Contributor Post: The End for the Van Buren Township Kmart
The following is a SMR:MCRH Contributor Post. This post will look at retail in Van Buren Charter Township, Wayne County, MI. Kmart #3155 2095 Rawsonville Road, Van Buren Charter Township, MI Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 31.3 miles, approx. 35 minutes It's been over one year since it's closure was announced, and so, for the second SMR blog post with photos from Y4123 (a.k.a. Former Retail Employee), we will be taking a mid-closure tour with him of the Van Buren Charter Township Kmart, photos taken in November 2019. The Van Buren Charter Township Kmart opened for business on April 8, 1974, anchoring a new strip mall across Interstate 94 from Willow Run Airport, directly along the Wayne-Washtenaw County line, midway between Belleville and Ypsilanti. The only major change the store had seen was getting the usual "Big Kmart" treatment in the late 1990's, though here even the exterior was remodeled. While escaping numerous spins of Sears Holdi...