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I drive past this building at least 2-3 times a month. Recently, I saw that people broke out the glass windows even though they were behind bars.

I thought this building would never get renovated. The back side has accumulated trash like old tires quite often.

I had no idea Sears used to be there.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It was apparently a Sears for over 50yrs (only closing in the 80s). There were relatively recent plans to turn the building into an 80-room hotel (https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/03/27/eyes-on-milwaukee-old-sears-building-to-become-new-hotel/).