Kmart building Bossier City December 2024 update

Here is my first and potentially final look at the Dirt Cheap business. After doing my long look at the Pierre Bossier Mall, I passed by the former Kmart site just down the street. The former Kmart has been split into 3-stores. Dirt Cheap, Dirt Cheap building supplies, and Ollie's. 

 Thankfully we get to peek inside of the former Kmart store that we last visited when that store was closing. The Dirt Cheap Building Materials is scheduled to close on December 15, 2024. 

The old floor, ceiling tiles, and A/C vents are still in place. 

Really not a whole lot left besides floors, toilets, boards, and some doors. There are a lot of random odds and ends type of things. 

More photos from around the store.

As you can see, the floor has been torn apart. A lot of the old Kmart tile still remains, but it is in really bad shape.

Still had the look of Kmart from end to end of the store.

Pretty sure this spill magic sign was left over from the Kmart days. It looks really faded.

With the help of the AI magic on my latest phone, I made the people in these images disappear. 

They use the old Kmart customer service desk for the checkouts. 

Just like the last time we were here when the Kmart was closing.

For the clothing side, we missed out. Here are a couple of shots on the inside from the glass doors.

Here is the Ollie's side of the former Kmart. It is pretty cool that they incorporated the former Garden Shop into their store. 

On my first December trip, we did not go in the store. Since we had some time, I had to get a quick trip in to take a look.

The garden center wall to the store was removed leaving this as a wide-open space now.

As we progress through the store, we began to notice that this is the messiest Ollie's location by far that we have seen.

Lots of stuff just thrown around and stacked in shopping carts.

Even the center aisle displays were all over the place.

The clothing department really needs to be straightened up.

The A/C vents look very different without the ceiling tiles.

The stockroom door was propped open. This was the former auto center of Kmart.

The back area of the store with carpets, bedding, and other stuff just thrown around. 

Ceiling tiles falling down.

That is all from the former Kmart. As you can see, this is a very small Ollie's location and a pretty messy one as well.

Now as an added bonus. Here is an update to the former Circuit City and Linens and Things on Youree Drive that we documented years ago (click here for that post). 

As you can see the replacement Conn's also met the same fate as the previous tenants. The parking lot lights at the shopping center 

were only dark in front of Conn's. With the signage still on, it made for a great photo.

More to come on the Shreveport/Bossier City series including a part 2 of Pierre Bossier Mall and a revisit to the former Southpark Mall.

Sears Hometown Cleveland Texas July 2021

Here is a look at one of the Sears Hometown locations just outside of Houston in Cleveland Texas. This store closed in July of 2022 just a few months before the remaining Sears Hometown locations closed in January of 2023. 

Kmart style A/C vents. 

This store was already beginning to empty out roughly a year before closing for good. A lot of Sears Hometown stores had troubles with finding inventory after Transformco took over these locations. 

There were a few deals to be found in the store. As you can see even the tool department was not the best, but they did have some old-school Craftsman tools left. Some of the off-brand tools that Sears carried in the later years were also available. 

Sears Hometown stores continued to stock lawn and garden items after the mainline Sears stores had eliminated that department. 

Another look at the tools.

Spare parts and filters. 

As you can see here again, the store selection was really stretched out.

A small display of refrigerator filters with bedding.

Appliances were a little more stocked up with floor models and a few boxes.

I noticed this awesome sign on one of the appliances. This sign must have been from the era before Sears and Kmart merged.

More views from inside of the store.

The checkout counter.

A better view of the lawn and garden department.

It would not be a true Sears store if they weren't having register issues. Thankfully I had some cash on me to make my purchase.

RIP Cleveland Texas Sears.

More to come on the blog with more Sears Hometown stores in the future.