The mall was officially opened by Prime Minister David Lange on 11 April 1986 as the PDC Plaza.

[2] The Premier Drapery Company (PDC) was a major department store in Palmerston North, owned by the Manawatu Co-Operative Society.

Declining turnover coupled with the 1987 stock market crash saw PDC and the Co-Operative Society go into receivership in 1988, and the mall and department store were sold off.

The PDC department store was closed and demolished in 1990 to make way for an extension of the mall.

The first stage opened in March 2009 with a new food court, a multi-level carpark and 15 new specialty stores.