January/February 2005 Cover Story Features

Cover Story

Icing on the Cake
The Outlet Retail Merchants Association’s annual Top Centers list is derived from exclusive data relevant to outlet retailers’ growth and siting plans.

Features

VRN’s Spring Outlet Deal Making
ICSC’s 2005 Mid Atlantic Idea Exchange, March 23 – 24 in
Washington D.C., again welcomes the nation’s outlet retailing
and development segment. David Ober of LMS Commercial Real
Estate is heading a committee tailoring a concurrent session for
outlet industry execs.

Chain to Fill Big Shoes
Executives at MJM Designer Shoes say they plan to
double its 14-store roster this year, add another 20
to 30 units in 2006 and hit 100 stores in five years.

Celebrities Add a Touch of Stardom
The nation’s outlet centers are celebrity magnets as
it turns out the famous – like everyone else – enjoy
getting bargains, too.

Yamaguchi’s Gold for Hershey
When 1992 Olympic ice-skating Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi
brought her star-studded cast to the Hershey Giant Center,
the Outlets at Hershey (Pa.) jumped right up to be a sponsor –
with big payoffs.

Silverthorne Mines $13 Million Re-do
TGS’s Outlets at Silverthorne is a 258,000-sf challenge for
shoppers who have to navigate through three retail complexes
separated by I-70, Colorado Hwy. 9, some smaller roads
and the Blue River.

Q&A with New McArthurGlen COO
London-based developer McArthurGlen recently created
a new senior-level position – chief operating officer –
and appointed David Armstrong, a beverage-industry
executive, to fill it.

Buy! Buy! Buy!
A spate of chain and brand acquisitions marked the close
of 2004 as companies with heavy interest in the outlet industry
sought to expand. VRN presents a roundup of that activity.