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[[Image:The_Riverchase_Galleria.jpg|thumb|right|The Riverchase Galleria from the North.]]

'''Riverchase Galleria''' is a shopping mall in the [[Hoover, Alabama|Hoover]] suburb of [[Birmingham, Alabama]] that is the largest enclosed shopping center in Alabama. Opened in 1986, it is 1.7 million square feet (160,000 m²) in size, making it the largest mixed-used project in the Southeast and top 10 of the largest mixed-use projects in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Montgomery Highway (US Highway 31) and [[Interstate 459]]. It is locally known as "The Galleria." The Galleria is contiguous with a 330-room hotel called the Wynfrey Hotel and a 17-story, 285,000 square foot (26,000 m²) office builing located in the mall's center court. The style of this center is modeled after the '''[[Houston Galleria]]''', but at a smaller scale. The Galleria itself has 200 stores and restaurants including anchors of [[JCPenney]], [[McRae's]], [[Parisian]], [[Proffitt's]], [[Macy's]], [[Sears]], and 10-screen [[Regal Cinemas]] movie theater. It was expanded in 1996 to include [[Sears]] and its wing and renovated in 1998 and 2001. It is also the largest tourist attraction in the state of Alabama. As of [[March 6]], [[2005]], Rich's-Macy's store is now simply Macy's.

[[Image:Center_court_of_the_Riverchase_Galleria.jpg|thumb|right|The Riverchase Galleria's center court.]]