Repositioned Foothills Mall Now Expanding

TUCSON-In a multi-million dollar repositioning push, Feldman Equities of Arizona has begun expanding the Foothills Mall in Tucson, adding 60,000 sf of retail space and 11 new tenants to the Ina Road and La Cholla Boulevard shopping center.

Scott Jensen, a partner in Feldman Equities, tells GlobeSt.com that plans for the 508,000-sf, 97%-occupied mall include an updated Loews Cinema complex, the creation of a $1.5-million extension for tenant Famous Footwear that will double its size to 10,000 sf and the development of 50,000 sf of pad space along with two new mall entrances. “We have the capability of adding up to 104,000 sf,” Jensen said of the site’s potential.

The investment group already has started construction on the Famous Footwear extension and the development of periphery pad sites for Thomasville Furnishing, the Fox and Hound Smokehouse Tavern, Arizona Central Credit Union, Compass Bank and a multi-tenant freestanding retail building that will house Chipolte Grill, Starbucks, Baskin Robbins, Subway, 1 Hour Martinizing and Team Mobile. A 4,800-sf Melting Pot restaurant will be added to the mall’s interior by the end of the year, Jensen said.