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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.

~~The would open sometime in February, 1968. Being one of~~ [[~~F.W.~~ ~~Woolworth Company|Woolworths~~]] ~~largest~~ ~~stores~~ in ~~the~~ ~~country at~~ the ~~time~~ ~~at {{convert|41000|sqft|m2}}. The [[JCPenney]] would~~ open on the ~~grand~~ ~~opening~~ ~~day~~.<ref>{{cite news |title=~~Mid-Cities~~ ~~Mall~~ ~~Grand~~ ~~Opening~~ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-~~mid~~–~~cities-mall-gr~~/~~178535018~~/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=3 ~~April~~ 1968 |pages=59}}</ref> [[~~Montgomery~~ ~~Ward~~]] was ~~already~~ ~~open~~ as ~~they~~ ~~had~~ opened in ~~Fall,~~ ~~1967~~.<ref>{{cite news |title=~~MidCities~~ ~~Construction~~ ~~Nearly~~ ~~Complete~~ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-~~midcities~~–~~construc~~/~~178530403~~/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=20 ~~January~~ 1968 |pages=3}}</ref> [[Osco Drug]] would open a store on April 29, 1968.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Rotschafer, Osco Drug Store Feature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-robert-rotschafer/25211681/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=29 April 1968 |pages=24}}</ref>

[[ ]] the open the .<ref>{{cite news |title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter–// |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date= 1968 |pages=}}</ref> [[ ]] was opened in .<ref>{{cite news |title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter–// |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date= 1968 |pages=}}</ref> [[Osco Drug]] would open a store on April 29, 1968.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Rotschafer, Osco Drug Store Feature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-robert-rotschafer/25211681/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=29 April 1968 |pages=24}}</ref>

Mid-Cities Mall announced in 1984 that they would be adding a brand new [[Hardees]] occupying the former ID Bouquet, Mid-Cities Cleaners, and [[Radio Shack]] spaces. The Hardees was to have a sit-down dining room, play area, general food counter, and a drive-thru window. Hardees was projected to open by January, 1985.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hardee’s to be added to Mid-Cities Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-hardees-to-be-add/178545548/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=14 December 1984 |pages=3}}</ref> Mid-Cities Mall would also be renamed Lakeview Center ~~sometime~~ in the ~~mid to~~ late 1980s.

Montgomery Ward would close on February 15, 1986.<ref>{{cite news |title=Montgomery Ward to close at Mid-Cities Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-montgomery-ward-to/178535615/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=5 November 1985 |pages=1}}</ref> The store would be replaced by a Pierquet’s Electronics and Home Store only to close two years later in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meyer |first1=Amy |title=Manitowoc’s Mid-Cities Mall holds many memories |url=https://www.htrnews.com/story/life/2015/05/02/manitowoc-county-history/26589273/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald Times Reporter}}</ref>

In January, 1993 woolworth’s would close their Lakeview Center store.

<ref>{{cite news |title=Woolworth calls quits on Lakeview Centre Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-woolworth-calls-qu/178546790/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=16 October 1992 |pages=23}}</ref>

In 1995 Lakeview Center would be remodeled. This would include additional stores, a change in the traffic pattern, and changes to the interior.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakeview Centre Mall renovation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-lakeview-centre-ma/178546961/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=25 May 1995 |pages=1}}</ref> The mall would reopen in October, 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oct 04, 1995, page 27 – Herald-Times-Reporter at Newspapers.com – Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1029065475/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEwMjkwNjU0NzUsImlhdCI6MTc2MDI5NTQ2NSwiZXhwIjoxNzYwMzgxODY1fQ.cePU9SW-KEZusLKFIRPOCIt655owr8mjFPX_FjBIfMU |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=www.newspapers.com |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |language=en}}</ref>

In 1995 Lakeview Center would be remodeled. This would include additional stores, a change in the traffic pattern, and changes to the interior.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakeview Centre Mall renovation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-lakeview-centre-ma/178546961/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=25 May 1995 |pages=1}}</ref> The mall would reopen in October 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oct 04, 1995, page 27 – Herald-Times-Reporter at Newspapers.com – Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1029065475/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEwMjkwNjU0NzUsImlhdCI6MTc2MDI5NTQ2NSwiZXhwIjoxNzYwMzgxODY1fQ.cePU9SW-KEZusLKFIRPOCIt655owr8mjFPX_FjBIfMU |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=www.newspapers.com |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |language=en}}</ref>

In 1998 Osco Drug would relocate less than a block away at Memorial, Drive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Osco Drug to built a new location and leave Lakeview Centre Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-osco-drug-to-built/178547125/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=29 March 1998 |pages=11}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakeview Centre evicts 5 tenants |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-lakeview-centre-ev/178547608/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=24 August 2000 |pages=1}}</ref> ~~The~~ ~~Lakeview~~ ~~Center~~ ~~Mall~~ ~~would~~ ~~likely~~ ~~close~~ ~~soon~~ ~~after this date because~~ the ~~mall~~ ~~was~~ ~~used~~ for ~~training~~ ~~that~~ ~~same~~ ~~year~~.<ref>{{cite news |title=mccue |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-mccue/13534103/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=30 March 2001 |pages=2}}</ref>

In 1998 Osco Drug would relocate less than a block away at Memorial Drive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Osco Drug to built a new location and leave Lakeview Centre Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-osco-drug-to-built/178547125/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=29 March 1998 |pages=11}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakeview Centre evicts 5 tenants |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-lakeview-centre-ev/178547608/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=24 August 2000 |pages=1}}</ref> the for .<ref>{{cite news |title=mccue |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-mccue/13534103/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=30 March 2001 |pages=2}}</ref>

On April 22, 2015 after sitting vacant for almost 15 years, it was announced that the Lakeview Center Mall would be demolished.<ref>{{cite news |title=Demolition to begin at the former Lakeview Centre Mall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-demolition-to-begi/178548179/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=22 April 2015 |pages=A1}}</ref> Demolition begun on September 24, 2015 and was finished within a couple of months.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakeview Centre Mall demolition begins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-times-reporter-lakeview-centre-ma/178548359/ |access-date=12 October 2025 |work=Herald-Times-Reporter |publisher=Herald-Times-Reporter |date=25 September 2015 |pages=A1}}</ref>

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

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

==Gallery==

Shopping mall in Manitowoc, Wisconsin United States

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.

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 Hardees occupying the former ID Bouquet, Mid-Cities Cleaners, and Radio Shack spaces. The Hardees was to have a sit-down dining room, play area, general food counter, and a drive-thru window. Hardees 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.
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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]

On April 22, 2015 after sitting vacant for almost 15 years, it was announced that the Lakeview Center Mall would be demolished.^[13] Demolition begun on September 24, 2015 and was finished within a couple of months.^[14]

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