Woodburn Premium Outlets
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{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Woodburn Premium Outlets
| logo = Woodburn Premium Outlets logo.svg
| image = Woodburn Company Stores pan.JPG
| image_width =
| caption = Woodburn Company Stores entrance
| location = Woodburn, Oregon, United States
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| coordinates =
| opening_date = August 1999
| developer= Craig Realty Group
| manager =
| owner = Simon Property Group
| number_of_stores = 114
| number_of_anchors = 13
| floor_area = {{convert|350292|sqft}} (GLA)
| floors = 1
| website = http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlet/woodburn
}}
Woodburn Premium Outlets is an outlet mall in Woodburn, Oregon, United States. The complex, located between the cities of Portland and Salem on Interstate 5, opened in 1999 as the Woodburn Company Stores.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/01/31/daily41.html |title=Woodburn Company Stores to expand |access-date=November 29, 2007 |date=February 3, 2007 |publisher=Portland Business Journal }} Owned and operated by Simon Property Group, the center has over {{convert|350000|sqft|m2}} of retail space.
History
Initially costing $20 million, Woodburn Company Stores opened with {{convert|243000|sqft|m2}} of retail space in August 1999. The center was expanded by {{convert|66500|sqft|m2}} of space which opened in November 2003. An additional {{convert|23700|sqft|m2}} added in November 2005{{cite news |first=Dana |last=Tims |title=Woodburn Company Stores will expand for new tenant |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=February 4, 2005 }} cost $1.6 million and included Nike, Inc. as an anchor to the outlet mall.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/02/07/daily12.html |title=Nike store to anchor Woodburn mall expansion |access-date=November 29, 2007 |date=February 8, 2007 |publisher=Portland Business Journal }} The complex was a target of a large shoplifting ring in 2006.{{cite news |first=Maxine |last=Bernstein |title=Police find giant stash of designer label goods |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=November 17, 2006 }} Between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends in 2007, a shuttle bus service called the Woodburn Outlet Express ran from the Portland Union Bank of California, the Portland Hilton Hotel, the Lake Oswego Hilton Garden Inn, to the mall and back.{{cite news |url=http://wweek.com/wwire/?p=8066 |title=Woodburn Outlet Express: Vacant Until Filled |first=Jocelyn |last=Brady |access-date=November 29, 2007 |date=June 3, 2007 |newspaper=Willamette Week }}{{cite news |first=Helen |last=Jung |title=Bus plugs shoppers into outlet |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=May 19, 2007 }} Round-trip fare was $20. After low demand during that trial period, the service was discontinued.
The center added another {{convert|27402|sqft|m2}} of space costing $5.1 million opened in February 2009. Its last expansion, consisting of public restrooms and 16 retail spaces, broke ground in February 2012 and opened seven months later.{{cite news|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|title=Woodburn outlet adding 16 new stores|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/07/23/woodburn-outlet-adding-16-new-stores.html|access-date=November 20, 2012|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=July 23, 2012}} Costing $10 million, it added {{convert|38569|sqft|m2}} for a final total area of {{convert|388,378|sqft|m2}} for the center.{{cite news |first=Paula |last=Gunderson |title=Woodburn Company Stores adds nearly 40,000 square feet |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=February 13, 2012}} The company S.D. Deacon has been the general contractor of the mall's construction during all phases. For the Christmas holiday shopping season in 2012, the center reached 100% occupancy.{{cite news|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|title=Woodburn Stores 100 percent leased for the holidays|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2012/11/woodburn-stores-100-percent-leased-for.html|access-date=November 19, 2012|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=November 19, 2012}} In 2012, the center had its highest total of visitors in its history, with 4.5 million people visiting the center.{{cite news|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|title=Woodburn outlet reports record 4.5M visitors in 2012|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2013/02/woodburn-outlet-reports-record-45m.html|access-date=February 24, 2013|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=February 12, 2013}} Simon Property Group bought the center in June 2013 from developer Craig Realty Group and changed the name from Woodburn Company Stores to Woodburn Premium Outlets.{{cite news|last=Culverwell|first=Wendy|title=Big changes for Woodburn outlet center|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2013/06/big-changes-for-woodburn-outlet-center.html?full=true|access-date=June 7, 2013|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=June 5, 2013}}
The outlet is the largest tax-free shopping outlet in the Western United States. It is one of Oregon's most popular tourist attractions{{cite news |first=Gabrielle |last=Glaser |title=Oregon: Things look discounted here – The universal lure of bargains compels foreign visitors to add the Woodburn Company Stores to their lists of things to see |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=April 10, 2005 }} with 4.4 million visitors recorded in 2011.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlet/woodburn Woodburn Premium Outlets official site]
- Woodburn Company Stores at [http://www.craigrealtygroup.com/scott/craig/info/ourCentersWoodburn.htm Craig Realty Group official site]
- [http://www.deacon.com S.D. Deacon General Contractor official site]
{{Shopping malls in Oregon}}
{{Simon Property Group}}
Category:Shopping malls established in 1999
Category:Shopping malls in Oregon
Category:Outlet malls in the United States