By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange
W.M. Grace Companies and PB Bell have proposed a Planned Area Development to try to breathe new life into a long-dead site at the NWC of Southern Avenue and Alma School Road in Mesa.
The 15-net-acre Fiesta Village site was originally developed as a shopping center in 1979, but shifting demographics and retail trends slowly forced merchants out, and the property has sat vacant for years.