The PHiXMetrocenter Makeover
Milling about Metrocenter Mall is a core memory of many Valley residents’ childhoods. The previously bustling shopping complex succumbed to declining appeal in the aughts and ultimately shuttered in 2020. Most of the now-deserted mall will soon be demolished and reincarnated as a 70-acre walkable district with an amphitheater, courtyards and water features that city councilmembers and developers hope will revive the area near the I-17 and Dunlap Avenue. Construction on the project is set...


