Giant Discount Store Wichita,KS
Former Giant Discount Store located at 2601 South Oliver Ave. in Wichita,KS. The building is currently occupied by the Sedgwick County Department of Social Services.
Note Giant opened this 107,000 square foot store on May 24th 1961. In addition to the vast array of discount merchandise the building also housed an IGA Market. The Giant store operated until the Fall of 1977 with the IGA closing in January 1978. Following the closure of Giant the building was sub-divided to house a Mays Drug Store, Whitlock Auto Supply, and in the Summer of 1979 a 55,000 square foot space of the building was leased by Boeing Aerospace for use as a training and workplace facility. *Note I don't have any notes/details as to what (if any) businesses occupied the building throughout the late 1980's until 2005.
In 2005 the 107,000 square foot building was acquired by the US Postal Service which used the facility as a processing and encoding facility. In 2016 the building was converted into its current use as a social services center.
*Note that while the interior of the building has been renovated numerous times the exterior still remains relatively unchanged since 1961 when Giant opened for business.
Giant Discount Store Wichita,KS
Former Giant Discount Store located at 2601 South Oliver Ave. in Wichita,KS. The building is currently occupied by the Sedgwick County Department of Social Services.
Note Giant opened this 107,000 square foot store on May 24th 1961. In addition to the vast array of discount merchandise the building also housed an IGA Market. The Giant store operated until the Fall of 1977 with the IGA closing in January 1978. Following the closure of Giant the building was sub-divided to house a Mays Drug Store, Whitlock Auto Supply, and in the Summer of 1979 a 55,000 square foot space of the building was leased by Boeing Aerospace for use as a training and workplace facility. *Note I don't have any notes/details as to what (if any) businesses occupied the building throughout the late 1980's until 2005.
In 2005 the 107,000 square foot building was acquired by the US Postal Service which used the facility as a processing and encoding facility. In 2016 the building was converted into its current use as a social services center.
*Note that while the interior of the building has been renovated numerous times the exterior still remains relatively unchanged since 1961 when Giant opened for business.