The carousel's Wurlitzer band organ was replaced with taped music, and its canvas top was removed so shoppers upstairs could see in.

[5] In 1994 the mall's management was accused of racism for closing early during the Florida Classic college football game between FAMU and Bethune Cookman, both historically black universities.

The mall was acquired by Malcolm Glazer and his family for $22.8 million in cash on December 31, 2002, to make way for a training facility for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit bus terminal was relocated to the southwest section of the property in 2007, known as the West Tampa Transfer Center.

The transfer center portion is still owned by agency, but was largely rendered inoperable as of 2017 due to a system-wide network reorganization known as Mission MAX.