The station is located on top of the parking structure for the Westin Charlotte, which it is also adjacent too, and is accessible from Brooklyn Village Avenue via stairs and elevators.

Designed by French architect Marc Fornes, the blue-green exterior parkade wall is described as elements of flows and networks, with a labyrinthine porosity that allows light through to the garage interior.

[8][9] In 1991 when the South College site was chosen as the location for the new Charlotte Convention Center, the demolition of the original rail span built in the 1950s was imminent.

[11] The station consists of two side platforms and 10 covered waiting areas; other amenities include ticket vending machines, emergency call box, and bicycle racks.

The station also features several art installations including a drinking fountain basin designed to look like dogwood, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum.