Settlers' Green Outlet Village, founded in 1988, is an outlet shopping center in North Conway, New Hampshire

North Conway, New Hampshire

North Conway is a census-designated place in eastern Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,349 at the 2010 census. A year-round resort area, North Conway is the largest village within the town of Conway, which is bounded on the east by the Maine state line. The White...

, which was built in the location of the former White Mountain Airport (New Hampshire)

White Mountain Airport (New Hampshire)

White Mountain Airport was a public airport located in North Conway, in Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA. This general aviation airport had one runway.The airport closed in the late 1980s...

. It offers a large selection of tax-free outlets.

History

Settlers' Green was developed on the site of the former White Mountain Airport

White Mountain Airport (New Hampshire)

White Mountain Airport was a public airport located in North Conway, in Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA. This general aviation airport had one runway.The airport closed in the late 1980s...

, which was purchased in 1985 from Wylie Apte. The outlet village began with 30-store retail square, built at a cost of $8 million and 75 percent leased by November 1988.

Stores

Major tenants in the center's early years included Banana Republic, Eddie Bauer

Eddie Bauer

Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. is a holding company that operates the Eddie Bauer clothing store chain, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. EBH was formed after Eddie Bauer's former parent company, Spiegel, Inc., went bankrupt in 2003...

, and Brookstone

Brookstone

Brookstone is a chain of retail stores in the United States. Its first store was opened in 1973 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Its headquarters are currently located in Merrimack, New Hampshire....

, whose first US outlet store opened at Settlers' Green in May 1990. Other major retailers with outlet stores at Settlers' Green include Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers is the oldest men's clothier chain in the United States. Founded in 1818 as a family business, the privately owned company is now owned by Retail Brand Alliance, also features clothing for women, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.-History:On April 7,...

, HanesBrands

HanesBrands

HanesBrands Inc. is a clothing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It employs 50,000 people internationally. On September 6, 2006 the company was spun off by the Sara Lee Corporation....

, Gymboree

The Gymboree Corporation

The Gymboree Corporation is a San Francisco-based corporation that operates a chain of around 900 specialty retail stores of children's apparel in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada. It has nearly 500 Play and Music centers worldwide...

, Lane Bryant

Lane Bryant

Lane Bryant is a United States retail women's clothing store chain focusing on plus-size clothing. It began in the early 1900s with the innovative maternity designs created by Lena Himmelstein Bryant Malsin. -Beginning:...

, Nike

Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

, and Zales

Zale Corporation

The Zale Corporation is, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, a leading specialty retailer of jewelry in North America. The Zale Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1993...

.