The mall is anchored by Macy's and Boscov's retail stores and a Round One Entertainment, an arcade and bowling center.

[5] It contains a handful[dubious – discuss] of small stores and a food court, which only has 4 tenants remaining, including Pennsylvania's first Chick-Fil-A and a local pizza parlor.

[10][11] The mall is also near the Exton station that is served by the Paoli/Thorndale Line of SEPTA Regional Rail and Amtrak's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian.

[15] By the 1990s, the mall, which had no major renovations, was starting to show its age, leading to plans for expansion.

[17] Boscov's and JCPenney signed leases to open locations at the Exton Square Mall in 1996 with Sears following in 1997.

[18][19] In September 1997, West Whiteland Township supervisors approved the expansion of the Exton Square Mall.

[13] In 1998, the Zook House, which had served as the mall management office, was relocated to make way for the new Boscov's store.

[21] The expansion added three new anchor stores, a new food court, two parking garages, and a completed second level.

[23] Construction concluded in May 2000 with the opening of JCPenney and 48 new stores; a grand reopening was held to commemorate this.

Some former stores and tenants such as LensCrafters, Banana Republic, and Saladworks moved to Main Street at Exton, a nearby open-air shopping mall.

[34] In Spring 2022, it was announced that a store-within-a-store style Toys R Us will open on the lower level of Macy's, but these plans never materialized.

It was announced on March 15, 2022 that PREIT will sell the Exton Square Mall to raise money to pay down their debt.

Buckets and cones can be found throughout the facility, and mold is to be seen on decaying ceiling panels and around air vents.

Additionally, the building's central air conditioning system appears to have broken sometime in July 2024, as the temperature within the mall reflects the exterior climate.

As of August 2024, additional stores have departed from the mall, many of which still contain trace amounts of inventory and other miscellaneous items.

Additionally, the first floor seating area and Community Room by the Boscov's are in disarray, with planters in random locations by the former service desk and random miscellaneous items such as Elevator Closed signs and a Sears shopping cart filled with fire extinguishers inside of the Community Room.

[2][23] The third largest a vacant anchor spot last occupied by Sears, which is 144,301 square feet (13,406 m2) in area and also opened in 1999 as part of the mall expansion.

The Main Line Health at Exton Square is located within the mall between Macy's and Boscov's.

[38] On May 12, 2024, the Exton Spring Carnival was shut down by police due to an unruly crowd that consisted of mostly juveniles.

[39] The opening of the Exton Square Mall coincided with rapid growth in West Whiteland Township, with the population increasing from 7,900 in 1973 to over 16,000 by 2000.