Included in this master plan was a series of residential areas, industrial development, open parks, and among other things, a central shopping centre.

[3] The first phase of construction entailed the "service centre" portion of the mall at the north end, about 75,000 square feet consisting of a Food City grocery store, LCBO, and various other small shops and offices, completed by 1971.

[citation needed] The nearby Bramalea Civic Centre was also constructed around this time in the early 1970s, housing various municipal government offices, a theatre and the Brampton Public Library's Chinguacousy branch.

There was a short tunnel under Team Canada Dr. connecting the mall and Civic Centre outside areas, visible in early aerial imagery but since removed.

Mall expansion continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s under Bramalea Limited and Trizec Corporation (under Trilea Centers Inc) ownership and operation, including a northwest wing extension for the present Sears store location, and new bus terminal in 1991.

[citation needed] Bramalea Limited underwent financial hardships in the early 1990s recession that forced the company to start to liquidate much of its real estate holdings (shopping malls, hotels, office towers, etc.)

In 2002, the Bramalea City Centre was acquired by its current joint owners, Canadian real estate firm Morguard Corporation and a third party institutional investor.