Poughkeepsie Galleria
| Location | Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Opening date | August 1, 1987 |
| Management | The Pyramid Companies |
| Owner | The Pyramid Companies |
| No. of stores and services | 140 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 10 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 2000 spaces |
| Website | http://www.poughkeepsiegalleriamall.com |
The Poughkeepsie Galleria (locally known as The Galleria) is an upscale shopping center on U.S. 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York, located just north of Wappingers Falls, and is the largest shopping center in Dutchess County. The Galleria has an area of 1,100,000-square-foot (100,000 m2) with two floors containing 140 shops and 14 restaurants as well as a 16-screen, stadium-seating Regal Cinemas theater.
The Galleria is owned and managed by The Pyramid Companies, a group who also owns and manages regional sister mall Galleria at Crystal Run in Middletown, NY, as well as the Palisades Center in West Nyack, NY. The Galleria has adopted the Pyramid corporate "MB-18" teenage curfew policy on Friday and Saturday evenings, a policy that began in September 2005.
In the early 1980s, a proposal for a two story indoor mall in Poughkeepsie, New York was submitted. Despite much conflict and many protests, the proposal was submitted, and the mall opened on August 1, 1987 as the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall.
The mall's grand opening included the following anchor stores: G. Fox and Co., Jordan Marsh, Lechmere, Steinbach and J.C. Penney. The mall also included dozens of smaller retailers, restaurants, a movie theater and a food court. One wall of the food court was entirely enclosed by windows overlooking the parking lot with an escalator entrance leading to the cinemas. The mall was very family oriented, and had a red color scheme. It included big, colorful origami-like objects in center court by the stairs.
In 1991, the mall began construction on a two story addition adjacent to the food court. The addition eliminated the window enclosure at end of the food court, despite receiving criticism from many of the food retailers.
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