Inland SoCal mall happenings

Retail growth continues its torrid pace within Inland Southern California as both an existing mall and one currently under construction added to their ever-expanding tenant list.

The Galleria at Tyler, located at the 91 Freeway and Tyler Street in Riverside, has begun work on the first of two “lifestyle” components flanking the north and south ends of the 1.1 million square-foot mall.

The “North Village,” adjacent to the current Macy’s (formerly The Broadway), will include outdoor plaza-style retail/restaurants topped by a 12-screen AMC theatre complex. Leases signed thus far include Elephant Bar restaurant and Orange County-based Robbins Bros. jewelers.

Not yet signed — but expected — is a location for upscale brewery/restaurant Yard House, which has already noted as such on its website:

Yard House will open new locations in Glendale, Arizona, October 2006; Waikiki, Hawaii December 2006; Las Vegas, Nevada May 2007; and Riverside, California June 2007.

yardhouse.com – July 2006

The “South Village,” on the freeway side of the mall adjacent to the former Robinson’s-May (and soon-to-be Macy’s), will add restaurants and possibly additional shops. A free-standing PF Chang’s is already underway.

Both projects, including expansion of the Hughes Alley parking garage, are expected to be completed in Fall 2007.

Major tenants already established at the two-level, 170-shop Galleria include JCPenney, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Barnes & Noble, Disney Store, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor Loft, Guess, Anthropologie, Hollister, MetroPark, Victoria’s Secret, Carlton Hair Int’l, Gymboree, Hot Topic, PacSun, Jimmy’Z, LoveSac, Sharper Image, and Thomas Kinkade Gallery. A fourth anchor spot — originally housing The Broadway — will soon open as the result of last year’s Macy’s/Robinson’s-May merger, with Macy’s relocating into the freeway-adjacent Robinson’s-May building. (2024 UPDATE: Although both PF Chang’s and The Cheesecake Factory opened, the original plans for the Galleria’s “South Village” did not fully materialize, as no additional stores were added. In addition, after nearly 30 years, the Nordstrom location at Galleria at Tyler was shuttered in the summer of 2020 along with 16 other full-line Nordstrom stores nationwide — six in California alone: Escondido, Montclair, Pleasanton, Riverside, Sacramento, and Santa Barbara. According to Nordstrom, the closures were due in part to impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The building sat empty for about two years until being filled by a California-based furniture chain in summer of 2022.)

Down the road in Corona, construction continues on that city’s first major shopping plaza and is on track for an October 2006 grand opening. Located at the junction of I-15 and Weirick Road in southern Corona, The Promenade Shops at Dos Lagos will be a 360,000 square-foot, outdoor lifestyle center within a pedestrian-oriented plaza overlooking twin lakes.

Developed by Memphis-based Poag & McEwen, the Craftsman-styled center is already 88-percent leased, including Banana Republic, Coach, Coldwater Creek, Z Gallerie, Ann Taylor Loft, Anthropologie, Victoria’s Secret, Eddie Bauer, White House Black Market and Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill. As of yet, there are no major anchor tenants, though this may change with future phases as the center expands to an expected 575,000 sq. ft.

(Josh Poag, chief financial officer for Poag & McEwen Lifestyle Centers) said a year ago when the company started leasing space at the mall … many tenants said they did not know how to find Corona on a map.

But since then, Poag said, the growth in population and income in the Inland area, particularly in Corona, has attracted the attention of national retailers.

He said several of the retailers noticed that their Internet and catalogue sales burgeoned among Corona residents and that ultimately persuaded them to open stores at Dos Lagos.

Riverside Press-Enterprise – July 20, 2006

The Promenade Shops are part of the 543-acre, master-planned Dos Lagos development, which includes residential, retail, offices, an 18-hole championship golf course and 135 acres of open space. (2024 Update: Though well-received by the community, the scope of the Shops at Dos Lagos does not seem to have lived up to the initial hype, with no major anchor tenants added beyond a multi-screen theater, a Trader Joe’s, and a couple more stand-alone restaurants. Even so, the center — and the Dos Lagos development overall — remains mostly successful today, particularly in regards to residential development.)

The Riverside and Corona developments come on the heels of the highly successful, October 2004 opening of the upscale Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga and during a time when Inland Southern California continues to post impressive growth in many demographic categories. Between 2000 and 2004, the region’s population grew 18% (3.25M to 3.82M), total personal income rose 71% ($25B to $43B) and taxable retail sales increased 40% ($75B to $104B), easily outpacing the rest of Southern California. (Source: LAEDC, Feb. 2006).

Needless to say, the numbers haven’t slowed much since 2004 as the region continues to march toward the 4 million mark in population.

Now, if only the region could get that elusive professional sports team and much-needed local TV station…

Related

• Riverside Press-Enterprise – Additions begin at Riverside mall (July 19) | Tenant list grows for Corona mall (July 20)
• Galleria at Tyler
• Brookfield Properties (Galleria owner)
• General Growth Properties, Inc. (former Galleria owner)
• The Shops at Dos Lagos
• Poag & McEwen (Promenade Shops developer)
• SE Corporation (Dos Lagos master developer)

Correction: The location of the Yard House at Riverside’s Galleria at Tyler is within the “North Village” expansion; added clarification to the “South Village” expansion plans and relocation of Macy’s.

Sources: Riverside Press-Enterprise (PE-20060719, PE-20060720), Galleria at Tyler, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation

2024 PAGE UPDATE: Added 2024 updates; added newspaper citation/insert; added Brookfield Properties to Related content; updated link to Poag & McEwen and the name/link for The Shops at Dos Lagos in Related content; removed outdated links to newspaper articles and third-party entities.