Kmart 7795: Difference between revisions

| address = [[4565 South First1st Street (Abilene, Texas)|4565 South First1st Street]]

| opened = February 2018, 2000

| closed = December 1211, 2016

| replaced =[[Kmart 4401|Kmart 4401]]

| next =City of Abilene Municipalmunicipal Courtoffices

'''Kmart #7795''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Westgate Town Center (Abilene, Texas)|Westgate Town Center]], [[4565 South First1st Street (Abilene, Texas)|4565 South First1st Street]] in [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], [[Texas]].<ref>Store Thenumbers storeare openedshown Februaryin 20the URL. [http://web.archive.org/web/20140322083342/http://www.kmart.com/stores/texas/abilene/7795.html Kmart Store - Abilene, 2000TX], andkmart.com, closedarchived Decemberby 12the WayBack Machine on March 22, 20162014.</ref>Carrig The store opened on February 18, David.2000 as Big Kmart,<ref>[https://www.usatodaynewspapers.com/storyclip/money88667019/2016/09/20/listabilene-64-kmartreporter-stores-closing-sears/90721256news/ "Here'sMark whereYour the 64 Kmart stores are closingCalendar"], {{w[[Abilene Reporter-News|USA''Abilene Today}} MoneyReporter-News'']], SeptemberFebruary 2016, 20162000, p. 2A.</ref> replacing [[Kmart 4401]], with a formal grand opening ceremony on February 19.<ref>[https://archivewww.reporternewsnewspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news/local128745760/abilenes Full-kmartpage advertisement], [[Abilene Reporter-toNews|''Abilene Reporter-News'']], February 18, 2000, p. 7A.</ref> The store was originally stated to close- in-mid-december- 2003 during the company's bankruptcy, but would end up being spared due to lease renegotiations with the store's landlord that allowed the store to remain open.<ref>Semrad, Stacy. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-says-3ca26de0reporter-aec6-65b6-e053-0100007f33b7-393700591.htmlnews/140127323/ Abilene’s "Kmart tospares closeAbilene store: 53 others in mid-December,Texas companystill sayson closure list."], ''[[Abilene Reporter -News]]'', SeptemberJanuary 16, 20162003, p. 1A and [https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news/140127309/ p. 6A].</ref> The store would ultimately close for good on December 11, 2016.<ref>[https://docswww.googlenewspapers.com/spreadsheetsclip/d87559232/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7gabilene-reporter-news/edit "Kmart latest"Advertisement], [[Bluepages:SpreadsheetsAbilene Reporter-News|spreadsheet''Abilene Reporter-News'']], December 4, 2016, p. 7A.</ref> Prior to Kmart, the site was previously occupied by [[S.S. Kresge 701]] (later [[TG&Y 836]]) and several smaller tenants.