# Fiesta Mall

Mesa, AZ · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-989b1f348e` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/mesa-fiesta-mall/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | education, healthcare | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1979 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2018 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2023 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Homart Development Company | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Dimension Financial & Realty Investments | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | Btt Fiesta Plaza LLC | reported · Wikipedia |
| Zoning change | education | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “On January 27, 2018, the mall closed permanently.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- **original_developer**: “Homart Development Company” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- **status**: “Demolition was completed in 2024.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- **strategy**: “Dimension said it planned to spend $30 million... for community colleges and for-profit schools.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- **zoning_change**: “Dimension said it planned to spend $30 million... for community colleges and for-profit schools.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- **contractor**: “it was constructed by Homart Development Company” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Sears, Diamond's, Goldwater's, The Broadway

## Parties

- Westcor — owner (from text) (2004–2017)
- Homart Development Company — owner (from text) (1970–1982)
- L&B Real Estate Counsel — owner (from text) (1993–1995)
- General Growth Properties Inc. — owner (from text) (1995–2004)
- Dimension Financial & Realty Investments — owner (from text) (2017–2023)
- Unknown — owner (from text) (2023–2024)

## Timeline

- 1970: Development announced
- 1973: Projected opening date
- 1977: Sears opens
- 1979: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1979: Official opening
- 1980: Diamond's opens
- 1982: Sears sells stake
- 1993: Sold to L&B
- 1995: Acquired by General Growth
- 2004: Sold to Westcor
- 2018: Closed
- 2023: Demolition started
- 2024: Demolition completed

## Deals and debt

- 2023 sale:  Unknown ← Dimension Financial & Realty Investments  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- 2017 sale:  Dimension Financial & Realty Investments ← LNR Properties  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- 2004 sale:  Westcor ← Fiesta Mall  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- 1995 sale:  General Growth Properties Inc. ← Homart Development Company  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- 1993 sale: 124300000.0 L&B Real Estate Counsel ← Homart Development Company  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall
- 1982 sale:  Grosvenor International ← Sears  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall

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

The Fiesta Mall was a shopping mall in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Opened in 1979 after nine years of development, it was constructed by Homart Development Company, the former shopping mall development division of the department store Sears. Sears was the first anchor store to open in the mall, doing so in 1977. Also present as anchor stores were The Broadway and Goldwater's, with Diamond's following in 1980. The mall began experiencing declines in traffic following the opening of Arizona Mills in 1997, and saw numerous anchor store and inline tenancy changes. After a long period of decline, it was shuttered in January 2018. It would be demolished between July 2023 and 2024.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Fiesta Mall, Mesa, AZ." Record m-989b1f348e, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/mesa-fiesta-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_mesafiestamall,
  title = {Fiesta Mall, Mesa, AZ},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/mesa-fiesta-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-989b1f348e, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. 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.