Gallery at Market East
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| Location | 9th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Opening date | 1977 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust |
| Owner | Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust and Macerich |
| No. of stores and services | 3 (130+ at peak) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 (4 at peak) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,080,002 sq ft (100,335.5 m2) |
| No. of floors | 4 |
| Parking | 2 parking garages |
| Public transit access |
Broad Street Line Ridge Spur
: 8th Street: 8th Street : 8th Street, 11th Street SEPTA Regional Rail: Jefferson Station  SEPTA bus: 17, 23, 33, 38, 44, 47, 47M, 48, 61, 62, 78 NJ Transit bus: 400, 401, 402, 404, 406, 408, 409, 410, 412, 414, 417 |
| Website | galleryatmarketeast.com |
The Gallery at Market East, or "The Gallery" as it was known to locals, was an urban mall in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States with over 130 stores and a food court. The mall's anchor stores are Burlington and Century 21. The full name, The Gallery at Market East, was based on the adjacent SEPTA station formerly known as Market East Station (now Jefferson Station). Both Gallery I and Gallery II are mostly closed as part of a renovation of the mall, which will be renamed Fashion Outlets of Philadelphia by late 2017. Foot traffic going to the subway lines are largely diverted to their external entrances except for the transfer area between Jefferson Station and the 11th Street station, which contains some small cart vendors and three food vendors (ie. Cinnabon, Philly Pretzel, and a Smoothie King).
The Gallery was opened in 1977 and was later expanded as Galleries I and II in the early 1980s. The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) acquired Gallery I in April 2003 from The Rouse Company and Gallery II in the third fiscal quarter of 2004 from the state's Public School Employees' Retirement System. The total complex measures approximately 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) of retail space and at its peak had over 130 stores.
All four levels of the mall run parallel to Market Street, with access from the basement level of the now-closed Strawbridge's department store at 8th Street. The main entrance is located at 9th and Market Streets, and there is a concourse for SEPTA's Jefferson Station at 11th and 12th Streets. The mall also provides access to an underground concourse that connects to the Market-Frankford Line at its 8th and 11th street stations. At the west end of the mall, a short concourse with an elevator and a set of escalators connects to the Reading Terminal Market, Hard Rock Cafe restaurant, the head house for the old Reading Terminal (now part of the Pennsylvania Convention Center) and a Marriott hotel, which are all on the periphery. The downtown Philadelphia Greyhound bus terminal is immediately to the north, at 10th and Filbert Streets. The main entrance of the Convention Center is two blocks away on Arch Street, between 11th and 13th.
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