When you were a kid, did you scramble for a special ping pong ball dropped from a helicopter at Lakeside Shopping Center ... the balls and wading in the fountain to get the floating balls.

Growing up on the east side, one of my favorite places to go had to be Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights. I used to love going to the arcade before it was switched over to the food court.

Recently there was an uptick in foot traffic as former Lakeside shoppers strolled through the desolate mall corridors and past the now-drained center court fountain one last time. "Oh man ...

The closure of Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights ... you could view in awe the exciting aerial view of the mall and the beautiful fountain below not to mention its many trails of charming stores ...

From the second floor, the stage/fountain is bare a week before Lakeside Mall formally closes its doors. (MITCH HOTTS -- The Macomb Daily) The mall will be replaced with Lakeside Town Center ...

FOX 2 Detroit Lakeside Mall to permanently close on Monday Posted: June 26, 2024 | Last updated: April 24, 2025 Despite all the empty storefronts, restaurants and dried-up fountain -- people were ...

Another video was posted on Facebook two weeks ago, showing a young man swimming in the fountain at Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights. This comes after a video out of Colorado went viral earlier ...

Lakeside Mall, a Macomb County fixture, is set to permanently close its doors on July 1. This closure marks the end of an era for the once-thriving shopping destination along Hall Road in Sterling ...

Lakeside Mall offered free drive-up COVID-19 testing ... elevator that sat directly in the middle of the beautiful unique fountain at the center of the mall that would catch many visitors ...