L.L.Bean’s latest outlet store is expected to open in the Shops at Biddeford Crossing retail complex in May.
The 14,500-square-foot store is currently under renovation adjacent to Market Basket. Spokesman Jason Sulham said the Freeport-based retailer is leasing the site from Tewksbury, Mass.-based DSM Realty.
L.L.Bean has three other outlet stores in Maine, in Bangor, Ellsworth and Freeport (near the flagship store). The 112-year-old outdoor retailer operates 61 stores across the U.S. along with 14 in Canada and 25 in Japan. The new Biddeford location is expected to hire 30 employees.
CM&B, Inc. with offices in Beverly, Mass., and New York City, managed the renovation on behalf of L.L.Bean and Rindge, N.H.-based Seppala Construction was contracted by the landlord.
The architects on the project were PCA Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., and Portland-based WBRC. Inc.