Arizona Center
| One Arizona Center | |
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Tower One
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Location | 400 E Van Buren St Phoenix |
| Completed | 1989 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 240 ft (73 m) |
| Top floor | 19 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 19 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | HKS, Inc |
| Developer | Rouse Company |
| Two Arizona Center | |
|---|---|
Tower Two
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Location | 455 N 3rd St Phoenix |
| Completed | 1990 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 260 ft (79 m) |
| Top floor | 20 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 20 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | HNTB Architecture |
| Developer | Rouse Company |
Arizona Center is a shopping center and office complex located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona Center was designed by the Rouse Company (on its festival marketplace model, which worked to great success in other cities) and opened in the fall of 1990 to great fanfare and high expectations, as it was considered one of the original components of the ongoing downtown revitalization efforts in Phoenix taking place since the early 1990s.
The expectations were high since it was developed by the same firm that created the highly successful Faneuil Hall Marketplace (Boston) and Harborplace (Baltimore). Arizona Center was expected to be a retail, dining and entertainment magnet which would jump-start interest in downtown redevelopment, but some critics felt suburban-oriented Phoenix was not ready to embrace a downtown development of this caliber. To some extent, the critics were correct; many of the initial retailers struggled to attract customers, and by 2003, the large second-story food court, similar to those found in suburban shopping malls, was closed and reconfigured into the Phoenix regional office of Detroit-based architectural firm SmithGroup. Critics have also pointed out the relative scarcity of permanent upscale apartment and/or condominium housing in the immediate vicinity as a factor in the lackluster performance of the mall. Most of the residential districts surrounding the downtown area are middle-to-lower income, not adequate to support the middle-to-high-end marketing mix that Arizona Center set out to provide.
The Rouse Company was acquired by General Growth Properties in 2004. After going through bankruptcy, GGP sold Arizona Center to CommonWealth REIT in 2011.
Arizona Center features two office buildings, retail and a 24-screen AMC theatre.
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