Comments on: Freedom Mall; Charlotte, North Carolina

By: JT

JT — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:28:04 +0000

This mall looks like it got killed instead of being dead. It is plain and simple, but looked quite healthy in those 2005 photos. I think it is a shame and disgrace to kill off something that is working. There are few things that sit with me worse than jumping the gun on redevelopment. At least wait until it really is obvious it is failing.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:57:21 +0000

@Caitlin, Freedom and Eastland are not the same place.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:54:20 +0000

We got our piano at Freedon mall – 1979 or so. I think the store was called Tadlock’s or something similar. I’m in favor of revitalizing this and doing something poitive for the west side, but I would point out that we now have two vacant courthouses Uptown as well as the Marshall and Walton buildings. How smart is it to move a bunch of city-county offices miles away from the government center; to remodel a department store into offices when the county already owns office buildings it’s mothballed?

By: MARTY

MARTY — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:14 +0000

Does anyone remember a movie theater inside the mall itself? Grew up on the westside. Help me settle a disagreement!!!!!!

By: Erik Andrews

Erik Andrews — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:36:07 +0000

Her use of \”would OF\” as opposed to \”would\’ve\”, short for \”would HAVE\”, offends me more than anything else.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:29:56 +0000

My best friend recently began her first job as a Mecklenburg County Social in a BEAUTIFUL and very modern office in Freedom Mall! The completed offices and exterior is already sleek and modern and the inside is a perfect open office atmosphere for social services. My memories of this old dilapidated mall from teh 90’s have been graciously replaced with the county’s new transformation of the space. I can’t wait to see the project and surrounding areas progress. See pics of the new space here: http://www.littleonline.com/images/workplace/interiors/freedom/freedom_1.jpg, and here: http://www.littleonline.com/images/workplace/interiors/freedom/freedom_2.jpg

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:31:35 +0000

Freedom Mall is still undergoing renovations by the County. As of now, a few agencies have moved in. The renovations have completed the first two phases and are now in phase three which most likely won’t be completed for at least 18 months.

By: News from Wikipedia » Blog Archive » Malls in Charlotte, North Carolina

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:05:15 +0000

[...] ==Freedom Mall== Built in [[1964]] [http://www.labelscar.com/north-carolina/freedom-mall] Freedom Mall originally served as the anchor to Charlotte’s westside retail scene and, following the closure of WestPark Mall, is the only mall in West Charlotte. Today the mall is actually publicly held in a joint trust between the City of Charlotte and [[Mecklenburg County, NC|Mecklenburg County]]. [http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2003/12/15/daily33.html] By all accounts, Freedom Mall is very much on it’s last legs. [...]

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:59:52 +0000

What’s the status of the mall now? Is it open for offices?

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:30:37 +0000

I live on the westside and I feel like we are the only side in charlotte that doesnt have a mall…this mall has been dead for a while Im suprise it lasted as long as it did..as stated by someone else after target and the others left it was all down hill… I am really frustrated at the fact doesnt seem like anyone cares that people who live on the westside have to travel out there way to go to the mall…The west is always represented as being a bad side of town when in reality ..do your homework, the northside is one of the worst sides in charlotte…but yet they have northlake…and the eastside has eastland mall…which thats not sayin much because eastland has seen better days also….but I would really like to kno what the city is plannin to do, because I hope they dont think they can take freedom mall from us and make up for it by given us a mall mart and a few low budget stores in a shopping center..