What's Up At The Abandoned Kmart In Bridgeville, PA?

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  • What's Up At The Abandoned Kmart In Bridgeville, PA? Something new is coming. A year after the Kmart closed a new tenant is moving in soon. Looking forward to what will be inside the former Kmart.
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  • @minisareus
    @minisareus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Kayla's nice tell here to not be shy and get involved in more videos

  • @johnnowinsky4726
    @johnnowinsky4726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    There's coolness in the future. Sears is suing Eddie for pillaging the company.

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lots of memories at that shopping center: There used to be a Service Merchandise there, as well as a Rax, a Ponderosa, of course Childrens Palace, Warehouse Club, & an Elby's Big Boy used to be where Bob Evans is

  • @spencewhite5800
    @spencewhite5800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video! I love seeing these old stores being reused

  • @angie6514
    @angie6514 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video, Wallie👍

  • @alexkomada8600
    @alexkomada8600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hope you and Kayla are doing well. Glad to see the videos. Nice job ad always

  • @nikkireeexplores407
    @nikkireeexplores407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome vid Wallie! And nice smooth camera work!

  • @TheGhostOfSabotage
    @TheGhostOfSabotage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love her dyed hair colour! :D

  • @williamcowden792
    @williamcowden792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Appreciate this video, I worked at that Kmart before it closed with some of the best co-workers I could ask for. Good to see the building’s being put to use. Weird that it’s a big lots however since there’s one right up the road...

  • @rosemaryslife6036
    @rosemaryslife6036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Kayla! Definitely looking forward to see Biglots coming in!

  • @scottman117
    @scottman117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your videos so much... the random commentary (i.e. the ford transit van) is so entertaining!

  • @retailreviewers9168
    @retailreviewers9168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video wallie!!!

  • @JosephPratt1986
    @JosephPratt1986 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video Wallie! It seems like K-Mart left Bridgeville just yesterday. I just can't believe it's been over a year since K-Mart left Bridgeville after more than 42 years.
    Thank you for showing us the Sears Outlet store. It was Children's Palace in the '80s. The store's arches can be seen inside of its windows, but you have to look very carefully.

  • @johnsanders4946
    @johnsanders4946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I stopped by an old Kmart on Thursday in Greenville TX it turned into atwoods really neat.

  • @coldk78
    @coldk78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m trying to go to the former k mart here in Sarasota fl this weekend that has also turned into a big lots. Good video sir

  • @dennismanbook
    @dennismanbook 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! Those label scars on the building sure show up clear as day!

  • @craigdunlap6412
    @craigdunlap6412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome video

  • @dmthieme76
    @dmthieme76 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to finally see Kayla in a video! Great video by the way too!

  • @jroto
    @jroto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love seeing this. My local Kmart has become an Ollies, and is opening in a few weeks. This is better than seeing these stores sitting and decaying.

  • @danielyoung6630
    @danielyoung6630 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    WALLIE B THANKS MAN!

  • @alanlough638
    @alanlough638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video, Wallie! I like Big Lots as well.

  • @angie6514
    @angie6514 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sad to see that the Kmart is gone, but happy that it is becoming a big lots.

    • @marshalljimduncan
      @marshalljimduncan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Burlington

    • @cheesycc
      @cheesycc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@marshalljimduncan wait what happened? Did Big Lots! close and then became a Burlington?

  • @NKNYM15
    @NKNYM15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is going to be a massive Big Lots. I work at one of the biggest stores in terms of square footage in our district and that store is probably twice the size. With Big Lots they are redoing all the stores with new fixtures, displays, and adding a bigger focus on furniture. They are calling them stores of the future. It will be interesting to see how this store turns out.

  • @jet34thehawk
    @jet34thehawk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome work on the video

  • @mallaholicretailadventures
    @mallaholicretailadventures 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. I like how this isn't becoming another Uhaul place. Big lot is a great place. They need to update this one in aurora. It is dated. Move into the old Wal-Mart next door. Thank you.

  • @JulioLopez-qw6sx
    @JulioLopez-qw6sx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m your 126 like
    Keep up the good work
    I am your new subscriber
    I like your video a lot

  • @UncleSteve81
    @UncleSteve81 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video bro keep up the great videos.

  • @retailexplorationwithdanny8070
    @retailexplorationwithdanny8070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Shout out for the 1950s and 1960s I’m a teenager but I like that kinda of doo wop

  • @JackVegetables18
    @JackVegetables18 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video wallie bro

  • @dolphinblue3138
    @dolphinblue3138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah! Yes, I remember Children's Palace the toy store. I used to go there when I was a kid I went to the one in Saginaw, Michigan (my birthplace) which is now a Best Buy store, Thanks for bringing it up Wallie, I love Children's Palace toy store when I was a kid and thanks for showing us the one that is now a Sears Outlet for us ;)

  • @agirlfromnewyork2074
    @agirlfromnewyork2074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well at least the building isn't going to sit and rot. It's cool it's going to be a big lots !!! I live in the Niagara falls n.y area Kmart there closed in Feb. A few weeks ago the buliding had a fence put around it
    Maybe it's getting torn down

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in Bridgeville. It used to be the epicenter of abandoned retail stores, closed restaurants, deserted plants, etc -- but there is a ton of redevelopment going on in the area. The Big Lots that will be moving in here is currently in the Great Southern Shopping Cernter, which is right up the hill past that Sears Outlet. It occupies a space of a former Phar-Mor.

  • @Catmannj1
    @Catmannj1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So awesome you are able to come back and film this place. Even more exciting that Kayla is helping you explore these places. She's absolutely beautiful and will come out of her shyness on her terms.
    Love how you tell a story about these places and add your own take on things. I can hear thousands of people cheering you on your commentary. Big Lots is a good store and I'm glad this building is being repurposed.
    BUT WHY CLOSE A KMART THAT'S MAKING MONEY??? if something works leave it alone! I'll never get Fast Eddie's logic outside making $$$$ for selling properties. Maybe the for lease sign is still up because he's shocked they found a viable tenant so fast. '
    Will watch my notifications and can't wait for you to return to this KMart and film it, even though it is a Big Lots.

  • @jackiehoward7300
    @jackiehoward7300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Kayla is beautiful, Wallie. Hope to see more of her. Great video

  • @HisokaYugami9210
    @HisokaYugami9210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tons of Little Caesars down here in N.C.! Wow many chains that closed in the north are still down south!

  • @Team7channel
    @Team7channel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In 2012 we got those stirafoam cups from topsail beach

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wallie B: Update -- Bridgeville is starting to become "Abandonedville" once again! Not only did the Taco Bell & the K-Mart recently close, but within the last month or so Pizza Hut closed, Peace Love & Little Donuts closed, The Bridge Gastropub/Rumfish Grille closed, & the Sonic is "temporarily" closed due to a kitchen fire!!!!

  • @shelbychurchisbeautiful614
    @shelbychurchisbeautiful614 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Can't Wait Too See The New Big Lots Store.

  • @jimmymiller4265
    @jimmymiller4265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey man keep up the great videos. There is a Little Ceasers pretty much in your back yard, Gibsonia in the plaza next to Home Depot. Enjoy! Pizza Pizza

  • @ItsSnowyAmelia
    @ItsSnowyAmelia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An hour away from me, a Big Kmart also became a Big Lots (and an At Home) and the Big Lots in my city was a 80s/90s Kmart before it moved to a Super Kmart down the road in 1994 where it would last until Kmart first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  • @EBS-Studios
    @EBS-Studios 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey! WallieB Great Video! The Big Lots In California Are Much Smaller! Thank You!

  • @samuelnea5481
    @samuelnea5481 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back in the 80s this Kmart had a sit down food court in the back of the store.I used to get my car serviced there.Crazy memories!!

  • @Fender178
    @Fender178 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We have a Big Lots by where I live as well and it used to be the Ames that I used to go to as a Kid. Also Ames and Big Lots and even K-Mart are similar kind of stores. There was a K-Mart that my brother frequent quite a bit in Lower Burrel and it closed down.

  • @leatherman88ch
    @leatherman88ch 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you gone back there I would love to see pictures of it now or a video inside the building

  • @marvelkingdom1972
    @marvelkingdom1972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    there's also a Little Ceaser's in the West Lebanon, NH one; after Irene hit...they closed for almost a year and re-did the front of the store and changed the checkout layout... :(

  • @matthewmfreeman1235
    @matthewmfreeman1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey wallieb26 could you do a follow-up of this former kmart turned big lots to see if it now open or is it still sitting closed

  • @warren1994
    @warren1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s hard to find but you can still get that cup design on coffee cups some times our Sam’s club has them

  • @momscellardoor4293
    @momscellardoor4293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was only used by Big Lots for storage while they remodeled other stores. But as of thie month April 2021 there is a new chain link fence around it. They are either tearing it down or something really is going in this time.

  • @Mrcruisefever1
    @Mrcruisefever1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like to see a update again on this ( I know you did a live stream also on this recently from 2020 or 2021 )

  • @conniesanders5928
    @conniesanders5928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I worked at a Styrofoam cup manufacturer for 5 years. The design on the transit van is called Impulse.

  • @judyjennings3426
    @judyjennings3426 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're going to love big lots. We have one in Madisonville Kentucky.

  • @marvelkingdom1972
    @marvelkingdom1972 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    the K Mart that closed in Claremont, NH is a Hobby Lobby..you should check it out as can still see some of the old K.. :P

  • @jamesdell8954
    @jamesdell8954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't think I told you some of the staff from bridgeville worked at pleasant hills with me

  • @stphinkle
    @stphinkle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    As to the for lease sign still up, I wonder if Big Lots is not using the entire space and they plan to split it into two or more stores. I have seen this with other store conversions.

  • @unclechrislv
    @unclechrislv 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The leasing sign is still out as the building may be subdivided. It will be interesting to see how much space Big Lots is going to use at this location.

  • @glenbo2464
    @glenbo2464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Our Big Lots should move in the the old Kmart here. Its much bigger and just across the street sitting empty since October 2018 when Kmart closed after 40 years. Our Sears outlet closed over 20 years ago.

  • @Jumphurd6145
    @Jumphurd6145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually found out what the former Kmart in Bridgeville was being used for. Turns out it will NOT become a Big Lots. Big Lots was renting the space while they remodeled their present location up the street in the Great Southern Shopping Center.

  • @KevinPlaysGuitar
    @KevinPlaysGuitar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's cool that they are building a Big Lots. At least it's being used for something else instead of rotting away.
    Do you know if they are going to remodel the outside? It looks so 90s.😃

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not sure if they will or not. Who knows!

  • @gradymcclintock3766
    @gradymcclintock3766 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think big lots should buy all the abandon kmarts I mean the stores are similar in a way

    • @ChiralSpirals
      @ChiralSpirals 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do take over a lot of of kmart buildings here in san antonio

    • @ItsSnowyAmelia
      @ItsSnowyAmelia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My city’s Big Lots is a former Kmart (Kmart moved to a Supercenter just down the road in 1994 and that ended up closing in 2000)

  • @ericrichardson1808
    @ericrichardson1808 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a BIG Car Wash nearby where I live and that “BIG” has the same font as in BIG Kmart! And it has the same color too!

  • @donaldramsey6222
    @donaldramsey6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    big lots rented the space when they remodeled the store up the street, they had no plans to move into that store. its back to being empty again.

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wondered what happened. Then I saw their current store was remodeled.

    • @donaldramsey6222
      @donaldramsey6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WallieB26 they are now remodeling the mcdonalds behind the abandoned dairy queen on nobelston road in greentree, so that retro store is gone, but the dq still sits empty

  • @tomwujek4867
    @tomwujek4867 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big Lots is only taking a portion of the building. The unused portion of the building would still be available to be leased out.

  • @jamesdell8954
    @jamesdell8954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Castie village in Whitehall dormont those are the 2 little cears I know of

  • @ThundercatDarklion
    @ThundercatDarklion 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!!!! The last K-Mart that closed in Rockford Illinois where I live is being turned into a U-Haul rental dealer also it sadly caused the KFC / Long John Silvers in front of the K Mart Parking lot to also close on East State St. :( =^.^=

  • @michaelsteele4587
    @michaelsteele4587 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a Big Lots being opened in one section of a former Kmart in Okemos Michigan. This particular store closed long before the original bankruptcy and long before Kmart and Sears merged. There is a Best Buy in the center section and they recently opened a Office Max in the former Caesarland which was Little Caesars version of Chuck E. Cheese. Big Lots will be in the former Garden Shop and despite this Kmart being gone now for at least 25 years, you can still tell what the building originally was. Caesarland was still open up until around 10 years ago when corporate sold the Lansing stores to a franchisee who didn't want the liability of that location.

  • @theappleman258
    @theappleman258 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wallye any idea why they're making this a biglots when there's a pretty modern one right in the hill?

  • @Tarantulisimo
    @Tarantulisimo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 9:03: That building behind the K-Mart is a Phoenix Cinemas, which used to be a Destinta Theater....Back in the day, that building was a Warehouse Club, the precursor to Sam's Club & Costco.

  • @BrokenInside365
    @BrokenInside365 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's gonna be one big lot of a store Lol.
    Our Big Lots is in the old Kroger, the old mall anchor Kroger. They just remolded it too, so now it no longer has the old Kroger facade :(

  • @AMDXplusplus
    @AMDXplusplus 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My 2 local Kmarts in Dalton, Georgia, one in Walnut Ave. It is now a shopping center. The 2nd Kmart in Glenwood Rd. was abandoned for one year and the lights are on. Do a video about them. From Brian.

  • @MDK22420
    @MDK22420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would be cool if some of the KMart workers could get at job at Big Lots or help during setup.

  • @matthewadventureexploratio6596
    @matthewadventureexploratio6596 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW Big Lots taking over discount of Big Kmart with the Big Fonts on Both but different Colors.

  • @abbykittle5058
    @abbykittle5058 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The former Kmart in my town in Ohio is now a Goodwill, but it's only half of what the store used to be. The other half of it isn't being used for anything, but at least half of it is. The aesthetics of it are pretty unique. The building is made of brick.

  • @elizabethorsillo7187
    @elizabethorsillo7187 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big Lots is moving in to the former Kmart in Hermitage, too!

  • @ChiralSpirals
    @ChiralSpirals 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is going to need a part 2 when biglots dose open....and That van is frkin MIiinT

  • @timothysimpkins3664
    @timothysimpkins3664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of taking over retail leasess!

  • @MrBobTomato
    @MrBobTomato 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did you get the Chuck E. Cheese reference, Wallie? I’ve been such a fan for years now!!!! I wish I went.

  • @matchgame90
    @matchgame90 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if the Big Lots right up the road (Former PharMor) is moving down to Kmart's spot then what will become of the PharMor spot it's currently in.

  • @Jupichan
    @Jupichan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Huh, so the Big Lots just up the hill is moving down there? Neat! That's a much larger store for them. I wonder what'll happen to the Big Lots.

  • @danieljwilson7918
    @danieljwilson7918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to see that former Kmart building being reused. Maybe we can use the prison yard to lock up Eddie before he finishes destroying Kmart and Sears businesses. Stay Awesome Wallie

  • @xaingo76
    @xaingo76 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably Big Lots will be partitioned to one side and the lease is for the other part of the building.

  • @snowandice8804
    @snowandice8804 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to go to CEC. The nearest one is 222 miles from my doorstep...

  • @Explorationstudio5
    @Explorationstudio5 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel it’s going to be big lots and hobby Bobby they did that to a old Kmart in my area in chesterfield mi if closed in 2013 12

  • @tylerrogge4549
    @tylerrogge4549 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have a idea when it is going to open

  • @warren1994
    @warren1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazon has them for cold beverages not sure about coffee though

  • @tc1332
    @tc1332 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kaylas awesome ☺ hey Kayla 👋

  • @Insane_kicks
    @Insane_kicks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    my big kmart turned into a big lots also

  • @retailexplorationwithdanny8070
    @retailexplorationwithdanny8070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn’t nu little ceasers was closing lots of stores lately

  • @Fuji086
    @Fuji086 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you heard, now Eddie "Lamprey" Lampert is in talks to buy Sears Hometown and Outlet. Not content with dragging down the original Sears and Roebuck, he wants to drag the _spinoff_ as well.
    Edit: you have. Either way, Eddie Lamprey should keep his grubby mitts off of Sears H&O.

  • @clairelfhs02
    @clairelfhs02 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Kayla!!

  • @tonywestvirginia
    @tonywestvirginia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sweetheart cup design on van. (owned by Dart container now) p.s. Dart bought Solo cup etc. also. useless info I know.

    • @jasontodd8071
      @jasontodd8071 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tony, actually that is good to know!

  • @michaelrhoadarmer7621
    @michaelrhoadarmer7621 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We have a Big Lots going into an old Toys r Us.

  • @ericpurkey7502
    @ericpurkey7502 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe Big lots is going to take up half the old kmart and the other half of the store will be leased to another store.

  • @davidbenito8967
    @davidbenito8967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are no more blue light specials there

  • @jarretthoon8243
    @jarretthoon8243 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When is it supposed to open?

  • @chasecantler6158
    @chasecantler6158 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is called Transformco now.

  • @timdaugherty5921
    @timdaugherty5921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most of our old kmarts are all new business now.

    • @misterhat5823
      @misterhat5823 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ours stayed empty for over 15 years before becoming a Rural King.

    • @racersabandonedretail361
      @racersabandonedretail361 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had a bunch of K Marts in driving distance.One turned into a Rural King, one turned into a At Home.Another one is sitting empty.

  • @deformedmau5
    @deformedmau5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They could've just left the word "Big" up on the store, and install the "Lots" sign next to it. It wouldn't look like the actual logo but, meh.

  • @jjthevyonder2011
    @jjthevyonder2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My local Kmart becoming a big lots

  • @jackson5116
    @jackson5116 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So, in other words, they took down the "BIG" part prematurely! That would have been rad if they could have reused the "BIG" part of the Big Kmart sign!

    • @mallaholicretailadventures
      @mallaholicretailadventures 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's up. Just subbed to your channel about a week ago. Enjoying your videos. You, grm, and cottom (spelling?) Are cornering the st Louis area. Keep up the good work.

  • @101448
    @101448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It does not matter if Kmart stores are profitable or not. They closed hundreds of profitable stores under Eddie Lamberts watch. What matters is if they own the land or not. This does not sound consistent for a business wishing to stay in business. Basically the remaining stores the land and building is owned by the company. Just recently under the new company the Kmart here in WI was purchased by Lamberts new company. The store manager said the new plan is inventories at remaining stores will be cut by about 1/3 and they will be open to subleasing some space inside the stores and that the Store within a Store concept is on the table which would mean mini Sears in Kmarts, and mini Kmarts in Sears. Just out of bankruptcy I got tweet from Sears about the Grand Opening of 3 new Sears stores built from the ground up and opening in May. Corporate executives received $25 million in bonuses for doing a bad job and store employees of closing stores were told there was no money for severance pay. I worked for Kmart in the 1980's and they were getting rid of full time employees back then to save on benefit packages. So Kmart has a long time hidden history of treating their employees badly. Pretty much since Lambert combined the two companies there were wage freezes so needless to say the people being hired were there till they could find something better and the customer suffered and decided to go elsewhere.