The property is one of the 10 largest shopping centers in Central Florida. Chelsea paid a premium $177.44 per sf for the 120-tenant property at 8200 Vineland Road in Orlando's main tourist corridor off Interstate 4 between Walt Disney World and Sea World in south Orlando.

In a prepared statement, Chelsea chairman/CEO David C. Bloom calls the Orlando Premium Outlets "one of the most successful retail properties in the United States." Tenants averaged over $550 per-sf sales in 2001, Bloom says, placing the mall among the top tier of regional shopping center producers.

Chelsea paid Simon $46.6 million in cash and assumed Simon's $29.7 million pro-rata share of existing mortgage debt. The purchase price equates to a capitalization rate of about 9.5%, Bloom says.

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