Kmart Forever

We featured this store on the blog many times, so to check out those posts, please click here . Kmart #3810 closed on April 18, 2021; and on April 18, 2022, I documented the abandoned store. It will become an Ocean State Job Lot later this year, which will be the first OSJL in Lancaster County. I still can't believe it's already been a year.........

KMART #3117 Opened:  1974 Closed:  2017 Address:  2620 Moreland Rd Exterior:  Arches Interior (at time of closure):  "Big Kmart" Photographed:  February 2022 This was the last operating Kmart in Montgomery County, like the Willow Grove Sears (which was actually the last in all of Pennsylvania). Kmart #3117 opened on March 21, 1974, predating the surrounding properties and buildings by several years. It was, however, announced for closure in 2017, closing in November of that year. In 2019, At Home opened in the space vacated by Kmart.  Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr

KMART #3438 Opened:  1979 Closed: 2022 Address:  1550 St. George Ave Exterior:  1970s V3 Interior:  "Orange" Photographed:  January 2022 Yes, you're reading this right. An open Kmart. In 2022. (well, at the time of writing in January 2022. In March 2022 this store was put on the chopping block) One of just four non-liquidating Kmarts left on the Mainland United States, Kmart #3438 in Avenel, New Jersey, opened on October 17, 1979, making it the second-oldest currently-operating store (behind Miami, Florida). As of 1/29/22, this store is one of two operating locations in New Jersey.

KMART #7374 Opened:  1979 Closed:  2019 Address:  985 Paoli Pike Exterior:  Grandway Interior (at time of closure):  "Orange" Photographed:  December 2021 Grand Union opened its West Chester Grandway in October 1968. It closed in 1979, and was quickly converted to a Kmart, opening on November 15, 1979. Kmart was expanded in mid-1995, and was given the "orange" remodel in the mid-2000s, adding an internet cafe, rearranging departments, and installing new departmental signage. Ultimately, it was announced for closure in August 2019, closing on December 8, 2019, as not only the last Kmart in Chester County, but the last in the entire Greater Philadelphia region. Hello! Welcome to- oh, wait, this one's closed too? ...

KMART #9123 Opened:  1976 Closed:  2018 Address:  463 N. Enola Rd Exterior:  Grant's Interior (at time of closure):  "Big Kmart" Photographed:  August 2021 Kmart #9123 first opened as Grant's in the late 1960s/early 1970s. In December 1975 a liquidation of Grant's started (however, this was before the whole chain went under). Like it did with many other former Grant's stores, Kmart opened a store here. Due to this store's early closing as Grant's, it also reopened before the bulk of the other Grant's stores as Kmart. This happened on May 6, 1976. In January 2018, along with 102 other Sears and Kmart stores, this store was placed on the chopping block, closing in April of that year. In 2021, AutoZone and Tractor Supply Co. opened in the former Kmart space. The only remnants of Grant's/Kmart are in the left portion of the building. Before removal of "Big" signage (Photo by joshaustin610 on Flickr) After removal of "Big" signag...