Kmart 7296: Difference between revisions

|location=[[Northshore Plaza (Portland, Texas)| Northshore Plaza]]}}

'''Kmart #7296''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Northshore Plaza (Portland, Texas)|Northshore Plaza]], [[1400 Wildcat Drive (Portland, Texas)|1400 Wildcat Drive]] in [[Portland, Texas|Portland]], [[Texas]].<ref>Store Thenumbers storeare openedshown onin Novemberthe 13URL. [http://web.archive.org/web/20140322083430/http://www.kmart.com/stores/texas/portland/7296.html Kmart Store - Portland, 1980TX], askmart.com, archived by the 134thWayBack KmartMachine inon TexasMarch 22, 2014.</ref> The store opened on November 13, 1980.<ref>[https://texashistorywww.untnewspapers.educom/ark:clip/67531120541137/metapth872000/m1/1corpus-christi-caller-times/ "New K Martmart Tois Openscheduled to open in Portland Nov. 13."], [[PortlandCorpus NewsChristi Caller-Times|''Corpus Christi Caller'']], OctoberNovember 96, 1980, front page and page [https://texashistoryp.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth872000/m1/7/ 7]3.</ref> In 1991, the store would expandbe intoexpanded theand former auto centerremodeled from a Group 7 mini Kmart with the renovations completed on November of that year.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87834454/corpus-christi-caller-times/ "Kmart store is being expanded in Portland."], [[Corpus Christi Caller-Times|''Corpus Christi Caller-Times'']], August 8, 1991, business, pagep. D8.</ref> In 1999, the store would be converted to Big Kmart with the renovations completed on June of that year.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87834471/corpus-christi-caller-times/ "Retail"], [[Corpus Christi Caller-Times|''Corpus Christi Caller-Times'']], May 18, 1999, pagep. D11.</ref> The store ultimately closed on April 8, 2018,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87834489/corpus-christi-caller-times/ Advertisement], [[Corpus Christi Caller-Times|''Corpus Christi Caller-Times'']], April 1, 2018, pagep. A9.</ref> and was torn down in 2020 for shopping center redevelopment.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit[AutoZone "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet4200]].</ref>