Kmart 3497

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Kmart #3497
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Store number3497
LocationPark Plaza I
Address4815 Highway 6 North
CityHouston, Texas
OpenedNovember 15, 1979
ClosedJune 2, 2002
TypeGroup 3 full-size
Retail floor area84,180 square feet (7,821 m2)
Next tenant360 Degrees Beauty Academy, Track 21 Indoor Go Karting, and Meineke Car Care
Coordinates29°50′42″N 95°38′52″W / 29.84500°N 95.64790°W / 29.84500; -95.64790Coordinates: 29°50′42″N 95°38′52″W / 29.84500°N 95.64790°W / 29.84500; -95.64790

Kmart #3497 was a Kmart discount department store located at Park Plaza I, 4815 Highway 6 North in Houston, Texas.[1] The store opened on November 15, 1979.[2] In 1992, the store would be remodeled, with a grand reopening ceremony on July 26.[3] In 1997, the store would be converted to one of the first 24 Big Kmarts in Texas, with a grand reopening ceremony on November 14.[4] The store closed on June 2, 2002.[5]

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  1. K mart Corporation, Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
  2. Advertisement, Houston Chronicle, November 12, 1979, p. 12.
  3. Full-page advertisement, Houston Post, July 26, 1992.
  4. Feser, Katherine. "Big Kmart wants shoppers back: New store design brighter, upscale." Houston Chronicle, November 15, 1997, p. 1C and p. 8C.
  5. Advertisement, Houston Chronicle, May 29, 2002, p. 15-A.