A fanciful water fountain at The Outlets at Orange |
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| Location | Orange, California |
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| Address | 20 City Boulevard West |
| Opening date | November 19, 1998 |
| Developer | The Mills Corporation |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Architect | D’Agistino Izzo Quirk |
| No. of stores and services | 105 (as of 2009) [1] |
| Website | http://www.outletsatorange.com |
The Outlets at Orange (known as The Block at Orange from 1998 to 2011) is Orange County, California's only Outlet Shopping Center. It is an open-air shopping mall developed by The Mills Corporation and now owned jointly by The Mills, A Simon Company,(Simon Property Group), Faralon Capital and KanAm, in Orange, California, a few miles southeast of Disneyland near the heart of the Orange Crush interchange. It offers a unique blend of outlet stores, dining and entertainment destinations.
The Outlets at Orange is popular with adults for its higher end offerings such as Burke Williams Day Spa, Neiman Marcus Last Call, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th, DKNY, Skagen, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Ann Taylor Factory Store, Victoria's Secret, Levis Outlet, Perry Ellis, Original Penguin, U.S. Polo Assn, Hurley, Off Broadway Shoes and Bose Factory Store. Sports Authority is slated to open in Spring of 2012 and Nordstrom Rack is scheduled to open on 3/1/11.
It is popular with parents for its children's apparel outlets such as The Children's Place, Gymboree and Carter's Outlets, and for its children's entertainment venues such as: Thrill It Fun Center, where kids can climb structures, ride slides, shoot nerf ball guns, climb a rock wall, ride a mechanical bull or hold birthday parties and play laser tag.
The Outlets at Orange is popular among teenagers for its more youthful outlet offerings including H&M, Forever 21, Nike, Converse, Vans skatepark, Skechers, No Fear, PacSun, Puma, Tilly's, Old Navy, Hollister and Guitar Center, which features recording studios and private lesson facilities.
The Center is also known for its nightlife because of its AMC 30 Movie Theatres and IMAX, Lucky Strike Lanes, Dave & Buster's, and Cafe Tu Tu Tango, an artists loft themed restaurant where artisans paint while you eat and others perform salsa dancing, and Alcatraz Brewery, a San Francisco themed brewpub named after - and borrowing some themes from - the former prison at Alcatraz Island. The Outlets at Orange is also home to other eateries including the Market Broiler (Seafood), Twin Dragon, Lascari's Italian Cucina, L.A. Italian Kitchen, Rubio's, Subway, Charley's Steakery, Jamba Juice, Johnny Rockets, Haagen Dazs, Villa Dolce Yogurt, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Corner Bakery Cafe. The Center also features L.A. Fitness, El Torito Restaurant, TGIFridays, Carl's Junior and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts adjacent to its parking lots.
Prior to 1998, the site was home to an enclosed mall called The City Shopping Center, featuring anchor stores May Company California and JC Penney, anchoring The City edge city complex. Mills purchased the site, originally considering conversion to an outlet mall named "CityMills," but instead built an outdoor lifestyle center after seeing the success of the Irvine Spectrum. The center's old slogan was The Block at Orange... It Ain't Square. It was The Mills Corporation's first outdoor mall not to have the "Mills" name.
The former Virgin Megastore was featured in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan where Borat attempts to kidnap Pamela Anderson.
Three of the former shopping center (The Block at Orange) tenants closed in 2008 and 2009. Virgin Megastore, Steve and Barry's, Hilo Hattie, Koji's Sushi and Ron Jon Surf Shop who left the center due to expiring lease agreements, and Steve & Barry's closed following its company-wide liquidation. These anchors were replaced with the Neiman Marcus Last Call store, Off Broadway Shoes, H&M, Thrill It Fun Center and Guitar Center.
The area is served by OCTA Routes 47, 54, 57, 454, and 757.
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