Prime Outlets Hagerstown
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Hagerstown Premium Outlets, is an open-air outlet mall located along Interstate 70
Interstate 70
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, three miles (5 km) east of the highway's junction with Interstate 81
Interstate 81
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, in Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the...

, United States
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. It is one of two major shopping malls in Washington County
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering southern Pennsylvania to the north, northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. As of the 2010 Census, its population is 147,430...

 (the other being the indoor Valley Mall
Valley Mall (Hagerstown)
Valley Mall is an American shopping mall serving Hagerstown, Western Maryland and nearby communities in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Valley Mall is one of two indoor malls in the Hagerstown Metropolitan Area...

).

Built by Baltimore-based Prime Retail and was formerly named Prime Outlets-Hagerstown, the outlet center opened in 1998 with approximately 55 stores. Subsequent additions in 1999 and 2000 brought the total number of stores to between 100 and 115 and over 450000 square feet (41,806.4 m²) of retail space. The center was designed with a village-style layout and walking lanes throughout.

Hagerstown Premium Outlets is chiefly anchored by Wolf Furniture & Outlet. Smaller anchor stores exist such as Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Polo Ralph Lauren, and The Children's Place. The center also contains a food court with a coffee bar and a local tourism center.

The outlet mall caters not only to residents in Hagerstown, surrounding Washington County, and neighboring counties in Maryland, West Virginia
West Virginia
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, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, and Virginia
Virginia
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, but also to shoppers from the Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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 and Baltimore
Baltimore
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 areas, especially on weekends and holidays.

In late August 2010, the center was acquired by Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American commercial real estate company, ranked #1 in the United States as the largest real estate investment trust. Simon is a fully integrated real estate company which operates from five retail real estate platforms: regional malls, Premium Outlet Centers, The...

's Premium Outlet sector along with the majority of the Prime Outlet centers and was renamed Hagerstown Premium Outlets in September 2010..

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