Kmart 3648: Difference between revisions

'''Kmart #3648''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Riverpointe Shopping Center (Conroe, Texas)|Riverpointe Shopping Center]], [[230 South Loop 336 West (Conroe, Texas)|230 South Loop 336 West]] in [[Conroe, Texas|Conroe]], [[Texas]]. The store opened on November 16, 1989,<ref>Burgess, Sheila [https://archive.org/download/new-store-will-aid-conroe-economy-1989-11-17-fri-conroe-courier-front-page/New%20store%20will%20aid%20Conroe%20economy%201989-11-17%20Fri%20Conroe%20Courier%20front%20page.pdf "New store will aid Conroe economy"], [[The Courier]], November 17, 1989, pages 1A and [https://archive.org/download/new-store-will-aid-conroe-economy-1989-11-17-fri-conroe-courier-pg-3-a/New%20store%20will%20aid%20Conroe%20economy%201989-11-17%20Fri%20Conroe%20Courier%20pg%203A.pdf 3A].</ref> followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on November 19.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/kmart-grand-opening-ad-11-15-1989-conroe-courier-pg-16-a/Kmart%20grand%20opening%20ad%2011-15-1989%20Conroe%20Courier%20pg%2016A.jpg Full-page advertisement], [[The Wednesday Courier]], November 15, 1989, page 16A.</ref> In 1997, the store would be converted tointo one of the first 24 Big Kmart's in Texas with a grand re-opening ceremony on November 14 of that year.<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]], November 15, 1997, business, pages 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 8C].</ref> The store ultimately closed on April 13, 2003.<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1184795/m1/7/ Advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun]], April 11, 2003, page 7A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>