The site on which the Echelon Mall was built began as an airfield; nearly 200 acres (0.81 km2) of farmland bought by flying enthusiasts Rogers and Jeannette Smith in 1939.

[5] In 1969, groundbreaking occurred to construct the Echelon Mall, which was the centerpiece of a 470-acre (190 ha) planned community named "Echelon" consisting of apartments, condominiums, single-family homes, office space, and civic space that included a YMCA, and the new Camden County Library.

[6] Developed by The Rouse Company at the cost of $80 million, the mall opened in 1970 as part of a vision for "a new kind of downtown" located in suburbia.

In October 1992, the Echelon Mall housed a family entertainment center called Exhilarama, which was owned and operated by Edison Brothers Stores.

[12] The food court remained vacant until Eephee's Kitchen, a local Nigerian restaurant, opened in the former Burger King in October of the same year.

[12] As of 2023, the only national retailer operating inside the mall, aside from the Boscov's department store, is Bath & Body Works.

PREIT renovated the downsized mall to house 253,000 square feet (23,500 m2) of small specialty shops along with anchor stores Macy's and Boscov's.

According to PREIT, the Voorhees Town Center is only the third mall in the United States to be anchored by municipal offices.

[17] In October 2015, PREIT sold the Voorhees Town Center for $13.4 million to Namdar Realty Group after Macy's announced the closure of 36 unspecified stores.

By June 2018, the town began accepting offers from potential redevelopers to prevent an eminent domain situation.

Some of the proposed ideas included "adding microbreweries and making it more like an Xfinity Live-type atmosphere or like a Dave & Buster's.

"[22] By September 2018, township officials had selected Brandywine Financial Services Corp. to "transform the largely vacant mall into a mixed-use center with housing and entertainment attractions.