By Gary Nelson | Mesa Tribune
Mesa’s burgeoning west-side Asian District is about to get a new attraction.
The owners of Mekong Plaza, at the southwest corner of Main Street and Dobson Road, plan to build a nearly 33,000-square-foot structure just south of the existing plaza to accommodate more Asian-themed restaurants and shops.
Mekong 88, as the project is called, won approval from the Planning and Zoning Board on Jan. 27 and it now heads to City Council for final action.
That Mesa even has an Asian District was not the result of deliberate city policy. But Asian businesses began to cluster there perhaps 20 years ago, with one especially dense node at Dobson and Southern Avenue.
