First outlet village to open in Georgia in 2022, PM says
By Khatia Bzhalava
Thursday, September 9
In just one year, the first outlet village in Georgia will open to serve both Georgian citizens and millions of our country's visitors, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated in his speech at yesterday’s presentation of the Outlet Village project. The project will cost about GEL70 million and will be implemented by the local real estate development company Domus.
Tbilisi Outlet Village was designed by one of Europe’s leading architectural firms, L35. The company has designed La Roca Village near Barcelona, Las Rozas Village near Madrid as well as Mallorca and Lisboa Fashion Outlets. The exterior was inspired by the historical architecture of Tbilisi and the surrounding Georgian villages. According to the brochure, Outlet Village is unique with no comparable shopping destination within this part of the world and will offer leading global clothing brands as well as diverse food facilities.
According to Garibashvili, the Outlet Village will create 500 new jobs during construction and will employ 2,000 people after opening.
“We are happy to have a Spanish company involved in the project's designing. It is also exciting to have our new trade space managed by an American-European outlet management company,” noted the PM.
He emphasized at the presentation that tourism development is one of the key priority directions of the Georgian government. According to the PM, even though the pandemic deeply damaged the tourism sector, expectations are optimistic as the economy tends to recover very fast.
The first-ever Outlet Village in the region stretching 10 hectares of land will be located just outside Tbilisi, near Lilo. Georgian Outlet Village and Resort Group will complete the initial phase of construction in 2022.
