Monday, May 11, 2020

Tucson Premium Outlets reopens stores Monday

Posted By on Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Tucson Premium Outlets reopened Monday morning at 11 a.m. after closing to slow the spread of COVID-19 on March 19. The shopping center announced it would open its stores Friday, and unveiled a coronavirus exposure control policy in order to meet elevated safety standards.

"The health, safety, and well-being of the community we serve will always be our highest priority, and we have developed a thorough and detailed set of protocols highlighting the exceptional measures we’ve implemented for shoppers, retailers, and employees as we reopen,” said outlets general manager Kyra Monroe, in a release. “We also recognize that individuals and families in our community are suffering significant hardship as a result of both COVID-19 and the economic shutdown, and we believe that reopening our property will not only help people get back to work during these challenging times but also enable us to use our property to further support charitable initiatives."

The outlets shared its enhanced safety protocol with all its tenants, who are expected to meet those guidelines.

Tucson Premium Outlets Health & Safety Guidelines:

● Enhanced sanitizing and disinfecting using the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) approved products with an emphasis on high-traffic locations such as dining areas, restrooms, escalators, stairs, directories, trash bins, and doorknobs.
● Shopper safeguards that include making available protective masks, sanitizing wipes and temperature testing at entrances or property offices, as well as the encouragement of pre-visit health screenings to ensure shoppers stay home if they have exhibited COVID-19 or flu-like symptoms within 72 hours.
● Hand sanitizing stations will be deployed throughout the property.
● Signage promoting CDC guidelines for maintaining personal hygiene will be prominently displayed throughout the property.
● Pre-emptive employee health screening to ensure that employees do not arrive at work within 72 hours of exhibiting COVID-19 or flu-like symptoms.
● Employee safety protections including implementing the CDC’s COVID-19 frequent hand-washing protocols, and offering personal protective equipment in addition to other CDC recommended practices.
● Promotion and enforcement of social distancing practices, including occupancy limitations, furniture and restroom spacing, closure of play areas and strollers, as well as coordinated traffic flow with traffic signage and distance markers.

Tucson Premium Outlets provides roughly 750 jobs for the local economy, and the company estimates the center’s economic impact to be around $7.5 million in sales taxes.

“Our property is an integral part of our community not only in terms of shopping, dining and entertainment, but also job creation, small business growth and community support. We look forward to once again serving the needs of our community, and do so in a safe and responsible manner,” Monroe said.

The shopping center is also joining national initiatives to provide aid to local food banks, offer clothing donations and host blood drives.

Tucson Premium Outlets is located at 6401 West Marana Center Blvd.