Metrocenter Mall (Phoenix, Arizona)
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
|---|---|
| Address | 9617 North Metro Parkway West, Phoenix, Arizona 85051 |
| Opening date | 1973 |
| Developer | Westcor and Homart Development Company |
| Owner | Carlyle Development Group |
| No. of stores and services | 100+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 (2 open, 3 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,391,859 square feet (129,307.9 m2) (GLA) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | Metrocenter |
Metrocenter is a super-regional shopping mall in northwest Phoenix, Arizona. It is bounded roughly by Interstate 17, 35th, Dunlap and Peoria Avenues. Its current anchor stores are a Dillard's clearance center and a Sears. The mall features more than 100 stores, a 12 screen movie theater, and a food court. Since January 2012, the mall has been owned by the Carlyle Development Group based in New York City.
Parts of the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure were filmed in the mall.
Metrocenter was a joint venture of Westcor, a regional shopping center development firm headed by a group of real estate investors and developers led by Russ "Rusty" Lyon, Jr., and Homart Development Company, the real estate division of Sears, Roebuck and Company. The project was announced in November 1970, the first site plans and artist renderings announced in the spring of 1972, and construction beginning in June 1972.
The 1,400,000-square-foot (130,000 m2) mall was built on 312 acres (1.26 km2) in an area of Phoenix that was a sparsely populated residential district at what was then considered the northern edge of town (the area was actually an unincorporated part of Maricopa County which was annexed by the city of Phoenix because of the project). Lyon's firm correctly noted that population growth would favor northwest Phoenix. After the site was chosen, "...from then on, it was a matter of appealing to the marketing acumen of the major department stores. They didn't take much convincing."
There was some initial opposition to the project from neighborhood residents who feared heavy traffic generated from major retailers as well as buildings which exceeded height limits. As a result, there were some delays in the rezoning of the land by the city of Phoenix, but residents' fears were eventually addressed to their satisfaction. A lawsuit filed by the "Deer Valley Residents Association" was dropped by late September 1972.
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