[3][4] Originally soft-opening in 1995 with only Target and Coles, and April 1996 with everything else, Epping Plaza Shopping Centre was officially opened on 29 October 1996 by The Hon.

Stage 5 added 11 restaurants and cafés in a street-style setting on the Cooper Street side of Epping Plaza, in addition to a renovation of Reading Cinemas and many of the surrounding dining and entertainment venues nearby, where Reading Cinemas built two extra auditoriums for Gold Lounge and rebuilt the front side of the interior, as well as a complete rebuild of the exterior itself.

[8] Production has completed in late 2018, opening new dining and entertainment complexes to go along with it, further expanding the Urban Diner section.

[9] In November 2023, the Hunter and Gatherer fresh food precinct closed to undergo further redevelopment; it reopened in December 2024, consisting of over 20 shops and a completely renovated Woolworths supermarket.

Water from fire sprinklers trigged by the blaze also caused damage to the Harris Scarfe department store located below the cinema.

Police initially feared Big W's northern wall, which was attached to the fallen one, could also collapse, adding "It was an absolute miracle no one died."