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Gilbert‘s booming retail developments signal a shift in the role retail plays in the addition of residential projects and economic impact from tourism. Gilbert is cultivating community through mixed-use developments where residents can live, work and play and visitors are invited to explore all the friendly town has to offer.
Over a five-year period from fiscal 2015-2019, Gilbert has added 1.5 million square feet of retail, said Dan Henderson, economic development director for the Town of Gilbert. “A little less than 70 percent of that was added in what we call our Central Employment Area, which a lot of that seems to be in and around the SanTan Village Mall area as well as in Cooley Station and Agritopia, about 16 percent was outside of the town’s employment areas and 13 percent was in our Northwest Employment Area.”
