Promoted as "more beautiful, more resplendent, more elegant than anything you could imagine,"  the double-decked shopping complex was also hailed as a "miracle of modern retailing." It originally housed eighty-three stores and services, including an F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 and two supermarkets. Free parking was provided for 5,000 autos.

SOUTH HILLS VILLAGE TENANTS 1966:

JOSEPH HORNE COMPANY (with Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / GIMBELS-PITTSBURGH (with Copper Kitchen fountain & snack bar, Beauty Salon and freestanding Tire Center) / SEARS (with Coffee House, Garden Shop and freestanding Auto Center) / A and P SUPERMARKET (outparcel) / GIANT EAGLE SUPERMARKET (outparcel) / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with Harvest House Cafeteria) / Ames Joyce Red Cross Shoes / Angus Pet Shop / A Shop Called East / Bailey, Banks & Biddle Jewelers / Baker's Shoes / Block's Ladies Wear / Bond's Clothes / Byers Children's Shop / B-G Restaurant / Camera & Card Shop / Carole Ann Shop / Chandler's Shoes / Charles The Cobbler / Children's World / Coventry, Limited / DeRoy Jewelers / Dimling's Candy / Don Mark Realty / South Hills Dry Cleaners / Emil's Barber Shop / Ernie's Delicatessen / Fabric Tree / Fanny Farmer Candies / Fashion Hosiery Shop / Ferry Electric / Florsheim Shoes / Foxwood Casuals / Frothey's Beer Mart / General Nutrition Center / Hanover Shoes / House of Wine / Hughes & Hatcher / International Art Gallery / International Gifts, Incorporated / Isaly's Ice Cream & Delicatessen / Jack Dandy Ties / Jenny Lee Bakery / Joel's Hairstyling Salon / Kamp's Shoes / Kard Korner / Kardon Shoes / Kinney Shoes / Lane Bryant / Lerner Shops / Maggi's / Maxine's House of Fashion / Max Azen's / May Stern & Company Furniture / Meder & Associates / Miller's Fashions / National Men's Store / National Record Mart / Page Boy Maternity Shop / Parklane Hosiery / Peck & Peck For Men / People's Thrift Company / Pup-A-Go-Go Pets / Singer Sewing Center / Southway Sports Center / Standard Sportwear / Stouffer's Restaurant / Sun Drug (with Patio Coffee Shop) / Susan Ives / The Fruit Basket / Thom McAn Shoes / Tweed Shop / Village Barber Shop / Village Butcher Shop / Village Studio of High Fashions / Village Theatre (single-screen outparcel) / Vision Center / Walden Books / Western Pennsylvania National Bank / Whitehead Hardware