Tanger Outlets The Walk
Tanger Outlets The Walk, now generally identified as Tanger Outlets Atlantic City, is a 109-store open-air outlet shopping center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Overview
Tanger Outlets The Walk is an open-air outlet shopping center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, historically known simply as The Walk. The complex occupies a prominent urban site across several downtown blocks and streets, making it structurally different from the suburban enclosed malls and highway-oriented outlet centers that dominate the outlet-retail sector. It is described as the only outlet mall in Atlantic County and forms part of Atlantic City's broader visitor economy, serving tourists, convention attendees, casino visitors, and local shoppers. The center opened in August 2003 on and around the former Atlantic City Bus Terminal site. The original terminal building was incorporated into the retail development and became a Polo Ralph Lauren outlet, while a replacement bus terminal was surrounded by the new shopping district. The development was associated with the Corridor Project, an urban-improvement program that added lighting, road improvements, landscaped areas, and gateway features intended to connect the outlet district with Atlantic City's main avenues and visitor routes. The property expanded in stages. An early gateway lighthouse was removed in 2006 to make room for a second phase, including a large Nike outlet and additional stores positioned around the Missouri Avenue and Arkansas Avenue area. A further expansion across Missouri Avenue added nine stores and was completed in April 2011. The project, reported at a cost of $15 million, was supported by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority and broadened the center's footprint beyond its initial blocks. In 2011, Tanger Properties Limited Partnership acquired substantially all of the economic interests in the first two phases of The Walk from entities associated with the Cordish Company. The transaction was part of a reported $200 million, two-property deal that also involved a Cordish outlet property in Ocean City, Maryland. Cordish retained ownership of the third phase for a period and retained development rights associated with a possible fourth phase. The ownership transition brought the Atlantic City center into Tanger's national outlet portfolio. The surrounding public infrastructure also developed alongside the retail center. The Wave parking garage opened in February 2012 to serve outlet shoppers and visitors to the Atlantic City Convention Center, with street-facing stores along Mississippi Avenue. In 2013, the garage expansion incorporated the Noyes Arts Garage, a cultural and retail space associated with the Noyes Museum and Stockton College. It included areas for local artists and the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey, giving the district functions beyond conventional outlet shopping. A more ambitious fourth phase, initially discussed under the name Atlantic City Live!, was intended to introduce restaurants, nightlife, bars, and live entertainment, following the Cordish Company's other entertainment districts. Plans also contemplated the reuse of a vacant Sun National Bank building. Those plans were later scaled back. Cordish ultimately characterized a less expansive fourth phase as complete in 2015, centered on the opening of a Bass Pro Shops location between Arctic and Atlantic Avenues along Mississippi Avenue. The available reference material does not provide current tenant, visitor, revenue, or executive information, but the property remains associated with the Tanger Outlets brand and the Atlantic City retail and tourism environment.
History
Tanger Outlets Atlantic City began as The Walk, an urban outlet-shopping project developed in the early 2000s in the center of Atlantic City. Unlike a conventional enclosed mall, the project was arranged across multiple city blocks and integrated existing streets, public infrastructure, and a former transportation facility. The original development occupied the site of the Atlantic City Bus Terminal and incorporated the old terminal building into the retail program. That building became a Polo Ralph Lauren outlet, while a new bus terminal was constructed within the surrounding shopping district. The project opened in August 2003 with a reported three-block retail layout. It was linked to the broader Corridor Project, which sought to improve the arrival experience into Atlantic City through new lighting, roadway work, landscaped areas, and gateway elements. The development eventually extended across the intersections of Atlantic Avenue, Arctic Avenue, Baltic Avenue, Michigan Avenue, and Arkansas Avenue. The source material also describes the completed complex as spanning nine city blocks, reflecting its staged urban expansion. The first major physical change came in 2006, when a faux lighthouse at the Atlantic City entrance was removed to make way for Phase II. That phase introduced a large Nike outlet and other stores in the median area around Missouri and Arkansas Avenues. The center later expanded over Missouri Avenue. The third-phase addition, completed in April 2011, added nine stores at a reported cost of $15 million. The expansion was supported and constructed through the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, linking the retail project to Atlantic City's public redevelopment framework. Ownership also changed in 2011. Tanger Properties Limited Partnership acquired substantially all of the economic interests in the first and second phases from entities connected with the Cordish Company. The reported transaction covered two outlet properties and had a total value of $200 million; the other property was in Ocean City, Maryland. Cordish retained ownership of Phase III until later that year and preserved certain development rights relating to a potential Phase IV. Following the transaction, the property became part of Tanger's outlet-center portfolio and was increasingly identified as Tanger Outlets The Walk or Tanger Outlets Atlantic City. Retail growth was accompanied by improvements to parking and cultural facilities. The Wave garage opened in February 2012 to serve both outlet customers and Atlantic City Convention Center visitors. Its street-facing spaces extended retail activity along Mississippi Avenue. A 2013 expansion incorporated the Noyes Arts Garage, associated with the Noyes Museum and Stockton College. That facility created space for local artists and included the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey, adding an arts and heritage dimension to the district. The proposed fourth phase originally carried the name Atlantic City Live! and was envisioned as a larger entertainment destination with restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and live performances. The concept drew on other Cordish developments using the Live! branding. Plans also considered incorporating a vacant Sun National Bank building into the district. The proposal was ultimately reduced in scope. In 2015, Cordish described a different fourth phase as completed, centered on a Bass Pro Shops store located between Arctic and Atlantic Avenues along Mississippi Avenue. The supplied reference material does not establish later expansions, current store counts beyond the stated 109 stores, current management, financial performance, or present tenant composition. Accordingly, the documented history is strongest for the center's opening, staged construction, ownership transition, public-infrastructure projects, and revised fourth-phase plans.
- 2015
Bass Pro Shops becomes the revised fourth phase
[1]A Bass Pro Shops store along Mississippi Avenue is identified as the completed, less ambitious fourth phase.
- 2013
Noyes Arts Garage is incorporated into the parking facility
[1]The expanded garage adds space for local artists and the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey.
- 2012
The Wave garage opens
[1]A parking garage serving the outlet center and convention-center visitors opens with street-front retail space.
- 2011
Phase III expansion opens
[1]An expansion across Missouri Avenue adds nine stores and opens in April.
- 2011
Tanger acquires interests in the first two phases
[1]Tanger Properties Limited Partnership acquires substantially all economic interests in the first two phases from Cordish-associated entities.
- 2006
Gateway lighthouse removed for Phase II
[1]A faux lighthouse associated with the original gateway design is removed to allow construction of the second phase.
- 2003
The Walk opens in Atlantic City
[1]The open-air outlet center opens in August on and around the former Atlantic City Bus Terminal site.
Products and positioning
An urban, open-air outlet shopping destination combining national outlet retailers with Atlantic City's tourism, convention, transportation, and entertainment infrastructure.
Apparel and accessories · 2003
National-brand outlet stores
The center's core offering is a collection of outlet and factory stores selling apparel, footwear, accessories, and related lifestyle products at discounted prices. The documented tenant examples include Polo Ralph Lauren and Nike, while the overall center is described as having 109 stores. The available material does not provide a complete current tenant directory.
Athletic apparel and footwear · 2006
Nike outlet
The Nike outlet was a prominent component of the second phase, occupying space associated with the Missouri Avenue and Arkansas Avenue area. It represents the center's athletic and footwear offer within its broader mix of national-brand outlet retailers.
Outdoor and sporting goods · 2015
Bass Pro Shops
Bass Pro Shops was associated with the revised fourth phase of the Atlantic City outlet district. The store brought outdoor, sporting, and recreational merchandise to the Mississippi Avenue section of the complex and replaced a more ambitious entertainment-led expansion concept.
Arts and cultural retail · 2013
Noyes Arts Garage
The Noyes Arts Garage is an arts-oriented component added to the parking-garage development. It provided a mall-like area where local artists could sell their work and operated alongside the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey.
Brand decisions
2015
Fourth-phase concept is scaled backStrategyBackground
The originally discussed Atlantic City Live! concept called for restaurants, nightlife, bars, and live entertainment modeled on other Cordish projects.
Action taken
The larger entertainment-district plan was replaced by a less ambitious fourth phase centered on a Bass Pro Shops store.
Aftermath
The Bass Pro Shops location was identified as the completed fourth phase, and no further phases were planned according to the supplied reference.
2011
Tanger takes control of the first two phasesM&ABackground
The first two phases of The Walk were held through interests associated with the Cordish Company, while the property was developing into a major urban outlet district.
Action taken
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership acquired substantially all of the economic interests in the first two phases as part of a reported two-property transaction.
Aftermath
The center became part of Tanger's outlet portfolio, while Cordish retained certain interests and development rights connected with later phases.
Reported total value of two-property transaction. $200 million (2011)
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