In November 2019 it was announced that the mall would be renamed District 40 and would become an entertainment center with a movie theater, and possibly a trampoline park, video arcade, go-karts and bowling alley.

Other tenants announced included McCrory's, Peoples Drug, Thom McAn, RadioShack, Foxwood Casuals, Chess King, General Nutrition Centers, Kay Jewelers, and Walden Books.

[8] However, by 2009, economic issues caused by the Great Recession ended the possibility of mixed use redevelopment for the time.

[9] By 2007, the reputation for crime the mall gained increased, as a woman was robbed and beaten while exiting the Bon-Ton department store.

Because of this, Frederick residents relocated their dollars to the safer side of town, near the Francis Scott Key Mall.

[17] On November 11, 2019, it was officially announced that the mall was being renamed District 40 and may include tenants with business such as go-karts, a bowling alley, a video arcade, a trampoline park, and restaurants.

[18] According to the report, Home Depot, which is connected to the old mall, is technically not included in the property and Boscov's still has a lease, but no further details were disclosed about the future of the store.