Woodburn Company Stores adding 16 stores

by Joe Smith

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Posted on February 15, 2012 at 7:29 AM

Updated today at 7:29 AM

PORTLAND -- The Woodburn Company Stores has announced that it will expand one last time, the addition of 16 stores using up all the available construction space.

Since the popular outlet mall opened in 1999, every three to four years more stores have been added, bringing the current total to 98.

Officials said 90 percent of the 39,000 square feet of new retail space has already sold out.

Construction on the $10 million project started February 6th and should be finished by fall, creating 30 to 50 jobs during that time.

"We're 100-percent occupied in the existing phase and there are others (retailers)  who would like to be here and some great brands are heading our way. The customers demand it, so it's time to build," said Teri Sunderland, General Manger for Woodburn Company Stores.

The expansion will be a mix of many new companies to the area, including Spritz, a brand name fragrance outlet. More names of the retailers slated to take up space will be released in about a month.

Last year more than four million people visited the outlets. The mall expansion should create about 150 new retail jobs.

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Woodburn Company Stores adding 16 stores