Once the Southwest's biggest mall, Metrocenter will be demolished this spring
When will the mall be demolished?
Demolition of the mall, along with asbestos abatement and site grading is planned to start in the second quarter of the year, and will take roughly 12 months, Steve Betts, a Phoenix-based developer who is working as a consultant to Concord Wilshire, one of the owners of the mall, said.
he mall was built at a time when asbestos was very common in commercial buildings, so the demolition must be done very carefully to remove it safely. Betts said the two-tier mall site, which means the ground is not flat but allowed people to enter on both floors of the mall, also makes the demolition more complicated.
Betts said there are plans for eight pads that will be developed into multifamily housing, but a high volume of multifamily housing in the construction stages in Phoenix has made delivery of the pads "less urgent" because developers are looking to slow down some of those project starts.
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