r/kmart

This store has sat vacant the entire decade and will finally be destroyed. Building is from 1970 and opened as K-Mart on 1976. One of the few remaining stores with the logo on the building in 2026. Redevelopment will occur down the road.

I manage to recrate but with mess up of where the store's spilts before applications. I am not going to lie. The store gave me idea of what's its like, and compare to my few trips to my Kmart. It's sad of how far this company has fallen.

Later Sears from 1994 to 2024, 5 years back in April 2021 they downsized to 2 functioning sales floors. This was the last location in the state of Washington to shut down on December 15th of 2024 and it was in terrible condition. As of the day of this post, the last Sears on the West Coast is at the Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord, the last in California, one of 5 left in the United States of America.

F&N stands for Frederick and Nelson. Founded in 1890, 4 years after Sears was founded as R.W. Sears Watch Company and 2 years prior to the start of Sears Roebuck and Company, F&N was once a department store chain in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. They closed up shop in 1992. Meanwhile the Sears department store itself was originally located in Renton before 1993. This anchor itself was built in 1968 and location in the Southcenter Mall opened sometime in March 1994. Anyone have any grand opening pictures of this location, along with the Sears in the Spokane Valley Mall store that opened in 1997 and closed down on February 16th of 2020 ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/s/sKGmMaxwKK

Sources and Credits as well as Dates Taken
Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/frederick-nelson-department-store-southcenter-mall-tukwila-wa-where-my-mom-worked-at-and-where-i-worked--10273905393438068/
Field Trip
https://www.fieldtripper.com/c/ItaIuIZnrK4/frederick-nelson-at-south-center-mall
Tessa Engler (Foursquare) September 29 2011
Mykie Gunderson (Foursquare) November 29 2011
Laura Kelley (Foursquare) March 26 2012
Former Sears Employee William (Willie) Jarrett (Foursquare) March 29 2012
James H. (Foursquare) July 28 2012
Dwison Toga (Foursquare) September 1 2013
Michael Struck (Google) November 25 2015
Everyday (Foursquare) March 12 and May 14 2017
Mary Solorzano (Foursquare) June 27 2017
Josh van Hulst (Foursquare) July 31 2018
Sione (Foursquare) December 15 2024
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b29ba36f964a520eea224e3
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b29ba36f964a520eea224e3/photos
Myself April 24 2026

Edit to add: Mount Rainier also seen in first picture

https://bernews.com/2012/03/photos-sears-opens-to-the-public/

https://sears.bm/

https://www.bermudayp.com/listing/view/481516/sears

https://www.royalgazette.com/local-business/business/article/20120229/eight-new-jobs-as-new-sears-store-opens/

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As this Wednesday marks exactly 99 years since Sears started the brand Craftsman on May 20th of 1927 I thought I would be sharing these pictures of what the Sears website's lawn and garden page looked like in the 2000's as well as the old pictures of various Sears locations from the 2010s decade: the first one in my home state of Washington, the last location in South Dakota that has since been slated to become a Dicks House of Sport, and some that made it through the 2018 bankruptcy and the 2020-2021 coronavirus (covid 19) outbreak / pandemic and closed in 2023 and 2024, as well as the 3 out of 5 that are still open to this day.

When and where did your local (and nearest) Sears store get rid of Lawn and Garden (L&G) and why did the retailer get rid of that site wide and in store ?
Mine did at the Southcenter Mall in Washington State sometime back in 2020-2021 due to the October 15 2018 bankruptcy

Sources and Credits
Wayback Machine 2001-2009
Sears Seattle Facebook Page 2013
Esteban De Armas (Google) April 6 2017
Mike Kalasnik (Flickr) New Year's Day January 1st 2018
Byron A. Nash (Flickr) February 23rd 2018
Christian Villa (Google) January 8 2019
Jodi Schwan (SiouxFalls.Business) May 31 2018
https://siouxfalls.business/sears-to-announce-more-closures-today/
Sears Tukwila Facebook Page March 25 2011
Nicholas Eckhart / Fan of Retail (Flickr) January 3 2013

Locations
1st and Lander Street in Seattle Washington (May 4 1925 - June 1 2014)
Coral Gables Miami Florida, address 3655 SW 22nd St Miami Florida 33145 (October 27 1954 - present)
Friendly Center in Greensboro North Carolina (August 29 1973 - May 28 2023)
South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts (October 6 1980 - present)
Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas (February 24 1982 - present)
Empire Mall in Sioux Falls South Dakota (June 29 1988 - September 2 2018)
Southcenter Mall in Seattle (technically Tukwila) Washington (March 1994 - December 15 2024)
Sears Grand at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum Pennsylvania (November 5 2005 - January 18 2015)

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Edit: as of the day of this post Kenmore grills still sell on Sears.com and Kenmoregrill.com and all 5 locations still have the grill department
- Coral Gables in Miami Florida 1954 - present (3655 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145)
- Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California 1966 - present (1001 Sunvalley Blvd, Concord, CA 94520)
- South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts 1980 - present (250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184)
- Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas 1982 - present (8401 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925)
- The Florida Mall in Orlando Florida 1986 - present (8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809)

https://www.sears.com/outdoor-living-grills-outdoor-cooking/b-1024045?storeOrigin=Sears,Sears%20Authorized%20Supplier&filterList=storeOrigin
https://kenmoregrill.com/
https://kenmoregrill.com/kenmore-product-category/grills/

10th picture
*Lawn and Garden at the first Sears in Washington State and in the Pacific Northwest as well as on the West Coast in Seattle Washington circa 2013 (May 4th 1925 - June 1st 2014)

Source
The Wayback Machine

Plastered in an entry way into Kmart plaza in Vernon, CT back in 1975 when Kmart opened its doors.

374 Windsor Hwy, New Windsor, NY 12553

Big Kmart -- store #3216

That small fire inside that Kmart occurred on July 27, 2000. Here you can see pictures of what Big Kmart was like in 2000 while showing signs of fire as firefighters were trying to extinguish smoke inside a few aisles that were impacted by smoke. Also featured are a few newspaper snippets from the Hartford Courant.

Credit: Vernon, Connecticut Fire Department archives

building was sadly demolished in 2020 after it closed in 2017. I got to look inside in 2018, after dad bought a pet snake at "Larry's House of Pets." We still have him and my dad loves reptiles.

Been waiting a while for one to pop up for auction and got this guy for a great deal! 🤘🏻

With there being Amazon, Walmart and other online shopping websites what made them think that they can have a successful Kmart website? That ship has sailed years ago.

Truly, a sad moment for me. As a native to the town I remember a time when it was the best place to get groceries in town. My dad got banned from jewel for stealing so Kmart was our only option for years lol

I also remember throwing up in the back of the Kmart after drinking a Fanta that I got from a vending machine in the bicycle aisle? Why put a vending machine in the bicycle aisle? I have no clue.