In total, Downtown Summerlin is home to over 125 shops, bars, and restaurants, as well as a Regal Cinemas movie theater.

General Growth Properties acquired Howard Hughes Corporation in 2004, and began work on the site in 2007, to build what was then known as The Shops at Summerlin Centre.

A shopping mall had been a part of the Howard Hughes Corporation's master plan for Summerlin, Nevada, since announcing the community in 1988.

[4] By February 1996, Howard Hughes Corporation had plans for a 100-acre shopping mall, to be built near Charleston Boulevard and Town Center Drive.

The planned Summerlin Town Center project would include the proposed mall as well as office space.

It would be part of the Summerlin Centre project, which GGP planned to begin constructing in spring 2007, for a scheduled grand opening in fall 2008.

[25] In August 2008, GGP announced that it would suspend construction of The Shops at Summerlin Centre due to financial problems.

One construction company also stated that the steel superstructure was deteriorating in value because of its exposure to environmental elements, raising the possibility that it may need to be demolished and rebuilt if the project should resume.

[29] In September 2012, Howard Hughes Corporation announced that construction would resume on the Shops at Summerlin, with Macy's still intended as an anchor tenant and an opening scheduled for fall 2014.

[31] Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb criticized GGP for not finishing the project as originally scheduled.

[32] Tom Warden, senior vice president for Howard Hughes Corporation, later said that the project's delay turned out to be for the better "in the sense that the design now is more evolved."

Other changes included a marketplace added at the southern end, and freestanding restaurants that surround a courtyard.

[35] Bath & Body Works, Michael Kors, Old Navy, Sephora, True Religion, Ulta Beauty, and Victoria's Secret were announced as tenants in January 2014.

[43] In July 2014, Howard Hughes Corporation secured a $312 million loan to finance the mall project,[39] which had more than 2,000 construction workers.

[47] Thousands of people visited Downtown Summerlin on its opening day, causing issues with traffic and parking.

[57] In November 2014, Howard Hughes Corporation opened an ice rink on vacant land near the mall's north parking garage.

The land was subsequently made into a park,[59] although the ice rink continues to return each year around Christmas time.

[67][68] Downtown Summerlin is home to the following major retailers: Trader Joe's was the most frequently requested tenant from people in the years leading up to the mall's opening.

[76] Relentless Church held religious services inside the Regal Cinemas movie theater in December 2014.