Galleria at Erieview

The Galleria at Erieview is a two floor shopping mall that opened in 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the east side of the city's downtown. It is adjacent to the Erieview Tower, a 40-story office building. The Galleria is a few blocks away from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Galleria at Erieview
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Coordinates41°30′16.9″N 81°41′21.6″W
Address1301 East Ninth Street
Opening date1987
DeveloperRichard E. Jacobs Group
OwnerJames Kassouf
No. of stores and services28
Total retail floor area138,000 square feet (12,800 m2)[1]
No. of floors2
Websitegalleriaandtower.com/home/galleria

History

The concept for the Galleria began in 1985, when Richard E. Jacobs, who had just bought the Cleveland Indians baseball team, also bought the Tower at Erieview, which had opened in 1964. Jacobs began planning to convert the plaza that lay in front of the tower into a shopping center to serve the Cleveland area. The result was the Galleria, a glass-enclosed 207,600-square-foot (19,290 m2) mall, opened in late 1987. It was the first major retail venture in Downtown Cleveland since the 1920s.

The Galleria, which helped spark Cleveland's downtown revitalization in the 1990s, had become very empty due to its lack of a department store anchor and its perception as being far from the center of Downtown action. In 2005, the mall had only 36 tenants out of a possible 66.

In 2003, The Galleria and Tower at Erieview were purchased by Werner Minshall, who made a proposal to close the mall and convert it into a convention center.[2] This did not happen and Minshall changed his approach to try to revive the mall by filling it with local tenants. So far, this plan has been very slow to develop, but it has seen success: a few area businesses have bought retail space, and several area vendors set up stands during the week and sell their goods.[3] There are a few non-retail businesses and groups on the second floor. Another feature of the Galleria is its food court, which attracts downtown workers on weekdays.

At one point, the Galleria was noted for the business "Gardens under Glass", an urban farm beneath the mall's atrium.[4] Gardens under Glass closed in 2013.

More recently, the Parker Hannifin Downtown YMCA has moved in to occupy a considerable portion of the Galleria and is now open.

In 2019, James Kassouf and a group of investors purchased the property for $17.7 million.[5]

References
  1. "The Galleria and Tower at Erieview". Minshall Stewart Properties. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-06-08. Retrieved 2019-12-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2019-12-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "World's Most Visionary Cities". Travel + Leisure.
  5. Christ, Ginger (2 August 2018). "Cleveland's 4th tallest building sells for $17.7 million". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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