Opened in 1990 as an enclosed regional shopping mall named Bellevue Center, it had capacity for over 90 stores on two floors totaling 848,545 square feet (78,832.4 m2).

[6] A newly built road would encircle the mall in order to address concerns from local residents over increased traffic, while a 20-foot (6.1 m) "buffer zone" of shrubbery and trees would make its design "harmonious" with the rest of the community.

In addition to all of the features conceptualized by M. H. Hausman, Taubman's plans also called for carpeted seating areas, planters, skylights, and modern sculptures commissioned specifically for the mall.

Bellevue Center's upscale offerings showed initial promise, but foot traffic at the mall began to decline soon after, in the face of new competition.

This sudden influx of new mall space in more heavily-populated and centrally-located areas also included new locations of retailers whose Nashville presence had previously been exclusive to Bellevue Center.

Sears came to the mall in 1999 (shortly after Castner Knott became Proffitt's), building a new store on the empty anchor space in the northeast corner of the property.

Major retail tenants began abandoning the complex soon after, leading to Bellevue Center's status as a dead mall just a decade into its existence, despite the continued presence of its three anchors.

When Dillard's closed its store and sold its property to the mall's owners (Oaktree Capital Management) in 2007, following years of declining sales, drastic plans for redevelopment were announced.

Initial redevelopment plans included converting the former Dillard's building into a branch of the Metro Nashville Public Library (bottom floor) and Kohl's department store (top level).

The renovated development includes an AMC movie theater, Sprouts grocery store, Burlington, Michaels, HomeGoods, Ulta Beauty, Home2 Suites hotel, Chick-fil-A, along with an apartment complex, a senior living community, a new Bellevue Community Center, and a dual-ice rink complex managed by the NHL's Nashville Predators.