User:DachshundLover82/sandbox/The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso

History
Before the opening of the Outlet Shoppes at El Paso, the city was the only without a outlet mall within a 100 mile (160 km) radius. This prompted Horizon Properties to begin the planning of a new outlet mall in the nearby census-designated community of Canutillo. Before construction in September 2006, developers of the outlets accepted a 1 percent sales tax rebate for a decade, as stated by city government. Groundbreaking of the property began on February 6, 2007, with construction remaining on schedule for the next several months. Total costs for the project cost $48 million (2007 USD, $ USD), which helped create 48 construction jobs. Developers of the mall had hoped that more than 800 retail jobs would be produced following opening day. During construction, stores such as Banana Republic, Dockers, Gap Inc., IZOD, Nike, Inc., and Perry Ellis announced the opening of locations at the outlets, with all stores opening at the mall being announced by May 24. The original name of the outlets was to be the Sun Valley Factory Shoppes, however, Factory failed to translate well into Spanish for the purpose of international shoppers, it was instead replaced with the Outlet Shoppes of El Paso. The mall held its grand opening on October 11, 2007.