[1][2] At the time, the shopping center was one of two outlet malls simultaneously being developed within the state.

In 1997, the property owners Chelsea GCA Realty partnered with Michigan based Horizon Group Inc.

Following the partnership, several tenants from the Budaghers shopping center relocated to the Santa Fe Factory Outlets.

[5][6] In 2009, the shopping center added a Nike Factory Outlet store as an anchor.

The property owners faced a foreclosure lawsuit with the lender over an $11 million loan default.