Built in 1972, the mall is located at the intersection of Rivers Avenue (U.S. Highway 52), Ashley Phosphate Road and Interstate 26.

Northwoods Mall also features Books-A-Million and Planet Fitness as inline junior anchors.

In 1989 the mall closed its small theater in favor of a multi-screen complex located just outside of Dillard's.

It would be replaced by a two-level JCPenney in February 1993 that was relocating from the nearby Charles Towne Square which was beginning a steep decline at the time.

CBL & Associates Properties owned Citadel Mall until defaulting on mortgage payments and losing it to the lien-holder in a foreclosure sale in 2014.