The tower includes the headquarters of Walter Energy, Inc.[2] The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney, Von Maur, Macy's, Belk, and Dave & Buster's.

[citation needed] Several restaurants are located on out-parcels including Bonefish Grill, J. Alexander's, Stix, and Olive Garden.

There was also a 10-screen Regal Entertainment Group movie theater was on an out-parcel of the property but it was closed in 2006 after the construction of a Rave Motion Pictures (now AMC Theatres) at neighboring Patton Creek Shopping Center.

[citation needed] The Galleria was opened on February 19, 1986, by developer Jim Wilson & Associates, initially 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) with four anchor stores — two Birmingham-based chains, Parisian and Pizitz — along with Atlanta-based Rich's and national retailer J. C.

In 1996, Sears (which relocated from a nearby location) and a new wing were added, making Riverchase Galleria a total of 2,400,000 square feet (220,000 m2) in size.

On March 6, 2005, the Rich's-Macy's store (as Rich's; along with the location at Colonial Brookwood Village) was officially rebranded as Macy's.

In late 2003, Jim Wilson & Associates (JW&A) sold 50% of the Galleria to General Growth Properties (GGP), which assumed management control.

On November 30, 2007, Nordstrom announced plans to open its first store in Alabama in the mall in 2012, in the anchor space first occupied by Macy's in 1987, Proffitt's in 2004, and Belk in 2006.

The renovation plan, including a $25 million sales tax rebate, was approved by the Hoover City Council on October 17, 2011.

In November 2018, an altercation resulted in shots being fired and two injured at the Galleria during Black Friday weekend.

Following the initial shooting, two officers from the Hoover Police Department approached and shot an alleged suspect, Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., who died at the scene.