Residents of east Charlotte who have longed for something to happen with the Eastland Mall property have finally seen some progress.
For the past two years, east Charlotte residents have waited to see what will happen to Eastland Mall. Now, as the city ponders whether it should buy the property, some say there’s interest from the film industry to build sound stages at the site.
Two years after Boxer Property bought Eastland Mall, the mall is still closed, and, from the exterior at least, it doesn’t appear that anything is happening with the property. What does the future hold for this site?
Michael Pariza, president of Boxer Retail, wants to be very clear about what his Dallas-based company’s plans are to rebrand and reopen Eastland Mall — and what they are not. “When we say it will have an Hispanic theme, that’s exactly what it will be: a type of architecture, music, a marketplace. The best analogy [...]