El Con Mall
| Location |
3601 E. Broadway Boulevard Tucson, Arizona, USA |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1960 |
| Developer | Joseph Kivel and the Papanikolas brothers |
| Owner | Stan Kroenke |
| No. of stores and services | 20 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) (GLA) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://www.elconcenter.com |
El Con Center is an open-air shopping mall in the city of Tucson, Arizona, United States anchored by Cinemark Theatres, Target, The Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Ross (30, 220 ft.2), Burlington (65, 680 ft.2), and J. C. Penney (106, 586 ft.2). An additional anchor, Marshalls, was scheduled to open June or July 2015. The oldest mall in metropolitan Tucson, El Con Mall, as it was known since its opening in 1960, was renamed in May 2014 at the time of its sale for $81.7 million to Stan Kroenke, owner of numerous sports properties including Arsenal F.C. and the Los Angeles Rams.
El Con Mall opened in 1960-1961 as the first mall in Tucson, Arizona, adjacent to the El Conquistador Hotel. Although initial plans called for the hotel to be part of the mall itself, these plans were later scrapped. An outdoor mall at the time of its opening (consisting of Stores #21-79 and 2 anchor spaces), El Con Mall was anchored by the local department store Levy’s, and chain stores Montgomery Ward (February 2, 1961),Skaggs Drug Centers,Kresge’s, El Rancho Market, and Woolworth. Other tenants included House Of Fabrics, The College Shop, Mills-Touché, Lerner Shops, Kinney Shoes, El Con Cocktail Lounge, First National Bank Of Arizona, Daniel’s Credit Jewelers, Sandy’s Fashions, & Cele Peterson’s In 1967, the former El Conquistador Hotel space was demolished, and a new Levy’s store (opening on September 16, 1969), a J. C. Penney (1971), Stores #1-11, #101-106, & #110-124A & some mall space were built on the site, & east of it. Steinfeld’s moved from its historic 35 North Stone Avenue downtown location into Levy’s former store at the shopping center’s original portion’s NW corner. A new Goldwater’s (August 14, 1978) store and a 6-screen movie theatre (operated by AMC Theatres as early as January 1988) were built along a connecting link with stores #12-20A, & #80-100, and the entire shopping center was enclosed. Joseph Kivel and the Papanikolas brothers developed the El Con Mall. Joseph Kivel later opened another shopping mall, what is now Park Place, in 1975. After his death in 1995, his interest in both malls was left to his two sons. In 1996, Park Mall was sold to General Growth Properties.
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