The mall was constructed in 1957 as Eastgate Shopping Center, and had anchor stores such as Sears, JCPenney, and H. P. Wasson and Company.

This group's research determined the intersection of Washington Street (then part of US 40) and Shadeland Avenue on the city's east side to be the ideal location for a shopping mall, due to its proximity to projected population growth and a proliferation of industrial development around the site.

[6] Despite the craft stores and Burlington still being there, the tenants were notified in March 2004 that the mall would close on June 30, 2004.

In 2010, Lifeline allowed Indiana Department of Public Safety to take some of the building up,[8] reportedly an emergency center.

In 2013, Chicago-based New Generation Power International partnered with Lifeline to install a 1 megawatt solar farm on the facility.