Horizon to develop outlet center in East Hartford, Conn.

East Harford, Conn. — Horizon Group Properties has announced an agreement to develop a new outlet center in East Hartford, Conn. The 350,000-sq.-ft. Outlet Shoppes at Rentschler Field is scheduled to open in the summer of 2016. Rentschler Field is a historic airstrip located near downtown Hartford.



The Hartford metropolitan area has 2.2 million residents and an average annual household income above the national average. No outlet shopping centers currently serve the market.





Estimates project that the center will generate more than $130 million in sales, $1.2 million in property taxes and $8.2 million in sales taxes per year.