DALLAS — Allen Premium Outlets plans to reopen next Wednesday and is giving its 120 stores and restaurants the flexibility to resume operations at their own place.
The shopping center has been closed since May 6 when a gunman killed eight people and injured at least seven others.
“For the next several weeks, in order to accommodate each retailer’s needs, each store has the flexibility to set their own hours and resume operations at their own pace,” the outlet mall’s owner, Simon Property Group, said in a statement Wednesday. The center is resuming normal hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
The shopping center said it’s increasing security for customers and the thousands of employees who work there.
The Allen Police Department will operate a substation on the property to support onsite police services, the statement said. “As you revisit Allen Premium Outlets, you will see these men and women continuing to keep a watchful eye.”
The shopping center said it has a “comprehensive security and emergency management plan” that includes the city’s police department and said it conducts multiple drills a year to prepare for critical events.
A permanent memorial “to honor the victims and to commemorate the enduring strength of the Allen community,” is in the works, according to the mall’s announcement. “This will be a thoughtful process which is anticipated to take several months.”
