Former Kmart #9274

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

    This next Kmart we tour is of the tiny location in Greenwich, NY. At the time of my visit, this location was the sixth smallest Kmart store left in operation at around 40,500 sq. ft.! With the store being so small, it offered no special services- although it did have an auto center back in the day. There was no proper garden center and the books that were sold here were actually put in one of the store's actionways. This location is now a Big Lots.

The Bullseye Conversion of Kmart

 

    As Target expands, it occasionally will repurpose former stores that were left abandoned. This post shows the former Kmart in Lakewood (near Jamestown, NY) converted into a Target. Funnily enough, this was actually something fellow blogger Albertsons Florida Blog once predicted years ago out in a comment. 

    For the most part, Target overhauled the space. However, to my surprise, there were still some minor traces of the building's past- the most obvious of which was part of the garden shop windows still intact. The other notable thing was the restrooms (although remodeled to be walk-in style) being in the same spot to left of the main entrance upon entering. It seems that the CVS pharmacy was shifted slightly to the left instead of being in the same spot as Kmart's pharmacy. For comparison, a map of the building is below for both Kmart and Target:

All in all, it was nice store to see in person that I will likely occasionally visit in the future. It felt weird, but in a good way, to see a Target with a different floor plan or store layout. This makes it stand out among other locations in the region that basically could be a clone of another location. Given that this location is still over an hour and 15 minutes away from where I reside, I am still holding on to the hope of seeing a Target come to the next more populated city to the east in Olean.