McArthurGlen Group

McArthurGlen Group is a privately-owned and founder-led company known for developing and managing designer outlet malls.^[2]

McArthurGlen Group Limited

Company type	Public
Industry	Land and property, retail, designer outlets
Founded	1986; 39 years ago (1986)[1]
Founders	Cheryl McArthur Alan Glen[1]
Headquarters	London, England
Area served	Europe, North America
Divisions	McArthurGlen Designer Outlets McArthurGlen Luxury Retail
Website	McAthurGlen Group Website

Roermond Designer Outlet in the Netherlands

McArthurGlen Designer Outlet at the Vancouver International Airport

Background

McArthurGlen Group specialises in developing, owning, and managing factory outlet shopping centres across Europe and Canada. Essentially, they create large-scale retail environments where luxury, designer, and premium brands can sell their products at discounted prices.

Following a $180 million share issue in 1993 it became McArthur/Glen Group.^[3] McArthurGlen UK Ltd was also set up in 1993, based in London and managing designer shopping outlets across North America, the United Kingdom, and Western Europe.^[4]

While the company was founded by J.W. "Joey" Kaempfer in 1993 and remains privately-owned and founder-led, there's a significant joint venture with a major publicly traded real estate entity

Since 2013, McArthurGlen has been a joint venture between the Kaempfer Partners and Simon Property Group. In essence, while the overarching McArthurGlen Group is privately held and founder-led, its expansion and specific projects often involve partnerships with significant institutional investors and other real estate developers, and its strategic alliance with a publicly traded company like Simon Property Group provides a link to public markets.

On July 9, 2015, McArthurGlen opened its first outlet in North America at Vancouver Airport.^[5]

Locations

North America

Outlet	Location	Retail area	Shops	Opened
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)

United Kingdom

Sites in the UK:^[6]

Outlet	Location	Retail area	Shops	Opened
Ashford	Ashford, Kent, England	26,477 m2 (285,000 sq ft)	130	March 2000
Bridgend	Bridgend, Wales	22,700 m2 (244,400 sq ft)	92	May 1998
Cheshire Oaks[7]	Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England	37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft)	148	March 1995
East Midlands	South Normanton, Derbyshire, England	15,000 m2 (160,900 sq ft)	70	October 1998
Swindon	Swindon, Wiltshire, England	23,200 m2 (250,000 sq ft)	100	March 1997
West Midlands[8]	Cannock, Staffordshire, England	26,477 m2 (285,000 sq ft)	130	12 April 2021
York	York, North Yorkshire, England	23,100 m2 (248,500 sq ft)	120	November 1999

Continental 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[9]	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

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)