Dead Malls Season 5 Episode 3 - Lakeview Square Mall

[@vhsmemories504]

Heres some facts. Ill time stamp from things that I remember growing up visiting this mall 1:55 food court. Bdubs wasnt always there. It used to be a big open area with a huge glass wall pointing out into the parking lot. I believe there was one a ferris wheel or merry go round thing that was there at some point. Thag sarku japan has been there FOREVER. The curtain off stall used to be a cookie shop then If i rmember correctly, it turned into a jerky/barbeque spice store. 3:11. Arcade corner used to be a jewlery store i forget if it was a jewlers but if you did a 180 where you are there was another jewlery store right across from it. Claires has also been in that location for a long time. 3:25 next to that GMC, there used to be a gamestop. (Walled off now) I bought my first xbox 360 there back in 05 or 06 next door that was a nail and hair salon. It was open for quite a while before covid shut it down. 3:45 this exact shot with all the black railing saddens me. All of those railings used to be a real pretty gold/brass. 5:06 Those mirrors on the walls near the staircases are original to the mall. I remember being a kid looking at myself in those exact mirrors. Again they paint those pretty gold railings black. 5:21 those skylites where always a huge thing I loved about this mall as a kid. Once you reach the big "center" of the mall, that's where the skylites really shine. 5:51 obligatory bath and body works to the left of this shot. It was open for quite some time before covid closed it. 5:57 used to be an Auntie Annies pretzel stall. That place finally bit the dust when covid hit. 6:16 These 4 pictures show what the mall was like as I remember it. It was like this up until like 1997 or sometime before they finally tore down all the woodgrain and fountains 6:29 this is where the fountains/plants were. Refer to 6:16 top right picture. This area was so beautiful at nightfall with all the warm yellow lights. People walking by with the fountain making its calming noises. I'd always get yelled at my parents because I'd try to take the coins people threw in in. This is also the area where the mall santa would greet children. Just before covid, I visited and it was so sad seeing the mall santa with no kids to entertain. Very dystopian feeling 6:56 Down this corridor straight ahead used to a custom hat and t shirt store. I remember seeing all sorts of cool wacky designs, but I never want in there. Always down that hallway was the mall family photo area. I had my first family photo there with my granlarents, aunts, uncles etc. To the left with the gray shuttered door used to be another jewlers. 8:21 this end of the mall never had much going on in it there was a sleeping tiger store that sold hippy stuff like wolf blankets and incense. 10:10 again with the dang black hand rails. Bring back the gold! Seriosuly those are the original rails. All they did was paint them 10:35 fye store to the right. I bought a lot of cds and vinly here. 11:28 This is now a horrocks store. Very cool place to shop. Lots of interesting stuff to look/buy. They have those tractors and old cars through the store as displays. As far as I know, you can not enter the horrocks store through the mall. You have to enter from the outside. 13:30 ye old hot topic. (Duh) 15:00 this is the corridor I was talking about with the t shirt and hat place. Family photos. Covid absolutely wreaked this place. It was open during the pandemic, and it seemed like stores were leaving every day during it. 18:05 straight ahead was the gamestop. For some reason, they opened another gamestop jusy down the road, not even a mile away in 2005. About 2 or 3 yrs later, this one closed because of sales. 18:11 CURSE YOU BLACK HAND RAILS!! 18:20 Its sad really, because back when I was a kind in the 90s, this place was still a hip and happening place. My dad always hated going here because he hated the crowds.

[@cupnoodles6358]

thank you a ton for sharing your recollection of the mall. its so hard to pinpoint original tenants, and its a huge help to have people like you. do you by chance know where the kay bee toys used to be? and if the gamestop was always a gamestop, and not a EB games? thank you again!

[@QuintusAntonious]

I'm a simple man with simple tastes. I see a new Dead Malls video, I click and watch.

[@kevinbutcher8954]

I love Lakeview Square Mall. I worked there from 1987-89. Horrocks is now open in the old JCP and it's amazing!! ❤

[@susanrolls2211]

So sad and unbelievable how these gorgeous shopping centers are no longer relevant. Even with arcades, music, kiddie rides, benches, lovely decor, movie houses- no one is coming! The middle class is shrinking. Thanks for video!

[@SynchroSk8]

THESE SKYLIGHTS! STUNNING!

[@passholder_trav]

This dude has the BEST dead mall content on the net, period! The history and storytelling he brings to life in these episodes is really impressive. My favorite part of Saturday night is a new North video!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you so much Trav that means so much man!

[@passholder_trav]

@@NorthCdogg22 absolutely brother, I mean it! Please head south at some point

[@samtron5000]

You’re the only one going to the really aesthetically pleasing malls consistently. A lot of other dead mall content creators keep going to these remodeled to hell dead malls with nothing cool to see and on top of that giving little information. Good job

[@adrianmontelongo9707]

great video walk throughtout this lakeview square mall. i like that video game.

[@michaelb8245]

Love the music! I watch your videos while eating breakfast. Much better than the local news.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you!

[@MikeV1018]

15:30 That was Hat World, pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. Also the old JC Penney is now a Horrocks, which is like a fancy grocery store. It has large produce section, candy counter, deli, meat counter with even some unusual types of meats, many types of cheeses, a whole lot of stuff.

[@stot2614]

You forgot to include music credits! 😉 LOL! It's okay... all that driving doesn't help jog the memory. Nice mall that time has nearly killed. Thanks for sharing this blue skylight heaven with us.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Oh shoot your right! Yeah on the road it’s a little hectic just trying to get this video out on time😂 I’ll try to get them here when I get a break

[@UCFArun]

Music credits : generic elevator/mall music. ,😂

[@stot2614]

@@UCFArun Yeah cute... But I did ask specifically last week. I happen to like said mall music.

[@BurkhartDan]

I grew up with this mall, hard to believe where it is now. It was THE place to go in the 80s/90s. Always packed and full of people. The food court was much different then. It had a McDonald’s, Sbarro, Chinese, Subway, Auntie Ann’s pretzels, seemed like there were 10 or so fast food joints in the food court. When the movie theater came in it was the nicest one in town at the time. The center of the mall had a nice fountain in it and all the stairs and ramps had real wood planters with leather “couches” built into them. The center court was where Santa Claus was, Easter Bunny, special events. Lots of Penny’s in that fountain. It went down pretty fast, but impressed it’s still being maintained well. I feel this could be an awesome space still for entertainment. The skylights were awesome as it never seemed dark in there especially in the winter with all the trees and plants in the mall. It felt like an indoor Main Street. All the development in the area around the mall was all because of that mall. None of that development on Beckley Rd existed until that mall was built.

[@sunsetrecords2548]

As always amazing video. A very beautiful mall especially that center court with the blue skylights. The "Fun Spot" made me laugh as the logo was a copy and paste of game stop; how creative.

[@NorthCdogg22]

😂😂😂I didn’t even realize. Thanks for watching!

[@elevatingmetrodetroit7072]

Nice tour! It’s good that the mall now has a new farmers market as an achor,especially since this could save the place.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Ikr, I really hope they are able to fill the old Sears and then some of the old stores next

[@elevatingmetrodetroit7072]

@@NorthCdogg22 Maybe this place could put a target in,those always seem to do pretty good.

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

Great vid as always! You have a great talent for this. Keep them coming!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks, will do!

[@iBry0]

Thanks for visiting this mall, I visited it last month and I saw something very strange near the Macy's wing, There were 2 guys in their late 20s or early 30s talking to little children whose parents were not around and It was very suspicious and there was no security guards at the time so you never know what happens.

[@NorthCdogg22]

That’s super creepy! This mall was pretty light on security I never really saw anyone and they don’t seem to leave the food court area

[@iBry0]

Yes indeed, When I was there I was at Buffalo Wild Wings and it looked like Applebees and Buffalo Wild Wings were the only places where large amounts of people were at in the mall.

[@benb8407]

That is super creepy I'd have tried and gotten security even if I'd have gone to the food court to see if security was there and told them what I saw. I hope they will take it seriously I'd follow them and hope the men hadn't left. I haven't been to Lakeview since Aug of 2016 the last thing I bought was at Campus Den a couple of Michigan Nike T-Shirts since they just signed with Nike/Jordan.

[@davidkemp3154]

It's a gangbanger set up. If they were white kids esp after young white girls. The storage place there is totally insecure. As an aspiring electronic music recording artist I found all my studio equipment cords wrapped up ready to be carried off by a scammer or gangbanger in the supposedly high security indoor storage area that replaced Macy's just last month. Horrocks is nothing but race-baiting bastards used to have a supermarket in downtown. The bathroom was so tiny for a reason so anytime I walked in to use it (after blacks vandalized & destroyed my motorhome nearby) then a couple big black gangbangers would come strolling in trying to stab me & kill me. When I realized what was going on the mgr himself joined in the degrading of me- barring me from buying groceries to starve me to death. Horrocks should be relocated to the moon. Extra Space Storage could be destroyed & left where it is so the rats can eat KJ the scammer mgr there. None of these scams would happen w/o corrupt Officer Hicks & Angela Matthews lady cops that can't wait to kick me to death w their feet Australian style. Dunham's is also easily accessible thru a concrete block wall & black staff in Dunham's ammo dept make sure no gangbanger & kidkiller goes unarmed in America. Black man turned America into Africa- nothing but a shitshow now. As a disabled vet w nuclear training it escapes me why these lowbrain scrubheaded criminals think they entitled to oxygen. Any step I take in Battle Creek there's a black man to stalk & stab me. Of course my dad was a black belt marine instructor w a purple heart afraid of me so I do have contingencies for said gangbanger. Main thing is Mafia is based in Battle Creek using Dabish Cannabis products that are illegally shipped worldwide using UPS. Mike Bye owner of Lakeview Laundry & Michigan Inspection service uses Behnke trucking to distribute cannabis more locally. Behnke is also the mayor.

[@chuck_howard]

After you left Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee the Zumiez closed and moved to Algonquin, and now Rue21 is having a store closing sale. So we are losing two more stores. By the way Wiebolts is pronounced Wee bolts. It's been gone quite a few years so very few people that are younger would remember it. There was a Wiebolts just three blocks from where I live in the early 70s.

[@emoryinvegas]

The original food court was called Picnic when the mall first opened. I went to that mall regularly from 83-97

[@reginasimmons5082]

I remember going to Lakeview Square Mall in Battle Creek, MI, for back to school shopping. 🙄

[@Steve.Cutler]

Wow, so many lines and angles.

[@junipers9515]

That FunShop Extreme arcade is really throwing me off, not just because of the logo, but because that was the exact location of the old Game Stop lol. I lived in the area for a brief period of time in the mid-2000s. This mall used to be jam packed with people even in 2006-2007. Crazy how desolate it is now compared to what I remember. I think the mall in Michigan that stood out the most to me that I visited in the past was Jackson Crossing. It had this weird almost industrial vibe with exposed piping everywhere, but also really tall skylights and ceilings at the central part of the mall. There was even a long corridor of the mall that almost felt like a strip mall, with one side of the corridor being store fronts, and the other being a massive windowed wall to the parking lot. It felt like that sort of trendy industrial vibe you get inside of a Chipotle, instead of being messy/unfinished. And the whole mall sat along a sloped hill so it was a constant walk up/down to get to the other side. I really wonder how that place is holding up, I haven't been there since around 2007.

[@virginiabushnell3042]

The FunShop is the best one I have been to, super fun games.

[@Battle_rifles]

Awesome thank you for making my Saturday night better

[@NorthCdogg22]

Anytime man ;)

[@iBry0]

15:22 This store was a hat store, Not sure what chain though, My best guess would be Lids.

[@8BitAmity]

It was

[@Redsnowman04]

It was hat world

[@retailanddixeddfan503]

My Yuba-Sutter Mall Had A Sears. But Its Now Hobby Lobby, But It's Still Open. The Yuba-Sutter Mall Is Nice.

[@Cerstani]

Awesome video, anyone know the song that plays between 1:54 and 5:05?

[@GaM3oRdI3]

Great video once again. Was just here last week. Did you see the dead mall staple, the hurricane machine. Are you going to the Mall of Monroe (Frenchtown Mall) next? Love the videos!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you so much! And good guess, but we’ll actually be in Westwood in Jackson, better luck next time!

[@DarkNeon27]

The bdubs was put in where a majority of the food court used to be when the front entrance of the mall was remodeled. And Horrocks Farm Market is open as of right now.

[@briangerst4028]

Official Driving School used to be Sears Driving School, which had locations at many Sears stores in Michigan. After the Sears bankruptcy, they stopped using the Sears name and moved to other locations as stores closed.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Really?? I think it’s so bizzare Sears had driving schools of all things lol

[@josephmueller4787]

Will sears did owner Allstate insurance

[@CoolCatProductions-365]

Oh nooooooo! Bath and Body works closed!!! That is never a good sign for a mall yet Barnes and Noble is still open? Great video North!

[@benb8407]

Bath & Body Works has a new location in BC why they closed the one at Lakeview.

[@baileyjozwiak9975]

The tiny store in the north wing was a hat store. There used to be a salon, a shoe store, and a store to get pictures developed in that wing. Mid-90's my mom would always take me to get photos developed there when it was the only place to develop film.

[@jeee1074]

I hope this mall gets revived somehow. The anchors aren't coming back, but they do have some good junior anchors. Dunham's seems to stick around dead malls even longer than Bath and Body Works.

[@Peajay007]

whoever designed those mall benches must be sitting pretty on a hill in a massive mansion overlooking the ocean!

[@Retail_Adventures_With_Alex]

Westwood mall Jackson? Great video

[@NorthCdogg22]

You know it;)

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

That courtyard area in front of the storage place was crazy dead!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Ikr! So bizzare..

[@briangerst4028]

When Macy's closed, it left the center of the mall with very poor access. There is an small entrance off the center court to the north, but as that faces I-94 you have to drive around either end of the mall to get to it.

[@sirekumasutra7022]

I think the prettiest mall in MI is Midland Mall or maybe Fairlane. LVS is up there though.

[@trentonTG]

I know I'm a few weeks late to this but as someone who's in the battle creek area and as someone who was born in 2005 I feel that the only reasons to go there now is to get a book at bnb get something to eat at BBW or applebees and occasionally watch a movie also as an edit an FYE used to be there and the "small store" you saw was actually an escape room that closed relatively recently and that's also where I did driving school lol

[@chriscage2x]

Mall of America in Bloomington Minnesota is next???? Yoooo it can't be a Dead Mall.

[@ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1]

I think this mall may have a date with the wrecking crew. That's really a shame because it looks so nice and clean inside. Thank you for the video!

[@kzoocowboyonflickr8450]

I hope so but I don't see that happening until well into the future.

[@scottDchicago]

Awesome episode!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks Scott!

[@tannerlariviere]

Is the next mall the Westwood Jackson mall in Jackson MI

[@NorthCdogg22]

Yessir! You got it!

[@virginiabushnell3042]

I went to the Battle Creek mall a couple days ago & there are a lot of stores open in this video compared to now. I should post the video I took, it is absurd. Also, B&BW moved locations in Battle Creek next to Five Below and I was told VS went out because too many people were shoplifting from there to where they couldn’t afford to pay mall rent. I used to live here and liked this mall despite vacancies. Now the only true clothing store that remains is The Buckle. Also, I wouldn’t really call BC a small town, it is just f-ed. I lived there, I would know. I used to like this mall, even with some vacancies, but it has gotten so much worse. Also nice job zooming in on the vacant stores’ interiors. Also I feel like Sears went out before JCPenney and Macys. One of them was still there when I moved out of BC in 2019.

[@ERA_Productions]

Great video as always!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you much Andrew!

[@nicktheturtlenerd]

Two former hot topics in a row, wow.

[@jamescadena1481]

lolol that mini store was a "Lids" got a lot of great hats there in 2005:)

[@theposse96]

Some architectural beauty going on that mall for sure especially those sky lights. The center court looks quite bland compared to what it originally looked at; it is too bad they have to strip so much away to upgrade it to a newer more modernized look. You would think they could leave more of the 'old style' yet make it have the 'new style' look. I was somewhat surprised that even though it is definitely a dead mall, there seems to be more tenants there than what I would have expected but there definitely isn't much life left. I also doubt that there are many malls where one can say that Sears was the LAST of the anchors to close. Having grown up in the 80's I could spend a lot of time in that arcade playing that wall version of Pac-Man. Can you imagine having that in your home? I'd never get anything else done if it was in my house. As always, a great video and a job well done. Be safe in your travels!

[@jasonryan3506]

I loved Malls. All malls. I am always sad to see these videos 😭

[@iworkout6912]

So many malls, so many closing or near closing. Always see the same gum ball plaza, lounge vibrating chairs, kiddie rides, and those wooden benches with a back and arms, maple stained. Anyway I wish I had a answer to your question about will this and many other malls being made into something and escape the wrecking ball. Even the mall owners are probably asking the same questions. Where did all the shoppers go? I love the way you present each mall, and give us a background on what we are looking at. Keep up the great work, and your right, I should visit the local mall near me, but I have to admit, I see no reason anymore to go. With Sears, JC Penny and other great stores now history at least in my nearby mall. (Macy's is still there, for now)

[@dansimon1100]

Come and do Apple blossom mall In Winchester Virginia

[@Featheryfaith7]

Have you been to the dead mall I think in Flat Rock, MI? The only best malls that I have known are the one in Troy and Great Lakes Mall. Those two are pretty famous in Michigan. xD

[@gordonlumbert9861]

Buffalo Wild Wings took over more than 80% of the Picnic eating space there used to be restaurants on three of the 4 sides of the eating area.

[@Redsnowman04]

I miss our mall so much 💔

[@danielfife348]

It was dead big time when I went in 2020. What killed it?

[@HenryRoss-wu4lo]

Another one!!!

[@ERA_Productions]

My guess is Westwood Mall in Jackson

[@NorthCdogg22]

Yessir! Gotta be a little quick tho if you wanna be the first lol!

[@Sniff_Jenkem]

Holy shit. I clicked on this video and thought "Man that stretch of road looks very familiar. I used to work not too far away from there. I also went there way back in the day to the Dunhams to get swim goggles for Cereal Bowl Relays. lol Small world type shit.

[@emmilovesyouxo]

I’m bias since it was my childhood mall but I think Lakeside in Sterling Heights is the best looking mall in Michigan. Taubman malls are supreme

[@stephanie8699]

it was mine too- it felt so fancy in the 80's and early 90's

[@kevinbutcher8954]

Oh btw...that little store in the corner was a hat store, I think it was called Lids.

[@chriscage2x]

Also when is the Century III episode coming?

[@NorthCdogg22]

It’ll come a little later this season, don’t worry!

[@chriscage2x]

@@NorthCdogg22 okay that's good. Cuz I seen some KZbinrs go into the mall when it was in a slightly better State then it is now, and this was months & years ago.

[@ryderollis5550]

When will you do another live stream

[@NorthCdogg22]

Soon ;)

[@monicareed105]

I think malls like this one need to come back with all anchor stores

[@jakesawesomevids7908]

I would say the Southridge mall but it’s still doing good for now

[@WhittyPics]

Don't you love it when they don't even bother to take down the Sears signage?

[@NorthCdogg22]

Yes I do lol

[@benb8407]

I didn't go to the mall in its heyday other than a few times passed by it a lot going to Michigan football games and seeing family in Indy. From 2009 to 2016 went to Lakeview almost weekly just to get out of Kazoo for a couple of hours the only time that it ever was busy was Christmas & Easter only otherwise was pretty dead other than Barnes & Nobels the movie theater area. Spencers Gifts was in Hudson's/ Mashallfields/Macy's wing it was Hat World/Lids in the small storefront Suncoast was also Calendar Club/Go Calendars 2008-10, It was a clothing store for like 6 or 7 months it didn't last for very long only went in the store a couple of times didn't buy anything. I think the only way Lakeview makes it is if they put the storefronts on the outside which Maple Hill Mall did back in 2005 and they are doing quite well as a strip mall. Lakeview better than Orchards Mall with the Seagulls taking over the mall surprised that the damn Seagulls haven't gotten inside The Orchards Mall LOL

[@bruxtaniyole4322]

Guess: Rogers Plaza in Wyoming MI

[@NorthCdogg22]

Nope, but good guess!

[@stephanie8699]

someone is opening the states largest dispensary in an old Mexican restaurant in the parking lot! there is hope for more traffic perhaps

[@theshorts975]

You know it's a terrible mall if you don't have a Bath and Body Works. I didn't see a Footlocker either.

[@NorthCdogg22]

For real man

[@theshorts975]

There are 2 malls in Oregon that are dying very quickly due to homeless. Lollyd Center and Pioneer Square located in Portland, Or. Check them out if you are near by.

[@gianpolignano2632]

Can Lakeview Square be restored and brought back to former glory?

[@8BitAmity]

I gre up in the 2000s and got to experience some of its greatness, but the mid 2010s is the the mall pretty much fell apart. I really do wish it was still very popular and hadots of stores in it

[@donniewatson3252]

That mini mini store was called hat world.

[@mollyheffernen]

It is unique there is an Applebee's in the mall.

[@BoratWanksta]

Applebee's back in the day, did operate restaurants attached to more malls. There aren't as many now, but back in the 1990s and 2000s this was more commonplace. Like I know Grand Avenue Mall(in Milwaukee, WI) once had an Applebee's, and same with Marquette Mall(this mall now closed for good, but it hasn't yet been demolished), in Michigan City, IN. ETA that Randhurst Mall(Mount Prospect, IL) also had one, but they didn't hang on there once Randhurst began their demalling into Randhurst Village.

[@Andreourdad]

It’s a nice Mall..When GGP took over it raised the rent.

[@virginiabushnell3042]

It was a good mall 10 years ago even with only 50% of the stores

[@R32R38]

I'd like to open a chain of mall arcades called No Crane Games :)

[@NorthCdogg22]

That’s actually a pretty good name and gimmick, would be pretty sweet to see!

[@j.j.q1379]

I know it looks dead mall but the stores have to get money to stay up float, so I hope more stores come soon

[@MikeV1018]

Fun Story from way back when there used to be a Spencer's, which has been gone for many years. My older brother and his friends were in the ... naughtier section, in the back and they started sword fighting with penis piñatas ... seriously. They ended up braking one of the piñatas, thankfully the employees didn't notice, so they hid it behind stuff and calmly and gracefully got the hell out of there. They never got in trouble for it.

[@nick_stuff]

You know small I’d dead when bath and body works leaves

[@MichaelBerry-yr9ev]

The apple bee's used to be chi chi's.

[@MichaelBerry-yr9ev]

That used to be a hat store.

[@kzoocowboyonflickr8450]

Claire's is no longer in the mall, they moved half a mile away to Wal*Mart.

[@shannonconley2730]

Bellisfair mall in Bellingham Washington is a train wreck waiting to happen and it’s a dying mall unfortunately

[@virginiabushnell3042]

Somebody would have to make a point to open 20 stores to make this mall come back.

[@JoJo-ie8sl]

Gotta be honest, I was not expecting that many stores still going at this mall.

[@NorthCdogg22]

I was pleasantly surprised also, I hope the tenants left can remain

[@shlomoishtov7617]

I find it fascinating that American malls are dying. In Israel, all of our malls are filled to capacity and always busy.

[@jamescook9661]

No matter how dead the malls always have massage chairs and bubblegum machines

[@epalepana3990]

Hey, I'm from Venezuela, I see all your videos, see the dead mall and the 80s and 90s, remember me the powerfull nación was the United States in the world. It's sadness that socialism and the actual president destroyer the most powerfull nation in the Word

[@johnnystall9683]

when the GNC is closed.....