El Con Center

El Con Center is an open-air shopping mall in the city of Tucson, Arizona, United States anchored by Cinemark Theatres, Target, The Home Depot, Walmart, Ross , Burlington , J. C. Penney and Marshalls, which opened on August 20, 2015. The oldest mall in metropolitan Tucson, El Con Mall, as it was known since its opening in 1960, was renamed in May 2014 at the time of its sale for $81.7 million to Stan Kroenke, owner of numerous sports properties including Arsenal F.C. and the Los Angeles Rams.
El Con Mall opened in 1960–61 as the first mall in Tucson, Arizona, adjacent to the El Conquistador Hotel. Although initial plans called for the hotel to be part of the mall itself, these plans were later scrapped. An outdoor mall at the time of its opening , El Con Mall was anchored by the local department store Levy’s, and chain stores Montgomery Ward , Skaggs Drug Centers, Kresge’s, El Rancho Market, and Woolworth. Other tenants included House Of Fabrics, The College Shop, Mills-Touché, Lerner Shops, Kinney Shoes, El Con Cocktail Lounge, First National Bank Of Arizona, Daniel’s Credit Jewelers, Sandy’s Fashions, & Cele Peterson’s In 1967, the former El Conquistador Hotel space was demolished, and a new Levy’s store , a J. C. Penney , Stores #1-11, #101-106, & #110-124A & some mall space were built on the site, & east of it. Steinfeld’s moved from its historic 35 North Stone Avenue downtown location into Levy’s former store at the shopping center’s original portion’s NW corner. A new Goldwater’s store and a 6-screen movie theatre were built along a connecting link with stores #12-20A, & #80-100, and the entire shopping center was enclosed. Joseph Kivel and the Papanikolas brothers developed the El Con Mall. Joseph Kivel later opened another shopping mall, what is now Park Place, in 1975. After his death in 1995, his interest in both malls was left to his two sons. In 1996, Park Mall was sold to General Growth Properties.

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