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.

What is an outlet store?

An outlet store or factory outlet or "Best Saving Outlet" is a retail store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public through their own branded stores. Traditionally, a factory outlet was a store, attached to a factory or warehouse. Often these stores are grouped together in outlet malls. The invention of the retail outlet store is often credited to Harold Alfond, founder of the Dexter Shoe Company.

Since its origination, outlets have seen variation in project size and an industry reorganization in the early 1990s which resulted in many smaller outlets going dark. As newer outlets continue their popularity, clear differences between new well designed centers and traditional retail centers is becoming harder and harder to differentiate.

What can we buy?

Clothing, sporting goods, electrical products, cosmetics, and toys are among the types of items sold at outlet malls.

Outlet malls first appeared in the United States as a development of the traditional factory outlet: a store attached to a factory or warehouse. An outlet mall places several such outlets under one roof in a convenient location, usually an "out-of-town" site. The out-of-town site minimizes overhead costs. And they may be legally necessary as conventional retailers may have contractual restrictions on the manufacturer on the location of the factory outlets so as to minimize competition with the traditional retailer. Therefore, factory outlets are usually located some distance from major cities.

Where find them?

Outlet malls have been spread to the European Union and to many other parts of the world. During the early 1990s, UK company McArthur Glen opened some of the earliest outlet malls in the UK (Cheshire Oaks) and France (Troyes) in 1995, and since 2000s Italy (Alessandria, Rome and Florence) and Portugal (Lisbon). In Europe they are more commonly referred to as Designer Outlets or like "magasin d'usine". The expansion of outlet malls has reached Asia too.

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