outlet mall

Winnipeg to welcome first fashion outlet mall in May

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Outlet Collection Winnipeg will unveil about 100 retailers at its grand opening on May 3, offering a new shopping experience to consumers in Central Canada.

The 400,000-square-foot retail space, the first of its kind in Manitoba, will have created more than 400 construction jobs and 1,300 full- and part-time retail jobs when it opens this spring at the corner of Kenaston Boulevard and Sterling Lyon Parkway.

Outlet Collection Winnipeg is part of Forster Projects’ Seasons development, a retail/hotel/office/residential property that includes a four-star, 127-room Hilton Garden Inn Winnipeg South, a 400-unit apartment complex and an assisted-living seniors complex, among other offerings. The combined site will feature about one million square feet of mixed-use retail space on more than 100 acres.

“Job creation is the backbone of every economy and we are proud that the significant investment we and our partners have made in Winnipeg has translated into thousands of construction and retail employment opportunities for its residents,” said Blair Forster, president of Forster Projects, the developer behind Seasons.

Anchor tenants include Saks OFF 5TH, Old Navy, F21 Red, DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and Winners (which opens September 2017). Other anchors will be announced later, but a list of 45 retailers, some first-to-market outlet stores, has been confirmed. A few include Banana Republic Factory Store, Calvin Klein Outlet, Call it Spring Outlet, David’s Tea, Roots, The Body Shop, Think  Kitchen, Urban Kids, Dynamite/Garage and Mountain Warehouse. A job fair is set for March 25 and 26 at the Delta Hotel.

“Outlet Collection Winnipeg will be a unique place to shop and to work,” said Dimitrios Cotsianis, general manager, Outlet Collection Winnipeg. “We are very excited to provide our tenants with the opportunity to meet with potential candidates as hundreds of positions are filled.”

Ivanhoe Cambridge is developing the mall in partnership with Regina-based Harvard Developments Inc.

 

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