The Outlets at Orange said it will begin construction on 60,000 square feet of retail space this month.
The project is scheduled for completion by the holiday season and will add 12 outlet stores to the Orange-based shopping center’s 120 tenants that includes an AMC Movie Theater, Lucky Strike Lanes, Nordstrom Rack, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, and Neiman Marcus Last Call.
The growth adds “Fashion outlets that are at the top of the list of requests from our customers,” Gregg Goodman, president of The Mills at Simon Property Group Inc., said in a statement.
Moorefield Construction Inc. in Santa Ana is the general contractor for the project.
Plans include three one-story buildings on the east side of the mall, which will encircle a center pedestrian plaza featuring a water element and seating. The Outlets currently have nine buildings totaling about 898,000 square feet, of which 753,000 square feet are leasable.
The shopping center also plans to add valet parking near Nordstrom Rack.
It reported $276.6 million in taxable sales for the 12 months ended in June, up 9% from a year earlier.
