Target T-73: Difference between revisions

'''Target T-73''', also known as '''Fondren''', was a [[Target]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Fondren Southwest Village (Houston, Texas)|Fondren Southwest Village]], [[11104 Fondren Road (Houston, Texas)|11110 Fondren Road]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=6000160049786 Target Corporation], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on or around March 22, 1979,<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/177sdK_OtfwJntT-u7hR-5xL5ojwTyvb5E2qQySZT3v8/edit?usp=sharing Target] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> with a formal grand opening ceremony on March 26.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-post-published-as-the-houston-post-march-25-1979-p-281/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___March_25_1979__p281.pdf Full-page advertisement], ''[[Houston Post]]'', March 25, 1979.</ref> It was the first Target to be neighborhood-oriented, rather than along a freeway.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-post-published-as-the-houston-post-march-29-1979-p-140_202306/News_Article__Houston_Post_published_as_The_Houston_Post___March_29_1979__p140.pdf "Target opens 8th store on Fondren."] ''[[Houston Post]]'', March 29, 1979, p. 5EE.</ref> The store ultimately closed on January 31, 1998.<ref>Smith, Kerry. [https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-january-7-1998-p-306/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__January_7_1998__p306.pdf "SW Target set to close its doors."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], January 7, 1998, p. 16.</ref>