The Mid-Cities Mall is Manitowoc Wisconsin is dead and buried

 

Photos by Retiring Guy taken in Manitowoc WI

Headline:  The Hustle, 12/7/2023

We’ve been reading headlines about the death of the shopping mall for the better part of the last decade. 

But here we are in late 2023, and the malls are still standing. So what gives?

From Mall Closure Statistics. (6/23/2023)

• The number of malls declined 16.7% per year from 2017 to 2022. 
• 2 million square feet of mall space was demolished in 2022. 
• The nationwide mall vacancy rate is 107% higher than the overall average retail vacancy rate.

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2023

"Malls aren't dead, they're in transition."  Tell that to Manitowoc, Wisconsin..  (11/29)

Mid-Cities Mall in Manitowoc Wisconsin missed the evolution.  (11/22)

Dear Manitowoc shopping mall aficionados, It';s too late baby!  Best, Retiring Guy.  (6/10)

Visit to the site of the former Mid-Cities Dead Mall in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  (6/5)

2022

Malls in America: Everything's coming up roses.  (9/24)

2020

New Jersey news:  Phillipsburg Mall death watch.  (1/29)

Greetings from Trump's America: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where the mall has recently lost four anchor stores.  (1/28) 
Westgate UPDATE: Last nail to be hammered in April.  (1/11)

2018
Warren Mall losing the last of its original (1979) tenants.  (4/19)

2017
Get me rewrite: Natural gas odor forces evacuation of all 5 guests at the Shops of Grand Avenue.  (12/21)
Not a seagull to be seen at site of former deadest of dead malls.  (7/28)