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Originally Posted by Obadno
I remember reading an article probably 6 years ago where they planned to level and redevelop the Mercado in 2024.
However the Mercado could be cool if it had like restaurants and shops in it but its severely underused.
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It did when it opened in 1989. They were gone within a year or two.
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Originally Posted by az_daniel
I think the Mercado ultimately faces the same problems as Arizona Center - it is a non-urban inward facing quasi outlet mall that is mostly hostile to the street, directly contributing to the dead zone behind the convention center. It would need a substantial rethinking to have it reach it's potential, but given it's location I'd argue the land will always be underused as long as the mercado as it is today is sitting on top of it.
IMHO the best potential use without redevelopment would be as an *actual* mercado lol.
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Exactly. The Mercado is the same mistake as the Arizona Center on a smaller scale. Let ASU replace it with a bigger, better building.