Midway Plaza, “In the Heart of Midway Mall” according to the ad, is one of the buildings across from the aging shopping mall that I never really paid any attention to. In fact, I wasn’t exactly sure if it was still there until I drove out there to take a picture (at right).
The buildings’s developer might have anticipated that the Midway Mall area, so close to the Ohio Turnpike and the relocated State Route 2, would become an important new center of commerce for Lorain and Elyria. But today, the whole area is in a slow decline, which probably explains why the lonely building is not only still leasing, there’s a For Sale sign in front of the building. Perhaps the recently announced plan to convert part of the Mall into medical facilities will increase Midway Plaza’s chances of a sale.
However, it’s still a very attractive office building. It was built in roughly the same time period as the monstrous Lorain City Hall, but is aging much better.
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| Courtesy Cresco Real Estate |
