Kmart 7795: Difference between revisions

'''Kmart #7795''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Westgate Town Center (Abilene, Texas)|Westgate Town Center]], [[4565 South 1st Street (Abilene, Texas)|4565 South 1st Street]] in [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], [[Texas]].<ref>Store numbers are shown in the URL. [http://web.archive.org/web/20140322083342/http://www.kmart.com/stores/texas/abilene/7795.html Kmart Store - Abilene, TX], kmart.com, archived by the WayBack Machine on March 22, 2014.</ref> The store opened on February 18, 2000 as Big Kmart,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88667019/abilene-reporter-news/ "Mark Your Calendar"], [[Abilene Reporter-News|''Abilene Reporter-News'']], February 16, 2000, p. 2A.</ref> replacing [[Kmart 4401]], with a formal grand opening ceremony on February 19.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news/128745760/ Full-page advertisement], [[Abilene Reporter-News|''Abilene Reporter-News'']], February 18, 2000, p. 7A.</ref> ItThe store was originally stated to close in 2003 during the replacementcompany's bankruptcy, but would end up being spared due to lease renegotiations that allowed the store forto remain open.<ref>Semrad, Stacy. "Kmart spares Abilene store", ''[[KmartAbilene 4401Reporter-News]]'', January 16, 2003, p. 1A and p. 6A.</ref> The store closedwould ultimately close for good on December 11, 2016.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87559232/abilene-reporter-news/ Advertisement], [[Abilene Reporter-News|''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.