Northlake Mall

[StevenRocks]

Very nice Steven. Thanks for posting.

You're welcome. I had a lot of fun taking those.

Mall openings are really cool most times, but I think Taubman hit this particular one out of the park with all the performers, even supassing Southpoint in Durham, which had a really nice opening. I hadn't had that much fun since they reopened Four Seasons back in '99 and Deneice Williams and several bands and dance troupes performed.

[zt456]

So are Sanrio, Sephora, & Z Gallerie definately coming to the mall?

[DigitalSky]

yes, i think Sanario has opened monsoon or someone mentioned

[AuLukey]

The SuperTarget at exit 54 is already under construction. Do you know if the one by northlake is yet?

no takers?

[monsoon]

Sanrio is now open for anyone with a need for Hello Kitty merchandise. As mentioned earlier, there is land clearing for the development next to Northlake (I forget the name) where presumably the Super Target will be built. Until then, you can shop at the Super Target at exit 36. Sephora and Z Gallerie still have signs up they are coming to Northlake. The second Aldo accessories just opened as well.

We do go to great effort here at Urbanplanet to provide several search options.

[UrbanCharlotte]

Hmm, I still haven't made it out to Northlake once. Gotta go soon.

[mallguy]

How're the anchors at Northlake doing? The Dillard's always seems so quiet, perhaps because the store is farthest away from Harris Blvd. and there are a lot of vacancies around its mall entrances, so people who shop at the mall are more likely to park and shop near the Belk and Hecht's stores.

[Temeteron]

How're the anchors at Northlake doing? The Dillard's always seems so quiet, perhaps because the store is farthest away from Harris Blvd. and there are a lot of vacancies around its mall entrances, so people who shop at the mall are more likely to park and shop near the Belk and Hecht's stores.

No, its just that Dillard's IMO is grotesque

[StevenRocks]

Grotesque? Bland, yes, but grotesque?

[Temeteron]

My standards are high

[DigitalSky]

No, its just that Dillard's IMO is grotesque

Dillard's Northlake or all Dillard's?

[Temeteron]

Dillard's Northlake or all Dillard's?

ALL OF THEM! lol

[StevenRocks]

My standards are high

Maybe so. But you need to consult a thesaurus for a more accurately descriptive adjective. Edited May 1, 2006 by StevenRocks

[Temeteron]

Maybe so. But you need to consult a thesaurus for a more accurately descriptive adjective.

[DigitalSky]

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/14531156.htm

heads up, there's a new office building (5 stories) planned for across northlake mall.

[AuLukey]

In light of all these new developments in NL, I pray that the city lays down a grid system up there before it turns into the next UC or Concord Mills. If they want to make Northlake the next South Park, they better get some more infrastructure, otherwise this will just become another development boom coupled with poor planning causing traffic to increase to unacceptable levels and, thus, decreasing business twenty years down the road (ie UC)

[monsoon]

Don't hold your breath. The Harris Blvd corridor suffers from the lack of any city political will to develop it into something sustainable. If they were doing that the mall would have never been built.

[AuLukey]

I hate that for the area though. It's like they said "hey everybody, here's this great mall. It's a HUGE deal. Now, let's all screw it up by not placing any infrastructure around it at all and building as much as we can."

[f0xym0p]

I hate that for the area though. It's like they said "hey everybody, here's this great mall. It's a HUGE deal. Now, let's all screw it up by not placing any infrastructure around it at all and building as much as we can."

Well it seems that many people like that type of thing because they keep moving into the housing developments.

[monsoon]

I got a card in the mail that said the grand opening of Z Gallerie will be on June 1. This is one of the longest openings of a mall store that I have seen since the sign for them has been there since the mall opened last summer.

[StevenRocks]

I think Z Gallerie has had some expansion troubles along the way. It's a great store, but sometimes they've located in markets where people just didn't "get" them

[StevenRocks]

Taubman Centers will reward consumers visiting select shopping centers...over the Memorial Day weekend with sweet treats, including free ice cream and T-shirts as part of a new guerilla marketing campaign.

Starting today, ice cream trucks will distribute some 70,000 free frozen treats and 45,000 T-shirts...Participating locations include....Northlake in Charlotte, NC

Sounds fun!

Full details at http://www.plainvanillashell.com/article.asp?ID=6279

[nyxmike]

I could see another BCBG at this mall if the one in Southpark does well.

[Temeteron]

Defintaely....its kinda suprising that Birmingham has had one before Charlotte....or even Raleigh

[StevenRocks]

Defintaely....its kinda suprising that Birmingham has had one before Charlotte....or even Raleigh

A lot of it comes down to having available space in a mall a retailer wants to be in.