between 1989 and 1995, the store would be remodeled. In 1997, the store would be converted to one of the first 24 Big Kmarts in Texas, with a grand re-opening ceremony on November 14.<ref>Feser, Katherine. [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-november-15-1997-p-62_202207/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_15_1997__p62.pdf "Big Kmart wants shoppers back: New store design brighter, upscale."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], November 15, 1997, p. 1C and [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-november-15-1997-p-69_202207/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_15_1997__p69.pdf p. 8C].</ref> The store ultimately closed on June 2, 2002.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-may-29-2002-p-15_202207/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__May_29_2002__p15.pdf Advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], May 29, 2002, p. 15-A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>