 The mall was known as Westfield Capital from 1998-2013 under Westfield Group ownership.Capital Mall was opened in 1977 by The Hahn Company and acquired in 1998 by Westfield America, Inc., a precursor of the Westfield Group, which renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown Capital", dropping the "Shoppingtown" from the name in 2005.The mall began with four anchor department stores