Hudson Corporation purchased land at the intersection of 12 Mile and Novi roads.

The mall was to be located at Thirteen Mile Road, between Haggerty and Halsted, and set to open in 1974.

[2] Opposition to the proposed mall in Farmington Township pushed the developers west to the current location in Novi.

In 2002, The Taubman Corporation demolished the defunct United Artists Theatres and made way for a new "Lifestyle Cafe" food court, and allowed kiosks in the mall for the first time.

This marked a change in Taubman policy, as it was originally believed that a food court would invite teenage loitering and that kiosks diminished the upscale atmosphere of the mall.

In March 2019, it was announced that Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format.

In August 2020, it was announced that Lord & Taylor would shutter its traditional brick-and-mortar format as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.