The Journal
What's Happening in Riverchase
What is being built, what is opening, what the city and the schools decided, and what the Cahaba is doing — for the neighborhood we live in. Written by hand, sourced every time.
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The Galleria is for sale. Here is what is actually confirmed.
The Riverchase Galleria went on the market in June after 40 years. A new owner could be in place this fall, and the city has a redevelopment concept on the shelf. Here is the confirmed part, separated from the part that is still a drawing.
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Riverchase and the Cahaba: what the city is actually doing about water
The city names Riverchase as one of its primary flood hazard areas along the Cahaba. In 2026 alone it created a new sewer board, settled a Riverchase drainage repair, filed with ADEM on the wastewater plant and accepted a flood mitigation grant. Here is the record.
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Opened and closed near Riverchase this year
A coffee shop at Chace Lake, Alabama's first Urban Planet at the Galleria, a Yemeni-inspired restaurant on John Hawkins — and a soul food institution that served its last plate on August 16. What has changed within a short drive of Riverchase.
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Hoover approved the Riverchase Crossings East deal. HomeSense is the anchor.
The city adopted the development agreement for Riverchase Crossings East on August 10, filling roughly 37,793 square feet of empty retail on Montgomery Highway — including the old Big Lots — with what would be Alabama's first HomeSense.
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