[6][2] The 1962 addition added an Ogilvy's department store, the first location in a shopping centre,[7] Steinberg's,[8] and a Woolworth's.

[9] A 1961 Ottawa Citizen article covering a mall expansion claimed "the new centre by its accessibility to through highways, will become not only one of the largest shopping plazas in the district but one of the finest in the country.

[11] Billings Bridge Station opened on November 2, 1996, providing bus service via the southeast Transitway.

In the late 1990s, a "remerchandizing program" brought in a number of new stores to replace old ones and "provide the proper tenant mix to suit this particular trade area and the shopping centre's customer base.

"[11] In 1998–99, a CA$7 million renovation was carried out to add a two-storey glass atrium as a main entrance and a new food court on the second floor.

[4][2] A 2005 article by Ottawa Business Journal said that the "lack of a major anchor department store has kept it from becoming a regional centre.