Demolishing Kmart - Broadway Marketplace - Denver, Colorado
Kmart seems to appear rather frequently in the stories I’ve written lately . Could it because so many of their hulking former stores are scattered all over this nations suburbs. Sitting empty for years, hoping someone will redevelop a massive open retail space. Or eventually being demolished for something more useful to today’s economic climate.. The Kmart that used to anchor Broadway Marketplace, just south of downtown Denver, Colorado, fit that description. Built to replace existing outdated and abandoned retail, opening on March 24, 1994. Closing for good, 23 years later. Sitting vacant for a year, then demolished in favor of a large apartment building. Unfortunately, this ad isn’t for the grand opening of the Broadway Marketplace Kmart, but the store in Lake Wales, Florida. Both stores were built and opened in early 1994. Sadly, the Kmart in this advertisement didn’t even last a decade. Closing in May 2002, during Kmart’s bankruptcy restructuring. Guess that manic woma...