75-store Outlet Mall planned near Metro Airport

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June 04, 2014 1:56 PM

Outlet shopping center planned near Detroit Metro Airport

A new, open-air outlet shopping center is headed for Romulus near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Newton, Mass.-based New England Development plans to construct the Outlets of Michigan as a 325,000-square-foot outlet center on Interstate 94, opposite the airport.

When open in 2016, the center will feature about 75 of “the best brand names in retail,” shaded pedestrian concourses and Detroit-inspired architecture, the developer said in a news release.

The location planned for Outlets of Michigan is ideal, Douglass Karp, executive vice president of New England Development, said in the news release. It is right across from a major airport that serves 32 million passengers each year, on the major highway between Detroit and Chicago and will be the closest outlet center in Michigan to the Canadian border, he said.

New England Development’s growing portfolio includes outlet centers in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and centers planned for Arkansas and Iowa.

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