The Symphony Park band shell, a 2003 addition to the mall and venue for Summer Pops concerts by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
Photo from http://www.concordengineering.com / CESI Land Development

A massive mall expansion was carried out between 2001 and 2007. It added 550,000 square feet, including two new anchors, three parking garages and several peripheral structures. SOUTHPARK now encompassed a whopping 1,794,000 leasable square feet and housed 135 stores. Needless to say, it was -and is- is the largest mall in the Tar Heel State.