Los Arcos Mall

Los Arcos Mall is a defunct shopping mall which was located on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McDowell Roads in Scottsdale, Arizona. Almost all of it was demolished in the early 2000's. The site is slated to become the home of SkySong, Arizona State University's Scottsdale Center for New Technology and Innovation, which is currently under construction.

Los Arcos Mall opened in 1969 and was developed by Phoenix-based Westcor Partners. The cross-shaped enclosed mall was anchored by The Broadway on the east end, Sears on the south end, an entrance and a food court on the north end, and another entrance and a lower-level movie theatre on the west end. The mall was one of the largest and most modern in the Phoenix metropolitan area for its first decade or so. However, as newer and larger centers were built nearby, Los Arcos' drawing power began to fade.

Decline

The first sign of decline came in 1979 when the 1,000,000 square foot plus Fiesta Mall opened in Mesa with four major department stores. During the 1980s and 1990s, Scottsdale Fashion Square, which is only three miles to the north of the Los Arcos site, went through several expansions and renovations and began to serve as Scottsdale's regional mall. While several retailers had locations at both malls, such as Sam Goody, Express, and Structure, retailers began to open their stores more and more at Scottsdale Fashion Square. In 1995, when Federated Department Stores purchased The Broadway, most stores were converted to Macy's. However, the Los Arcos location became a clearance store for a short time and then closed.

In 1999, the mall's last remaining department store, Sears, moved to a new location in the former Dillard's store at Fashion Square. (The Sears store lasted only 18 months in the upscale mall and is now a Macy's). This led to the closure and subsequent demolition of the mall with the exception of the Red Robin Restaurant on the outside of the mall which remained open until 2002.

ee also

*Dead Mall

External links

* [http://www.deadmalls.com/malls/los_arcos_mall.html Los Arcos Mall - Deadmalls.com]
* [http://www.skysongcenter.com/ Skysong > ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center]