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The Saint Louis Galleria (or St. Louis Galleria) is a shopping mall in the St. Louis suburb of Richmond Heights. The mall is owned and operated by General Growth Properties. Originally the site of the Westroads Shopping Center anchored by Stix Baer & Fuller, in 1984 the property was sold to Hycel Properties which demolished the old strip center and built the Saint Louis Galleria. Dillard's, which had acquired the old Stix chain, expanded the existing location at the same time, while retailer Mark Shale opened a major store. In 1991 Famous-Barr (now Macy's) and Lord & Taylor (closed June 2006) joined the Galleria.

The Galleria is where the first Build-A-Bear opened in 1997. Eddie Bauer opened its first Eddie Bauer Home store at the Galleria in 1991.

The Saint Louis Galleria hosts the flagship St. Louis stores of Gap Inc, Urban Outfitters, Jimmy'z, Janie and Jack, and many other stores, including one of the metropolitan area's two Apple Stores. The shopping center also has an independent movie theater with six screens. The below-ground food court was renovated just in time for the holiday season of 2005; however, controversy exists over the fact that all local and regional restaurants were removed in favor of generic chain restaurants. The Galleria Food Court now offers far less selection than before.

A series of incidents involving law enforcement in 2006 have called into question the safety of the mall's atmosphere.[1] Two brawls less than 6 months apart have occurred between rowdy teenagers, and this has prompted offcials to create a parental supervising policy starting April 20th, 2007. This policy states that anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at least 21 years old on Fridays and Saturdays, after 3 p.m. [2]

Nordstrom has confirmed that it will open a store in 2010 on the former Lord & Taylor site.

Anchor stores

  • Dillard's[3] (opened 1984, 330,000 ft²)
  • Macy's[3] (opened 1991 as Famous-Barr, became Macy's 2006, 265,000 ft²)
  • Mark Shale[3] (27,000 ft²)
  • Nordstrom (opening spring 2010)

References

  1. ^ ""Despite weekend brawl, security officials at Galleria say mall is safe"". 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  2. ^ ""Mall information page"".
  3. ^ a b c Saint Louis Galleria Store Directory; Saint Louis Galleria web site; retrieved December 28, 2006
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