Fred Sahadi bought the Brynteson Ranch in 1968 and built the PruneYard as an upscale mixed-use center, with shops, a hotel, a cinema that opened in 1969 and three office towers of 1970. It was renovated from 2017, and Regency Centers bought the retail portion in 2019.
It was the site of a free-speech case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1980.