GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ—Simon Property Group opened its Gloucester Premium Outlets, a new retail destination in Southern New Jersey, serving the Philadelphia market with an array of high-end fashion stores.

“We saw a real hole in the market on the east side of Philadelphia,” Simon president Mark Silvestri tells GlobeSt.com in an exclusive interview. “We identified this area a couple of years ago as one we wanted to serve better.”

The outlet center, which offers more than 376,000 square feet of shopping, features popular stores in a wide variety of retail categories including women's and men's apparel, footwear, fashion accessories, home furnishings and leather goods, including high-profile brands including: Armani Outlet, Banana Republic Factory Store, Calvin Klein, Cole Haan, Columbia Sportswear, Lucky Brand, Nike Factory Store, Puma, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour and Vera Bradley.

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Steve Lubetkin is the New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com. He is currently filling in covering Chicago and Midwest markets until a new permanent editor is named. He previously filled in covering Atlanta. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations. His audio and video work for GlobeSt.com has been honored by the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute. Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies. Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC. Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996. Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. You can email Steve at [email protected].