# Los Arcos Mall

Scottsdale, AZ · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-9067acff67` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/scottsdale-los-arcos-mall/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · derived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
| Strategy | redevelop | reported · authors' map |
| What is there now | • Redevelopment: office, residential, retail, hotel | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1969 | reported · research |
| Retrofit year | 2006 | reported · authors' map |
| Acres | 41.9 | reported · research |
| GLA (sq ft) | 607350 | reported · research |
| Original developer | Westcor | reported · research |
| Redeveloper | Plaza Companies with ASU Foundation | reported · authors' map |
| Owner of record | Scottsdale City Of | reported · authors' map |
| Zoning change | Planned Community District (up to 1.2M sq ft office/research/retail) (Planned Community District (PCD)) | documented · research |
| Public subsidy | City bought the 42-acre site via the ASU Foundation, which paid developer Steve Ellman $41.5M. City leased 37 acres to the ASU Foundation and budgeted up to $45M for roads and infrastructure. | reported · research |
| Entitlement year | 2005 | reported · research |
| Planning notes | Approved by Scottsdale City Council (unanimous).  | reported · research |

## Quoted support

- **zoning_change**: “Scottsdale will need to invest up to $45 million in roads and other infrastructure.” — https://www.statepress.com/article/2005/06/scottsdale-research-center-zoning-passed

## Anchors

Sears, Broadway Southwest

## Parties

- Plaza Companies — developer (2006–)
- ASU Foundation — developer (2006–)

## Timeline

- 2006: Retrofit: redevelop

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Los Arcos Mall was an enclosed shopping mall on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McDowell roads in Scottsdale, Arizona. The mall, which operated from 1969 to 1999, featured a Spanish architectural motif and took its name from "The Arches" in Spanish. In the 1990s, the mall lost shoppers and both of its anchors, particularly to the Scottsdale Fashion Square center, which was closer to population growth in the city. The last anchor, Sears, left Los Arcos for Fashion Square in February 1999.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Arcos_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for zoning_change — https://www.statepress.com/article/2005/06/scottsdale-research-center-zoning-passed
- Planning research source — https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/how-arizona-developers-are-building-for-future-job-growth?p=18
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)
- www.arcgis.com — https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/1196f74d7da6445eb54bfc3f25a4719a/data?f=json (2022)
- developingresilience.uli.org — https://developingresilience.uli.org/case/skysong (2022)
- Wikipedia: Los Arcos Mall — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Arcos_Mall (2026-10-01)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Los Arcos Mall, Scottsdale, AZ." Record m-9067acff67, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/scottsdale-los-arcos-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_scottsdalelosarcosmall,
  title = {Los Arcos Mall, Scottsdale, AZ},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/scottsdale-los-arcos-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-9067acff67, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.