OKC Outlets names new general manager

Mall management veteran Jeannette Smith has been named general manager of OKC Outlets, which changed hands last month.



CBL sold the former Outlet Shoppes at Oklahoma City to The Outlet Resource Group and Singerman Real Estate in May for $38 million. The new owners changed the center’s name to OKC Outlets in a RECon show ceremony presided over by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett.



Smith, who for the past year has been a consultant at the property, has 20 years of experience in the shopping center industry. She held long-term management positions at Penn Square Mall and Quail Springs Mall.



“We are thrilled to have such a well-qualified, long-term resident of the Oklahoma City area as the general manager of the center,” stated David Hinkle, principal of The Outlet Resource Group.



TORG and Singerman plan to launch a grand re-opening of OKC Outlets this fall. More than 90 stores fill the center, including Nike, Vera Bradley, Michael Kors, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Under Armour. ECCO and Bath & Body Works opened recently.