Malls · North Carolina

Freedom Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtCharlotte, NC

Reinhabited in 2011. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

Website alive

This site: …https://www.uhaul.com/Locations/Self-Storage-near-Charlotte-NC-28208/780059/ overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 3 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 123,718 on I-85 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 12 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 5,377 units, Mecklenburg County census-bps · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.94 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: I-85 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Opportunity Zone

This site: 37119004000 hud-oz · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 58% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +396% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +102% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 16.3 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Reinhabitation: government offices record · all sites with this

New use

Civic and government

This site: Reinhabitation: government offices arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Office

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From the authors' map

NC, Charlotte: Freedom Mall/Mecklenburg County Freedom Center, 2011
• Reinhabitation: government offices

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map
What is there now	Reinhabitation: government officesauthors' map
Retrofit year	2011authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	14: AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYS; ASHLEY ROAD AMOCO; CITY COMPRESSOR-CHARLOTTE; CVS PHARMACY #NCCHA2B01; EXXON CO USA #40960 WALKERSEPA FRS
Census tract 37119004000	3,863 people, 992 per sq mi; median household income $59,682; median gross rent $1,210; 58% renters; 13.9% vacant units; 12.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 16.3 of 20; 118 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 846 m; land-use mix 0.9; 163,036 jobs within 45 min by car, 27,705 by transit; 25% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 2 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 0 civic, 7 food and drink; 12 cycleway segments, 133 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	yes, tract 37119004000 (rural)HUD
Housing permits, Mecklenburg County (NC), 2024	5,377 units in 5+ unit buildings, 96 in 2–4, 6,496 single-family; 2023: 7,467 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.94; socioeconomic 0.97; housing and transport 0.68; 38% below 150% of poverty; 16% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	3 within 10 km, 4 within 25 km: Ballantyne Corporate Park (5.0 km); Charlottetown Mall (5.0 km); Midtown Square Mall (6.3 km)computed
Overture Maps	place U-Haul Moving & Storage at Freedom Mall (truck_rental_service, confidence 0.99, from Microsoft, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 35,181 m², 4.434317111968994 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.uhaul.com (alive); archived 1997–2026 (Wayback)Overture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population -1% (3,916 → 3,863); median income +102% ($29,500 → $59,682); renters 57% → 58%; median home value +91% ($81,200 → $155,400)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 52.1); expected annual loss $1.1M; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	3,640 establishments (+8%); 75,819 jobs (+44%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $414,531 (-1% 1 yr, +20% 5 yr); typical rent $1,732/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	467 (2000 = 100); +13.0% 1 yr, +96% 5 yr, +396% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	123,718 vehicles a day on I-85 (Interstate, 10 lanes); 12,517 trucks; 26 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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retrofit already built
county grew 7.3% 2018–23
median rent $1,521

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Mecklenburg County Freedom Center
County	Mecklenburg County
Census division	5 · South Atlantic

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Timeline

2011 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Freedom Mall, Charlotte, NC." Record m-422390d9fc, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nc/charlotte-freedom-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).