Tanger Outlet opening soon

[TeaJay]

Originally Posted by nancy thereader

It almost makes up for Stew Leonard's never opening .

As much as I really want to be back on LI, I will miss Stew Leonard's terribly. It's a great place. Can't believe there isn't one on LI.

[Echo18]

I'm glad that there is finally some news on this project. My husband had read about one article about it and he couldn't find anything else. BTW this was early last year, and I actually didn't believe him. I kept saying, well if it's not in any of the local newspapers or on the internet, then maybe it's a rumor. I'm sure someone will post that there were plenty of articles, but we googled it several times last year and found very little on it. Last fall I visited the Riverhead outlet and they actually had the Deer Park site listed as opening in Fall of 2008. Only then was I a believer. I then made my husband drive me to the site and I realized it had been under my nose the whole time. DUH!
I can't wait for it to open and I've already mentioned it to my co-workers.

I'm wondering what positive and negative impact will it have for the community and surrounding areas?

PS. Nancy the reader...I envy you.

[TomMoser]

Originally Posted by KellyFG

I think its so weird that they are building the one in Deer Park. Tons of people come to Riverhead from NYC & NJ to shop at Tanger, now they'll only go as far as Deer Park.
I'm wondering what affect that will have on the Riverhead location.

I spoke with a very active commercial real estate broker about this issue. He fully expects that this location will canibalize from the Riverhead one.

[nancy thereader]

I wonder if they will have the same stores, though.

I would not think that Riverhead would be that affected because the people who go to Riverhead seem to be on their way to the Hamptons , I think. They are so far away from each other that they almost are in different states ( well, at least the way I drive never on any expressways ) .

[Johninwestbury]

I was told that the Deer Park Tanger will have mainly big box stores, not small stores like Riverhead, and Deer Park will have no food court, only sit down resteruants.
So they will be somewhat different, but there is no doubt Deer Park will steer some folks away from Riverhead. Not that I mind, it'd be nice to be able to get a seat in the food court on weekends again.

[Jennifer06]

There's also a "new mall" opening between Tanger One and Tanger Two in Riverhead. It will be on/share the roadway that leads out of of the outlets to Rte 25. It isn't owned by Tanger but will be a whole new lot of stores.

Also, on 58 across from Tanger there is going to be an enormous new shopping center. Some square acreage I can't even recall; it was so large I couldn't envision it.

Both seem to be good to go fairly quickly.

(If only Main Street, Riverhead could come along as quickly, but I digress...)

I actually don't see the majority of the people at Tanger as being on their way to/from the Hamptons, and it does seem that the Deer Park Tanger has to take something from Riverhead, I would think unfortunately. Many people seem to come from so far. I hope it is different in scope, as someone posted; I wouldn't want to see the Riverhead Tanger further degrade.