This October marks the 30th anniversary for one of Arizona’s most popular shopping center — and one of the last enclosed malls built in the region.
Arrowhead Towne Center, 7700 W. Arrowhead Towne Center, opened in 1993 amid a growing northwest Valley that was still isolated from other parts of metro Phoenix wit the completion of Loop 101 still several years away.
The mall, jointly developed by Westcor and General Growth Properties, originally opened its doors to residents in October 1993. It had been anchored by department store names like Robinsons-May, Montgomery Ward, JCPenney and Dillard’s. The site also had more spaces available for future tenets such as Sears, which would open in 2002 and an AMC Theatre which opened in 1996.
