Urban outletters

City gets a swath of off-price stores seeking to draw bargain-hungry shoppers

A rendering of the Empire Outlets mall under construction in St. George, Staten Island.
A rendering of the Empire Outlets mall under construction in St. George, Staten Island.

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From the June issue: For years, the city’s department stores — not to mention their landlords — have watched New Yorkers and tourists alike climb into buses, cars and trains and travel outside the five boroughs to outlet malls in the suburbs. [more]