Birch Run Premium Outlets Explained

Birch Run Premium Outlets
Location:	Birch Run, Michigan
Address:	12240 South Beyer Road
Opening Date:	1986
Developer:	Horizon Outlets
Owner:	Simon Property Group
Number Of Stores:	89^[1]
Floor Area:	690000square feet^[2]
Floors:	1

Birch Run Premium Outlets is an outlet mall in Birch Run, Michigan. The largest outlet mall in the Midwestern United States, it opened in 1986. It is managed by Premium Outlets, a division of Simon Property Group. The Birch Run Premium Outlets are located approximately halfway between Saginaw and Flint.

History

The mall was built in 1986 as Manufacturer's Marketplace/Prime Outlets at Birch Run.^[3] In 2010, the mall was bought by Simon Property Group's Premium Outlet division and renamed Birch Run Premium Outlets.^[4]

The mall's busiest months are August and December, the former due to back-to-school shopping and vacationing travelers.^[5] For many years, Birch Run Premium Outlets were the largest outlet mall in the Midwestern United States.^[6]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Store Directory for Birch Run Premium Outlets® - A Shopping Center in Birch Run, MI - A Simon Property.
2. Web site: New Outlets for Specialty Retail . Spring 2012 . Specialty Retail . December 1, 2013.
3. Book: Branch, Gregory Lynn . Saginaw County: Visions of the Valley . 1999 . Community Communications Corporation . 181. 9781581920062 .
4. Web site: Birch Run Outlets Have New Owner, New Name . Lynch-Morin . Kathryn . October 1, 2010 . MLive . . December 1, 2013.
5. News: It's a Prime Time for Birch Run . Kovanis . Georgea . August 2, 2007 . . December 1, 2013.
6. Web site: Prime Outlets at Birch Run Pumps Up Deer Widows Weekend . McFarland . Jodi . September 16, 2008 . . December 1, 2013.