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NF Outlet Mall Adds Barneys

by James Fink
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Retailing giant Barneys has signed a lease to open an outlet location in Niagara Falls.

The move is Barneys first location in New York state, outside the metropolitan New York City area. Barneys has leased 5,000-square-feet in the Fashion Avenue section of Fashion Outlets of New York, joining such upscale tenants as Hugo Boss, Polo/Ralph Lauren, Coach and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Construction began this week and Barneys is slated to open the store later this spring.

Barneys is expected to be a major retailing draw for Fashion Outlets of New York.

“People will travel just to shop there,” said John Percy, president and chief executive officer of the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp.
Founded in 1923, Barneys evolved into one of Madison Avenue’s best known retailing destinations offering designer options from the likes of Armani, Fendi and Givenchy.

Barneys began expanding outside of the New York metropolitan area in 1988. It has has flagship stores in such cities as Beverly Hills, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Scottsdale and Las Vegas. The chain also operates 13 outlet mall locations including stores in California’s Napa Valley, Orlando and Leesburg, Va.

Barneys comes as the 533,000-square-feet Town of Niagara mall welcomes several new tenants.

Ann Taylor Loft Outlet, this week, opened an 8,000-square-foot store near the Saks Fifth Avenue Off Fifth store and the Uniform Outlet has opened a 2,800-square-foot store. For Uniform Outlet, which specializes in uniforms of the medical field, the store is its first in the immediate Buffalo Niagara region.

Ann Taylor Loft Outlet offers deep discounts on its many designer clothes options.

With the new additions, Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls has approximately 150 stores. It is the region’s ninth-largest shopping center and the biggest in Niagara County.