Despite a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Committee recommendation against building a K-8 school at the former Eastland Mall, the Charlotte City Council gave a nod to its staff’s plans to continue negotiating a land sale with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The council also voted ...

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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Committee voted 6-1 on Oct. 20 to recommend the city not sell a portion of the land at the former Eastland Mall to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for the construction of a new school. The committee, which is part ...

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CHARLOTTE — The city hopes to turn the former Eastland Mall site into a transit-oriented, mixed-use hub that will suite both public and private interests. A concept for the site, which was presented to the city’s Economic Development and Global ...

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The city of Charlotte is embarking on another study of the former Eastland Mall site to determine what – if anything – can “realistically” be developed on the 80 acres the city bought in 2012 for $13.2 million. However, City ...

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CHARLOTTE – The city is back to square one on the redevelopment of Eastland Mall, after City Council members voted unanimously Monday to reject a request from Studio Charlotte Development for a five-month extension on exclusive negotiating rights. The two ...

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CHARLOTTE – Well, that’s a wrap. Less than six months after starting exclusive negotiations with Studio Charlotte Development to redevelop Eastland Mall, the city has decided to go in a different direction before the film-studio idea got past preproduction. The ...

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CHARLOTTE – The City Council Economic Development & Global Competitiveness Committee meets Thursday and is expected to recommend that the full council take a different course on redeveloping Eastland Mall and end exclusive negotiations with Studio Charlotte Development. In October, ...

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CHARLOTTE – The $300 million plan to bring a movie studio complex to Eastland Mall, two years in the making, is hanging on by the tiniest string of the thinnest thread after last week’s meeting of the City Council Economic ...

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CHARLOTTE – The city’s Economic Development and Global Competitiveness Committee will meet Thursday to hear an updated presentation from Studio Charlotte Development on the company’s plans for the former Eastland Mall site. On Oct. 1, the city entered into a ...

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CHARLOTTE – City officials last week got a little clarity on what a film studio developer has in mind for the redevelopment of the 80-acre site of the former Eastland Mall. In a presentation in front of the city’s Economic ...

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