It’s been 3 years since Kmart on Clayton Rd. in Concord closed its doors, and the 90,000-square-foot building has been empty ever since (except for the yearly temporary occupation by Spirit Halloween).
Target is actually still interested in the property, but they’ve been unable to come to an agreement since Lucky has a grocery restriction on the property, and won’t release it. Target would only be able to move in if Lucky agrees to let them, or if Target agrees to not sell groceries.
Property management company MerloneGeier Partners confirmed to Claycord.com one of the plans they’ve considered is to subdivide the building and lease to four different tenants. Spaces would range from 18,890 – 29,170-square-feet. Harbor Freight Tools has shown interest if that plans moves forward. Building managers are also advised to hire a commercial building surveyor to inspect the overall condition of the building and to ensure it is still up to code.
As a square-footage comparison, Ross in the nearby Clayton Valley Shopping Center is 30,000-square-feet, and Target in Pleasant Hill is 115,000-square-feet.
QUESTION: What would you like to see in the old Kmart building?
Indoor Go cart racing.
Who doesn’t like a good romp around the track in a speedy go cart? 7 thumbs down? Target for the win? Lets be honest now. Would you rather spend an hour ripping around a racetrack in a go cart or an hour walking the aisles of a crowded Target store shopping and then supporting the Peoples Republic of China?
Great idea. The thumbs down people likely have trouble with the hand/foot coordination thing; it’s nothing personal.
A Walmart or target would be great or a red lobster
Trader Joe’s🌹
Yes
Target or trader joes. That Luckys is the worst. Walmart is awful too. No Walmart
Target
Indoor gun range.
Target. Trader Joe’s. Sprouts. Walmart. Lucky is afraid they’ll lose business but they are kinda expensive.
Strip club
Topgolf
Chik fil a
That would be one huge strip club
People keep asking for target to move into the old Kmart store but that’s not going to happen. Target hasn’t shown any interest in doing so.
Walmart 😁
Concord doesn’t have a dance club. I would like to see one So way not have one.
@RAYMA.….How about the basement in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, you could call it Sasha’s Wine Cellar or something like that and make the decor Disco-era….can you dig that?
What about panera bread
A Sportman’s Warehouse like the one in Brentwood
Skating rink
Roller rink
A Harbor Freight would be awesome
How about a Veranda of our own? We totally could use a few upscale food places and shopping!
A WALMART SUPERSTORE
Target, as a whole, has been incredibly disappointing at both locations nearby. Empty shelves nearly all the time, not matter the time of year. You can’t get basics sometimes. I wouldn’t want a Target in that spot. Indoor mini golf or roller rink seems like a great idea. Or something in that same vain. An activities place for kids and/for families.
You are so right about target! Another thing I noticed is a lot of items are stocked under the wrong price label. Numerous times I’ve purchased something that seems like a good value only to find out it was much more expensive.
A 90000 sq ft blickbuster would be awesome!
I would love to see a target store in the old kmart location all of the people i have spoken with agree. What can we do to help this happen.
daiso
It is a gateway From Antioch Pittsburgh and other bad areas This property is on the gateway of Walnut Creek It is one of the last areastill that is considered safe putting a target in this location would be a disaster And a target on all Walnut Creek Concord residents and would ruin my favorite shopping store lucky’s
Olive Garden🤩
Yes a Olive Garden restaurant
We have a really good restaurant in that shopping center. No to Olive Garden!
Fiore Italian restaurant is already in that shopping center and they have delicious food. No to Olive Garden.
Are all of these Olive Garden comments a joke or are we seriously fiending for Olive Garden in this city?
Its a running claycord joke
@DBCOOP..….It is?… Well, I’ll be dipped! Please don’t tell me “Cornsnake-on-a-stick” is a running joke too?
I don’t think it’s a joke at all. Claycord is in need of a fine dining establishment to serve the people authentic Italian food, for which Olive Garden can provide. What more could you ask for?
Target! We have to drive for everything because we don’t have any department stores. They’ve been closing Luckys in many areas and frankly a target would bring more foot traffic to the area and Luckys would probably benefit. A store that size won’t be selling a lot of groceries anyway.
Was thinking about a reinbear center
@THIS_THAT Claycord already has a authentic Italian fine dining restaurant. It’s called Fiore and their food is delicious. What’s all the hype with olive garden they’re a chain restaurant? Support small businesses. ☺️
It’s a joke?
Yes, I meant it as a joke. I actually wouldn’t mind an Olive Garden ….but yes it’s a running joke on Claycord for any vacant place.
Target please
Would love a Target to move into the old Kmart. In Sand City (near Monterey), Target and Lucky coexists in the same shopping center with Costco across the street. I would shop at Lucky more often if I was doing a Target (with groceries) run. Even when I go to WC Target and get a few items, I still need to stop at the supermarket for additional items. It could be a win-win situation if Lucky would release the restriction.
Roller skating rink & games
Just bring the original Kmart back. There was nothing wrong with that store. Every Christmas I wish Kmart was around. They always had the basics covered at a reasonable price.
Uh, Sam… Kmart closed all their stores in CA. There’s only three left open in the country now. All three on the east coast. It’s a dead franchise. They can’t just reopen the Clayton Rd. store.
The one in S Lake Tahoe finally closed last July. It was a sad day as now there’s no “general purpose” store in SLT. They now have drive over to Carson City for almost every4h except food & lumber
Toys R us is getting stores back. There is still a Kmart and a Sears, they still exist. You say it’s a dead franchise but it’s not. They sold out their real estate, and consolidated they didn’t go out of business.
Sears Holding Company has not gone out of business, yet!
It will go out of business when Eddie Lampert can no longer squeeze any more money out of it.
Or Eddy Lampert will bring both stores back and crush target and walmart with low prices in a depression. Has anyone even checked on Eddy lately? The guy is creative.
We need indoor pickleball courts!
Again, Kmart is closed. Gone. Not coming back.
Eddie Lampert put a lot of time and effort into squeezing every last nickel out of each Sears and KMart store before killing them off. He will be unwilling to put any time, effort, or money into resurrecting any of those stores, but go ahead and ask him.
TARGET!!! Please!! So desperately needed in this part of town!
Really wish Lucky would reconsider. I don’t but many groceries from Target-but I would go to Luckys more for groceries if it was next to a target & I could get all my shopping done in one place. I think bringing a lot more foot traffic to that center would only be good gig Lucky.
That being said: would be awesome if it was a family fun center: indoor mini golf, games, roller skating. It would only work if they had effective security to keep it safe and free of troublemakers. We could use more kid/family activities in our area.
I’d like either Target or another more upscale (clothing and moderate priced furniture) store to move in there. Maybe ACE Hardware could make a comeback there.
Target for sure!
Target most definitely!! And I actually would shop more often at Lucky’s since I’d be at Target.
Same here! Even when I go to Target, I still hit the grocery store on the way home. Right now I shop at Safeway, but if Target was there, I’d easily go to Lucky instead. 👍👍
Target
Walmart
Home Goods would be perfect
Multiple use gaming facility. A more family friendly Dave and busters. You could have video games, roller blading/Skating, paint-ball, young child exploration area..all this surrounding an elevated dinning area that is round with full views of all areas within the building.
Unfortunately I think that kind of business would likely bring troublemakers in from all over the surrounding areas. What starts out as a family friendly place seems to go south quickly. I heard that there is a new pee wee golf place in downtown Martinez.
All the riff raff…. I see.
Uh, Sam… Kmart closed all their stores in CA. There’s only three left open in the country now. All three on the east coast. It’s a dead franchise. They can’t just reopen the Clayton Rd. store.
Texas Roadhouse!
Texas roadhouse is the answer.
Target please. Make luckys and target come to some agreement
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Illegal Alien Deportation Center.
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Mini Bass pro shop
leave it the way it is its fine. Please no Target.
Developer should sell off Lucky property. Or just let Target open with groceries. Lucky is a dying grocery brand and store.
Plus the city needs to get more actively involved (I think I’ve read one of the mayors have been involved).
In addition, push the owners of Sunvalley to redevelop the property.
And get rid of union jobs and replace them with nonunion jobs. Sounds like a great idea.
The question is what would people like to see in the old KMart building, and Target is a valid answer, albeit an unrealistic one. Lucky may or may not be wise in blocking a store that sells food, but they are contractually within their rights to do so, and the city does not have the authority to overrule Lucky’s decision.
I miss my Kmart. Oh, my blender broke. I need a slow cooker. Oh man, my microwave blew up and I dont feel like leaving the neighborhood. Yah, next choice would be Target for me. Ross does amazing. Love it. Great grocery stores. Now, let me have a Target please.
I’m not the one that you need to convince, but since it seems to be important to you, you have my permission.
I like the idea of a Bass Pro Shop. I can think of no other shops I would want, but do like the idea of a closer Olive Garden (love those salads). Certainly do not want target.
Lowe’s!!! There is already a garden center area in the building and the other Concord Lowe’s is not convenient and is kind of far away for people who live on this side of town…it’s nice to have another alternative to Home Depot and Outdoor Supply Hardware is okay but they also seem to have less inventory.
I remember when that Kmart had an auto department.
A damn decent one too.
Indoor target range, maybe with archery. Bass Proshop, Olive Garden, decent restaurant – not a Huckleberry’s or “fast casual”
Corn Snake breeding facility.
@ORIGINAL G….Now you’re making me slobber like a Pavlov dog, nothing better than Cornsnake-on-a-stick.
A Trader Joe’s! I like Target too but a TJ over here would be great!
That space would make a great jail.
Keep more of the criminals off the street longer.
24 hour fitness or Target
Yes! A 24hr with a pool would be AWESOME!
Maybe that shopping center should be demolished. Seems like it’ll be a ghost town shopping center pretty soon like the other ones on Clayton and treat.
Perhaps an indoor cattle range. That would be quite popular with the climate change enthusiasts. Add a suede and leather outlet, tan and tailor while you enjoy a hearty meal at the steakhouse. Tofu Barn next door for the Vegans, and a Wicca School for the Pagans. Yes, Concord has something for everyone! Fun for the whole family! Bring the kids……..
The owner of that building sure likes to waste electricity. The lights were on 24/7 for almost the entire three years it has been vacant. I can see you leaving a few of them on for security reasons, but all of them?
For groceries, I shop at Lucky’s. For everything else, I shop at Target.
First of all nobody aint got time for fake whitewashed corporate italian food. Support small businesses and weedout the corporate giants that are trying to shutdown the Ma And Pa stores.
What does “whitewashed” mean? You act like we have good “ma and pa” restaurants in this area or something. Never have and never will. But seriously, what is whitewashed? I’m positive Italians are white. You fools need to stop confusing corporations with white people.
I agree indoor karting is fun and would be a good addition. Another good use of it would be something like the Public Market in Emeryville. A common food area with casual eateries and open late, until like 10pm.
I’d love to see a Target there, but I don’t see Lucky’s ever dropping their opposition. I’d settle for a Walmart, but it will run into the same issue as Target. It would be nice to turn it into some type of sports/training facility for kids.
My prediction: It will be subdivided and leased to a dollar store, a pawn shop, a charity thrift shop, and a cheap clothing store.
Chicken ranch
Gun Range, Bar, Strip Club and a dollar bill machine.
For several years, I’ve said that would be a great location for an Undress Barn.
That’s a realistic as believing Target will ever open there.
Bill Bob great idea of a public market like Emeryville it would do wonders to the the current food desert that is Concord/ Clayton.
Great idea! I’m thinkingvwe need more choices in restaurants, this would cover that.
There isn’t enough demand for a big store like that in such a remote location. The shopping center should probably be redeveloped into homes.
The last thing they need there is a Target store. The traffic congestion would be horrific. I would rather see a Sportsmans Warehouse or indoor shooting range or maybe subdivided so we can get a Harbor Freight and a Work Clothing store that sells clothes for FR usage.
If Target agrees they wouldn’t be able to sell groceries, but that likely won’t happen since they are there to make money. Either subdivide into more shopping, dinning. Would need to update/gentrification the area.
A recreational center with basketball courts, tennis courts, game rooms, learning center etc!!
Split the property into separate parcels. Luckys can be on one end the rest can go to the second parcel. Just an idea
It’s not a workable idea. The new parcel would still be bound by the terms of the existing contract.
Costco or Trader’s Joe ??
Neither the store nor the parking lot has room for a Costco, but I think Trader Joes would be a good fit.
Indoor basketball courts so kids can play year round or a skating rink.
IFly indoor skydiving!! Great family fun!!
It really is too bad that a Target can’t open there. Wish they could just put in a smaller store without the groceries, we don’t need that. But what was nice to have in the area was a one-stop shop where you could pick up bath towels, a coffee maker, holiday decorations per season, or a quick gift without having to drive down the hill to Walnut Creek or Concord. Some people were kind of snooty about K-mart, but I really liked having that store around the corner for all the reasons above. I was bombed when Stein-Mart closed on Ignacio, because while you couldn’t get a coffee maker or small appliances there, it was a nice place for home accessories, clothing, shoes. I got a lot of nice things there.
Please excuse my talk-to-text errors. I know how to spell Ygnacio! And I meant bummed, not bombed. Sorry, next time I won’t be so quick to hit submit.
The way concord’s going you might as well make it a methadone clinic
They definitely need a restaurant up in Clayton cant think of any legit ones.
A Sportman’s Warehouse like the one in Brentwood
My comment is coming from a Pittsburg resident who drives to either Brentwood Sprouts or Raleys in Antioch. I occasionally go to Trader Joe’s stores in Concord in conjunction with a trip to Safeway at Treat and Clayton. I think a Sprouts would be ideal. Both their stores are pretty far even for Concord residents and the one on North Main and Treat has an abysmal parking situation. Trader Joe’s has two already, both reasonably close. I think a lot of people switched buying their household supplies to online and haven’t switched back. I haven’t been to Target except once since the pandemic lockdowns started even though things are back to normal. There’s just not much I buy there that isn’t cheaper from Amazon. Don’t most people buy groceries weekly with perhaps an occasional trip for the inevitable item left off the list? It’s sad that Lucky won’t agree to a food seller in that lot because a Sprouts or Whole Foods would likely save a lot of driving time and gas. I don’t mind the extra time to go to Target because it’s a place I don’t need to go weekly. But that said, I’d shop there if it were there.
Sprouts has gone so downhill. Prices so high. They wanted $12 for a single salad.. cheeses are high. Trader joes and g.o have that covered. Very inconsistent. Except for the poor service.
Temporary FAMILY shelter until the owner decides what to do with the property. We have Martinez, Concord, Pleasant Hill, & Walnut Creek families (our own communities families) being told ALL the family shelters are full and if there is an opening, they are being sent to Richmond. This is not OK. it’s bad enough being displaced but to have to go so far outside your own community is a shame. These are children we are talking about. Parents are having to sleep in cars while their children couch surf from friend to friend IF that is even a possibility. As I stated in my first two words…TEMPORARY & FAMILY. Having representatives from the necessary agencies (that assist with housing, employment, and counseling) onsite also would be ideal. This is my unapologetic opinion
Make it a bart station too.
Sportsman warehouse or a Bass Pro
I like the idea of a Trader Joe’s, but Lucky’s can block them, Walmart or Target. Everyone is blaming Lucky’s for keeping Target out, but the fact is that Target could use that space if they didn’t sell groceries. It’s my opinion that Target has no interest in being there anyways, with or without groceries.
It looks like Target by a landslide.
Indoor mini golf or something fun besides more unnecessary commercial cr**
IMAX theater.
“BBQ Extravaganza Emporium”
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Your A-Z One-Stop Shop for all your “Q” Needs….
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🙂
Does that include propane and propane accessories?
of course not !
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it is a “REAL” “Q” Store…..
H Mart would be dope
🙂
What about a dds discount store.
Korean Super Market
We could use better selections in restaurants. Why not divide the property.
Target is way too big for the streets and intersections.
Absolutely NO to Walmart there.
That gas station turned that intersections into a big mess.
I miss woolworths
Keep Target out, we want an indoor go cart or some recreational facility not another retail joint
Go carts winner.target is a loser.give the people something to do that they can enjoy.we don’t need another place that just wants to suck your blood and drain your soul.
Go carts winner.target is a loser.give the people something to do that they can enjoy.we don’t need another place that just wants to suck your blood and drain your soul.thank you.
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RadioShack
Nice
A 90,000 square foot 7/11