Kmart 4000: Difference between revisions

| store_type = Pre-1987 Prototype

'''Kmart #4000''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Garden Plaza (Garden City, Michigan)|Garden Plaza]], [[29600 Ford Road (Garden City, Michigan)|29600 Ford Road]] in [[Garden City, Michigan|Garden City]], [[Michigan]]. The store opened March 1, 1962 and closed March 2017,<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit First"Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref><ref>Rogers, LeAnne. [https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/02/19/garden-city-residents-bid-wistful-farewell-1st-kmart/98133938/ "Garden City residents bid wistful farewell to 1st Kmart"], [[Detroit Free Press]], Hometown Life, February 19, 2017.</ref> and it was the first full-linesize Kmart store. It was the second Kmart store of any kind, after [[Kmart 4003|Kmart #4003]] opened 9in amJanuary 1962.<ref>[https://docswww.googleflickr.com/spreadsheetsphotos/dfanofretail/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit16603015621 "The Kmart latestStory"], ''Kresge News'', April 1962, page three, as seen framed on a wall at Kmart #4000.</ref> The store was originally {{convert|60000|sqft|m2}}<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33324517/detroit-free-press/ "Garden City Gets First K-mart"], [Bluepages[Detroit Free Press]], March 1, 1962, page 19.</ref> and was later expanded. The store building was demolished on March 12, 2020, to be replaced by an [[LA Fitness]] gym.<ref>Veselenak, David. [https:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet//www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/garden-city/2020/03/13/original-kmart-store-building-garden-city-demolished/5034793002/ "Original Kmart store building in Garden City demolished"], [[Detroit Free Press]], Hometown Life, March 13, 2020.</ref>