Eastland Yards
East Charlotte's Old Mall Site Becomes a New Neighborhood
Eastland Yards is Charlotte's answer to the question every mid-sized American city eventually faces: what do you do with a dead mall? Eastland Mall opened on Central Avenue in east Charlotte in 1975 and thrived for two decades before losing customers through the 1990s and 2000s, finally closing in 2010. The city of Charlotte bought the roughly 80-acre site for $13 million in 2012, demolished the mall the following year, and then watched it sit vacant for nearly a decade before construction finally broke ground in 2022 on a public-private redevelopment led by master developer Crosland Southeast, in partnership with Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte.
What's rising there now is still very much a work in progress. Evoke Living at Eastland Yards, a 55-and-up affordable apartment community, opened in 2024 and has already fully leased its units. Solstice at Eastland Yards, a Greystar-managed market-rate apartment community, delivered its first units in 2025. Saussy Burbank began selling the first for-sale homes in the development, Central Village at Eastland Yards, in May 2025, with a first phase of 38 single-family homes and townhomes. Ground floor retail (early reports point to a dance studio, salon, and coffee and gelato shops) is expected to open in the apartments by mid-2026. Mecklenburg County broke ground on the 4.5-acre Eastland Park in late 2025, targeting a spring 2027 opening, and a joint venture between Charlotte Soccer Academy and EDGE Sports Global is expected to break ground on a 100,000-square-foot indoor sports complex plus six outdoor turf fields in early 2026. Crosland Southeast puts the full build-out of the roughly $225 million project at about three years out from late 2025.
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Eastland Mall opened in 1975 and sat vacant for nearly a decade after closing in 2010 before this public-private redevelopment broke ground in 2022 on the 80-acre site.
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The first residential piece to deliver, opening in 2024 and leasing out completely, a strong early signal for the rest of the project.
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A Greystar-managed, market-rate apartment community with rents currently ranging roughly $1,425 to $2,960 a month.
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Saussy Burbank launched Eastland Yards' first phase of new construction, 38 single-family homes and townhomes, in May 2025 starting in the upper $500s.
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Mecklenburg County started work on a 4.5-acre park on the former mall footprint in late 2025, targeting a spring 2027 opening.
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A planned 100,000-square-foot indoor facility plus six outdoor turf fields from Charlotte Soccer Academy and EDGE Sports Global, expected to break ground in early 2026 but not yet under construction.
There's no resale market to report here yet, because almost nothing has changed hands. Here's what's actually priced, leased, or on the drawing board at Charlotte's biggest ongoing mall-to-neighborhood conversion.
Redevelopment size
~80 acres
Former Eastland Mall site, per Crosland Southeast (Oct. 2025)
Total project investment
~$225 million
Full build-out, per Crosland Southeast (Oct. 2025)
New homes from
Upper $500s
Central Village by Saussy Burbank, Phase 1 (38 homes), launched May 2025
Market-rate apartment rents
$1,425 – $2,960/mo
Solstice at Eastland Yards (Greystar), studio–3BR, 2025-26
55+ apartment rents
From $1,095/mo
Evoke Living at Eastland Yards, fully leased, 2024-25
Est. full build-out
~2028
Per Crosland Southeast, roughly 3 years out as of Oct. 2025
Eastland Yards has no completed-home resale history yet; figures above are developer- and property-reported pricing and plans (Crosland Southeast, Saussy Burbank, Greystar, S.L. Nusbaum) as of 2025. Plans, pricing, and timelines can change before delivery; verify current values.
Schools In Eastland Yards
Eastland Yards is brand new and still being built out and addressed, and the CMS attendance data available for the site is genuinely inconsistent depending on which building you look up. Here's what's on record today, plus a strong nudge to verify before you sign anything.
Winterfield Elementary
Property-level school data pulled for addresses inside Eastland Yards lists Winterfield Elementary as the closest school but doesn't confirm it as the assigned attendance zone. Eastland Yards sits near the edge of more than one CMS elementary boundary; confirm the zoned elementary for your exact address through the CMS assignment lookup.
Albemarle Road Middle
Independence High
CMS attendance data for two different addresses inside Eastland Yards did not agree: one lists Albemarle Road Middle and Independence High as the assigned zone, another lists Eastway Middle and Commonwealth High as merely nearby, not zoned. Because the community is still being built and addressed, verify zoned elementary, middle, and high schools for your exact address through the CMS assignment lookup (assignment.cms.k12.nc.us) before buying or leasing.
HOA & Community Amenities
Eastland Yards isn't one HOA community, and for most of what's built so far there's no HOA at all. Evoke Living at Eastland Yards (55+ affordable senior apartments) and Solstice at Eastland Yards (market-rate apartments managed by Greystar) are leased rental communities, where a monthly rent, not HOA dues, covers building upkeep and shared amenities like fitness centers, clubhouses, pools, and dog parks.
Central Village at Eastland Yards, the Saussy Burbank single-family and townhome community, is new enough that its first homes only went on the market in May 2025, and a homeowners association with published dues hasn't been widely reported yet, though one is typical for this kind of new-construction community once it's further along. Confirm current HOA status, dues, and amenities for any specific address before making decisions.
Location & Lifestyle
Eastland Yards sits on Central Avenue in east Charlotte (28212), on the roughly 80-acre site once occupied by Eastland Mall, which operated from 1975 to 2010 before the city bought and demolished it. It's part of the Central Avenue corridor that runs from Uptown out through Plaza Midwood, Eastland, and beyond, and the site itself now includes an Eastland Community Transit Center that functions as a transit hub for east Charlotte, plus the long-running weekend Charlotte Open Air Market selling produce, art, and goods from local vendors in the former mall's parking footprint.
Plaza Midwood's restaurants and shops are roughly a 10-minute drive west along Central Avenue, and Uptown Charlotte is about 15 to 20 minutes away via Central Avenue or Independence Boulevard, depending on traffic. Charlotte Douglas International Airport runs about 25 minutes by car. Once complete, residents will also have Mecklenburg County's new Eastland Park (targeting a spring 2027 opening) and a 100,000-square-foot indoor sports complex with six outdoor turf fields, a joint venture between Charlotte Soccer Academy and EDGE Sports Global, expected to break ground in early 2026.
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On Central Avenue in east Charlotte, NC (28212), on the roughly 80-acre site once occupied by Eastland Mall. It's part of the Central Avenue corridor connecting Uptown to Plaza Midwood and points east.
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It's a public-private redevelopment of a mall that sat vacant for a decade after closing in 2010, now bringing senior and market-rate apartments, a first phase of new single-family homes and townhomes, ground-floor retail, a county park, and a planned indoor sports complex to east Charlotte.
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Property-level data points to Winterfield Elementary, Albemarle Road Middle, and Independence High, though records for different addresses inside the development don't fully agree, and Eastway Middle and Commonwealth High also turn up as nearby options. Verify zoned schools for your exact address through the CMS assignment lookup before buying or leasing.
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There's no resale history yet. Saussy Burbank launched the first phase of 38 for-sale single-family homes and townhomes at Central Village at Eastland Yards in May 2025 starting in the upper $500s, while market-rate apartments at Solstice run roughly $1,425 to $2,960 a month and 55+ apartments at Evoke Living start around $1,095 a month.
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Not yet in most of what's built. The apartment communities operate on rent, not HOA dues, and the new for-sale homes at Central Village only went on sale in May 2025, so a homeowners association with published dues hasn't been widely reported. Confirm current HOA status before making decisions.
