A second phase of construction added a twenty three-unit store block to the northeast corner of the mall. Construction commenced in May 1953, with a C.H. Baker Shoe store welcoming first customers in March 1954.  
Drawing from Lakewood Center, Incorporated


A mini-mall, known as the FACULTY SHOPS, was built in the eastern periphery of LAKEWOOD CENTER. Charter stores began opening in March 1954. Among these were Choates Do-Nuts, Sherwin-Williams Paints, a Slenderella Figure Salon and temporary city hall for Lakewood.
Photo from the City of Lakewood / Graf Studio


1955. The nucleus of LAKEWOOD CENTER is complete. This includes May Company, Butler Brothers, the West and East blocks of the North Mall and western half of the South Mall

LAKEWOOD CENTER TENANTS 1951:

BUTLER BROTHERS / HIRAM'S supermarket / Hody's Family Restaurant / Miller Car Wash (outparcel) / Standard Oil Filling Station (outparcel)

NEW TENANTS 1952:
MAY COMPANY (with Lakeshore Room restaurant, pharmacy, beauty salon, medical clinic and public auditorium) / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with luncheonette) / THE BOYS MARKET supermarket / Bond Clothes / Choates Bakery / Currie's Ice Cream / Hartfield's apparel / Leed's Qualicraft Shoes / Lee's Department Store (with beauty salon) / People's Bank / Rhodes Jewelers / Sav-on Drug (with luncheonette) / See's Candies 

NEW TENANTS 1953:
Arlotti's Shoe Repair (outparcel) / Armstrong Nursery (outparcel) / Ashburn Furniture / Beale's Home Furnishings / Holiday Shoes / Judy's ladies' wear / Lakewood Bowl (outparcel) / Lakewood Center Laundromat (outparcel) / Milton's Cleaners / US Post Office (outparcel)

NEW TENANTS 1954: 
Aggy's Fashions / C. H. Baker Shoes / Comar's Children's Shoes / Helen Grace Candies / Jean Ryan Fashions / Maxon's Toy World / Melody Dress Shop / The Hobby Horse / Thom McAn Shoes / W.P. Fuller Company

FACULTY SHOPS TENANTS 1954:
Al Kalie Music Company / Caltex Curtains / Chic Accessories / Choates Famous Do-Nuts / DeCannis Hairstyling / Eldridge Men's Shop / Gilbert's Hobbies & Crafts / Gordon's Barber Shop / Home Savings & Loan Association / Kirby's Delicatessen / Lakewood Center Liquors / Lakewood Center Sporting Goods / Lakewood Center Stationers / Lakewood City Hall / Lakewood Center Tastee Freeze / Lynn Hawkins Photographers / Marsha's Kiddie Shop / Mobil Television Sales & Service / Norm Meager's Store For Men / Orange Julius / Pfaff Sewing Center / Ranger's Chow Mein To Take Out / Rattanland / Sav-On Family Shoes / Sherwin-Williams Paints / Slenderella Figure Salon / Taylor's Quality Meats / The Herald American / The Independent Press-Telegram 

NEW TENANTS 1955:
J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / W.T. GRANT / Chandler's Shoes / Clifton's Cafeteria / Franklin Stores ladies' wear / Harris & Frank / Innes Shoes / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Moss Stores / Zukor's apparel