# Midtown Square Mall

Charlotte, NC · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-8699fc85c6` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/charlotte-midtown-square-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-8699fc85c6.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-8699fc85c6.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-8699fc85c6

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · derived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
| Strategy | redevelop, regreen | reported · authors' map |
| New use | housing, office, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets • Partial regreening: greenway | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1959 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2006 | reported · authors' map |
| Acres | 10.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | The Rouse Company | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Pappas Properties / Collette Associates and Colonial Properties Trust | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | along with condominiums, offices, and restaurants | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “opened on October 28, 1959.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Square_Mall_(North_Carolina)
- **acres**: “situated on a 10-acre (40,000 m2) parcel” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Square_Mall_(North_Carolina)
- **original_developer**: “The Rouse Company was the mall's developers.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Square_Mall_(North_Carolina)

## Anchors

Bon Marché

## Timeline

- 1959: Opened as Charlottetown Mall
- 1989: Renovated and renamed Midtown Square
- 2006: Retrofit: redevelop, regreen
- 2006: Demolished
- 2008: Redeveloped mixed-use complex opened

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Midtown Square, formerly Outlet Square, then Charlottetown Mall, was a shopping mall located in North Carolina. The area's first enclosed shopping mall, it opened on October 28, 1959. Atlanta's Lenox Square opened two months earlier, but it was an open-air mall at first. The mall was situated on a 10-acre (40,000 m2) parcel on the southeastern fringes of Charlotte's "center city" area. The Rouse Company was the mall's developers.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Square_Mall_(North_Carolina)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Square_Mall_(North_Carolina)
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Midtown Square Mall, Charlotte, NC." Record m-8699fc85c6, release 2026-10-20, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/charlotte-midtown-square-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_charlottemidtownsquaremall,
  title = {Midtown Square Mall, Charlotte, NC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/charlotte-midtown-square-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-8699fc85c6, release 2026-10-20, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.