Eastland Mall (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Eastland Mall logo/entrance | |
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°12′24″N 80°45′08″W / 35.206799°N 80.752236°W |
| Address | 5471 Central Ave |
| Opening date | July 30, 1975 |
| Closing date | June 30, 2010 (demolished beginning October 1, 2013) |
| Developer | Faison Enterprises |
| Owner | City of Charlotte |
| No. of stores and services | 59 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m2) (GLA) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
Eastland Mall was a shopping mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. The center opened on July 30, 1975, as the then-largest mall in North Carolina with three anchor department stores, Belk, J.C. Penney, and Ivey's. A Sears, Roebuck and Company store joined four years later. The mall was owned by Glimcher Realty Trust and the City of Charlotte. Glimcher requested the mall be put into receivership due to heavy debt, and there were reports of the mall entering foreclosure. LNR sold the interior space in the mall to Boxer Properties of Houston for $2 million. It ceased operations on June 30, 2010, and was purchased by the city of Charlotte from Boxer Properties, and the owners of the vacant anchors in hopes of selling it to a developer.
After its takeover, the mall was maintained by the city of Charlotte. By a 10–1 vote on May 28, 2013, the Charlotte city council formally voted to demolish the mall for $871,520, as possible developers stated they had no use for the building. Demolition began on October 1, 2013.
The Eastland Community Transit Center, a planned stop on the LYNX Rapid Transit Services Center City Corridor, is in the parking lot at the mall.
CharlotteEAST, a community development organization,, was founded by the City in 2003 to help steer the redevelopment of the site and surrounding business ecosystem.