It covered a leasable area of over 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2), and served multiple cities and towns in the region.

[citation needed] Anchor tenants included Sears, JCPenney, Macy's, Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, Regal Cinemas, Lechmere and Round One Entertainment.

Development on The Silver City Galleria began in 1989, following the opening of the Emerald Square Mall in North Attleboro.

[3][2] When The Silver City Galleria first opened, it was seemingly situated in the middle of nowhere; the surrounding area was a forest, with little to no other developments.

[5] The Silver City Galleria hit national headlines in 1999 when Richard Simmons filmed his farewell to fat infomercial in the mall's center court.

[6] In 2002, Silver City Galleria was purchased in a joint venture between General Growth Properties and the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois in a $634 million deal that involved three other malls.

[11] According to DaRosa's sister, he checked himself into a local hospital the night before the attack and was released the following morning.

He eventually broke into a house and stabbed Patricia Slavin, 80, and her daughter Kathleen, 48, with a kitchen knife.

[10][11][12] After the stock market crash due to the Great Recession in September 2008, Silver City Galleria saw a sharp decline in its traffic and its finances.

[15] In mid-November 2011, the Galleria was bought out by Midland Loan Services, ending the ownership by General Growth Properties.

[16] In May 2015, the mall announced that a new tenant, Round One, would be placed in the spot formerly occupied by Steve & Barry's and Lechmere.

The mall also announced that the Regal Cinemas would be upgraded with a restaurant and a bar as well as recliner chairs and a new entrance.

On January 21, 2021, it was announced that Silver City Galleria would be demolished in February, with one investor saying it was too expensive to keep open.

Following this, the city of Taunton planned for a casino and later an apartment building to be placed at the former mall location, both of which were later scrapped after Portman Industrial bought the property.