The Shoppes at Oklahoma City to open fully leased

BY JENNIFER PALMER  - NewsOK

Oklahoma City’s new outlet mall is pretty much impossible to miss.


With its bright color scheme, large footprint and white circus tent-like peaks, the Outlet Shoppes at Oklahoma City is about to become a landmark.

Not only is the center highly visible and meant to draw people from Interstate 40, but it’s been an attractive project to retailers and is opening 100 percent leased with more than 80 stores, said Gina Slechta, a spokeswoman for Horizon Group Properties, which owns the center.

Slechta on Thursday took The Oklahoman on a tour of the nearly-complete mall, which opens Aug. 5. Workers were busy installing lighting, landscaping and adding other finishing touches; exterior store signs were up but the stores were empty, with the exception of a few that had shelves or mannequins.
Shoppers first will notice the bright exterior paint and those large, white tensile structures, which shade and cool the open-air walkways. There is also a large fireplace and water fountain being constructed in the center of the mall.

“Our architects really believed in making the shopping center feel like you’re at home, like you want to spend a lot of time here,” Slechta said.

The outlet mall’s food court, which is located inside one of the mall buildings, will feature local restaurants such as City Bites, Orange Leaf and Primo’s d’Italia

Retailers added

Three retailers recently were added to the tenant list: Cole Haan, J. Crew Factory and Perfumania. The largest tenant is Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th, which is 27,000 square feet.

Slechta credited Oklahoma City’s economy and the hard work of city staff and chamber officials in being able to open the mall fully leased.

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