Redeveloping ‘the’ Mesa mall | 12news.com [Video]

MESA, Ariz. — It was the mall in Mesa for decades.

Then others started popping up, such as Chandler Fashion Center and Arizona Mills. And the popularity of online shopping did it no favors. 

Fiesta Mall then saw a sharp decline with its last shop closing its doors in 2019. The hollow shell of a building was then demolished last year. There were rumors the land would become a new community college, hospital or the new home for the Arizona Coyotes.

Now the City of Mesa is one step closer to transforming the land Fiesta Mall sat on for so long.

At a recent City Planning and Zoning Board meeting, members voted unanimously to recommend approval to rezone the 89 acres of land for mixed-use. It would allow homes, offices, and retail space, if approved by City …