Ground was broken for the new Toronto Premium Outlets centre near Milton yesterday morning and construction is set to begin immediately.<\/p>\n Owners of the mall \u2014 Calloway REIT and Simon Property Group \u2014 are hoping Ontario shoppers who regularly head across the border to shop the U.S. outlet stores will instead make the trek to the new mall slated to open next summer in Halton Hills.<\/p>\n Representatives from Calloway REIT, Simon Property Group, developer partner SmartCentres, local politicians, Town of Halton Hills and Halton Region staff and others working on the project were on hand at the property located at Hwy. 401 and Trafalgar Road for the groundbreaking ceremony.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first upscale outlet mall to be developed in Ontario, and Canada for that matter,\u201d said Josh Kaufman, vice-president of development for SmartCentres, the developer partner of the mall.<\/p>\n He called the outlet centre a \u201ctrue collaboration of the greatest development minds within the public and private realm.\u201d<\/p>\n It will allow shoppers to buy direct from a collection of fashion designers and name brand manufacturers. The first phase will be 360,000 sq. ft., housing approximately 100 outlet stores ranging in size from 600 sq. ft. to 25,000 sq. ft. and offering savings of 25 to 65 per cent.<\/p>\n There will be a mix of product categories including apparel and shoes, fashion accessories, leather goods, home furnishings and specialty items.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Ontario shopper now has a reason to keep its outlet mall shopping dollars on this side of the border,\u201d said Kaufman. \u201cIt will include the best U.S. and Canadian fashion apparel brands offered and, in some cases, for the first time in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n The names of centre retailers weren\u2019t released except for one.<\/p>\n John Klein, president of Toronto Premium Outlets, said Hudson Bay Trading Co. owned by NRDC, will be opening a Bay outlet in the centre\u2014 it\u2019s first \u201cdesigner outlet prototype in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n The unenclosed centre with entrances off Trafalgar and Steeles Avenue will have a single-level village-style setting with outdoor pedestrian courtyards that will provide sufficient coverage for all-weather shopping. It will be a racetrack design, meaning the stores will be in the centre surrounded by parking and feature several landscaping and natural elements and a centrally located food court.<\/p>\n In total, there will be four entrances to the mall\u2014 a right turn only from Trafalgar, a right turn only for eastbound Steeles traffic and two full access entrances from Steeles, one at Eighth Line and another just west of Eighth Line. Both those entrances will be controlled by traffic lights.<\/p>\n Preliminary work has already begun on widening Steeles.<\/p>\n The centre is expected to provide 500 construction jobs and, once opened, 800 to 1,000 permanent full and part-time jobs.<\/p>\n A job fair will be held in Halton Hills, said the town\u2019s Mayor Rick Bonnette.<\/p>\n \u201cThe economic benefits will be felt throughout Halton Hills, Halton and the GTA,\u201d he said. \u201cShoppers will have that option of buying brand names at factory outlet prices without having to go to the line-ups (at the border) and keeping the Canadian dollars here in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n Calloway CEO and President Al Mawani thanked Bonnette, Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr and Town and Region staff for working hard to make the centre possible.<\/p>\n \u201cPremium Outlets are more than just key spots for bargain hunters, they represent destinations for people who appreciate fashion and those who want a taste of luxury without the traditional luxury price tags,\u201d said Mawani. \u201cAt Calloway we\u2019re excited to see this come to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n Carr said the taxes paid by the mall will be put to good use.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to do all we can to make you successful,\u201d said Carr.<\/p>\n Klein said Premium Outlet Centres are \u201cknown to thousands of Canadians\u201d as there are 57 of them in the U.S., and others in Japan, Mexico, Korea, Puerto Rico and Malaysia.<\/p>\n He said the facility will draw shoppers, not just from the GTA, but from all over Canada and international tourists.<\/p>\n Bonnette called it an \u201cexciting day\u201d and thanked Town staff for their hard work.<\/p>\n He said it has been an 18-month process to bring the outlet mall to fruition.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.insidehalton.com\/news\/article\/1343738–construction-of-outlet-mall-underway<\/p>\n Construction begins on U.S.-style outlet mall<\/strong><\/p>\n ctvtoronto.ca Toronto Premium Outlets will be built near Highway 401 and Trafalgar Road in Halton Hills, just north of Oakville, Ont.<\/p>\n Consumers will be able to save 30 to 70 per cent off designer name-brand merchandise at the 100 outlet stores at the centre.<\/p>\n The centre is a joint project by U.S. outlet mall developer Simon Property Group Inc. and Ontario-based Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust.<\/p>\n The hope is that nearby residents will visit the centre to avoid a trip to the U.S., said Calloway CEO Al Mowani.<\/p>\n “There’s a population base of over six million people within an hour’s drive,” Mowani said.<\/p>\n The outlet mall will bring “jobs, tourism, and growth to the area,” said Simon Property Group co-president John Klein.<\/p>\n “It will be a real opportunity for people to have positions in good companies,” he said. “These companies are oftentimes nationally or internationally known firms that sell their goods here.”<\/p>\n Halton Hills mayor Rick Bonnette said there will be a job fair in the town so that residents can have the first pick of jobs at the outlet mall.<\/p>\n The mall is expected to add 500 full- and part-time jobs to the area, as well as temporary construction jobs for the next 16 months.<\/p>\n Similar Premium Outlets in the U.S. house tenants that include Michael Kors, J.Crew and Hugo Boss Factory Store.<\/p>\n With a report from CTV Toronto’s Zuraidah Alman<\/p>\n http:\/\/toronto.ctv.ca\/servlet\/an\/local\/CTVNews\/20120425\/outlet-mall-construction-halton-hills-120425\/20120425\/?hub=TorontoNewHome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u660e\u62a5\/\u5927\u591a\u533a\u8bb8\u591a\u559c\u6b22\u540d\u724c\u5546\u54c1\u7684\u534e\u4eba\u5e02\u6c11\uff0c\u4e5f\u8bb8\u90fd\u66fe\u53c2\u52a0\u8fc7\u524d\u5f80\u7f8e\u56fd\u7684\u8d2d\u7269\u65c5\u884c\u56e2\uff0c\u4e13\u7a0b\u53bb\u7ebd\u7ea6\u6c34\u725b\u57ce\u4ee5\u81f3\u7ebd\u7ea6\u5e02\u9644\u8fd1\u7684Woodbury Premium Outlet\u5546\u573a\u201c\u8840\u62fc\u201d\u8d2d\u4e70\u6253\u6298\u540d\u724c\u3002\u800c\u5230\u4e86\u660e\u5e748\u6708\uff0c\u201c\u8840\u62fc\u4e00\u65cf\u201d\u4eec\u5c31\u4e0d\u5fc5\u518d\u52b3\u5e08\u8fdc\u5f81\u4e86\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u5c4a\u65f6\u5728\u5965\u514b\u7ef4\u5c14(Oakville)\u9644\u8fd1\u5c06\u5efa\u8d77\u52a0\u62ff\u5927\u7b2c\u4e00\u5bb6\u4f18\u8d28\u54c1\u724c\u76f4…![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.jackjia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/outlet_mall_toronto.jpg\" "\\"outlet_mall_toronto\\"")
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\nConstruction of outlet mall underway. Representatives from all aspects of the Toronto Premium Outlets project at Trafalgar Road and Highway 401 officially kicked off the project with a groundbreaking Wednesday on site, at Steeles Ave. and Eighth Line. Taking part were (from left) Halton Hills Councillors Joan Robson and Clark Somerville, vice-president, Construction, Premium Outlets Robert Ufland of Simon Property Group, Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust CEO and president Al Mawani, Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette, Simon Property Group president Premium Outlets Development John Klein, Chief Development Officer SmartCentres Mauro Pambianchi, Simon Property Group vice-president Premium Outlets Development Steven Dworkin, Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr and Halton Hills Councillor Bryan Lewis. Ted Brown \/ Metroland Media Group<\/p>\n
\nDate: Wednesday Apr. 25, 2012 7:03 PM ET
\nCEOs and investors broke ground on Canada’s first designer outlet mall on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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