South Bay Galleria
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| Location | Redondo Beach, California |
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| Opening date | 1985 |
| Developer | Forest City Development |
| Management | Forest City Enterprises |
| Owner | Forest City Enterprises |
| No. of stores and services | 140 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 955,000 square feet (88,700 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | Official Website |
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, Kohl's and previously Nordstrom, as well as a 16-screen AMC Theatres multiplex.
In February 1955, it was announced that a major shopping center on a 50-acre site at 174th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard would be constructed. The center was officially opened on August 22, 1957 as the "South Bay Center" (later known simply as "SBC"). The architects were A. Quincy Jones, Frederick Emmons and Victor Gruen & Associates. The center included a large, freestanding, 4-story May Company department store (with an actual public bomb shelter in the basement). The store also included a book and record department, furniture department, camera shop, soda fountain and the sit-down "Bay Shore Tea Room" restaurant. Surrounding the department store was an "open air" shopping center with shaded outdoor "breezeways." There were 37 tenants on opening day: Adlee’s, Aitken’s Chic Accessories, A-1 Photo Service, Armand’s Sewing Center, Bakemasters, Bank of America, Beacon Cleaners and Dyers, Center Stationers, Children’s Fair, Children’s Shoeland, Gallenkamp Shoe Store, The Hair Stylists, Harris & Frank Men's Clothes, Hartfield’s, Helen Grace Candies, Innes Shoes, Dr. Irving, Optometrist, Jaxson’s, Lawson’s Jewelers, Leeds Shoes, Moran Drapery Stores, Modern Woman Store, Motherhood Shops, J.J. Newberry Co. Department Store (including a lunch counter), Norm Manning, Pavsner’s Barber Shop, Ralphs Super Market, Randall’s Shoes, Rancho Music Box, South Bay Bakery, South Bay Bowling Center (with 54 lanes and the Steak Knife Restaurant), South Bay Liquors, South Bay Shoe Repair, Sweet ‘n Eat Shoppe, Thrifty Drug (with ice cream counter), Vitamin Bay, and Wragg’s For Men. The grand opening featured a circus in the parking lot and a draw for a car as a grand prize.
On November 1, 1960, the Democratic nominee for President, John F. Kennedy, gave a speech at the South Bay Center on the last stop of his campaign tour. Kennedy won the general election eight days later, becoming the 35th President of the United States. During the 1960s and 1970s, many stores would open and replace older ones. In the south parking lot, a car wash and theater opened. Later on, some new tenants made their debut in the late 1960s and mid-1970s, which included Sunset House Gifts, Florsheim Shoes, Nobby, Pier One Imports, and Putney Station Restaurant at the north parking lot near Artesia Blvd.
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