[2] Original planning was started in 1968 by Urban Investment and Development Company; a prototype called Environ 2000.

When construction was ready to start in June 1973, the planned unit development was 4,220 acres (17.1 km2) of land between Naperville and Aurora.

An indoor shopping center called Mall of India is slated to open in the former Walmart near the end of 2020.

[citation needed] After Westfield's purchase of the mall, all the signs and usage of the Fox Valley Center logo was discontinued and replaced with Westfield's standard mall brand logo, with the shortened Fox Valley name.

[citation needed] In 2009, A Tilted Kilt Bar & Grill opened between the Carson's and Macy's wings.

In 2012, a Tony Sacco's Pizza restaurant also opened across the Tilted Kilt in the same hall along with Books-A-Million by Macy's.

In early 2020, Fox Valley Mall began construction on an addition to Center Park, a two-level 8,000 square foot "tree house" that would connect Center Park to the mall and serve as an additional gathering space.

In late fall 2020, the abandoned Sears began demolition and continued the Fox Valley Mall 2.0 Redevelopment Plan, which later added luxury apartments and other amenities.

[8][9] The mall is situated on Illinois Route 59 between U.S. 34 and East New York Street / West Aurora Avenue, with 8,006 car parking spaces.