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Greenway Terrace typified Sun City growth

2nd shopping center north of Grand Avenue

Posted 11/6/20

As the Del Webb Development Co. expanded Sun City during the 1960s and 1970s, everything seemed to get larger.

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Neighbors

Greenway Terrace typified Sun City growth

2nd shopping center north of Grand Avenue

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As the Del Webb Development Co. expanded Sun City during the 1960s and 1970s, everything seemed to get larger.

Homes became more spacious and every new recreation facility tended to be larger and more luxurious than the previous one.

The same could be said for the community’s shopping centers.

In 1970, the community crossed over Grand Avenue and headed north. Boswell Memorial Hospital officially opened in 1970 and Thunderbird Shopping Center, 13600 N. 99th Ave., became the first shopping center built north of Grand Avenue.

Greenway Shopping Center, 15430 N. 99th Ave., would open a few years later, a mere one mile north of Thunderbird Shopping Center.

Major tenants initially included a Walgreen’s Drug Store and a Lucky’s Supermarket. Walgreen’s remains in the center, however, the grocery store space today is occupied by Dollar Tree. The overall appearance of the shopping center has changed little over the years.

The massive flagpole towering over the shopping center was for many years rumored to be the Valley’s tallest flagpole west of I-17. Claims were never substantiated, but the flagpole remains an impressive community landmark.