Ownership of the landmark Galleria Dallas mall — one of North Texas’ best known shopping meccas — has been transferred to the property’s lenders just days before Christmas.
A unit of Metropolitan Life Insurance has taken over the deed to the 40-year-old regional shopping mall at LBJ Freeway and Dallas Parkway. MetLife also took the deed to the 432-room Westin Galleria Hotel.
The 1.9 million-square-foot, three-level shopping mall had been owned by a partnership represented by UBS Realty Investors since 2002. UBS bought the high-rise hotel in 2005.