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Glendale Galleria
The front entrance to the Glendale Galleria
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeShopping mall
LocationGlendale, California, United States
Address100 W Broadway Suite 700
Coordinates34°8′45.22″N 118°15′29.82″W / 34.1458944°N 118.2582833°W / 34.1458944; -118.2582833
Construction started1973[1]
OpenedOctober 14, 1976; 48 years ago (1976-10-14)[2][3]
Renovated2012-2013[3][4]
CostUS$75 million[1]
Renovation costUS$57.5 million[4]
OwnerGeneral Growth Properties[5]
Technical details
MaterialBrick, marble, stone, aluminum, steel, granite, glass[6]
Floor count3
Floor area1.6 million ft²
Design and construction
Architect(s)Jon Jerde[7]
DeveloperGlendale Associates[8]
Renovating team
Architect(s)
Renovating firm
Engineer
  • S.Y. Lee Associates[6]
    (Consulting Engineers)
  • AMEC E&I[6]
    (Geotechnical)
Structural engineerKPFF Consulting Engineers[6]
Civil engineerKPFF Consulting Engineers[6]
Other designers
  • RSM Design[6][9]
    (Signage and Graphics)
  • Horten Lees Brogden[6]
    (Lighting)
Main contractorVCC Construction[6]
Other information
Number of stores200+[3]
Number of anchors6
Parking2 parking decks, 6300+ spots total[10]
References
[1][4][3][6][9][10]

The Glendale Galleria is a large three-story regional shopping mall and office building located in downtown Glendale, California, USA. It is the fourth largest mall in Los Angeles County after Westfield Topanga, Lakewood Center and Del Amo Fashion Center, and is one of the most frequently visited structures in Glendale,[6] along with the Americana at Brand across the street.

According to the mall's general manager, Brent Gardner, the Glendale Galleria brought in 30 million visitors in 2016 alone, compared to Disneyland's 18 million. Research firm Green Street Advisors ranked the Galleria as one of the top 100 shopping centers in the United States.[11]

History

Developed by Glendale Associates, a partnership between J.S. Griffiths Co, Broadway Hale Stores and M.J. Brock & Sons,[8] the mall opened on October 14, 1976.[2][5] The architect was Jon Jerde,[7] who credited his design to a Ray Bradbury essay on reviving retail districts.[12][13] The mall began with four anchor stores: Buffum's and The Broadway, which opened in August 1976; Ohrbach's, which opened in October 1976; and JCPenney, which opened in November of that year.[14]

The Galleria's first expansion, Galleria II, was completed in 1983.[14] It expanded a wing of the mall and added another anchor store, Nordstrom.[15] The first Panda Express restaurant opened in Galleria II in the same year, on level 3 near Bloomingdale's.

The first Disney Store opened in the Glendale Galleria on March 28, 1987. By 1990, the mall was 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m2) in size, and had annual revenues of $350 million.[16]

Glendale Galleria was selected by Apple Inc. as the location of one of the first two Apple Stores in the world (along with Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Virginia); both officially opened on May 19, 2001.[17] This mall also includes the first three-story Target in the United States, which opened in July 2007.

Architecture

The Glendale Galleria, under construction at the time, pictured from across S. Central Ave. looking westward.

Originally, the Galleria was covered in a windowless, unadorned brick finish.[6] This type of architecture reflected the style of other shopping malls built across the country between the 1960s and 1970s.

Renovation

In 2012, various metal panels and meshes, most made out of white marble and black granite,[6] were added to the building's facades as an effort to modernize the Galleria. Housed inside the entrance sign is a white letter "G", made of clear polycarbonate with a translucent vinyl backer,[6] which is itself housed inside a black-coated square, also made out of marble.[6] Next to the Galleria's entrance, a reflecting pool houses a set of reflective metal letters that spell "GALLERIA", standing at 11 feet tall, and a set of black-coated metal letters that spell "GLENDALE", standing at 3.5 feet tall. The building for Bloomingdale's is coated with various illuminated tiles that flash at night.

Tenants and services

Specialty stores

As of 2017, Glendale Galleria features over 200 specialty stores. Some key tenants include Apple, Bloomingdale's, JCPenney, Macy's, Pirch, Target, Uniqlo and Zara, among many others.

Anchors

The mall is anchored by six department stores.

  • JCPenney (opened in 1976)
  • Macy's (opened as The Broadway in 1976; became Macy's in 1996)
  • Target (opened as Buffum's in 1976; closed in 1991; became Robinson's-May in 1993; closed in 2006; became Target in 2007)
  • Bloomingdale's (opened November 2013; former Mervyn's space)[18]
  • Dick's Sporting Goods (opened fall 2015, 75,000 ft², former Nordstrom space[19])
  • Zara (opened August 2015, 35,000 sq. ft.) Store opening on the upper level of the former Ohrbach's building. All tenants formerly located in the wing have been relocated to other parts of the Galleria.[20]

Ohrbach's was also an original anchor. Its former location was demolished and the area was converted to another wing of the mall with smaller stores. Nordstrom originally opened in 1983 and was formerly located in the Galleria before relocating next door to the Americana at Brand in 2013.[21]

Services

Customer services and amenities include a Wells Fargo ATM, a children's play area, an electric vehicle charging station, FedEx and UPS drop off centers, foreign currency exchange, a lost and found, various lounges, mobile charging stations across the mall, and valet parking.

Usage in media

Notable visitors

References

  1. ^ a b c "Glendale Galleria timeline: 1972: Galleria project..." Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. ^ a b "Glendale Galleria Mall Opens to Public". Los Angeles Times. October 13, 1976. Retrieved March 11, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ("A milestone event in Southland retail merchandising will take place in Glendale on Thursday, October 14, when the 1,000-foot long shopping mall of the $70-million Glendale Galleria...")
  3. ^ a b c d "Glendale Galleria celebrates 40 years". Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  4. ^ a b c "Glendale Galleria owners launch major makeover of mall - latimes". Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  5. ^ a b Brent Hopkins (October 27, 2009). "Mall for a new generation". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved March 11, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ("This all led to the 1976 birth of the Glendale Galleria, the super-regional mall so huge it extended across several city blocks. ... General Growth Properties Inc., owner of the Glendale Galleria")
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Glendale Galleria City Design Review" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  7. ^ a b Lieberman, Paul; Efron, Sonni (March 10, 2000). "MOMA to Advise Tokyo Museum et al". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 11, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ("Los Angeles area's mega-mall expert, Jon Jerde, designer of Universal City's CityWalk, the Westside Pavilion and Glendale Galleria")
  8. ^ a b "Financing Set for Galleria in Glendale". Los Angeles Times. June 2, 1974. Retrieved March 11, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ a b c d e "Glendale Galleria - RSM Design". Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  10. ^ a b "Parking | Glendale Galleria". Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  11. ^ "Brick and mortar stores are dying, but not at this mall". Marketplace. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  12. ^ Weller, Sam. The Bradbury chronicles: the life of Ray Bradbury p.292 (William Morrow 2005) (ISBN 978-0060545819)
  13. ^ Bradbury, Ray. "The Pomegranate Architect". The Paris Review. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30.
  14. ^ a b "Glendale Galleria timeline". tribunedigital-glendalenews-press. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  15. ^ GROVES, MARTHA (1987-12-21). "Months of Planning Come to End as Glendale Galleria Packs 'Em In". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  16. ^ Andrea Adelson (July 8, 1990). "Glendale, Calif.; 2 Office Towers Rising at Last". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ Joe Wilcox. "Does Apple have a future in retail? - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  18. ^ http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2012-04-27/news/tn-gnp-0428-galleria-revamp-gets-underway_1_galleria-management-indoor-mall-food-court
  19. ^ http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-dicks-sporting-goods-to-take-over-former-nordstroms-space-at-galleria-20150120,0,7102876.story
  20. ^ http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2014-04-11/news/tn-gnp-galleria-americana-to-offer-new-stores-eateries-20140411_1_americana-glendale-galleria-new-bloomingdale
  21. ^ http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2013-09-19/news/tn-gnp-nordstrom-opens-at-americana-at-brand-20130919_1_topman-americana-bar-verde
  22. ^ "Cloak & Dagger (1984) - Filming Locations - IMDb". Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  23. ^ "Kidnap". Dynasty. Season 5. Episode 27. April 10, 1985. ABC. {{cite episode}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  24. ^ "The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door". The Twilight Zone. Season 2. Episode 4. CBS. {{cite episode}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  25. ^ Beahm, George (November 25, 2014). Unraveling the Mysteries of The Big Bang Theory (Updated Edition): An Unabashedly Unauthorized TV Show Companion. Smart Pop. pp. 134, 137. ISBN 978-1941631133. ("The mall is a favorite destination for Raj, who likes to go there to window-shop and see what catches his fancy. In "The Psychic Vortex" (3-12), he suggests a trip there, which Sheldon declines.")
  26. ^ "The Psychic Vortex". The Big Bang Theory. Season 3. Episode 12. January 11, 2010. CBS. Look. At the Glendale Galleria, put on your best zoot suit, it's a salute to Swing music in the center court near Macy's. {{cite episode}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  27. ^ a b c d "Galleria still seeing stars". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  28. ^ "Reese Witherspoon Opens Pirch in Glendale". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
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