After breaking off a partnership with Massachusetts-based WS Development, Tanger Outlets no longer has a stake in the new outlet mall under construction in Cheshire, according to town economic development coordinator Jerry Sitko.
"WS Development informed us a few weeks back that Tanger pulled out of the Outlets at Cheshire project," Sitko told NBC Connecticut on Friday. "However, WS told us that the project is still active and that it remains committed to the construction of the Outlets at Cheshire. All local approvals to construct the project are secured and we believe WS is working to obtain necessary permits from the state."
The Outlets at Cheshire, a 510,000-square-foot open-air shopping center along Interstate 691 in Cheshire, is slated to open this summer at 2037 Highland Avenue.
It's not clear what prompted Tanger, which operates an outlet mall in Westbrook, to pull out of the Cheshire project.
