The original, open-air mall was built by Sol Atlas[4][5] and opened in 1960,[6] anchored by a W. & J. Sloane furniture store and a Stop & Shop supermarket at opposite ends.

The mall underwent a renovation in 1990, which added the Skyview Cafe food court, and lost anchor Alexander's.

[9][10] A $118 million[11] 480,000-square-foot (45,000 m2)[12] expansion project took place in 2005–06, adding: In December 2015, Westfield sold Connecticut Post in a $1.1 billion deal involving five malls.

[13] In 2017, it was announced Boscov's would be replacing JCPenney, which would shutter as part of a strategy implemented to modernize their brick-and-mortar format.

[14][15][16] In October 2018, Sears announced that they would close their location at the mall as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its brick-and-mortar format.