Riverchase Galleria Takes Shape
In 1975, Harbert Corporation joined Equitable Life and the Rouse Company to plan a $30 million mall complex along U.S. 31 in Hoover. Developers selected seventy acres inside a larger residential and commercial district near Interstate 459 for the multi-use site.
Plans followed the model of Houston’s Galleria, including a 200-foot skylight and a full-scale office tower beside the mall.
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