McArthurGlen Group

McArthurGlen UK Limited (trading as McArthur Glen Group) is a British shopping mall operator, founded in 1993.

McArthurGlen UK Limited

Industry	Shopping mall operator
Founded	1993; 32 years ago (1993)[1]
Founders	Cheryl McArthur, Alan Glen, Kaempfer Partners
Number of locations	23 (2025)
Area served	United Kingdom, Europe, Canada
Website	Official website

Roermond Designer Outlet in the Netherlands

McArthurGlen Designer Outlet at the Vancouver International Airport

The group operates over 20 shopping malls across the UK and Europe, and has a singular location in Canada. Its destinations are often self-branded as McArthurGlen outlets. The group specializes in factory outlet and luxury retail shopping malls.^[2]

Background

In 1986, Cheryl McArthur and Alan Glen founded McArthur/Glen Realty Corp in the United States, a real estate investment trust, which was later folded into Horizon Shopping Malls in the 1990s.^[3]

In April 1993, McArthur and Glen, alongside Kaempfer Partners, founded McArthurGlen UK Limited as a separate company to the former American namesake. It opened its first European mall in 1995, the Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet.^[4]

In June 2013, Simon Property Group purchased a stake in the McArthurGlen Group.^[5]

On July 9, 2015, McArthurGlen Group opened its first outlet in North America at Vancouver Airport.^[6]

Current operations

Canada

Outlet	Location	Retail area	Shops	Opened	Owner
McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport	Richmond (Metro Vancouver), British Columbia, Canada.	22,297 m2 (240,000 sq ft - Phase 1)	approx. 80	July 9, 2015 (Phase 1) August 29, 2019 (Phase 2)	McArthurGlen Group & Vancouver Airport Authority

United Kingdom^[7]

Outlet	Location	Retail area	Shops	Opened	Owner
Ashford	Ashford, Kent, England	26,477 m2 (285,000 sq ft)	130	March 2000	McArthurGlen Group
Bridgend	Bridgend, Wales	22,700 m2 (244,400 sq ft)	92	May 1998	M&G Real Estate
Cheshire Oaks[8]	Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England	37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft)	148	March 1995	LaSalle Investment Management
East Midlands	South Normanton, Derbyshire, England	15,000 m2 (160,900 sq ft)	70	October 1998	McArthurGlen Group
Swindon Designer Outlet	Swindon, England	23,200 m2 (250,000 sq ft)	100	March 1997[9]	Frasers Group
West Midlands[10]	Cannock, England	26,477 m2 (285,000 sq ft)	130	12 April 2021	McArthurGlen Group & Aviva Investors & the Richardson family.
York	York, England	23,100 m2 (248,500 sq ft)	120	November 1999	McArthurGlen Group

Europe

Outlet	Location	Retail area	Shops	Opened
Castel Romano Designer Outlet	Castel Romano, Italy	25,000 m2 (269,100 sq ft)	117	October 2003, 2nd phase November 2006
McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Neumünster	Neumünster, Germany	20,000 m2	140	September 2012, 2nd phase 2015, 3rd phase 2020
La Reggia Designer Outlet	Marcianise, Italy	26,400 m2 (283,700 sq ft)	149	February 2010, 2nd phase October 2010, 3rd phase September 2011
Designer Outlet Parndorf	Parndorf, Austria	42,120 m2 (453,190 sq ft)	168	August 1998
Designer Outlet Paris Giverny	Giverny, France	20,000 m2 (215,278 sq ft)	100	April 27, 2023
Designer Outlet Roermond	Roermond, The Netherlands	45,000 m2 (484,376 sq ft)	200	November 2001, 2nd phase January 2005, 3rd phase October 2010, 4th phase April 2017
McArthurGlen Roosendaal	Roosendaal, The Netherlands	23,000 m2 (247,567 sq ft)	77	November 2006
Designer Outlet Salzburg	Salzburg, Austria	28,000 m2 (304,35 sq ft)	131	October 2009
Serravalle Designer Outlet	Serravalle Scrivia, Italy	39,000 m2 (420,500 sq ft)	185	September 2000, 3rd phase December 2002, 4th phase February 2006
McArthurGlen Troyes	Troyes, France	29,500 m2 (317,500 sq ft)	120	October 1995
Noventa di Piave Designer Outlet	Noventa di Piave, Italy	18,900 m2 (202,900 sq ft)	150	September 2008, 2nd phase in Spring 2012
McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Ochtrup	Ochtrup, Germany	11,500 m2 (123,785 sq ft)	65	March 2016
McArthurGlen Málaga Designer Outlet[11]	Málaga, Spain	17,500 m2 (188,368 sq ft)	100	February 2020
McArthurGlen Provence	Miramas, Provence, France	25,000 m2	120	April 2017
McArthurGlen Roubaix	Roubaix, France	17,300 m2	75	October 2014

Former operations

Outlet	Location	Retail area	Shops	Opened
McArthurGlen Athens	Spata, Greece	21,100 m2 (227,160 sq ft)	124	June 2011 (sold in December 2022, no longer a McArthurGlen property)
Designer Outlet Berlin	Elstal, Germany	21,000 m2 (255,960 sq ft)	110	June 2009, 2nd phase September 2010 (sold in May 2025, no longer a McArthurGlen property)
Barberino Designer Outlet	Barberino di Mugello, Italy	25,000 m2 (269,100 sq ft)	103	March 2006 (management transferred to Promos Group in July 2024, no longer a McArthurGlen property)
McArthurGlen Luxembourg	Messancy, Belgium	24,000 m2	50	April 2011 (sold in October 2022, no longer a McArthurGlen property)