K-Mart

[d_fife]

Originally posted by beachgal26
We have an abandoned K-Mart right across the road from where I live and there has been some strange activity going on lately.  When the store closed in the spring of 2005, there was talk of it becoming one of the new Sears/K-Mart stores with Craftsman tools, etc.  

Months went by and nothing happened and then one day there were signs saying to "excuse our dust" while they renovated the building into something else.  Well, that's been a year ago and nothing.  However, I have seen cars on more than one occasion parked up near the door and yesterday, there was a car and one of the doors was open!

I wish that I'd had time to stop and had my camera with me (since I have no fear of entering an abandoned store in the daylight!).  I will be watching that store and will try and send some pictures in the near future.

:goodidea: :insane: :dizzy: :bouncing:

where was this?

[beachgal26]

I live in Cordova, TN while is east of Memphis and out of the 5 K-Marts that we had at one time, all have closed except for one that is in a terrible neighborhood.

The store that is across from me is located on Germantown Pkwy. and I have not had time yet, but plan to go over with my trusty camera and see what I can find and try to post some pictures.  

I would even consider going inside since I have no shame where closed stores are considered.  I went inside the Mall of Memphis on more than one occasion while they were tearing it down and even managed to get one of the chairs out of the food court!

;) :D :bigsmile: :) :yup:

[d_fife]

here is the former k-mart in boston / dorchester mass in the south bay center that closed in april 2003 in the 2nd wave of closings. THE store opened november 1993 and was 128,000 sq.ft. was the largest k-mart in mass. I wbent to the closing sale in march 2003. the store had k-marts target auidence I when I went and it was busy then and. ARticles said they thought this k-mart did a lot of business. but then the store is not far from a high crime area and I heard the lease may be high. THIS IS A STORE I, OR ANYONE, NEVER THOUGHT WOULD CLOSE But target made slight alterations to the building.

I have pictures of this k-mart when it was k-mart, but I w/ill have to digitize them

as I have said before, the 2nd wave of bankruptcy closings (spring 2003 round) was more of a bummer as a lot of nicer, shinnier stores closed and caused half the supercenters to close. a lot of people where bummed by some of these closings and in some places k-mart closing was the only store in that neighborhood. Like they closed a super center in detroit in that round that was popular with people and the store fought hard to open and among most profitable when it opened in 1998 and people felt betrayed and angry when it closing and it was the only store like that in that neighborhood and some said it was in a high crime area, and the one in dearborn on the detroit border closed. detroit is k-marts stronghold. EVEN SOME K-mart stores that were converted into supercenters (UTICA MI, Middletown NY) in late 2001 closed in this round (maybe they were spending more money than they were making!!!). KMART PULLED OUT OF ALASKA (PROBABLY BECAUSE OF DISTRIBUTION AS THAT WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS) And MOST BIG MARKETS IN TEXAS LIKE HOuston, dallas, fort worth, austin, san antonio, tyler, brownsville (probably bewcause of wal-marts presence), but kept all their stoers in el paso, so they closed 80 precent of the texas stores. Thjey closed the super center in new haven, one of my friends at the college told me it got alot of business, but it was robbed alot. the one in wallingford CT closed for some reason. EVEN ONE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA CLOSEd when there was no other store for a while away and those stores where newer ones. WHY DID MANY NEWER ONES GO!!!, but alot of older ones stay, maybe because the older ones opened during hte peak of their expansion and had remained a loyal customer base and have LOWER RENTS!!! MY POint the 2nd wave ticked a lot of us off. Like alot of newer CONNECTICUT STores closed, like windsor!! THE KMART SUPERCENTER IN KINGSTON WAS INCLUDED IN THIS ROUND!!!!!!!!!!!! the k-mart that was nice in rochester / henritta, I hear, closed. I hate hower newer ones get closed. A lot of newer k-marts looked cavernous adn had an oval on top of the entrance of the store!!!!

 reasons for 2nd wave closings where profitablity, sales, competition (That shows they are cowards), and maybe areas of theft had something to do with it

here is the old kmart in dorchester

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the former k-mart in boston / dorchester mass in the south bay center that closed in april 2003 in the 2nd wave of closings. THE store opened november 1993 and was 128,000 sq.ft. was the largest k-mart in mass. I wbent to the closing sale in march 2003. the store had k-marts target auidence I when I went and it was busy then and. ARticles said they thought this k-mart did a lot of business. but then the store is not far from a high crime area and I heard the lease may be high. THIS IS A STORE I, OR ANYONE, NEVER THOUGHT WOULD CLOSE But target made slight alterations to the building.

I have pictures of this k-mart when it was k-mart, but I w/ill have to digitize them

as I have said before, the 2nd wave of bankruptcy closings (spring 2003 round) was more of a bummer as a lot of nicer, shinnier stores closed and caused half the supercenters to close. a lot of people where bummed by some of these closings and in some places k-mart closing was the only store in that neighborhood. Like they closed a super center in detroit in that round that was popular with people and the store fought hard to open and among most profitable when it opened in 1998 and people felt betrayed and angry when it closing and it was the only store like that in that neighborhood and some said it was in a high crime area, and the one in dearborn on the detroit border closed. detroit is k-marts stronghold. EVEN SOME K-mart stores that were converted into supercenters (UTICA MI, Middletown NY) in late 2001 closed in this round (maybe they were spending more money than they were making!!!). KMART PULLED OUT OF ALASKA (PROBABLY BECAUSE OF DISTRIBUTION AS THAT WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS) And MOST BIG MARKETS IN TEXAS LIKE HOuston, dallas, fort worth, austin, san antonio, tyler, brownsville (probably bewcause of wal-marts presence), but kept all their stoers in el paso, so they closed 80 precent of the texas stores. Thjey closed the super center in new haven, one of my friends at the college told me it got alot of business, but it was robbed alot. the one in wallingford CT closed for some reason. EVEN ONE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA CLOSEd when there was no other store for a while away and those stores where newer ones. WHY DID MANY NEWER ONES GO!!!, but alot of older ones stay, maybe because the older ones opened during hte peak of their expansion and had remained a loyal customer base and have LOWER RENTS!!! MY POint the 2nd wave ticked a lot of us off. Like alot of newer CONNECTICUT STores closed, like windsor!! THE KMART SUPERCENTER IN KINGSTON WAS INCLUDED IN THIS ROUND!!!!!!!!!!!! the k-mart that was nice in rochester / henritta, I hear, closed. I hate hower newer ones get closed. A lot of newer k-marts looked cavernous adn had an oval on top of the entrance of the store!!!!

 reasons for 2nd wave closings where profitablity, sales, competition (That shows they are cowards), and maybe areas of theft had something to do with it

here is the old kmart in dorchester

more dorchester / boston store. tyhe former garden center

[d_fife]

Here is the 106,000 sq.ft. k-mart in west lebanon nh that opened october 1976 and was expanded in the early 1990s by adding 40,000 sq.ft. and it got the REd K with the mart inside logo. it is off exit 20 off 89. last year the grey was repainted brown.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
Here is the 106,000 sq.ft. k-mart in west lebanon nh that opened october 1976 and was expanded in the early 1990s by adding 40,000 sq.ft. and it got the REd K with the mart inside logo. it is off exit 20 off 89. last year the grey was repainted brown.

west lebanon. noticed it has the updated garden center.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
Here is the 106,000 sq.ft. k-mart in west lebanon nh that opened october 1976 and was expanded in the early 1990s by adding 40,000 sq.ft. and it got the REd K with the mart inside logo. it is off exit 20 off 89. last year the grey was repainted brown.

west lebanon. noticed it has the updated garden center.

kmart lebanon nh

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
Here is the 106,000 sq.ft. k-mart in west lebanon nh that opened october 1976 and was expanded in the early 1990s by adding 40,000 sq.ft. and it got the REd K with the mart inside logo. it is off exit 20 off 89. last year the grey was repainted brown.

west lebanon. noticed it has the updated garden center.

kmart lebanon nh

kmart lebanon

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
Here is the 106,000 sq.ft. k-mart in west lebanon nh that opened october 1976 and was expanded in the early 1990s by adding 40,000 sq.ft. and it got the REd K with the mart inside logo. it is off exit 20 off 89. last year the grey was repainted brown.

west lebanon. noticed it has the updated garden center.

kmart lebanon nh

kmart lebanon

kmart lebanon nh

[d_fife]

here is the k-mart in bangor maine that opened early 1972. and has little cesars pizza. the store is like 90,000 sq.ft. it is near the bangor mall.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in bangor maine that opened early 1972. and has little cesars pizza. the store is like 90,000 sq.ft. it is near the bangor mall.

more kmart bangor.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in bangor maine that opened early 1972. and has little cesars pizza. the store is like 90,000 sq.ft. it is near the bangor mall.

more kmart bangor.

k-mart garden in bangor.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in bangor maine that opened early 1972. and has little cesars pizza. the store is like 90,000 sq.ft. it is near the bangor mall.

more kmart bangor.

k-mart garden in bangor.

former k-mrat foods space in bangor

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in bangor maine that opened early 1972. and has little cesars pizza. the store is like 90,000 sq.ft. it is near the bangor mall.

more kmart bangor.

k-mart garden in bangor.

former k-mrat foods space in bangor

close up of k-mart foods in bangor maine.

[d_fife]

here is the k-mart in bangor's sign.

[d_fife]

here is the k-mart in presque isle maine. it is in teh aroostook centre (or center) mall and it opened November 1993 (it was supposed to open in 1991) and is 86,479 sq.ft. IT is on Rt. 1 (about 3 hours north of Bangor)

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in presque isle maine. it is in teh aroostook centre (or center) mall and it opened November 1993 (it was supposed to open in 1991) and is 86,479 sq.ft. IT is on Rt. 1 (about 3 hours north of Bangor)

more presque isle stoer. this was also the newest k-mart in maine.

[d_fife]

here is the K-mart in MADAWASKA MAINE!!!!!!!!! IT opened 1977 and is 42,000 sq.ft. It is the northern most k-mart in the USA it seems.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the K-mart in MADAWASKA MAINE!!!!!!!!! IT opened 1977 and is 42,000 sq.ft. It is the northern most k-mart in the USA it seems.

more madawaska k-mart

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the K-mart in MADAWASKA MAINE!!!!!!!!! IT opened 1977 and is 42,000 sq.ft. It is the northern most k-mart in the USA it seems.

more madawaska k-mart

madawaska store.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the K-mart in MADAWASKA MAINE!!!!!!!!! IT opened 1977 and is 42,000 sq.ft. It is the northern most k-mart in the USA it seems.

more madawaska k-mart

madawaska store.

k-marts sign in madawaska maine. you know, before I got to this store I was expecting it to have the old K-mart logo on the sign and maybe the store, but it also had hte groceries in it. I Know they put the groceries in the smaller ones much later.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the K-mart in MADAWASKA MAINE!!!!!!!!! IT opened 1977 and is 42,000 sq.ft. It is the northern most k-mart in the USA it seems.

more madawaska k-mart

madawaska store.

k-marts sign in madawaska maine. you know, before I got to this store I was expecting it to have the old K-mart logo on the sign and maybe the store, but it also had hte groceries in it. I Know they put the groceries in the smaller ones much later.

here is the plaza (called mid town plaza) taht k-mart in madawaska is located in. Madawaska was a little over an hour north of presque isle on rt. 1 and 4 hours north of bangor, in the aroostook county.

[d_fife]

here is the k-mart in malone new york (Which is in northern new york an hour from massena and 50 miles west of plattsburgh) on rt. 11. the store opened in 1991 and has little ceasars.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in malone new york (Which is in northern new york an hour from massena and 50 miles west of plattsburgh) on rt. 11. the store opened in 1991 and has little ceasars.

malone store.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in malone new york (Which is in northern new york an hour from massena and 50 miles west of plattsburgh) on rt. 11. the store opened in 1991 and has little ceasars.

malone store.

more malone store

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in malone new york (Which is in northern new york an hour from massena and 50 miles west of plattsburgh) on rt. 11. the store opened in 1991 and has little ceasars.

malone store.

more malone store

malone sign

[d_fife]

here is the former k-mart in ogdensburg. it opened fall 1990, was 86,479 sq.ft. and closed early spring 1998 due to low sales, but it was not a part of a round of closings.

[d_fife]

here is the former k-mart sign in ogdensburg and notice how close it was to the wal-mart there.

[d_fife]

here is what I believe is where the former k-mart in watertown ny was. I heard that it was on this street and the store was 70,000 sq.ft. (another thing said 45,000 sq.ft.) until it moved on arsenal st. (I list the picture of it next()

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by d_fife
here is the k-mart in presque isle maine. it is in teh aroostook centre (or center) mall and it opened November 1993 (it was supposed to open in 1991) and is 86,479 sq.ft. IT is on Rt. 1 (about 3 hours north of Bangor)

more presque isle stoer. this was also the newest k-mart in maine.

here is the k-mart sign in presque isle