33°27′50″N 111°55′27″W / 33.4639334°N 111.9240329°W
 Los Arcos Mall in 1993, as seen from the southwest | |
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| Location | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Address | 7505 East McDowell Road |
| Opening date | October 20, 1969 (anchor stores) November 21, 1969 |
| Closing date | 1999 |
| Developer | Westcor |
| Owner | The Ellman Companies (1996–1999) |
| Architect | Burke, Kober, Nicolais and Archuleta |
| No. of stores and services | 75 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 607,350 square feet (56,425 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Los Arcos Mall was an enclosed shopping mall on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and McDowell roads in Scottsdale, Arizona. The mall, which operated from 1969 to 1999, featured a Spanish architectural motif and took its name from "The Arches" in Spanish.[2] In the 1990s, the mall lost shoppers and both of its anchors, particularly to the Scottsdale Fashion Square center, which was closer to population growth in the city. The last anchor, Sears, left Los Arcos for Fashion Square in February 1999.
The property then became the subject of years of highly controversial development proposals, including a proposed arena for the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team that ended amid infighting between the developer and the city, and a proposed retail redevelopment that crumbled in the face of heavy neighborhood opposition. After both of these plans failed, the site was sold to the Arizona State University (ASU) Foundation and redeveloped as SkySong, a technology and innovation-focused complex with office, retail, and residential components.