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for sustainably built environments. Strategically located near the E19 the following three years that will mean the outlet will reach a total of
motorway to Antwerp and Mons, TOM is also at the crossroads of 20,000sq m and 110 units. Tbilisi Outlet Village is expected to attract
Belgian cities like Namur, Liège, Ghant or Ostende or Lille and Roubaix more than seven million visitors in its first three years alone, including
in Northern France. Construction of the entire project is well advanced a significant number of cross-border travellers from Azerbaijan,
with an opening planned for late 2023 and it is being developed by Start Armenia, Russia and Turkey. The outlet’s location is particularly well
Concept. suited – south-east of the capital, directly on the busy E60 motorway. It
Set to open in 2023, this 27th project of McArthurGlen will be the benefits from a strong catchment made up of Tbilisi’s 1.4 million people
first and only luxury Designer Outlet to the west of Paris. Located in a country of close to four million people. Financed by the Domus
near Monet’s Giverny, one of the most prestigious cultural and tourist Group with the support of TBC Bank, one of Georgia’s leading banks,
sites in France, and just 45 minutes by car from the French capital, it is a strategically important project for Georgia’s national economy,
their newest Designer Outlet is set to become a key attraction for its especially in the post-pandemic period.
fashionable local population and for the 40 million tourists who visit NEINVER, the leading outlet operator in Spain and Poland and the
Paris every year. With 20,000sq m of contemporary retail space, the second-largest operator in Europe, has announced a steady recovery
new centre is already attracting interest from brands, with 70 per cent at its outlet business in 2021, particularly during the second half of the
of the 100 available units either leased or in advancec negotiations and year as restrictions began to ease. The company recorded over €909M
the upcoming centre has been thoughtfully designed to bring together in brand sales across its 17-centre outlet portfolio, a 24 per cent like-
international fashion, local culture and artisanal design. The centre will for-like increase on 2020 and welcomed more than 35 million visitors
also be home to an artisan village, the Maison des Métiers d’Art, an over the course of the year, a 16 per cent like-for-like increase. One
immersive destination dedicated to promoting and showcasing the of its latest projects, Amsterdam The Style Outlets is a scheme from
very best of Norman and French craftsmanship. McArthurGlen has NEINVER and Nuveen Real Estate that features 115 units and is home
partnered with celebrated designer, Mathieu Lehanneur, to create the to such top international brands as adidas, Bjorn Borg, GUESS, New
architectural concept for the space. The Maison des Métiers d’Art has Balance, Nike, O’Neil, PUMA, Salomon and The Kooples and it is set
been developed in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and across 19,000sq m. From its first day of operation, the outlet centre
Industry (The CCI) and the Chamber of Crafts and Artisanship of the has complied with the ‘Shop Safe, Stay Safe’ guidelines drawn up in
Eure (The CMA). collaboration with the inspection and certification organisation SGS, to
Construction of the 12,500sq m first phase of Tbilisi Outlet Village, ensure the safest measures against the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
situated 30 minutes outside of the Georgian capital has progressed Fashion Outlet Slovenia is being developed by HG Invest in
well since the project celebrated groundbreaking in September 2021. cooperation with FOC Retail Service GmbH and Outlet Evolution
The opening is now set for spring 2023. Being developed by Georgian Services. On an area of more than 20,000sq m, 70 shops and several
Outlets & Resort Group (GORG) in close collaboration with TORG hundred new jobs will be created in two phases. The first phase will
International, Tbilisi Outlet Village is aiming to become the number be opened in 2023 with phase two scheduled for 2026. The upcoming
one outlet in Central and Eastern Europe. Sixty per cent of the space outlet is set to be positioned directly next to the motorway exit for Šentilj
is already leased and these include the signings of many top brands. on the Austrian border in the north-east of Slovenia. The development
The first phase will feature 70 units with a second phase planned in will only be a half hour drive south of Graz, the second largest city