{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{short description|Former shopping mall in Sterling Heights, Michigan}} {{Infobox shopping mall | name = Lakeside Mall | image = Lakeside Mall - Sterling Heights (51788339753).jpg | caption = Entrance to the food court, 2021 | location = Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States | coordinates = {{coord| 42.623447|-82.985809|region:US|display=inline,title}} | opening_date = {{Start date and age|1976|03|02}} | closing_date = {{Start date and age|2024|07|01}} | developer = A. Alfred Taubman, Homart, and Dayton Hudson | owner = Out Of The Box Ventures | number_of_stores = 0 | number_of_anchors = 5 (1 occupied, 4 vacant) | floor_area = {{convert|1550450|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | floors = 2 | website = {{URL|shop-lakesidemall.com}} | parking = | publictransit = {{bus icon}} SMART 510, 530, 550 }}
'''Lakeside Mall''' is a defunct super-regional shopping mall in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Located on the M-59 commercial corridor, the mall is currently anchored by JCPenney, with four vacant anchor stores previously occupied by Macy's, Lord & Taylor, and Sears. With 1,550,000 square feet of leasable retail space spanning two floors,<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=2015-12-17 |title=Downtown Ferndale Retail Market Analysis |url=https://www.downtownferndale.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ferndale-Retail-Market-Study-2015.pdf |website=Ferndale Downtown Development Authority |publisher=Gibbs Planning Group}}</ref> Lakeside was the largest mall in Michigan by leasable square footage when it closed on July 1, 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Public will have a chance to own a piece of Sterling Heights' Lakeside Mall after it closes for good this weekend |url=https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/public-will-have-a-chance-to-own-a-piece-of-lakeside-mall |access-date= |website=WWJ Newsradio 950 |publisher=Audacy, Inc. |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Roskopp |first=Jack |date=2024-06-28 |title=An ode to Lakeside Mall, the forgotten crown jewel of Michigan malls |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2024/06/28/an-ode-to-lakeside-mall-the-forgotten-crown-jewel-of-michigan-malls/ |access-date= |website=WDIV |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-29 |title=Lakeside Mall to close Sunday: one era ends, a new one begins |url=https://www.macombdaily.com/2024/06/29/lakeside-mall-to-close-sunday-one-era-ends-a-new-one-begins/ |access-date= |website=The Macomb Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Myesha |date=2024-06-30 |title=Lakeside Mall, the latest to undergo redevelopment, closes its doors. Shoppers say goodbye |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2024/06/30/lakeside-mall-the-latest-to-undergo-redevelopment-closes-its-doors-shoppers-say-goodbye/74239773007/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240701040256/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2024/06/30/lakeside-mall-the-latest-to-undergo-redevelopment-closes-its-doors-shoppers-say-goodbye/74239773007/ |archive-date=2024-07-01 |access-date= |website=The Detroit News}}</ref>
Following the mall's closure, the property is slated to be redeveloped into '''Lakeside City Center''', a mixed-use development, with construction expected to begin in 2026. JCPenney plans to remain open during construction, while the rest of the mall is planned to be demolished at an undetermined date.<ref name=":5" />
==History== Lakeside Mall started as a joint venture between A. Alfred Taubman, Homart Development, and the Dayton Hudson Corporation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Centers Fit A Range Of Sizes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/183410908/ |access-date=2 November 2025 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=6 November 1976 |pages=19}}</ref> It opened on March 2, 1976 with four anchor stores: Hudson's, Sears, Crowley's, and JCPenney with Lord & Taylor added in 1978 as a fifth anchor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Page View|url=http://www.farmlib.org/localhist/npageturn.cgi?id=1371&sequence=7|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802031529/http://www.farmlib.org/localhist/npageturn.cgi?id=1371&sequence=7|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-02}}</ref> The mall was designed and built in a similar style to other Taubman-developed malls of the era, including Fairlane Town Center and Twelve Oaks Mall elsewhere in the Detroit suburbs.
In 1983, Toys "R" Us opened a store across from the mall. In 1999, after the Crowley's chain filed for bankruptcy, Hudson's purchased the Crowley's building and moved its men's clothing and home goods into the space, an arrangement that continues today under Macy's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F750052B78D646F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=. Hudson's plans growth at mall: Retailer will move its men's, home shops to Crowley's location at Lakeside Mall|date=25 March 1999|work=The Detroit News|accessdate=11 August 2010}}</ref>
In April 1984, the mall was the first in Michigan to feature an indoor tubular waterslide called the Hydrotube.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Judith |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-lakeside-mall-sterlin/124035990/ |date=April 11, 1984 |page=31 |title=Whooshing at the mall |work=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 23, 2025}}</ref> The waterslide covered large areas of the mall, making it highly notable.
In 1988, Rodamco acquired Homart's interest in the center and became a 50/50 joint venture partner with Taubman. In 2000, Rodamco became the sole owner of Lakeside in an interest swap with Taubman involving Twelve Oaks Mall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crenews.com/general_news/general/taubman-rodamco-swap-interests-in-twelve-oaks-lakeside.html|title=Taubman, Rodamco Swap Interests in Twelve Oaks, Lakeside|website=www.crenews.com}}</ref> In 2001, Hudson's stores were renamed Marshall Field's as part of a nameplate consolidation by parent Target Corp. Steve & Barry's also opened. Lord & Taylor reconstructed and expanded their existing store in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Snavely |first1=Brent |title=No Field Day |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20030616/SUB/306160872/no-field-day |website=Crain's Detroit Business |access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref>
The Rouse Company acquired Lakeside Mall in 2002 from Rodamco via a joint venture involving the Simon Property Group and the Westfield Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://simonpg.gcs-web.com/static-files/7d30ca63-3460-43d9-99c9-76828a65c597#:~:text=Page%203,COMPLETED%20IN%20APPROXIMATELY%2090%20DAYS.|website=Simon Property Group|title=Joint Venture|date=January 31, 2002|access-date=February 22, 2026}}</ref> Rouse was acquired by General Growth Properties two years later.
FYE relocated in 2006 to a smaller store, and H&M opened its first Michigan location in June 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brandkeys.com/news/press/110105.DetFreePress.HM.pdf |title=Lakeside Mall wins H&M apparel store |accessdate=10 August 2010 |last=Guest |first=Judith |date=11 October 2005 |work=Detroit Free Press |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708091430/http://www.brandkeys.com/news/press/110105.DetFreePress.HM.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Marshall Field's was one of several nameplates converted to Macy's in 2006, as Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc.) had acquired Marshall Fields' then-parent, May Company. Both the main and auxiliary Field's stores at Lakeside Mall were rebranded. A year later in 2007, plans were announced for a $3 million renovation of the mall and its periphery. Renovations included new signage and improved pedestrian access to the mall. Exterior renovations began in late 2008.<ref name="facelift">{{cite web |url=http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2007/8-15-07/HG-LAKESIDE.asp |title=Lakeside Mall to get face-lift |accessdate=10 August 2010 |last=Oparka |first=Terry |date=15 August 2007 |work=C & G Newspapers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719182913/http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2007/8-15-07/HG-LAKESIDE.asp |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2014, Lakeside Mall cleared out a part of the lower level Sears wing to make way for an MC Sports. In 2016, a Jeepers! opened, relocating from Great Lakes Crossing Outlets. MC Sports closed in 2017 along with the rest of the chain due to its bankruptcy. Also in 2017, the mall was acquired by Jones Lang LaSalle, due to GGP defaulting on one of its loans. Later in the year, Macy's Backstage opened in part of the main Macy's store.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170523/news/628981/macys-aims-draw-bargain-hunters-new-outlet-store-concept|title=Macy's aims to draw bargain hunters with new outlet store concept|website=Crain's Detroit Business|language=en|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref>
===Decline and redevelopment=== In May 2018, Sears announced the closure of its Lakeside store, alongside 62 other underperforming stores;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-31 |title=Sears stores in Dearborn, Sterling Heights closing |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2018/05/31/sears-closing-stores/35532811/ |website=The Detroit News |language=en}}</ref> the store closed on September 2 of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hotts |first=Mitch |date=2018-09-02 |title=Final sale — Sears at Lakeside Mall closed forever |url=https://www.macombdaily.com/2018/09/02/final-sale-sears-at-lakeside-mall-closed-forever/ |url-access=registration |access-date= |website=The Macomb Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> Later, in June 2019, Lord & Taylor announced that their Lakeside location would also close; it closed on September 15, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-05 |title=Lord + Taylor closing store at Lakeside Mall by September |url=https://www.wxyz.com/news/lord-taylor-closing-store-at-lakeside-mall-by-september |access-date= |website=WXYZ-TV |language=en}}</ref>
By 2018, plans were being considered to redevelop Lakeside.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hotts |first=Mitch |date=2018-10-01 |title=Lakeside Mall could make way for downtown Sterling Heights |url=https://www.macombdaily.com/2018/10/01/lakeside-mall-could-make-way-for-downtown-sterling-heights/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701155321/https://www.macombdaily.com/2018/10/01/lakeside-mall-could-make-way-for-downtown-sterling-heights/ |archive-date=2024-07-01 |access-date= |website=The Macomb Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> The mall was sold to Out Of The Box Ventures, a division of Miami-based Lionheart Capital, for $26.5 million in December 2019. In addition, it was announced that the mall's surrounding properties would be developed in an enhanced development surrounding the mall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/macomb-county/new-miami-based-ownership-promises-mixed-use-revamp-of-lakeside-mall-in-sterling-heights|title=New Miami-based ownership promises mixed use revamp of Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights|date=2019-12-18|website=WXYZ|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2022/11/02/lakeside-mall-redevelopment-advances-sterling-heights-council-ok/69610748007/ |date=November 1, 2022 |title=Business: Lakeside Mall redevelopment gets thumbs-up from Sterling Heights council |first1=Candice |last1=Williams |newspaper=The Detroit News |accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
On May 1, 2024, Lakeside's owners announced that the mall would permanently close on July 1, 2024.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Reindl |first1=JC |date=May 1, 2024 |title=Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights to permanently close July 1 |url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2024/05/01/lakeside-mall-permanently-close-july/73510484007/ |work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> JCPenney and Macy's both remained open, and announced that they would remain as anchors during the redevelopment.<ref name=":0" /> Macy's later announced in January 2025 that both of its stores at Lakeside would permanently close; they closed on March 23, 2025.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Tyko |first=Kelly |date=2025-01-09 |title=More Macy's stores to close in 2025. See the list of closing locations. |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/macys-store-closing-list-2025 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701070555/https://www.shop-lakesidemall.com/|title=Official website|date=July 1, 2024}} *{{Official website|https://lakesidecitycenter.com/}} of Lakeside City Center {{Sterling Heights, Michigan}} {{Detroit malls}} {{Shopping malls in Michigan}}
Category:1976 establishments in Michigan Category:2024 disestablishments in Michigan Category:Defunct shopping malls in the United States Category:Shopping malls established in 1976 Category:Shopping malls disestablished in 2024 Category:Shopping malls in Macomb County, Michigan Category:Sterling Heights, Michigan Category:Shopping malls developed by the Homart Development Company Category:Shopping malls developed by Taubman Centers Category:Shopping malls developed by the Dayton-Hudson Corporation