I came across this in Eastern Memphis, it's an At Home (rebranded Garden Ridge) now but sure doesn't look like it started out as such. Indeed it did not. While the Loopnet link above says the building was built in 1972, it actually opened in October 1986 as Super Saver Wholesale Warehouse Club, a new chain launched by Alton Howard after Howard's BranDiscount liquidated (still based out of Monroe, Louisiana). In Memphis, this opened in October 1986, but sadly was short-lived, as the chain was sold to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 1987, and in summer 1987 it closed for a new Sam's Wholesale Club, which in turn moved out in 1994 after a failed attempt to own the building instead of just leasing it. Instead it was leased to Garden Ridge, which moved in around 1995 and became At Home in the mid-2010s.
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