Malls · Wisconsin
Mid-Cities Mall
Mid-Cities Mall opened 1968, lost anchors through 2000, stood vacant, and was demolished in 2015 with no recorded owner plan · summary, model-written
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| Status | Demolishedextracted, unreviewed |
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Summary, model-written
Mid-Cities Mall opened in 1968 with 24 store slots and two anchors. Over the 1990s several anchors and tenants closed, leading to a 2000 closure as Lakeview Center Mall. The site remained vacant until demolition began in 2015 and was completed thereafter.
Why. The record shows sequential anchor losses (Montgomery Ward 1986, Pierquet’s Electronics 1990, Woolworth's 1993, JCPenney 2011) and a 2000 eviction notice, indicating declining tenancy as the primary cause; no explicit mention of competition, debt, or demolition motives.
Where it stands. The mall is demolished; the record does not specify a current owner or controlling entity.
For a planner
- No specific precedents or policy tools are cited in the record.
- Open questions include what zoning or redevelopment incentives were considered post-demolition.
For a developer
- Site size is 250,000 sf (23,000 m²) per narrative excerpt.
- Control and entitlement stage are not stated in the record.
- Context-layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) and market signals from tract data are not provided.
What we do not know yet
- Owner or controlling entity after demolition is unknown.
- Any environmental remediation, floodplain status, or transit access details are missing.
- Zoning, entitlements, or planned reuse are not recorded.
- The verification status is 'draft', indicating the data may be unverified.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- South Side of Mid-Cities Mall | Manitowoc, WI. The south sid… | Flickr flickr.com
- Abandoned Mid-Cities Mall (Manitowoc, WI) in 2011 … reddit.com
- Mid-Cities Mall - www.ericapp.weebly.com ericapp.weebly.com
- Mid-Cities Mall – the jonrev projects jonrev.com
- 'An eyesore': City of Manitowoc buys vacant mall sites to prep for redevelopment fox11online.com
- Manitowoc Mid-Cities Mall and Lakeview C… htrnews.com
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History and original facts
| Opened | 1968extracted, unreviewed |
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| Closed | 2000extracted, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 24extracted, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Don Paulyextracted, unreviewed |
| Architect | Thorson and Thorshov Inc. |
| Census division | 3 · East North Central |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States |
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Background
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1968 Mall opened
- 1986 Montgomery Ward closed
- 1990 Pierquet’s Electronics and Home Store closed
- 1993 Woolworth's closed
- 1996 Mall reopened after remodeling
- 2000 Owners announced eviction of 5 stores
- 2011 JCPenney closed as last store
- 2015 Demolition announced
- 2015 Demolition began
Sources
- Wikipedia: Mid-Cities Mall · supports: original developer, status, year closed, year opened
13 quoted sentences
Mid-Cities Mall opened on April 3, 1968, with 2 anchors and 10 of its 24 stores.
Mid-Cities Mall closed in 2000 as Lakeview Center Mall.
The mall was developed by Don Pauly
was demolished in 2015.
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