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Tempe Marketplace is an open air shopping center located in Tempe, Arizona. It is located along the Salt River near the interchange of the Loop 101 Pima/Price Freeway and Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway near the Tempe borders with Mesa and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

The mall was developed by and is currently owned and operated by the Vestar Development Company and officially opened on September 28, 2007.Nearly 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) of retail space on 130 acres (0.53 km2) of land that was once a landfill considered so toxic it was put on the U.S. E.P.A. Superfund List in 1983 and subsequently removed 20 years later.During initial development legal battles ensued as the developer and the City of Tempe acquired land from 52 individual lot owners for the shopping center. The city’s use of eminent domain was called into question and upheld by a judge however a settlement between all parties was reached outside court.

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