# Maryvale Mall

Phoenix, AZ · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-9e68a71862` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/phoenix-maryvale-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-9e68a71862.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-9e68a71862.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-9e68a71862

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | reported · authors' map |
| New use | education | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Partial redevelopment, education and retail | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1960 | reported · Wikidata |
| Stores at peak | 19 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | John F. Long | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Cartwright Elementary School District | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | Cartwright Elementary School District No 83 | reported · authors' map |

## Quoted support

- **original_developer**: “Maryvale Shopping City was designed by Victor Gruen and developed by home builder John F. Long” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryvale_Mall
- **status**: “The school district opened an elementary school and a middle school on the property between 2000 and 2001.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryvale_Mall

## Anchors

Target, Mervyn's

## Parties

- John F. Long — owner (from text)
- Cartwright Elementary School District — owner (from text)

## Timeline

- 1958: Plans for the shopping center's development were announced
- 1960: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1974: Bowling alley converted to a department store
- 1981: Desert Sky Mall opened, leading to decline
- 2000: Cartwright Elementary School District opened an elementary school and a middle school on the property

## Deals and debt

-  sale: 7300000.0 Cartwright Elementary School District ← John F. Long  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryvale_Mall

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

Maryvale Mall, originally known as Maryvale Shopping City, was a shopping mall in the Maryvale area of Phoenix, Arizona that, for a time, was the biggest shopping mall between Dallas, Texas and the West Coast.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for original_developer — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryvale_Mall
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Maryvale Mall, Phoenix, AZ." Record m-9e68a71862, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/phoenix-maryvale-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_phoenixmaryvalemall,
  title = {Maryvale Mall, Phoenix, AZ},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/az/phoenix-maryvale-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-9e68a71862, 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.