In the presence of the president of the Ars Gaetano Galvagno and the queen’s councilor for tourism Elvira Amata, with other politicians and the managers of the structure, phase three of the Sicilia Outlet Village in Agira was inaugurated yesterday.
30 new shops covering 6,000 square metres, which are added to the existing 140 and make the Outlet Village the largest in the Centre-South and one of the largest in Italy.
Since 2010, the year of its opening, Sicilia Outlet Village has hosted shops from many of the main international houses, to which others are now added, including the first new Adidas format in Europe, the Swarovsky boutique, the new Coin shop Home and the first Italian outlet presence of Tommy Hilfiger Kids.
The new expansion, phase three, was carried out with an investment of over 35 million euros, which brings the number of employed workers, including employees and indirect workers, to over 1,500, with a large prevalence of young people.
Its position, in the center of Sicily on the A19 Catania Palermo motorway, favors a notable influx of visitors, many of whom come from abroad, who over the years have made the Outlet an opportunity for tourism in the area.
Sicilia Outlet Village is owned by Arcus Real Estate, a company based in Milan, owned by the president of the Atalanta football team Antonio Percassi, originally from Clusone in the province of Bergamo.
Arcus Real Estate maintained the management of Otlet even after entering the capital of the pan-European fund Orion European Real Estate Fund V, sponsored by Orion Capital Managers, in 2019.
Present at the inauguration ceremony were the general manager of Arcus Real Estate, Luca Nasi, the partner of Orion Capital Managers, Corrado Trabacchi, the managing director of Sicilia Outlet Village, Nicola Sanfilippo, and the director Cesare Greco.
On the occasion of the ribbon cutting, the president of the Sicilian Regional Assembly Gaetano Galvagno defined the Outlet Village “a solid project started 14 years ago, which is the fruit of a great intuition: the entrepreneurs who invested in the heart of Sicily had courage, determination and also love towards this territory”.
“The investment we are celebrating today certifies that the brand is expanding, this will bring new jobs: politicians must view all this favorably and must stay close to entrepreneurs who want to invest in Sicily”.
The regional councilor for Tourism, Elvira Amata, underlined the role played by the Outlet for tourism in Sicily.
”This is the most important outlet in Southern Italy.
The idea that many travelers also look at destinations linked to the shopping experience when choosing their destination represents an additional opportunity for Sicily.
We thank the entrepreneurs who believed in us, and who today invest even more, creating economic development, employment and important related activities for our Earth”.
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