Malls · Arizona

El Con Mall

Imported, unreviewedOperatingTucson, AZ

El Con Mall, Tucson’s oldest open‑air center, remains operating under Stan Kroenke after a 2014 sale, with one vacant JCPenney anchor. · summary, model-written

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El Con Mall — Interior view of closed storefronts in an empty shopping mall corridor. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Acc78 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Former anchors

JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/143646488985236 overture · all sites with this

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://www.shopelcon.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 35,480 on 10E~BROADWAY~~~~~~~~~~~~BLVD~~~~ fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 40 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High heat wave risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

National Register place within 500 m

This site: El Conquistador Water Tower nps-nrhp · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +76% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 16.8 epa-walkability · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

This site: El Con Center is an open-air shopping mall in the city of Tucson, Arizona, United States anchored extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Operatingextracted, unreviewed
What is there now	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, Walmart, Ross (30,220 ft.2), Burlington (65,680 ft.2), and Marshalls.extracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
2014	Sold	$81.7M closed	Stan Kroenke	Wikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “El Con Mall” and “Tucson” (7 hits, first 7 sampled, 2 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
Public owner (weak)	Feldman Mall Properties, Inc.	5	2005-04-15 to 2008-04-14	10-K 4, 10-K/A 1

As reported by the loan servicer

Loan-level data the CMBS trust files monthly on EDGAR (Form ABS-EE, Exhibit 102, Schedule AL), latest filing per trust. Balance is the scheduled balance at the period end; DSCR is on net cash flow from the most recent borrower financials; appraised value is the latest valuation reported, or the one at securitisation. Several trusts for one mall usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes, each trust reporting its piece. Matched on the property name and state in the exhibit, unreviewed.

Trust	Period end	Balance	Maturity	DSCR	Appraised	Occupied	Status
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C51 ABS-EE 2026-09-29 · filing match: exact	2026-09-11	$45.0M of $45.0M 2019-05-01	2029-05-06	2.35x NOI $3.8M	$100.3M 2019-03-13, at securitisation	55.0%	current, defeased Trimont LLC
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C52 ABS-EE 2026-09-29 · filing match: exact	2026-09-11	$18.0M of $18.0M 2019-05-01	2029-05-06	2.35x NOI $3.8M	$100.3M 2019-03-13, at securitisation	55.0%	current, defeased Trimont LLC

EL CON CENTER (Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C51): built 1971; renovated 2014; 480,383 sq ft NRA; tenants Century Theatres, Burlington Coat Factory, Ross Dress for Less; originator Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC
EL CON CENTER (Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C52): built 1971; renovated 2014; 480,383 sq ft NRA; tenants Century Theatres, Burlington Coat Factory, Ross Dress for Less; originator Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail station; 3 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	7: BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE # 26 F4/180157; DILLARDS DEPARTMENT STORE; FAST 1 HOUR FOTO; HOME DEPOT 0486; PORTILLO'S AT EL CON MALLEPA FRS
Census tract 04019001900	3,783 people, 1,885 per sq mi; median household income $85,441; median gross rent $1,160; 46% renters; 16.6% vacant units; 2.7% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 16.8 of 20; 132 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 440 m; land-use mix 0.81; 51,568 jobs within 45 min by car, 97,301 by transit; 3% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 2 schools, 27 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 0 civic, 12 food and drink; 40 cycleway segments, 67 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
National Register places within 500 m	1: El Conquistador Water TowerNPS
Housing permits, Pima County (AZ), 2024	996 units in 5+ unit buildings, 104 in 2–4, 4,150 single-family; 2023: 1,419 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.48; socioeconomic 0.36; housing and transport 0.85; 29% below 150% of poverty; 6% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Tucson Mall (9.1 km); Tucson Galleria (9.4 km)computed
Overture Maps	place El Con Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.99, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 12,094 m², 7.249447345733643 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.shopelcon.com (down or redirecting, status 0) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	64,511 since 2015; 3,869 in the last 12 months (-16% vs the prior 12); peak 2019-11 with 1,085Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -3% (3,896 → 3,783); median income +76% ($48,590 → $85,441); renters 46% → 46%; median home value +22% ($383,700 → $466,700)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 32.3); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: heat wave; community resilience very lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,561 establishments (-8%); 53,052 jobs (+21%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $335,772 (-2% 1 yr, +10% 5 yr); typical rent $1,488/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	514 (2000 = 100); -1.1% 1 yr, +47% 5 yr, +82% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	35,480 vehicles a day on 10E~BROADWAY~~~~~~~~~~~~BLVD~~~~ (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 1,307 trucks; 12 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1960 as El Con Mall, the site became Tucson’s oldest shopping center. It was renamed El Con Center and sold for $81.7 million to Stan Kroenke in May 2014. Today it operates as an open‑air mall with anchors including Cinemark, Target, Home Depot, Walmart, Ross, Burlington and Marshalls, while one former JCPenney anchor sits vacant.

Why. The record shows a vacancy of the former JCPenney anchor, indicating anchor loss as a visible factor. No explicit mention of competition, debt, or demolition is provided.

Where it stands. The mall remains operating and is controlled by Stan Kroenke, who acquired it in the 2014 sale.

For a planner

Precedent: renaming and ownership change following a private sale in 2014.
Open question: how to reuse the vacant JCPenney anchor space within the existing open‑air layout.
Policy tools: not detailed in the record; any zoning or incentive programs used are unknown.

For a developer

Site size and parcel boundaries are not specified in the record.
Control is clear: single owner (Stan Kroenke) since 2014; entitlement stage is not described.
Context‑layer constraints (flood risk, transit access, environmental conditions) and market signals from tract data are absent from the record.

What we do not know yet

Exact land area, parcel count, and building footprint are unknown.
Current zoning, entitlements, and any pending approvals are not stated.
Flood‑plain, seismic, or other environmental constraints are not provided.
Transit proximity and pedestrian/bicycle infrastructure details are missing.
Detailed lease terms, tenant sales performance, and any existing debt are not recorded.
The verification status is draft, indicating some facts may be model‑extracted and unreviewed.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

Similar sites

Tucson Mall, Tucson, AZ · Malls · also in AZ; 9 km away

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Photos at El Con Mall - 11 tips foursquare.com
El Con Mall Interior, Looking East. CardAmerica and the grand entr… reddit.com
El Con Mall: The Dead Mall That Got Away | Dead Mall & Retail Documentary | Retail Archaeology youtube.com
El Con Mall - Barker Contracting, Inc. barkerone.com
El Con Mall 2010 Tucson AZ by Thepermman on DeviantArt deviantart.com
EL CON MALL - Updated July 2026 - 10 Photos & 2… yelp.com

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	El Con Center
Opened	1960extracted, unreviewed
Anchors	Home Depot, JCPenney, Marshalls, Target, Cinemark Theatres, Burlington, Walmart, The Home Depot, Ross
County	Pima County
Census division	8 · Mountain
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

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, Walmart, Ross (30,220 ft.2), Burlington (65,680 ft.2), and Marshalls. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once JCPenney. 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.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1960 Opened as El Con Mall
2014 Renamed to El Con Center

Sources

Wikipedia: El Con Mall · supports: after notes, status, year opened
5 quoted sentences
El Con Mall, as it was known since its opening in 1960
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, Walmart, Ross (30,220 ft.2), Burlington (65,680 ft.2), and Marshalls.
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, Walmart, Ross (30,220 ft.2), Burlington (65,680 ft.2), and Marshalls.
El Con Mall, as it was known since its opening in 1960

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "El Con Mall, Tucson, AZ." Record m-a0d9f48bb5, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/tucson-el-con-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).