The mall is located southwest of the intersection of Interstate 74 and Illinois Route 5 (John Deere Road) at 4500 16th Street.

The mall's anchor stores are Dillard's, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, and Von Maur.

Montgomery Ward, Petersen Harned Von Maur, and Younkers were the mall's three original anchors when it opened on February 27, 1974.

Montgomery Ward closed in early 2001 when the chain went out of business, and the anchor space remained vacant for three years.

A Walgreens pharmacy operated in the mall until 2003, when a new free-standing store was built off-site; Old Navy opened a store in Walgreens' place in 2006, but in May 2013 Old Navy closed their location due to poor sales at both Quad Cities metro locations, the other in Davenport, IA.

Coming not long after the closing of an Old Navy store, Sears' departure left SouthPark with four anchors.