The complex, located between the cities of Portland and Salem on Interstate 5, opened in 1999 as the Woodburn Company Stores.

[1] Initially costing $20 million, Woodburn Company Stores opened with 243,000 square feet (22,600 m2) of retail space in August 1999.

An additional 23,700 square feet (2,200 m2) added in November 2005[1][2] cost $1.6 million and included Nike, Inc. as an anchor to the outlet mall.

[4] Between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends in 2007, a shuttle bus service called the Woodburn Outlet Express ran from the Portland Union Bank of California, the Portland Hilton Hotel, the Lake Oswego Hilton Garden Inn, to the mall and back.

Its last expansion, consisting of public restrooms and 16 retail spaces, broke ground in February 2012 and opened seven months later.