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'''Kmart #4973''' was a [[Super Kmart Center]] [[discount department store]] located at [[8400 Westheimer Road (Houston, Texas)|8400 Westheimer Road]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. The store opened on June 26, 1995, followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on June 29.<ref>[https://ia902502.us.archive.org/8/itemsdownload/news-article-houston-chronicle-june-21-1995-p-284/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__June_21_1995__p284.pdf "Business news"], [[Houston Chronicle]], June 21, 1995, page 12, zone 14.</ref> In 2002, the store's parking lot would be the site of a controversial drag racing raid, in which hundreds of innocent people were arrested by Houston police, despite the fact that no racing was taking place.<ref>Bardwell, S.K. [https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Aug-20-Police-say-raid-went-to-hell-in-a-2088247.php "Aug. 20: Police say raid went to 'hell in a handbasket'"], [[Houston Chronicle]], August 20, 2002.</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> and would eventually be demolished for [[The Home Depot 6558]], and a small strip mall anchored by [[PetSmart 1611]] and [[Guitar Center 442]].<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>
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