Kmart 7439: Difference between revisions

'''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,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/kmart-spreadsheets-official-2002/Kmart-SuperKinUSAasof012102.xls Kmart store directory (XLS download)], Kmart Corporation, January 21, 2002.</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on November 19.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-november-18-1992-p-429/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_18_1992__p429.pdf 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://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-october-28-1992-p-382/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__October_28_1992__p382.pdf "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://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-november-15-1997-p-62_202207/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_15_1997__p62.pdf "Big Kmart wants shoppers back: New store design brighter, upscale."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], November 15, 1997, p. 1C and [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-november-15-1997-p-69_202207/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__November_15_1997__p69.pdf 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>