What the sale entails

This sale includes the majority of the interior portion of Fiesta Mall but does not include the Sears, Dillard’s, the former Macy’s and recently closed Best Buy/Dick’s Sporting Goods buildings.

Developer Scott Jackson owns the Macy’s and Best Buy/Dick’s buildings. Sears and Dillard’s clearance center are owned by those retailers.

Jackson, who is redeveloping his buildings as office or mixed-use space, said he was not yet aware of the new mall owner’s plans or how his ventures will fit into them. He said he did not bid on the mall, which opened in October 1979.

Cashen said the mall property that was sold to Dimension Financial has a few retail tenants left, but they have short-term leases that won’t be renewed.

Revitalizing the area

property just east of the mall, also is currently owned by the principals. It will be bridged into the mall and become part of the main campus, Cashen said.

The 1.15 square miles surrounding Fiesta Mall, known as the Fiesta District, is one of Mesa’s key economic development corridors.

In a statement, Mayor John Giles said, “Fiesta Mall is in the heart of the Fiesta District and I am excited to welcome DFRI to the team of developers working to revitalize one of Mesa’s greatest assets.”

Mesa Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak said Fiesta Mall is major part of the city’s redevelopment efforts in west Mesa, and he said it’s critical that the new owners and the existing tenants in the area share a vision.

“There has to be more discussion and more information provided on their vision. l would like to see the whole comprehensive plan presented,” Jabjiniak said.

Tokoph and Howard redeveloped the former Honeywell/Bull facility at Interstate 17 and Thunderbird Road in Phoenix into a development with big-box retailers, hundreds of residences and over a million square feet of offices.