Carolina Mall and the art of arrival
Carolina Mall is at 1480 Concord Parkway North, just off Interstate 85 at Exit 58. It has the quiet confidence of a place that has seen many changes and stayed open where people pass by.
It is the older of Concord’s two malls, and it shows: less showy, more routine. Concord Mills, the newer mall across town, is a place to spend the whole day. Carolina Mall is where you get things done and then go back to your day.
Inside, the setup is familiar and very practical: a closed-in, air-conditioned circle of stores, about 550,000 square feet, mostly on one floor, except for one obvious difference…