March Township Council initiated legal action, ultimately unsuccessful, to significantly reduce the size of the Glen Cairn Shopping Centre development on the grounds that it would adversely affect the market potential for March's own Kanata Town Centre development proposal.

[1][3] The competing Town Centre project eventually obtained final approvals in 1980, after the Hazeldean Mall had opened.

Toward the end of the decade, the mall underwent an extensive period of renovations, which completely removed the brick floors and wood panels, replacing them with much lighter coloured hues, and also installing a fountain.

On July 22, 2022, Laura's Your Independent Grocer closed and relocated to Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre, leaving GoodLife Fitness as the mall's sole anchor.

However, on July 27, 2023, T&T Supermarket announced its intentions to move into the space formerly occupied by Laura's Your Independent Grocer, to open in the Winter of 2024.