Kmart 3870

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Kmart #3870
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Store number3870
LocationBaybrook Gateway
Address1001 West Bay Area Boulevard
CityWebster, Texas
OpenedNovember 14, 1997
ClosedApril 13, 2003
TypePreviously-owned building
Retail floor area101,613 square feet (9,440.2 m2)
Previous tenantVenture 131
Next tenantCircuit City 3856, Linens 'n Things 1238, and Cost Plus World Market 258
Coordinates29°32′26″N 95°08′13″W / 29.54069°N 95.13691°W / 29.54069; -95.13691Coordinates: 29°32′26″N 95°08′13″W / 29.54069°N 95.13691°W / 29.54069; -95.13691

Kmart #3870 was a Kmart discount department store located at Baybrook Gateway, 1001 West Bay Area Boulevard in Webster, Texas.[1] The store opened on November 14, 1997 as one of the first 24 Big Kmarts in Texas,[2] with a formal grand opening ceremony on November 16.[3] In 1999, a Kmart Solutions kiosk would be added to the store.[4] The store closed on April 13, 2003.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Kmart store directory (XLS download), Kmart Corporation, January 21, 2002.
  2. Feser, Katherine. "Big Kmart wants shoppers back: New store design brighter, upscale." Houston Chronicle, November 15, 1997, p. 1C and p. 8C.
  3. Full-page advertisement, The Daily News, November 16, 1997, p. C6 and p. C7.
  4. "KMart adds computer-based shopping." Friendswood Journal, November 10, 1999, p. 10.
  5. Advertisement, The Baytown Sun, April 11, 2003, p. 7A.