On September 6, 2007, a mass wedding involving 56 couples was performed within the mall as part of a drive by the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio to promote tourism in the city. At three tons, the cake baked for the event was described as the biggest one ever made in the country.[3]

In 2011 and 2012, controversy has arisen regarding the decision of the management to remove nearly 200 pine trees in order to make way for a parking lot, a move which generated protests online and on the site’s premises. On April 10, 2012, the SM Group began removing some of the trees[4] but ceased after receiving a TEPO (Temporary Environmental Protection Order).[5]