Riverchase Galleria
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| Location | Hoover, Alabama (Birmingham) |
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| Opening date | February 28, 1986 |
| Developer | Jim Wilson & Associates |
| Management | General Growth Properties |
| Owner | General Growth Properties/Jim Wilson & Associates |
| No. of stores and services | 200+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,570,000 square feet (146,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | riverchasegalleria.com |
Riverchase Galleria, locally known as The Galleria, is a large upscale, super–regional shopping mall close to Birmingham in Hoover, Alabama. It is the 43rd largest shopping mall in the United States. It is managed and partially owned by General Growth Properties and is Alabama's largest enclosed shopping center with 1,570,000 square feet (146,000 m2) of total retail floor area.
Located at the intersection of US 31 (Montgomery Highway) and Interstate 459, the Riverchase Galleria complex includes the region's only Costco Wholesale, two-level, 1,570,000-square-foot (146,000 m2) mall, the 15-story, 1,700,000-square-foot (160,000 m2) Hyatt Regency, and the 17-story, 285,000-square-foot (26,500 m2) Galleria Tower office building. In addition to other clients, the tower serves as the headquarters for Walter Energy, Inc.
The Riverchase Galleria is named for, and is part of, the Riverchase planned community development within the city of Hoover.
The Galleria was opened on February 19, 1986 by developer Jim Wilson & Associates, initially 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) with four anchor stores — two Birmingham-based chains, Parisian and Pizitz — along with Atlanta-based Rich's and national retailer J. C. Penney. In March 1987, the mall added its first Macy's store at center court, marking the company's first store in Alabama. Within the same year, the Pizitz chain was acquired by McRae's of Jackson, Mississippi, and subsequently renamed. In 1995 Parisian expanded their store by almost two-thirds, while in 1996 Sears and a new wing were added, making Riverchase Galleria a total of 2.4 million square feet (222,967 m²) in size. The expansion made it the largest mixed-use project in the Southeast, and one of the top 10 largest mixed-use projects in the United States.
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