Kmart 4707: Difference between revisions

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'''Kmart #4707''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Kmart Shopping Center (McAllen, Texas)|Kmart Shopping Center]], [[3701 North 23rd Street (McAllen, Texas)|3701 North 23rd Street]] in [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]], [[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 March 23, 1992,<ref followedname=":0">[https://archive.org/download/kmart-spreadsheets-official-2002/Kmart-SuperKinUSAasof012102.xls byKmart store directory (XLS download)], Kmart Corporation, January 21, 2002.</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on March 26.,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118785062/the-monitor/ Full-page advertisement], [[The Monitor|''The Monitor'']], March 25, 1992, p. 6C.</ref> In 1999, the store would be converted to Big Kmart.<ref>Vindell, Tony. [https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-12-1999-3886045/ "Attention Kmart shoppers: First store opens as part of Sunrise Commons project."] [[The Brownsville Herald|''The Brownsville Herald'']], June 12, 1999, p. A10.</ref> The store closed unexpectedly around April 2012, after an intense hailstorm on March 29 significantly damaged the store building.<ref>Smith, Sonia. [https://docswww.googletexasmonthly.com/spreadsheetsarticles/dmaking-something-out-of-nothing/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "KmartMaking latestSomething Out of Nothing: How McAllen turned a vacant Walmart into one of the most architecturally imaginative libraries in the country."] ''[[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheetTexas Monthly]]'', September 2012.</ref>