Outlets sign on with Maine shopping complex

A developer of a lifestyle shopping complex in Freeport, Maine, said today it has entered into leases with four "premier outlet stores."

The developer of Freeport Village Station is Berenson Associates Inc. of Boston, and Berenson said it has signed leases with
Calvin Klein, Izod, Van Heusen, and Geoffrey Beene.

Plans call for Freeport Village Station to be a 120,000-square-foot, multi-level complex with space for between 30 and 40 factory outlet stores and restaurants, said Berenson, which added that the project is expected to open in the spring of 2009.

Berenson was selected to develop the site by L.L. Bean Inc., the famed retailer and outdoor brand that has its headquarters in Freeport, Berenson said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)