Aeon Co. plans to open its first outlet mall next autumn in Japan’s Saitama prefecture, Nikkei English News reported, without citing anyone.

The mall, less than 30,000 square meters (323,000 square feet), will be erected in the city of Koshigaya, next to the Aeon LakeTown shopping center, Nikkei said.

Aeon will spend tens of billions of yen (hundreds of millions of dollars), less than the usual cost for a regular shopping center, Nikkei reported.

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Simon Property Group Inc. plans to add to its Virginia holdings with an agreement to buy all the outlet shopping centers of Prime Outlets Acquisition Co., including a center in Williamsburg recentlty expanded. The transaction, which assumes Prime Outlets’ indebtedness and preferred stock, is valued at $2.3 billion.
The Prime Outlets’ portfolio includes 22 shopping centers in major metropolitan areas such as Washington, D.C., and popular tourist destinations such as the center in Williamsburg. According to Simon, the outlet centers were 92% occupied at the end of the second quarter and generated annual sales per square foot of about $370. Under the terms of the agreement, Simon will pay $700 million in cash for the owners’ interest in Prime Outlets. 

The Prime Outlets chain was sold by its New York parent company, the Lightstone Group. Simon, based in Indianapolis, owns nearly 400 properties in the U.S., including Potomac Mills in Woodbridge and the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City.

Source: Virginia Business

Chelsea Premium Outlet Centers across the United States offers a variety of on-site sales and events throughout the year.

Enjoy seasonal sale weekends, national promotions, VIP Shopper Club private events and much more on these dates in 2009:

• Labor Day Week end Sale: Friday to Monday, September 4 - 7
• Columbus Day Weekend Sale: Friday to Monday, October 9 - 12
• VIP Shopper Club Private Event: Saturday - Sunday, October 24 - 25
• After-Thanksgiving Weekend Sale featuring Midnight Madness: Friday - Sunday, November 27 - 29

You’ll enjoy extra discounts on top of our everyday savings of 25%-65%!

To the 6 of july come and celebrate your freedom to shop and save even more during our July 4th Sale event in the Prime Outlets!  Shop brand-name stores at up to 65% off retail price with additional markdowns!

Each year you can have the annual July 4th Summer Sale at Chelsea Premium Outlets across the United States. You’ll enjoy extra discounts on top of our everyday savings of 25%-65%. You can realize great bargains till the 6 of July.

Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, the discount division of upscale specialty retailer Saks Fifth Avenue, will open June 19 in a 28,000-square-foot space at the Gilroy Premium Outlets shopping center.

The retailer will join a large lineup of prominent retailers at the Gilroy center on Highway 101, which has 145 discount outlet stores like Gap, Banana Republic, Nike, Brooks Bros., Coach, J. Crew, Liz Claiborne, Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and many others...

Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th advertises that it sells merchandise at 40 percent to 70 percent off prices in a full-line Saks Fifth Avenue department store.

Prime Outlets Williamsburg has announced its fourth store opening in 2009 with the famous french brand Lacoste.

The outlet offers men's and women's fashions. Identifiable by its classic polo shirt, the brand calls itself "comfortable elegance." The 3,500 square foot store will be located across from the Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store.

The new store joins ESCADA Company Store, Direct Tools Factory Outlet and Fashion USA, which also opened outlet locations in 2009.

Despite the lingering concerns of local environmental groups, the Beaufort County Council gave final approval in the end of March to redevelopment plans for Tanger Outlet Center 1 in greater Bluffton.

Citing a greatly improved rainwater drainage system, 2.3 acres donated to extend Bluffton Parkway and an estimated $40 million to rebuild the shopping center from the ground up, the council voted 8-1 to grant Tanger the added commercial density it needed for the project.

Tanger will get an additional 30,000 square feet of commercial space on its 25 acres. In exchange, representatives for Tanger Outlet Centers promised to adhere to "green" building standards of the U.S. Green Building Council and an underground water filtration system to prevent runoff from draining directly into the Colleton River. Indeed,Tanger 1 was built in the early 1980s, before current country building cods area were in place. More information on Tanger Outlet Center Bluffton.

McArthurGlen is known for operationg 16 designer outlet villages in United Kingdom and in Europe. But the group now wishes to operate in new places. Indeed, McArhurGlen wich operates luxury goods in Venice airport wants to sell luxury labels like Armani and Valentino in Dublin airport very soon if they get all the agreements. Dublin Airport could be a shopping area selling luxury clothes as well as food and drink.

Today, Venice features 21 brands including Hugo Boss, Bulgari, Ferragamo, Burberry and many more!

Ontario Mills, close to Los Angeles - California, will soon welcome some new stores.
H&M, J.Crew Factory Store and Shiekh Shoes are expected to open by the fall at Ontario Mills. With more 200 manufacturer and retail outlets, Ontario Mills has seen some closures of its stores as a result of the economy like the Steve and Barry's store and Virgin Megastore.
But Ontario Mills is not the only to know these problems. Indeed, in the first quarter of 2009, retail tenants at malls and shopping centers have vacated 8.7 million square feet of commercial space, according to a report by reis Inc., a New York based real estate research firm. This figure represents a percentage of 9.5%!

But the new additions are essential for Ontario Mills because consumers are always looking for value in their shopping. These brands are highly coveted in today's market and bring them to Ontario Mills is a very good solution for people seeking alternatives to tradional retails.

McArthurGlen Group is the leading developer, owner and manager of designer outlet villages in Europe. The Group have partnership with more than 700 top brands, offering to their millions of customers discounts of 30% to 70% in an attractive and designed village where you can shop.

Currently, McArthurGlen has 17 designer outlets in Europe like in United kingdom with East Midlands Designer Outlet South Normanton in Derbyshire, Ashford Designer Outlet in Kent, Bridgend Designer Outlet in South Wales, Livingston Designer Outlet in West Lothian, Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet in South Wirral... and in France with McArthurGlenTroyes and McArthurGlen Roubaix.

McArthurGlen wants to open by 2010 new designer outlets in Athens, Berlin, Naples and Salzburg. We will tell you when exactly...

The Mills Corporation was a publicly traded real estate investment trust, acquired on April 3, 2007 by an investment group comprised of Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital Management. The company developed, owned, and operated major super-regional shopping malls.

Known for its mega-malls, combining retail and entertainment elements. You can find that Potomac Mills in Washington, D.C.; Sawgrass Mills Sunrise, Florida; Potomac Mills Prince William, Virginia; Grapevine Mills, Texas; Opry Mills Nashville, Tennessee; and many more.
In addition, Mills operates more than 20 regional shopping centers across the United States, as well as international centers located in Toronto, Madrid, and Glasgow.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. is a recognized leading developer and manager of factory outlet shopping centers, each one known as Tanger Outlet Center.They have been a publicly held Real Estate Investment Trust since May, 1993. Tanger shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SKT. The Company currently has ownership interests in or management responsibilities for 34 centers in 21 states.

For more than 20 years, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. has been developing shopping centers catering to bargain-hunting consumers like Tanger Outlets Foley in Alabama or Tanger Outlets Williamsburg in Iowa . The company acquires, develops, owns and operates multi-unit shopping centers, leasing the individual stores to tenant companies who wish to offer factory overruns or imperfect merchandise directly to consumers at a substantial discount over retail prices. Tanger has 29 outlet centers in 20 states, most of them located either in a resort area or on a thoroughfare between two major cities. With occupancy rates close to 95 percent, the centers generally contain about 70 stores run by manufacturers of upscale clothing and household items. Prominent tenants include Liz Claiborne, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Banana Republic.

 

Chelsea Property Group was acquired by Simon Property Group, Inc. in October 2004, and continues to operate from its headquarters in Roseland, New Jersey as a division of Simon.

Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and the largest public U.S. real estate company. Simon is a fully integrated real estate company which operates from five retail real estate platforms:

Regional malls / Chelsea Premium Outlet Centers / The Mills / Community / lifestyle centers / International properties

Chelsea is the world's largest owner, developer and operator of upscale outlet centers. Its portfolio includes 49 Premium Outlet Centers; 40 are in the United States, seven in Japan, one in Korea and one in Mexico.
Chelsea's leading properties in the United States include Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, near New York City; Orlando Premium Outlets, in Orlando, Florida; Desert Hills Premium Outlets, near Palm Springs, California; Las Vegas Premium Outlets, in Las Vegas, Nevada and Chicago Premium Outlets, near Chicago, Illinois.