The works involved demolition of residential cottages and the church that stood on the site which was later reconstructed on an adjacent block of land.

Sections of Neridah Street and Mills Lane were permanently closed and incorporated into the site and an open natural watercourse piped and diverted.

Loralt was owned by Melbourne investors Maurie Alter, Marc Besen, Ted Lustig and Max Moar.

The centre contained a Coles New World supermarket, Kmart, David Jones and it was the home to the only Myer store in NSW until the early 1990s then briefly became Grace Bros before closing altogether.

[12] The $327 million expansion included two new levels of shops, a seven screen cinema and "sunken oasis" dining plaza, served by extended trading hours and with an on-site gym and wellness facility.

It is served by Busways, CDC NSW and Keolis Downer Northern Beaches services with bus stops on Victoria Avenue and Archer Street.

On 21 July 2019, a 52-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from an upper floor after attempting to murder his 14-year-old daughter, who survived with minor injuries.