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Scottsdale Fashion Square
USINFO | 2013-10-29 14:55
| Location | Goldwater Blvd and Camelback Rd |
| Address |
7014-590 East Camelback Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 United States |
| Opening date | 1961 |
| Developer | Westcor |
| Management | Westcor |
| Owner | Macerich |
| No. of stores and services | 225+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,858,371 sqft (172,648.3 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
Scottsdale Fashion Square is the largest shopping mall in Arizona and the American Southwest, with approximately 2 million square feet (180,000 m²) of retail space, and is among the top 30 largest malls in the country.
It is one of the top 10 most profitable malls in the country with over $740 sales per square foot, more than $400 over the national average.
The mall is located on the northwest corner of Scottsdale Road and Camelback Road in Scottsdale, Arizona and has been owned by Westcor, a subsidiary of Macerich, since 2002. With the explosion of new retail developments and dining options in the nearby vicinity, the term Scottsdale Fashion Square has become more generalized in recent years to include the retail shopping districts adjacent to the complex, including the Scottsdale Waterfront and Southbridge.
Scottsdale Fashion Square was originally built as a 3-story open-air structure in 1961 anchored by two local Phoenix stores, department store Goldwater's and supermarket AJ Bayless. At the time, the primary competitor was the Los Arcos Mall, a fully enclosed mall built in 1969, also located in Scottsdale. Its early financial success led to an expansion of the west-side of the mall in 1974, which nearly doubled the square-footage of the mall. This expansion also added an additional department store, Diamond's, to the northern section of the mall.
Scottsdale Fashion Square is notable in not only Phoenix, but also most of the Southwest because the mall boasts over 40 exclusive stores.
