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'''Kmart #9744''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Lake Plaza (Azle, Texas)|Lake Plaza]], [[104 Northwest Parkway (Azle, Texas)|104 Northwest Parkway]] in [[Azle, Texas|Azle]], [[Texas]]. The store opened on or around July 16, 1981. In 1992, the store was expanded and remodeled from a 9500 series mini Kmart, with the garden center moved from the back to in front of the store, followed by a grand re-opening ceremony on November 11 of that year.<ref>Baker, Sandra. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86869157/fort-worth-star-telegram/ "Three Kmart stores are being gussied up"], [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]], June 22, 1992, section B, page 4.</ref> In 1998, the store was converted to Big Kmart with a grand re-opening ceremony on August 16 of that year.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98111336/fort-worth-star-telegram/ "See a new look inside America's old favorite"], [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]], August 9, 1998, section A, page 30.</ref> The store ultimately closed on April 13, 2003.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66387514/fort-worth-star-telegram/ Advertisement], [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]], April 11, 2003, page 10C.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>
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