Cobbling together a mall: Galleria history

1959: Don Gabbert opens Gabberts Furniture, a freestanding store on land owned by the Dayton Development Co., which developed Southdale Center.

1972: The Gabbert family buys the strip of land (550 feet by 1,500 feet) from Dayton Development.

1974: Don Gabbert's son-in-law Warren Beck develops what now is the middle section of the mall, connecting 75,000 square feet of retail to Gabberts Furniture. Original tenants still remaining include Schmitt Music, Scheherazade Jewelers and Rocco Altobelli.

1980: The mall takes over a car dealership, adding 70,000 square feet that includes Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware.

1991: A movie theater and bowling alley are torn down to make way for Barnes & Noble and one of the first Starbucks in the Twin Cities; Gabberts expands.

2008: Crate & Barrel opens a 34,000-square-foot store, taking about half of Gabberts' former footprint; Galleria adds 8,500 square feet for new retailers on the walkway to Crate & Barrel. The entire mall now has about 400,000 square feet of space.