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Galleria at Erieview
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LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Coordinates41°30′16.9″N 81°41′21.6″W / 41.504694°N 81.689333°W / 41.504694; -81.689333
Address1301 East Ninth Street
Opening date1987
DeveloperRichard E. Jacobs Group
OwnerJames Kassouf
No. of stores and services28
Total retail floor area138,000 square feet (12,800 m2)[1]
No. of floors2
Public transit accessBus interchange RTA
Websitegalleriaandtower.com/home/galleria

The Galleria at Erieview is a two-floor shopping mall, located in Cleveland, Ohio in The United States. The Galleria was opened in 1987, notable for its position on the east side of the city's downtown.

History

The Galleria was conceptualised in 1985 by businessman and real estate developer Richard E. Jacobs, who famously purchased the Cleveland Indians baseball team and the existing Tower at Erieview. Jacobs' planned to convert the Tower's surround plaza into a shopping centre which would serve the Cleveland area.

The resulting Galleria, a glass-enclosed 207,600-square-foot (19,290 m2) mall, opened in late 1987. It was the first major retail venture in Downtown Cleveland since the 1920s. The Galleria was noted for the business "Gardens Under Glass", an urban farm beneath the mall's atrium,[2].

In 2003, The Galleria and Tower at Erieview were purchased by Werner Minshall, who proposed closing the mall and converting it into a convention centre.[3] When this development project did not eventuate, Minshall continued to lease tenant spaces to local retailers and vendors.[4]

Although The Galleria represented a significant revitalisation of Cleveland's downtown district during the early 1990s, it suffered a decline in consumer popularity throughout the early 2000s. The Galleria failed to secure an anchoring department store, reliant on small business to support tenancy. By 2005, there were 36 active tenants out of a possible 66. In 2013, The Galleria's famed "Gardens Under Glass" closed.

In 2019, James Kassouf and a supporting group of investors purchased the property for $17.7 million.[5] Currently, The Parker Hannifin Downtown YMCA occupies a considerable portion of the Galleria.

References

  1. ^ "The Galleria and Tower at Erieview". Minshall Stewart Properties. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. ^ "World's Most Visionary Cities". Travel + Leisure.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-06-08. Retrieved 2019-12-23.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2019-12-23.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Christ, Ginger (2 August 2018). "Cleveland's 4th tallest building sells for $17.7 million". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

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