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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]].<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 June 26, 1995 replacing [[Kmart 4017]], [[Kmart 4236]], and [[Kmart 3153]], with a formal grand opening ceremony on June 29.<ref>[https://archiveinfoweb.orgnewsbank.com/downloadapps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-article2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1C2A34C3EF45E0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A14DB39C1C40322B4%2540EANX-houstonNB-chronicle171981C42C45BD39%25402449890-june-21-1995-p-284_20220717185D9ED5CCB1D0%2540283/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__June_21_1995__p284.pdfhlterms%3A "Super Kmart"], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], June 21, 1995, p. 12.</ref> In 2002, the store's parking lot would be the site of a controversial drag racing raid where 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|''Houston Chronicle'']], August 20, 2002.</ref> The store closed on April 13, 2003,<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1184795/m1/7/ Advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun|''The Baytown Sun'']], April 11, 2003, p. 7A.</ref> and was demolished for [[The Home Depot 6558]].
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