I love Norfolk Premium Outlets!! Although I haven't yet explored all the stores, they have many whose merchandise I love. Under Armour, Nike, The North Face & Le Crueset are among my favorites.
The location is perfect for me. The majority of the time I enter from Northampton Boulevard. The entrance is just east of the I-64 ramps. Turn lanes have been added so you won't get entrapped in expressway traffic. I think you can also enter from Military Highway but I haven't yet tried that option. There is a back way into the Outlet Mall from Miller Store Road, which is on my shortcut to the airport. It isn't a major entrance and has a very small sign that you must be on the lookout for. You enter at the back with quick access to the parking that I usually use.
The mall location is perfect for travelers though the area, who are either on I-64 or Hwy 13 (Northampton Boulevard). Hwy 13 leads to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel and is a major route to the northeast via the Eastern Shore & Delmarva Peninsula. I can't imagine a more perfect location than the confluence of I-64 & Hwy 13.
There are new businesses & a shopping center along the entrance road from Northampton Boulevard. Signs speak to additional planned development on the entrance road. Out parcels at the Northampton entrance have also been developed. New hotels are springing up as the seeds of development have been planted. I love it!!
Parking is plentiful, although I have one complaint. There are not enough disabled spaces designated for the general population. The few they have are always filled. They have done an excellent job of providing plentiful parking designated for disabled veterans.
A wonderful thing about the parking is that the parking lot number (actually alphabetic) is listed on the business map/listing signs that are located at various spots on the center courtyards. If you have walking limitations, you might find that it's easier to go back to the parking lot and choose another lot. Otherwise one might have a long walk to an outer rim store whose pathway is from a different courtyard.
The mall is an outdoor mall. There are 4 (or maybe 5) center courtyards with rows of adjoined stores leading in both directions. Plenty of benches and seating is available to rest or regroup. The stores are new, clean and architecturally pleasing.
Simon Properties has done a wonderful job with both the appeal and mix of stores. The one store I have seen in other Simon Properties that is really high in my wish list for Norfolk is an Ugg Outlet. Please bring that store to Norfolk Premium Outlets. Pretty Please....!!!!
What a wonderful job the City of Norfolk has done in bringing us this treasure! I'll shop there over and over and over again. read more