Carolina Place Mall

[Justadude]

I was at Carolina Place for the first time in about 3 years this past weekend, and I must say the improvements are significant. CP desperately needed a good bookstore, and the B&N is well above average. The Harpers works well there also. I didn't even leave that side of the mall while my wife shopped, because there was plenty to do in just that one area.

[Temeteron]

Wow not a lot of action here lately.....but just a small announcement. Aerie is coming to CP....I believe this is the first one in Charlotte....

[Temeteron]

So I stopped by CP last night........

New Stores:

Perfumania

McAlister's

Tux (Formerly After Hours)

Aerie

Poppy Pia(Asian owned women's boutique)

Closings:

Underground Station

Fink's Jewelers

Eddie Bauer

Easy Spirit

Glamour Shots

Coming Soon:

Aldo

Expansions:

Pac Sun

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[tozmervo]

Eddie Bauer is closing? Wow, that was pretty much the one reason I would still go all the way to that mall. So long, Carolina Place.

Edited February 29, 2008 by tozmervo

[Temeteron]

The only Eddie Bauer I can think of in CLT now is Northlake......oh and Gap Kids also closed in CP forgot about that one.....

[StevenRocks]

Hearing that Fink's Jewelers and Eddie Bauer left is kind of a shock, but there are a lot of jewelers in Carolina Place still, and Eddie Bauer would probably wok better at SouthPark again.

[Temeteron]

So I went to CP yesterday for the first time in a while...........it seems to me as though there are a lot more cheesy off-brand women's stores......Aldo has opened up and Pacific Sunwear has expanded. American Eagle has moved to the corner where Gap Kids was and a friend of mine who works at the mall told me that Banana Republic is taking the old AE spot.

[nyxmike]

So I went to CP yesterday for the first time in a while...........it seems to me as though there are a lot more cheesy off-brand women's stores......Aldo has opened up and Pacific Sunwear has expanded. American Eagle has moved to the corner where Gap Kids was and a friend of mine who works at the mall told me that Banana Republic is taking the old AE spot.

The Gap at CP is terrible and outdated. They really need to re-do it like their other stores. I am suprised there isn't a J Crew yet.

[nyxmike]

If anyone cares, Buckle is opening at Carolina Place this Spring. Any new info on the rumored Banana Republic store?

http://www.buckle.com/

[Miesian Corners]

General Growth Properties, the owner of Carolina Place, filed for bankruptcy. They're $27 billion in debt--the biggest real estate bankruptcy in US history. Here's the link to the story.

[DigitalSky]

General Growth Properties, the owner of Carolina Place, filed for bankruptcy. They're $27 billion in debt--the biggest real estate bankruptcy in US history. Here's the link to the story.

They own other high-profile malls in NC as well, including Four Seasons in Greensboro and The Streets at Southpoint in Durham.

[Temeteron]

I was in CP yesterday......Carlyle & Co. is closing both its CP location & Northlake location.....

[StevenRocks]

Carlyle & Co. is closing stores all over. They seem to be moving out of malls by and large.

[Temeteron]

An organic ice cream shop has opened in the food court.....looks very "Asian" themed....i asked the owners where it is based and they said "Hawaii"....can't recall the name.

[Temeteron]

Godiva has closed. "As seen on TV" took it's spot....meanwhile "P.S." by Aeropostale --a store for "cool" kids between 7 and 14 isopening soon....this mall is so teeny bopperish lol

[bchris02]

Yeah Godiva has been closed since Christmas. The mall really has become the "teen mall". I usually go to Southpark or even Northlake over Carolina Place for that reason.

[Temeteron]

New Store openings: Teavana, Fransesca's, and Nestlé Tollhouse is replacing Great American Cookie...

[Temeteron]

Surprisingly GAP is closing their CP location....that leaves a huge spot. Also, Cache has closed.

[tozmervo]

H&M. Carolina Place Mall. Who would have thought.

 

Now that there's an article to link to: http://obswhatsinstore.blogspot.com/2013/05/h-to-open-carolina-place-store.html

Edited May 23, 2013 by tozmervo

[uptownliving]

Yeah I'm surprised they went to Carolina Place and not Northlake first.

 

If I won the lottery I would give H&M free rent to locate in a street level space downtown.

[Norm2]

So I was shocked to see that Abercrombie & Fitch was closed. I won't miss it one bit! Is this where the H&M is supposed to go? I suppose it would go take up this space plus the space where The Gap used to be.

Edited May 28, 2013 by norm21499

[go_vertical]

That sounds about right. Every other H & M I have seen has been pretty massive in relation to other large scale mall retailers. I'm not terribly surprised about A & F though. It seems like every time I have found myself in CP that store looked pretty dead. I really think that retailer's desirability has diminished significantly.

[Temeteron]

So I was shocked to see that Abercrombie & Fitch was closed. I won't miss it one bit! Is this where the H&M is supposed to go? I suppose it would go take up this space plus the space where The Gap used to be.

Yes Gap closed a while back. It seems like this mall's demographics keeps getting younger and younger.

[ScottCLT]

I am a bit underwhelmed by the size of this store. It's smaller than the existing stores in Raleigh and Winston Salem. Meanwhile Raleigh is getting another location (also bigger), and a larger one is opening in as well in Charleston (on King Street...OK, that was predictable). In fact, I couldn't find a record of a smaller store in existence with a quick Google search (I am sure there are smaller...just doesn't seem to be the norm). Hoping they will find a nice, multi-story spot in Charlotte soon for a second store.

That being said, it's about damned time! Excited to see this store in our metro.

[Third Strike]

How is Carolina Place Mall doing these days? With the news of the Sears closing more locations (now up to 235), including one in Gastonia and Cary, I am curious to know how much time the company has left, and what will happen to the location at Carolina Place Mall. It also makes me wonder how much of an effect that would have on the mall, and what retailer would fill that space.