Here is the first post in 2025 from 2025. We finally made it to the Northeast corner of the State. Here is a former Kmart in Texarkana Texas. This store (#7309) opened on October 30, 1980 and closed on January 28, 2018 per Kmart/Locations | Malls and Retail Wiki | Fandom
This was a traditional old school style Kmart with about 92,000 square feet of retail space and was one of the longest lasting Kmart locations in Texas. I almost forgot about this former Kmart, but I briefly saw the shopping center as we were passing by and made a U-turn back to check it out.
Here are a couple of videos from NAI American Realty showing the inside of the store before it was stripped out. Click the dates below to see when the videos were uploaded.
The main road sign off of Highway 59 has faded, revealing the old Big Kmart logo. Autozone will probably place their logo at the top of this road sign in the near future.
The exterior of the building is still relatively untouched minus the Kmart sign. A small chunk of the building on the right-hand side is under construction for a new Autozone location.
The inside is a different story. All of the ceiling tiles and most of the light fixtures are gone. It appears that the old floor tiles have been removed as well, but I couldn't tell for sure.
Some of the old Kmart A/C vents are still in place.
The old main entrance still has some of the Kmart era stickers.
The former Garden Shop and auto center side of the store.
Inside of the Garden Shop area from two slightly different angles.
I really wish there was more to see here, but at least this is one of the few reminders left from the Kmart era in Texas.
As you can guess, we also covered the nearby Central Mall. Central Mall is a decent enough mall with a few spots struggling as most small city malls these days.
