Midtown Square Mall (North Carolina)

Midtown Square
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates35°12′45″N 80°50′06″W / 35.21250°N 80.83500°W / 35.21250; -80.83500
AddressNear Independence Blvd & Central Ave
Opening dateOctober 28, 1959 (October 28, 1959)
Renovated
  • 1980
  • 1989
Closing date2000 (2000)
DemolishedSeptember 2005–2006
Previous namesCharlottetown Mall (1959–1980)
Outlet Square (1980–1989)
DeveloperJames W. Rouse
ManagementRouse Property Management
OwnerPappas Properties
The Rouse Company
(last owner before mall closure)
Floors1 (with partial second floor)

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.