[1] It is located directly across the street from Southdale Center, America's first enclosed mall with climate control, which opened in 1956.

In 2004, the Galleria garnered attention in the shopping centre industry by implementing the then-novel idea of an electronic gift registry where registrants may specify items from multiple merchants at the center.

[3] The mall's stores include Pottery Barn, Tiffany & Co., Marmi, Crave, Williams Sonoma, Pumpz, Coach, Eileen Fisher, Lili Salon Spa, Fawbush's, Ampersand Shops, Bluemercury, InVision, Hammer Made, J.Jill, The North Face, Sotheby's, Barnes & Noble, Arhaus, Chico's, Louis Vuitton, Design Within Reach, Allen Edmonds, Big Island, Tumi, Twill, J.McLaughlin, Free People, Sundance, Vineyard Vines, Gabberts, Crate & Barrel, Kate Spade New York, Tory Burch, and David Yurman.

Local merchants in the center include Ampersand, dugo, Melly, Trail Mark, Hammer Made, Fawbush's, H.O.B.O., Twill by Scott Dayton, Scheherazade and more.

National and international luxury brands include Coach, Crate & Barrel, David Yurman, Eileen Fisher, kate spade new york, Louis Vuitton, lululemon, Tiffany & Co. and Tumi.