K-MART was Layton's first stand-along "big box" retail store. It opened less than a year after the Layton Hills Mall began and spurred development in the area of Antelope Drive and Main Street.
June 11, 1981 at 9 a.m., was when K-Mart officially opened to the public. It was 72,300-square-feet and covered almost two acres. It employed 90 full and part-time employees and even featured an auto repair service center in its early years.
Before this K-Mart opened, the nearest KMarts were located in Riverdale or Bountiful.
The Layton K-Mart sparked area business growth. An Albertson's Grocery Store and a strip mall soon followed. McDonald's and Arby's restaurants also soon located nearby.
The K-Mart store closed in 2017, after a 36-year run.
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