- South Bay Galleria
Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = South Bay Galleria
caption =
location =Redondo Beach, California
opening_date = 1985
developer = Forest City Development
manager =Forest City Enterprises
owner =Forest City Enterprises
number_of_stores = 140 [http://www.forestcity.net/PROPERTIES/south-bay-galleria.asp]
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area = 955,000 ft² [http://www.forestcity.net/PROPERTIES/south-bay-galleria.asp]
floors = 3
parking =
website = [http://www.southbaygalleria.com www.southbaygalleria.com]South Bay Galleria, formerly named Galleria at South Bay, is a mall in Redondo Beach outside of
Los Angeles, California . It is anchored by Macy's,Mervyns andNordstrom , as well as a 16-screenAMC Theatres multiplex.History
Originally the site of a freestanding May Company store opened in 1959, on August 26, 1985 Forest City Development opened an attached mall, then known as Galleria at South Bay. It included additional anchors
Nordstrom andMervyn's , which had opened a few months earlier. [Women's Wear Daily , August 26, 1985 "3-anchor Galleria at South Bay regional mall set to open today"]In 1992 Forest City sold a half-interest in the center to
CalPERS , [Los Angeles Business Journal, November 23, 1992 "CalPERS to buy 50% stake in South Bay Galleria"] , before buying it back in 2001 and changing the official name to South Bay Galleria. In the meantime the May Company store had adopted theRobinsons-May name in 1993 and General Cinema had constructed a 16-screen multiplex cinema in 1997, [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38067/0000950152-98-003752.txt] before the company was sold toAMC Theatres in 2002. In September 2006, the Robinsons-May store was renamed Macy's.Anchors & Major Tenants
* Macy's (347,000 ft²; opened 1959 as May Company)
*Mervyn's (84,000 ft²; opened 1985)
*Nordstrom (161,000 ft²; opened 1985, Remodeled in October 2006)References
External links
* [http://www.southbaygalleria.com/ South Bay Galleria]
* [http://www.southbaychat.com/showthread.php?t=60 South Bay Galleria] discussion at SouthBayChat.com
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