Uptown Lands Clio, Memoir, and a Tasting Room: A New Wave of NW Tucson Jobs Is Coming

Published: June 8, 2026 | By TucsonHIRED Team

TUCSON, AZ — The northwest side's biggest redevelopment just got more interesting. Uptown, the "urban resort village" rising on the former Foothills Mall site at La Cholla and Ina, has signed two new restaurants and a tasting room. For Tucson job seekers, that means a wave of restaurant, hotel, and retail jobs is coming to a corner of town that has been waiting years for its comeback.

The old mall is becoming a destination, and destinations need people to run them.

Uptown at a Glance

What's Coming to Uptown

Omaha-based Flagship Restaurant Group is bringing two of its concepts, Clio and Memoir, to the heart of the development, along with a tasting room. The restaurants are tied into the Astrie luxury apartment complex and the Tempo hotel, both part of the same project. Together they signal that Uptown is leaning into the kind of dining-and-stay mix that draws steady foot traffic, which is exactly what generates hospitality jobs on the northwest side.

The Bigger Picture for NW Tucson

Uptown is being pitched as the first urban resort village in the region, and some real estate watchers think it could end up rivaling La Encantada as a Tucson shopping-and-dining draw. For a part of town that lost its mall, that is a meaningful shift. New restaurants, a hotel, and apartments clustered together tend to create layered employment: front-of-house and kitchen roles at the eateries, guest-services and housekeeping roles at the hotel, plus property and retail jobs across the village.

What It Means for Job Seekers

Nothing is hiring on day one, but this is the time to get your resume ready and watch for openings such as:

• Servers, bartenders, hosts, and line cooks at Clio and Memoir
• Tasting room and beverage staff
• Hotel front desk, housekeeping, and guest services at the Tempo
• Property management and leasing for the Astrie apartments
• Retail and support roles across the development

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The Foothills Mall sat quiet for a long time. Watching it turn back into a place where Tucsonans work, eat, and stay is the kind of comeback the northwest side has earned.