Abandoned Kmart - Clio, MI

[@EJCatoz]

Last time I was at a Kmart was back in 2007 in Claremont, NH. Looking back of the Kmart videos, I really miss being inside a Kmart

[@mallorycomer1097]

Kmart was my first job from 2009-2013. It closed in 2014. I miss it a lot even though the pay and hours were terrible. I worked with a lot of great people and have many good memories from working there.

[@VeeFL]

I could easily see Target moving into the building with minimal renovations. This Kmart looks to have been one of the nicer stores.

[@devinterry1309]

That’s a nice abounded big Kmart I like the yellow and white on the walls in the inside of the store

[@isaacandfriendssupervideos3919]

Hi wallieb26 ❤ I love it you checked the Abandoned kmart in clio Michigan I did to

[@isaacandfriendssupervideos3919]

And I have 3 questions. I was probably thinking you and me and your wife can go to malls for your channel and my channel and also go to Abandoned places

[@davidsquires154]

I used to work for Kmart in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, 1985 until 1996 when Kmart Closed Permanently. The Kmart Store where I worked at, is a Planet Fitness Gym in the main Kmart Store. In the Kmart Garden Shop is a Subway Submarine Sandwich Shop. There was a Supermarket attached to the Kmart Store. It was a Kroger, and the Kroger Closed Permanently before Kmart closed permanently. The Kroger, is now a Dollar Tree 🌳. I miss 😢Kmart.

[@williamdevries2496]

Yes I miss Kmart

[@seanpendleton59]

Enjoyed it too

[@northsidediva6465]

My childhood K-Marts were near Wayne Hills Mall (RIP 🥺) in Wayne, NJ and West View Park Shopping Center in Pittsburgh, PA. ❤

[@dawnbenchley7237]

Our K-mart store in Corunna, Michigan opened in 1974. One of my favorite places to shop.

[@GhostTweeHubBub]

You’re a doorbell ringer, too? I have been my whole life. Not sure why, but any & every time I see a bell, I have to press it. I always liked the KMart in New Castle. There was just something about it that made it comfortable & welcoming. Good find, good find!

[@someguy23475]

Yep, it’s a long I in Clio. We also have Milan with a long I and Charlotte with stress on the second syllable and more of a short O than the city in North Carolina.

[@matthewfarmer6830]

Wallie for your collection you need a training video that was a K Mart employee training video. Lol but really you need something like that to go with you museum Kmart collection. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@mstiefan6996]

We used to have a K-Mart within a few miles from where we lived when I was a kid. I have a lot of good memories of it as a kid playing the original TMNT arcade game as well as number of arcade games there in their arcade while my parents shopped as well as browse the toy aisles for TMNT, Transformers, G.I.Joe, and other late 80s/early 90s toylines. It closed down sometime in the early 2000s and was turned into a Lifetime Fitness. The funny thing is, part of the outside is still very much that vintage K-Mart.

[@chefkim9]

It still amazing how big Kmart was !

[@ZeeMann_Retail]

Great video! Sad to see another one gone.

[@richardresendez2325]

The blue light special was so cool

[@QueenJane-ws6lk]

The ending always get me so sad. I miss Kmart it was a good place to shop at. I remember getting alot of my school clothes there. In Massachusetts I know of several abandoned kmarts mainly in billerica and Nashua new Hampshire. I hope someday you could make it this way ! Thank you for the video 😊

[@robl6347]

Funny story about the prison yard at the Lexington, SC store which is now closed. Our District managers son wanted a part time job while a junior in high school. He was working at this particular store and was out in the fenced area when they started closing the store and they locked him out there. He was out there over an hour before he flagged a car passing by down. Keep in mind this was back in 1996 before cell phones became super huge. Everyone in the district got a huge laugh out of it to.

[@Broncos2005]

Heck yes. My mom and aunt used to work at a couple. I'm only 16 but I miss k-mart

[@MOOSEPRIME98]

Man I really miss Kmart so much.

[@MxCartney_Lou]

Kmart was my childhood late 1990s and early 2000s kids the final generation to know the amazing Kmart

[@jamesb9192]

Love the pictures at the end. Keep up the good work!

[@beautifullife3881]

It was a pretty clean, fun store. We miss it! I would love to turn it into a school of music… but unless I win the lottery, I don’t know how I would do it. Lol

[@keithkalif2778]

I miss 😢 big Kmart in Fall River

[@angelalinderman9985]

Kmart, many memories back to childhood when they had the yummy Icee drinks! ( cherry or cola) LOL thanks guys! Love the photos at the end!👍😃

[@chuckbrown2854]

You all are the age of Kmart, I grew up with Kresge, Ayr Way and CSC when growing up

[@coltongoff456]

There’s an abandoned Kmart store on Dixie highway in Waterford Michigan. Opened in 1976 closed in February 2020. It used to be a Grants department store, and is currently vacant.

[@trentpettit6336]

Dixie Highway? Are you familiar with the tragic history of the famous DIXIE SQUARE MALL which was on Dixie Highway (that's why the mall had "Dixie" in its name even though it wasn't in a Southern state) in Harvey, Illinois near Chicago?

[@retailforever]

This one opened on November 17, 1999 as the first for a new design for Kmart stores (known as a Series 42 Kmart), the design was used throughout 2000 and 2001. coincidentally, this was also the last Series 42, it closed in December 2019.

[@trentpettit6336]

There was a Series 42 store in Phoenixville, PA (about halfway between Philadelphia and Reading) which opened in 2001 and was scheduled to close in 2003 due to the original Kmart bankruptcy, but suddenly Kmart changed their mind (even though STORE CLOSING signs had been put up already!) and kept the store open! Of course it EVENTUALLY closed anyway, but that was 15 years later! The store had a "castle" exterior design which made it look much nicer than this Clio store!

[@retailforever]

@@trentpettit6336 I heard about that one. A good looking store IMO. I wonder why they wanted to close it so early, the market was good enough for them to want to open there in the first place, right?

[@trentpettit6336]

@@retailforever Well, the location seemed perfect at first (Phoenixville had an AMES store which was an old JAMESWAY and had been the Kmart store's only competition) but then in 2002, both a TARGET (in the small town called OAKS) and a WALMART (in Norristown) opened nearby. The Target had a LOWE'S next door, and the Walmart had a HOME DEPOT next door, which both probably helped the Target and Walmart stores hurt the Kmart. There was a Sears Hardware next to the Kmart, but of course it was much smaller than their two nearby competitors!

[@retailforever]

@@trentpettit6336 Wow, now I get why they wanted to close.

[@trentpettit6336]

@@retailforever Surprisingly though, the Walmart was NOT a Supercenter when it first opened in 2002 (even though the property was big enough for it to have been), but it was expanded into a Supercenter around 2008.

[@masterking3979]

If your ever back up there I can say visit Saginaw there is two Kmarts one turned into one of those storage unit places not sure what the other one is and there was a 3rd but that has been torn down for years now

[@sondraw.9114]

My local K-Mart in Torrington CT is now an Ocean State Job Lot Store.

[@zoefaith120]

Like normal.... first video of the year to watch. Wallie at Kmart!

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Good Video 😀

[@jeremyb456]

love them Kmart videos

[@skyebird3933]

I shopped at the K-Mart in Cambridge, and Steubenville and both became Rural Kings.

[@doreensanders2434]

I miss Kmart. I wish the Kmart near me never closed.

[@Jfizz66]

No reason for Kmarts and Sears demise. RIP. You’ll be sadly missed. Thank you for all the wonderful years.

[@maccustoms2295]

Love the Hills hat. Great video as always happy New years guys. Thanks for sharing.

[@retailexplorationwithdanny8070]

This makes me laugh so hard that it’s in the 30s there. When Coastal Mississippi is 50 degrees, it feels colder than Michigan at 30 degrees because of the humidity

[@Twins682]

Cool Kmart video Wallieb26

[@jet34thehawk]

Wow awesome video

[@matthewjbauer1990]

This is about the size of the Big Kmart turned Rural King back home. I'm actually not surprised Rural King is snatching up Kmart locations.

[@kregbell6961]

I was here the last day and the days after. It was a very nice store.

[@jaimienichols5649]

Awesome Wallie

[@johnb.1750]

If you remember sagebrush down in mt airy NC it's rented out as something else

[@DalmationProductions]

Yep honestly I miss shopping at my store it's almost been 2 years since mine closed in 2020

[@ddub9696]

There is an identical Kmart to this one located in Pleasant Hills, PA right outside of the Century III mall complex. This was the last major Kmart store design to be rolled out in the late 90’s/early 2000’s before their bankruptcy when all the new stores stopped. These stores all have the red tile on the main entrance and the square metal grate design over the top of the portico entrance. Some have a rounded portico like here in Clio and others have a gabled portico like in Cranston, RI. Other examples of this design existed in Huntington, NY, Passaic, NJ, Lawnside, NJ.

[@trentpettit6336]

Was that Cranston (Rhode Island) store a former BRADLEES store? Or a former CALDOR store?

[@peterjszerszen]

I think this is across the street from the “Restaurant and Drive-Thru Inside” gas station. It had that on its sign. I always wanted to drive thru the inside. This used to have a Farmerjacks next door.

[@dravenstarr]

Another Kmart video added to the stash! Looks like a chillier day. Can't wait to see what else you upload!

[@Optopolis]

And yes. This is me.

[@Optopolis]

@Sage Perkins You'd be amazed how many fake accs out there have been made to look like various retail channels in bad faith.

[@AFoxGuy]

There are 12 Kmart's left now... Six are in the US Mainland and the other Six are in US Territories: Guam has 1, Puerto Rico has 1, and the Virgin Islands has 4! Though what's interesting is that both the Biggest Sears left (3 floors!) and the Biggest Kmart left (2 floors!) are both located in the Plaza Las Americas Mall Complex in Puerto Rico!

[@rustyrailspikeproductions]

We used to have a Kmart here in Liverpool New York. I remember that store was the always busy no matter what time of year it was. That store also had a pay phone in the vestibule, and I had to use it one day because I forgot what my grandma sent me there to get. Good memories thank you for the flash back. It was a pleasure meeting you in Gallitzin, I hope to see you on the NS main again.

[@discoron77]

Visited here a few years ago, en route to Frankenmuth. Still hard to believe all the MI locations are gone. You are right, there are so many of them! If you head up to Bronner's again, you can probably stop by the Flint area locations, some have been closed since the 90s. Flint has so much other abandoned and crazy stuff though, that alone could be a whole trip.

[@trentpettit6336]

Did you know about the shopping center in Dearborn (near Detroit) which was built in the early 90's (right before Kmart got rid of all the non-department store chains that they had owned!) which had multiple stores owned by Kmart at the time (Super Kmart Center, PACE Membership Warehouse, Builders Square, Borders Books, Sports Authority, and OfficeMax) as well as a Service Merchandise store, but all the buildings had the same fancy design? Sadly, the old Super Kmart there is a WALMART store today!

[@Roger-hp1yg]

Awesome video.

[@lindamikel7913]

Kmart Place Was Gone for Long Time.

[@jayf6741]

Hi Wallie, great video! This Kmart opened on 11/17/1999 and was their newest and last store prototype.

[@ryanclifton7033]

So this store was only open for 20 years

[@jayf6741]

Standard Kmart lease was for 20 years with 5 year renewals up to 100 years. Fartfurt closed the stores as the leases ran out, so most closed on a multiple of 5 year anniversary (25 yrs, 30 yrs, 35 yrs)

[@robbiepayne97]

I believe this store was a relocation from Beecher.

[@Optopolis]

I agree on kinda unique. IDK what it is - I like the style of the one here in Cheyenne (that looked a lot like the last Michigan Kmart) better than this, but this is still a cool and aesthetic one!

[@jameshamblin8073]

Your in my stomping grounds God bless you guys I love it I love the content our last Kmart finally closed in Marshall Michigan

[@samrulez06]

This location did not have a Little Caesars. It had a Kcafe. This was the Kmart we went to when the Beecher Kmart closed in 99. So many memories of shopping here while growing up. The sign from the freeway used to say Farmer Jack where the urgent care sign was. Farmer Jack didn't last too much longer at that location when it opened... I want to say 3 years maybe.

[@ThatSlickKid]

The Kmart in my hometown also became a Rural King like you mentioned. Enjoying the videos man!

[@aidangreen2693]

Happy new year 🎉💓

[@shawnhergett8319]

Yeah I had one here when I was little now it's a giant food

[@adamsATSfan415]

great way to end of a video for 2021 a kmart video good video i enjoyed this video

[@btim50]

There is an abandoned Kmart in Marshall Michigan just across the street from the abandoned Burger King you did.

[@PapipuJP]

Is that the one that recently just closed?

[@robertlopez2842]

I miss shopping at my Big Kmart here in Mission TX

[@deloresjordan6043]

Happy New Year Wallie and Kayla thank you for the KMART 📹, Delores Jordan

[@brucesumter4327]

ty wally kayla for this video i miss the bigmart

[@jennifergarrett6809]

Happy New Year to you both.

[@markbaxter5027]

I do kind of miss the Kmart that was in the area I grew up. I didn't go there frequently but it was nice to go there occasionally. Wake maybe you could make a trip to Detroit and do videos of the abandoned auto plants

[@jimdavis3913]

Happy New Years.

[@StantonsJourneys]

Definitely a very unique and with the outside signs still up. I always have to ring a doorbell or buzzer as well expecting someone ro come out lol. Happy New Year Wallie cheers.

[@703am]

yep, i miss shopping at Kmart. Kmart was my go-to store. By the way the Z is going to feel left out if you don't take it out soon...lol...Happy New year guys', always enjoy your videos

[@makeshiftlake3519]

This store resembles a Target in my opinion

[@slackingpacking]

Very interesting Kmart. Love the facade.

[@trentpettit6336]

There once was a Kmart near me which had the same facade as this one, but with CASTLE STEEPLES on the sides of the facade!

[@MrIceman22]

Thanks for sharing this video Wallie my thanksgiving was a good one it sad that all kmart is gone in michigan you should check out port huron michigan one

[@jublywubly]

We have loads of Kmart stores in Australia. They're owned by an Australian company, but they must be paying royalties to the U.S. company to use their name and logos. I don't recall us ever having anything other than regular Kmarts. Kmart in the '80s to mid '90s were great. They had a proper hardware section and even a computer section. They used to sell great products. These days, they're not much different to a fancy looking discount store, with most of their products being cheaply made, low quality quality stuff from China.

[@jackson5116]

Sad that there are more closed Kmart's with signs up as there are actually open Kmart's.

[@matthewstalker3248]

Love your videos Wallie! I discovered you around a year ago and I’m hooked! Thank you for doing this!

[@drusmith3480]

Happy New Year, Wallie and Kayla! 🎆🥂

[@natekielar944]

Looks like the Kmart we had in West Seneca NY.

[@MOOSEPRIME98]

Yeah I had to work Thanksgiving which was also my birthday but not gonna complain to much. And I did all my Black Friday shopping online

[@pastoreddiew2355]

Cambridge Ohio had one just like this .

[@petuniaskunk2316]

Happy New Year’s

[@jackboone5981]

Hey Wallie!!

[@paputnam1]

I was passing through Caro yesterday, so I stopped here to get a few photos. Would you know it, all the signs are still up nearly five years after the store closed. My local Kmart, up the road nearly an hour, closed at almost the same time and their signs are long gone.

[@paul-roblox5174]

Happy new years everyone and let's hope year of 2022 will be better year then year of 2021:)

[@gradymcclintock3766]

It was probably a super k that got scaled back to a big kmart

[@lion281990]

I have been to this Kmart once a couple years before it closed. It looks the same on the outside as it did then.

[@08woodti]

I miss are big kmart in iron mountain michigan

[@08woodti]

And it closed in 2015

[@davidellis5141]

BIG K has gone away 👋

[@toddprater14]

Clee-oh is how it’s pronounced… Michigan represent…

[@WallieB26]

Thanks for letting me know. I just had a feeling I'd say it wrong. Haha

[@Psycho-Skeleton]

Check out the Michigan Kmart

[@kaitlynbeck9776]

There is another Kmart Little further then this one in Saginaw MI that became a storage unit facility

[@ericbechler9903]

Nice wallie 😀 I don't think Canada had kmarts

[@Mrcruisefever1]

I miss : Kmart , KB Toys , TOYS R US , WB Toy store ( warner brother ) , Disney store - mall I'm from south florida ( north palm beach county area )

[@Heathern92]

I actually still have a Kmart by me that is still open and it’s one of the two only open currently in New Jersey

[@haydenkay-s1v]

We still have Kmart in New Zealand not what it used to be thou

[@CurtisKolbe]

yep Cly-Oh #PureMichigan

[@TotosSword]

This looks like the old one by my house

[@jaredtatchio2064]

I have not ben in k mart since the 2000s in Utah

[@ruthpullis9279]

Why do they leave the electric on Happy New Year