New Leasing,
New Designation
Tanger Outlets at the Arches has been certified
as an LEED Silver Core and Shell project
by the U.S. Green Building Council; EWB Dev.
has been retained to lease and market Penn's
Purchase Factory Outlet Stores in Lahaska, Pa.
Springing Forward
Several new projects were announced at the
VRN Spring Outlet Deal Making in Orlando
in March ? and attendance and exhibitors
increased over last year.
Planned Centers Chart
VRN research shows that 25 developers are
planning to open 37 centers totaling nearly 12
million sf in the next two years.
Becoming a Legend
The developer of Legends at Village West decided
to change the project's tenancy once it saw
how well the center's outlet tenants perform.
Newsmakers
Mona Walsh joins Tanger Factory Outlet
Centers as director of corporate communications;
Mark McCarthy and Randy Warren form a
partnership; Gayle Speare becomes GM of Mills
Corp.'s Great Mall in Milpitas, Calif.
BOGO app
Rack Room Shoes develops a free iPhone/
iPod application - called BOGO - that helps the
math-challenged calculate their savings.
