Glendale Galleria
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The Glendale Galleria from across S. Central Ave. looking westward.
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Shopping mall |
| Location | Glendale, California, USA |
| Address | 100 W Broadway Suite 700 |
| Coordinates | 34°8′45.22″N 118°15′29.82″W / 34.1458944°N 118.2582833°WCoordinates: 34°8′45.22″N 118°15′29.82″W / 34.1458944°N 118.2582833°W |
| Construction started | 1973 |
| Opened | October 14, 1976 |
| Renovated | 2012 |
| Renovation cost | US$57.5 million |
| Owner | General Growth Properties |
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| Material | Brick, marble, stone, aluminum, steel, granite, glass |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Floor area | 1.6 million ft² |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Jon Jerde |
| Developer | Glendale Associates |
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| Engineer | S.Y. Lee Associates (Consulting Engineers) |
| Structural engineer | KPFF Consulting Engineers |
| Civil engineer | KPFF Consulting Engineers |
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| Main contractor | VCC Construction |
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| Number of stores | 206 |
| Number of anchors | 6 |
| Parking | 6300+ spots |
| Website | |
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The Glendale Galleria is a large three-story regional shopping mall located in downtown Glendale, California, USA. It is the fourth largest mall in Los Angeles County after Westfield Topanga, Lakewood Center and Del Amo Fashion Center.
Developed by Glendale Associates, a partnership between J.S. Griffiths Co, Broadway Hale Stores and M.J. Brock & Sons, the mall opened on October 14, 1976. The architect was Jon Jerde, who credited his design to a Ray Bradbury essay on reviving retail districts. The mall began with four anchor stores: Buffum's and The Broadway, which opened in August 1976; Ohrbach's, which opened in October, 1976; and JCPenney, which opened in November of that year.
The Galleria's first expansion, Galleria II, was completed in 1983. It expanded a wing of the mall and added another anchor store, Nordstrom. The first Panda Express restaurant opened in Galleria II in the same year, on level 3 near Bloomingdale's.
The first Disney Store opened in the Glendale Galleria on March 28, 1987. By 1990, the mall was 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m2) in size, and had annual revenues of $350 million.
Glendale Galleria was selected by Apple Inc. as the location of one of the first two Apple Stores in the world (along with Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Virginia); both officially opened on May 19, 2001. This mall also includes the first three-story Target in the United States, which opened in July 2007.
The mall is anchored by four department stores (with one under construction) and has over 200 specialty stores.
Ohrbach's was also an original anchor. Its former location was demolished and the area was converted to another wing of the mall with smaller stores. Nordstrom originally opened in 1983 and was formerly located in the Galleria before relocating next door to the Americana at Brand in 2013.
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