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Filea Spa’s Mondovicino Factory Outlet near Turin continues to attract crowds with
new tenants and marketing events.
The 176-m 2 Triumph outlet
shop will be located in the second
phase of the project. This
is the third shop Triumph has
opened at Fashion House outlet
centers in Poland.
n Brands Direct, which offers
an eclectic mix of top brands
with a clever fusion of casual
and smarter styles, has opened
a 1,369-sf unit at ING’s Dalton
Park in Murton, England.
n Resolution Property,
owner and manager of Park
Avenue in Bilbao, Spain, has
signed a lease with Calvin
Klein Jeans for 1,292-sf store.
Calvin Klein Underwear has
been operating at the center
since 2007. Additionally, Benetton
was scheduled to open a
2,000-sf unit in the center this
autumn.
n Whitely Village Outlet
Shopping in Fareham, England,
celebrated its 10 th anniversary
by signing three new tenants:
old-fashioned confectionery
store Sweet Traditions, gardening
store Garden Outlet
Fashion house Outlet Centre Gdansk, which opened in 2005, will open its 77,560-sf
phase 2 in November.
and camping specialist Yeomans.
The 165,000-sf center
is about 90 percent occupied.
n Chester Properties has
secured Marks & Spencer
Outlet to anchor its Festival
Park outlet center in Ebbw
Vale, Wales. Marks & Spencer,
opening its 48 th outlet store,
has taken a 10-year lease on
a 10,000-sf unit. The store
was to be open by October 1.
The 122,000-sf center, which
opened in 1997, counts Clarks
Factory Shopping, Cotton
Traders, Sports World, Julian
Graves and Thorntons among
its tenants.
n UBS Triton Property
Fund’s 115,000-sf Springfields
Outlet Shopping and
Festival Gardens in Spalding,
Lincolnshire, has added Animal
to its line-up. The retailer,
a popular youth-oriented
boardsports brand, will open a
2,200-sf unit. Animal has about
50 stores in the U.K. and 19
others internationally. It has a
turnover of £40 million and in
2008 it saw double-digit likefor-like
growth. Animal plans
to open 15 new stores this year.
Springfields, operated by Chester
Properties, also recently
signed up Marks & Spencer
Outlet and Gap.
n Gap has been busy: The
chain recently opened stores at
WD ltd.’s Royal Quays Outlet
Center near Newcastle, England,
and at Orchard Street
Investment’s 125,000-sf
Gretna Gateway on the Scottish
border. The Gretna store is
6,000 sf on a 10-year lease.
n Norwegian Outlet, a
planned 118,400-sf project
scheduled to open in May 2010,
has signed Hugo Boss. The
planned center is 75 percent
leased with such brands as
Tommy Hilfiger, IC Companys,
Quiksilver, Puma and
Levi´s. Norwegian Outlet is
in Vestby, Norway, 25 minutes
from Oslo. c
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