The Galleria at Erieview is a two floor

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that opened in 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the east side of the city's downtown. It is adjacent to the

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, a 40-story office building. The Galleria is a few blocks away from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

History

The concept for the Galleria began in 1985, when Richard E. Jacobs, who had just bought the

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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 centre to serve the Cleveland area. The result was the Galleria, a glass-enclosed mall, opened in late 1987. It was the first major retail venture in Downtown Cleveland since the 1920s. The Galleria, although sparked Cleveland's downtown revitalization in the 1990s, become empty due to lack of postivie perception and lack of a department store anchor. In 2005, the mall had only 36 tenants out of a possible 66. In 2003, The Galleria and Tower at Erieview was purchased by

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, who proposed closing the mall and converting it into a

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. When this failed, Minshall filled the mall with local tenants. Development was slow, but a few area businesses purchased retail space, and several area vendors set up stands during the week and began selling goods. The Galleria was noted for the business "Gardens under Glass", an urban farm beneath the mall's atrium, but closed in 2013. The Parker Hannifin Downtown YMCA 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.

References

External links

Galleria home page
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