Former Kmart #3555 & Kmart Express

NOTE: This post comes from outside of the blog's coverage area.

Back in eastern Ohio, we continue our tour of Kmart stores that no longer exist or soon will cease to. This month we feature the Cambridge location- along with my only one experience of a Kmart Express gas station. Cambridge was a typical 90s style store that later would expand to become a supercenter. It was downgraded at the same time as Uniontown, PA and Chillicothe, OH, but did not get K-fresh from what I could see. 

We'll start our tour with a look at Kmart Express which would close about a month after I was here from what I understand.

This would of been a PENSKE auto center that was attached to the gas station building. Not sure if the two had an entrance that connected them for customers.

Now for the store itself:

Looks like the typical 90s store. The words super and center used to be on either side of the K though. This was also the case for the garden shop entrance as seen below.

Some money was spent to replace the bakery and deli areas which was unusual for Sears Holdings to do.

Area seen here would of been added in when the store converted into a supercenter. If this store followed the typical '90s format before supercenter expansion, then this area would be open to an electronics department.

The short-term future of the building is uncertain. While Rural King has bought the property, they have yet to open a store here and they even bought the property when Kmart was still open. It seems Rural King has a lot of real estate they have bought, but have yet to do anything with for some reason.