Eastland Mall
East Charlotte’s open-air market is shut down, leaving 200+ vendors with nowhere to go
More than 200 vendors from the Charlotte Central Market at the old Eastland Mall site need a new place to set up shop. The city says it doesn’t have...
Why Eastland Mall is so important, explained
In a city full of cranes, one particular construction site has an outsized influence on the civic conversation: Eastland Mall. The city of Charlotte has been...
Proposals for Eastland Mall include a new Birkdale, massive soccer training academy and a millennial playground
Years after the city of Charlotte paid to tear down the old Eastland Mall, the land still lies vacant. We’ve debated whether to keep the Eastland name....
Charlotte is moving forward on selling part of Eastland Mall for a school
Charlotte has been trying to figure out what to do with the former Eastland Mall for a while. The city bought the 80-acre property for $13 million a few years...
Let’s go back to square one on Eastland Mall
For two years, the former home of Eastland Mall has remained a concrete scar upon the earth. There have been hopes of turning the area into an economic...
Movin’ on up… to the East Side?
The meteor-sized crater left from the explosion, formerly known as Eastland Mall, leaves me achingly nostalgic most mornings as I go to and from the gym. It is...
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