Superstition Springs Center is a shopping mall located in Mesa, Arizona

Mesa, Arizona

According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...

. It is owned by Westcor

Westcor

Westcor is a subsidiary of The Macerich Company and owns 18 shopping malls and plazas in the Southwestern region of the United States. It was founded in 1964 by entrepreneur Bob Teske. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Westcor is Arizona's leading mall developer...

, a subsidiary of The Macerich Company

The Macerich Company

Macerich is a self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust headquartered in Santa Monica, California.It traces its antecedents to the MaceRich Real Estate Company founded in New York in 1964 by Mace Siegel and Richard Cohen, who combined their first names to name their company...

. The mall features an outdoor amphitheatre

Amphitheatre

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 and a fountain that converts into a stage featuring free concerts from May to August on Saturday evenings.

The anchors at the mall are Dillard's

Dillard's

Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...

, JCPenney, Macy's

Macy's

Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...

, and Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Company

Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...

, with Mervyns

Mervyns

Mervyns was an American middle scale department store chain based in Hayward, California. It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. Many of the company's stores were in shopping malls...

 having opened on June 15, 1994. The mall also features an 8 screen Super Saver Cinema, a Borders

Borders Group

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 book store (now closed), and a new freestanding Cheesecake Factory.

History

Superstition Springs Center was built and completed in 1990. When it first opened, most of the area surrounding the mall was open fields. At the time, it rested at the end of a freeway (U.S. Route 60

U.S. Route 60 in Arizona

U.S. Route 60 is an east–west United States highway within Arizona. The highway runs for from a junction with Interstate 10 near Quartzsite to the New Mexico State Line near Springerville...

), and was considered too far away from developed areas to be successful. However, since its opening, the area around Superstition Springs Center has seen significant growth; as of 2009, it held an estimated population of 337,000 in its primary trade area.

In February 2002, the mall underwent remodeling to include exterior paint and lighting, interior paint, flooring, and lighting to create a new refined atmosphere with color, texture and regional imagery.

External links

• Superstition Springs Center Official website