Favorite Charlotte Mall

[DigitalSky]

I didn't include Concord Mills b/c I don't consider it a "Traditional" mall.

[monsoon]

[Nostyle]

I'm not a big mall person, but I enjoy Concord Mills for its festive feel. I can check out something like Nascar Speedpark or Bass Outlet, etc.

I like South Park but I don't think I've ever actually bought anything there. I've eaten there numerous times though.

I checked out Eastland Mall for the first time ever last weekend, and I actually liked it. It is rather large, and the ice rink is a surprising and unique feature that you don't see in most malls. Yeah, it's a bit on the ghetto side, but I still liked it.

Carolina Place is the most average mall ever. It isn't awesome, it isn't bad, but it's just average. Rock Hill Galleria is a notch below that.

Those are the only malls I've been to in Charlotte (aside from Crossroads Mall, which isn't even worth mentioning, but I guess I just did...). So my vote would go to Concord Mills if it were an option.

[uptownliving]

The stores at Concord Mills are ok...but the design of that mall is so cheap...its going to be outdated in a couple years.

[DigitalSky]

The stores at Concord Mills are ok...but the design of that mall is so cheap...its going to be outdated in a couple years.

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The design of Concord Mills reflects the design of almost every other Mills mall... so if CM will go out of date in a couple of years so will the others.

[Spartan]

Concord Mills is still a mall though. It would be good to have it as an option, even though I wouldn't have chosen it.

[The_sandlapper]

I've only been to Concord Mills. I'd go there whenever I was in Kannapolis/Concord for business. I'd usually stay at the Wingate on the other side of I-85.

[reverbandwhiskey]

Other: None, malls suck.

online only for me.

[dubone]

Other:

[ezcheese]

My girlfriend and I are pretty poor right now so the only "mall" I shop at is the cotswold shopping center!

[StevenRocks]

My girlfriend and I are pretty poor right now so the only "mall" I shop at is the cotswold shopping center! 

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I'm not rolling in dough, but SouthPark's still a great place to go. The nice stores always have the best sales.

[JunktionFET]

I actually liked Eastland when I lived in Charlotte. It's the only mall with a really good collection of urban clothing stores. It also brought back some memories of when I was a kid and we lived in the Charlotte area.

My brother got his car broken into twice at that mall back in the mid 90s. But now things seem much better and safer. I never felt in danger there anyway.

[StevenRocks]

I actually liked Eastland when I lived in Charlotte. It's the only mall with a really good collection of urban clothing stores. It also brought back some memories of when I was a kid and we lived in the Charlotte area.

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That's one reason to shop there: if you want a pair of 'fly kicks,' that's the place. I really like a lot of the stores out there and I feel relatively safe, though I don't go much at night.

[peaceloveunderstanding]

I have never been to Eastland though I have lived here for 5 years.

[cltniners]

clt shops at southpark due to the high end mix of stores that caters to clt's high end lifestyle.

[DigitalSky]

well overwhelmingly it looks like SP

[StevenRocks]

well overwhelmingly it looks like SP

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SouthPark is the superior retail mall in metro Charlotte.

[peaceloveunderstanding]

indeed. I vote Southpark. Nothing else really compares.

[SmellyCat]

Not coincidentally, sales at southpark exceed $600 per sq. ft - which makes it one of the top performers in Simon's expansive mall portfolio

[QC704]

I prefer carolina place. I miss the "old" south park.

[krazeeboi]

Carolina Place because it's decent and close.

SouthPark just for a different vibe and good window shopping.

Eastland for a good selection of urban wear.

Concord Mills for a "big mall" experience.

[DigitalSky]

I prefer carolina place. I miss the "old" south park.

I do miss the old SouthPark too... some of the stores but mostly the look/architecture

[StevenRocks]

I do miss the old SouthPark too... some of the stores but mostly the look/architecture

I wish they could have kept that Modernist vibe going, but it wasn't to be.