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| store_type = Series 37R
| floor_area = {{convert|108858|sqft|m2}}
| replaced = [[Kmart 4328|Kmart #4328]] and [[Kmart 7449|Kmart #7449]]
| replaced_by =
| previous =
| next =[[Dollar Tree 3068|Dollar Tree #3068]], [[Fallas Paredes 298|Fallas Paredes #298]], and [[Ross Dress for Less 1045|Ross Dress for Less #1045]]
|location=[[West Road Plaza (Houston, Texas)|West Road Plaza]]}}
'''Kmart #7439''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[West Road Plaza (Houston, Texas)|West Road Plaza]], [[10261 North Freeway (Houston, Texas)|10261 North Freeway]] 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 November 16, 1992 replacing [[Kmart 4328]] and [[Kmart 7449]],<ref name=":0">[https://archive.org/download/kmart-spreadsheets-official-2002/Kmart-SuperKinUSAasof012102.xls Kmart store directory (XLS download)], Kmart Corporation, January 21, 2002.</ref> followed bywith a formal grand opening ceremony on November 19.<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-chronicle-november-18-1992-p170FB08E09319D35%25402448945-429170D9A0D2DDF1312%2540428/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_18_1992__p429.pdfhlterms%3A Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], November 18, 1992, p. 10.</ref> It was part of a Kmart power center with [[PACE Membership Warehouse 433]] and [[Builders Square 1344]],.<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-chronicle171012AD2F51B240%25402448924-october-28-1992-p-382170DDF3A5210E4E9%2540381/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_28_1992__p382.pdfhlterms%3A "Business: Houston Pace to open Friday"], ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', October 28, 1992, p. 8.</ref> and the replacement store for [[Kmart 4328]] and [[Kmart 7449]]. In 1997, the store would be converted to one of the first 24 Big Kmarts in Texas, with a grand reopening ceremony on November 14.<ref>Feser, Katherine. [https://archiveinfoweb.newsbank.orgcom/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-chronicle1726018788D3C51A%25402450768-november-15-1997-p-62_202207172600814A9158C5%254061/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_15_1997__p62.pdfhlterms%3A "Big Kmart wants shoppers back: New store design brighter, upscale."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], November 15, 1997, p. 1C and [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-chronicle1726018788D3C51A%25402450768-november-15-1997-p-69_2022071723EF1CF4A14E00%254068/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_15_1997__p69.pdfhlterms%3A p. 8C].</ref> The store ultimately 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>
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