CMS Looks To Buy Eastland Mall Site

CHARLOTTE, NC– CMS wants to buy 11-acres at the former Eastland Mall site, to help alleviate overcrowding at several schools in East Charlotte.

City Council will consider the 650-thousand dollar offer at Monday’s meeting.

The district plans to build new campus that would accommodate a thousand kindergarten through 8th-grade students.

Ann clark says: “It’s a relief for Albermarle Road Elementary and Albermarle Road Middle, and would also have a partial magnet that would be a language immersion.”

The new campus would alleviate overcrowding at Albemarle Elementary and Middle Schools, and several others nearby.