Kmart 7296: Difference between revisions

'''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 numbers are shown in the URL. [http://web.archive.org/web/20140322083430/http://www.kmart.com/stores/texas/portland/7296.html Kmart Store - Portland, TX], kmart.com, archived by the WayBack Machine on March 22, 2014.</ref> The store opened on November 13, 1980 as the third Kmart in the Coastal Bend area, and the 134th Kmart in Texas.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120541137/corpus-christi-caller-times/ "New K mart is scheduled to open in Portland Nov 13."] [[Corpus Christi Caller-Times]], November 6, 1980, p. 3.</ref> In 1991, the store would expand into the former auto center and be remodeled from a Group 7 mini Kmart.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87834454/corpus-christi-caller-times/ "Kmart store is being expanded in Portland."] [[Corpus Christi Caller-Times]], August 8, 1991, p. D8.</ref> In 1999, the store would be converted to Big Kmart.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87834471/corpus-christi-caller-times/ "Retail"], [[Corpus Christi Caller-Times]], May 18, 1999, p. 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]], April 1, 2018, p. A9.</ref> and was torn down in 2020 for shopping center redevelopment.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>