As we chip away at the backlog of the blog, we will stick to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
The Dallas Galleria is listed as having 1.4 million square feet of retail space. The mall opened on October 30, 1982. The mall has had several anchor changes over the years. The South anchor was originally Saks Fifth Avenue that moved to the NW anchor pad in 1999. The NW anchor pad was originally a Marshall Field's store that was sold to Saks Fifth Avenue. The newer Saks location closed in 2013 and was replaced by Belk that closed in March 2020. Now this anchor pad is filled by the Netflix House on 2 of the 3 levels. The third anchor was Gump's, that closed in 1991. The Gump's anchor space was absorbed into the mall. Macy's was added to the East side of the mall in 1985 and has remained at the mall since then. Nordstrom opened on the North side of the mall in March 1996 and closed on May 16, 2026. The mall was built by the same developer that built the Houston Galleria and shares many architectural similarities.
Despite being one of the strongest malls in the region, Nordstrom closed on May 16, 2026, leaving a three-story anchor space vacant. Plans for the vacant anchor space have yet to be revealed. The nearby Northpark Center continues to outperform the Galleria and Nordstrom will still have a full-sized store there. Nordstrom Rack will remain open in a nearby shopping center as well.
We will start the tour at the South end of the mall, where the former Saks Fifth Avenue has been subdivided into three stores. One on each floor of the anchor.
Banana Republic on the first floor, GAP on the second floor, and Old Navy on the top floor.
Just like the Houston Galleria, the Dallas Galleria is packed into a relatively tight space, maximizing the use of the land. There are several multi-story parking garages surrounding the property.
The newer Saks Fifth Avenue anchor space that was later Belk. It has since reopened as Netflix House, an entertainment destination.
Here is the retro Macy's anchor. This old school Macy's store is one of the few remaining Macy's stores that was built as a Macy's still left in Texas. The majority of Macy's stores in Texas were rebranded Foley's stores.
The entrances of the 1980's Macy's stores were much more extravagant than anything they built later on. It was an era where Macy's still catered to the upper-to-upper middle-class shopper.
We will now pop in for our interior tour. We are starting on the third level of the mall outside of Old Navy.
The skylights are a huge feature of the mall corridors. It is a very similar look to the main corridors of the Houston Galleria.
Here is the centerpiece of the mall, the four-level center court with an ice-skating rink on the lower level.
Macy's still has the original 1980's era signage.
Here is the mall directory. The Dallas Galleria is pretty much an end-to-end mall with a few curves to break up the monotony.
Here are a few photos of the retro 1985 Macy's store.
Some black and white photos of downtown Dallas Skyscrapers, I have seen a few Macy's stores in different regions with skyline photos like these.
The interior of the store has been modernized, but there are still some retro designs left throughout the store.
The skylight and escalators are still original. This is yet another example of the 1980's style that we rarely see in 2026. It is hard to believe this store was 40 years old when I visited.
I am not sure if these lights are original or later additions to the store.
That is all for the short tour of the Macy's.
Back out into the mall we go.
The Rolex store is one of the high-end options available at the Dallas Galleria. This mall really caters to shoppers of all income brackets. It is one of the biggest differences that the Galleria has over the nearby Northpark Center. Most of the stores there are fairly expensive, where at the Galleria, there is a variety for every budget.
The skylights really stand out here.
The former Belk space was recently reopened as a Netflix House. It is one of two locations in the United States with a third under construction in Las Vegas.
The corridor leading to Nordstrom hides the skylights for a bit, but it opens up again.
The first-floor entrance to Nordstrom.
Forever 21 store closure. This store was located on two-floors.
Second floor with the Netflix House entrance.
A third level view from the front of the former Norstrom entrance.
The third level of Nordstrom closed to the public back in November 2022. It was a sign of things to come.
Forever 21 on the third level.
Pop Mart with a line of people waiting for Labubu's.
The lower level on the South side had a lot of vacancies on my visit. That has since changed as of early 2026. A lot of new stores have opened or are under construction down here.
The lower level with the ice-skating rink has a few restaurants. The main food court of the mall is on the third level between the center court and Nordstrom.
The Westin Galleria connects to the mall. The Houston Galleria also has a Westin hotel that connects to the mall.
Here are a few more photos from around the mall.
This three-level redevelopment of the former Saks shows what can be done with vacant anchors at multi-level malls. It also helps that each store has an exterior entrance to the parking garage.
As for my final opinions on the Galleria Dallas, the mall is still doing quite well. Mall management will have a major challenge to overcome with the Nordstrom vacancy. Maybe Von Maur will make their Texas debut in that space or Dillard's will take up that space. The Belk vacancy did take a few years to fill, so we will see what happens. The area surrounding the mall is very busy and the mall still has a great future ahead. We did revisit this mall in the Spring of 2026 after the Nordstrom closing announcement, and a lot of new stores had opened including a replacement for the massive Forever 21 space. The Norstrom closure did not have a blow-out sale like we see at other retailers, they just were selling out the merchandise that was on the sales floor at regular price. They had some signs around about the store closing on May 16.
One more bonus photo of the nearby Valley View Mall site. The rest of the mall was finally demolished for the long-awaited redevelopment project.
Coming up next The Shops at Willowbend, a massive upscale rapidly dying mall.
