Chandler Fashion Center

Chandler Fashion Center is a regional shopping center located in the city of Chandler, Arizona, and is the second largest mall in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The mall is owned by Macerich. The current anchors are Dillard's, Macy's, Scheels, and Harkins Theatres. The mall is located on Chandler Boulevard near the northwest corner of Price Road and Loop 202 Santan.
Sales at Chandler Fashion Center are more than $600 per square foot, which is well above the national average of $392 a square foot.
== Layout ==
Chandler Fashion Center is unique among most indoor shopping centers in its design. The mall layout is designed like the letter "A" with the food court as the top point. All of the indoor mall shops radiate out into 3 wings from the food court. The mall features stone columns, marble floors and large skylights all incorporated in a modern, yet contemporary design. The mall is also a showcase of Arizona scenery courtesy of Arizona Highways. Large photographic murals of the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Arizona's Sonoran Desert are displayed on walls at the ends of each wing as well as certain outdoor entrances to the mall.
Adjacent to the food court entrance of the mall is an outdoor entertainment and dining plaza called The Village. A popular attraction of the outdoor plaza used to be the Dancing Waters fountain featuring a display of water, lights and music. The fountains were later demolished in the Summer of 2014 and renovated into a picnic area that featured patio seating, lawn areas, and a children's splash pad.
Surrounding the mall there are many large retail centers including Chandler Festival, Chandler Gateway, Chandler Village Center and the Boulevard Shops.
== History ==
The mall opened on October 19, 2001 with 229 stores and five anchors: Nordstrom, Sears, Dillard's, Robinsons-May and Harkins Theatres. The Nordstrom was Arizona's second store, after Scottsdale Fashion Square.
Originally owned by Westcor, Chandler Fashion Center became part of The Macerich Company’s portfolio in 2002.
Robinsons-May converted to Macy's in 2006.
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Chandler Fashion Center, into Seritage Growth Properties. On October 15, 2018, it was announced that the Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide, and it closed in January 2019.
In the summer of 2019, the Chandler Crayola Experience opened in the mall, replacing the former Gap store. It's also the 5th Crayola Experience location in the US.
On May 8, 2020, it was announced that Nordstrom would be closing as part of a plan to close 16 stores nationwide, and the store closed in August 2020. 
On September 30th, 2023, a Scheels opened in the anchor space formerly occupied by Nordstrom. 
== Gallery ==
=== Videos ===
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