After opening
The center was fully enclosed during renovations that started in 1963 and its name was changed to Mondawmin Mall.[8][9][10]
After the 1968 Baltimore riots produced white flight, the mall revenues declined and Sears left. Vacant space was occupied by the department of social services, where 35 people were held hostage in May 1977 by an unemployed man facing court action.[11] The Rouse Company had sold the Mondawmin Mall property in the mid-1960s, only to buy it back in 1982 due to severe decline. They performed a large-scale $1.3 million renovation in 1983, sectioning the vacant Sears into smaller store spaces and adding a parking garage to the west end of the structure. The majority of the former Sears was also demolished.[12]
With the acquisition of The Rouse Company by Chicago-based General Growth Properties, in 2004, Mondawmin Mall became a GGP holding. General Growth Properties went through bankruptcy proceedings between April 2009 and May 2010.[13] Once criticized for not meeting the needs of the local population, it is now better serving the community following a $68 million renovation between early 2007 and late 2008. During this project, the parking garage was demolished and replaced with a Target store. Two anchors, A.J. Wright (which later became Marshalls) and Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, were added to the east end of the shopping center.[14]
A branch of the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) of Maryland was on the Mondawmin property in a separate building. In 2011, the MVA moved to Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center in northwest Baltimore.[15]
During the 2015 Baltimore riots, police protected the Mondawmin Mall for a short period of time, eventually closing in the mid afternoon.[16] Baltimore Police sealed off the transit hub at Mondawmin, causing students from nearby schools who were trying to get home to be stranded there, creating further animosity towards the police.[17] Images of Mondawmin Mall appeared on major news networks showing looters running into and out of the mall during the riots. The mall remained closed from Monday, April 27, 2015, until Saturday, May 2, 2015, and reopened on Sunday, May 3, 2015.[18]
On November 7, 2017, Target announced that its Mondawmin store would close in February 2018.[19]
Target officially closed its doors in February 2018, and the space remained vacant until 2022 when the former store began redevelopment.
In August 2018, all of GGP Inc.'s portfolio, including Mondawmin Mall, was acquired by Brookfield Properties.[20]
The former Target store was demolished and is being replaced with a community hub called The Village at Mondawmin. Some of its tenants opened in 2025.[21]
Brookfield Properties reverted its retail division back to the GGP brand in January 2026.[22]
