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Mid Cities Mall
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LocationManitowoc, Wisconsin United States
Coordinates44°06′55″N 87°38′18″W / 44.11528°N 87.63833°W / 44.11528; -87.63833
Opening dateApril 4, 1968
Renovated1995
Closing date2000
Demolished2015
DeveloperDon Pauly
ArchitectThorson and Thorshov Inc.
Stores and services24 at its peak
Anchor tenants2
Floor area250,000 square feet (23,000 m2)
Floors1

Mid-Cities Mall was a 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) shopping mall located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin that opened in 1968 with 2 anchors and 24 store slots. Mid-Cities Mall closed in 2000 as Lakeview Center Mall, and was demolished in 2015.

History

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Mid-Cities Mall would open on April 3, 1968, with 2 anchors and 10 of its 24 stores. Mid-Cities Mall was the largest mall in the lakeshore area when it opened. The mall was developed by Don Pauly, and the architect was Thorson and Thorshov Inc., out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They developed a handful of successful shopping centers around the country.

Montgomery Ward was the first store in the mall to open, in the fall of 1967.[1] The Woolworths, which was one of their largest stores in the country at the time at 41,000 square feet (3,800 m2), opened in February 1968. The JCPenney would open on the grand opening day.[2] Osco Drug would open a store on April 29, 1968.[3]

Mid-Cities Mall announced in 1984 that they would be adding a brand new Hardee's occupying the former ID Bouquet, Mid-Cities Cleaners, and Radio Shack spaces. The Hardee's was to have a sit-down dining room, play area, general food counter, and a drive-thru window. Hardee's was projected to open by January, 1985.[4] Mid-Cities Mall would also be renamed Lakeview Center in the late 1980s.

Montgomery Ward would close on February 15, 1986.[5] The store would be replaced in 1988 by a Pierquet’s Electronics and Home Store, only to close two years later in 1990.[6] In January 1993, Woolworth's would close their Lakeview Center store. [7]

In 1995 Lakeview Center would be remodeled. This would include additional stores, a change in the traffic pattern within the mall, and changes to the interior.[8] The mall would reopen in October 1996.[9]

In 1998 Osco Drug would relocate less than a block away at Memorial Drive.[10] On August 24, 2000 it was announced that the owners would evict 5 stores from the struggling mall. They had to be out of the mall by September 30, 2000. This raised many concerns on the state of the mall.[11] Later that year, the Manitowoc Fire Department began using the Lakeview Center Mall for search and rescue training.[12]

JCPenney would close in 2011 as the last store in the mall leaving the mall completely vacant.[13]

On April 22, 2015 after sitting vacant for almost 15 years, it was announced that the Lakeview Center Mall would be demolished.[14] Demolition begun on September 24, 2015 and was finished within a couple of months.[15]

As of now, the site of the Mid-Cities Mall still sits empty, with no plans for the site as of yet.

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  • Mid Cities Mall logo from 1968
    Mid Cities Mall logo from 1968
  • Mid-Cities Mall during demolition on October 22, 2015
    Mid-Cities Mall during demolition on October 22, 2015
  • Mid-Cities Mall during demolition on October 22, 2015
    Mid-Cities Mall during demolition on October 22, 2015
  • Mid-Cities Mall during demolition on October 22, 2015
    Mid-Cities Mall during demolition on October 22, 2015
Anchors
Anchor Opening date Closing date
JCPenney April 4, 1968 2011
Montgomery Ward 1967 February 15, 1986 became Pierquet's
Osco Drug April 29, 1968 1998
Woolworths February, 1968 January, 1993
Pierquet's 1988 1990

References

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  1. ^ "MidCities Construction Nearly Complete". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 20 January 1968. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Mid-Cities Mall Grand Opening". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 3 April 1968. p. 59. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Robert Rotschafer, Osco Drug Store Feature". Herald-Times-Reporter. 29 April 1968. p. 24. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Hardee's to be added to Mid-Cities Mall". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 14 December 1984. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Montgomery Ward to close at Mid-Cities Mall". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 5 November 1985. p. 1. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  6. ^ Meyer, Amy. "Manitowoc's Mid-Cities Mall holds many memories". Herald Times Reporter. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Woolworth calls quits on Lakeview Centre Mall". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 16 October 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Lakeview Centre Mall renovation". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 25 May 1995. p. 1. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Oct 04, 1995, page 27 - Herald-Times-Reporter at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com". www.newspapers.com. Herald-Times-Reporter. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Osco Drug to built a new location and leave Lakeview Centre Mall". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 29 March 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Lakeview Centre evicts 5 tenants". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 24 August 2000. p. 1. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  12. ^ "mccue". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 30 March 2001. p. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  13. ^ "JCPenney closing at Mid City Mall". Herald-Times-Reporter. 5 January 2011. p. 8. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Demolition to begin at the former Lakeview Centre Mall". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 22 April 2015. pp. A1. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Lakeview Centre Mall demolition begins". Herald-Times-Reporter. Herald-Times-Reporter. 25 September 2015. pp. A1. Retrieved 12 October 2025.