PRIME RETAIL INC
S-11/A, 1996-06-28
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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 27, 1996
    
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 333-1666
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 5
    
                                       TO
                                   FORM S-11
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
        (Exact name of Registrant as specified in governing instruments)
 
                             100 EAST PRATT STREET
                                NINETEENTH FLOOR
                           BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202
                                 (410) 234-0782
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                               MICHAEL W. RESCHKE
                             CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                             100 EAST PRATT STREET
                                NINETEENTH FLOOR
                           BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202
                                 (410) 234-0782
                    (Name and address of agent for service)
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                                   COPIES TO:
 
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        Wayne D. Boberg, Esq.                  J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Esq.
        Steven J. Gavin, Esq.                    Bruce W. Gilchrist, Esq.
           Winston & Strawn                       Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
         35 West Wacker Drive                        Columbia Square
       Chicago, Illinois 60601                     555 13th Street, NW
                                                   Washington, DC 20004
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 APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE
                                    PUBLIC:
  AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
 
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    If  this Form  is filed  to register  additional securities  for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list  the  Securities  Act  registration statement  number  of  the  earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / / ________________
 
    If this Form is post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the  Securities  Act,  check  the  following box  and  list  the  Securities Act
registration statement number  of the earlier  effective registration  statement
for the same offering. / / ________________
 
    If  delivery of the prospectus is expected  to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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    THE REGISTRANT HEREBY  AMENDS THIS  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON  SUCH DATE  OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE  A  FURTHER  AMENDMENT  WHICH SPECIFICALLY  STATES  THAT  THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A)  OF
THE  SECURITIES ACT  OF 1933  OR UNTIL  THE REGISTRATION  STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION  8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
 
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                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
 
    Cross Reference Sheet Pursuant to Rule 404(a) of the Securities Act and Item
501(b)  of Regulation S-K, Showing the Location  or Heading in the Prospectus of
the Information Required by Part I of Form S-11.
 
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               ITEMS NUMBER AND CAPTION                      LOCATION OR HEADING IN PROSPECTUS
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       1.  Forepart of Registration Statement and
            Outside Front Cover Page of Prospectus....  Outside Front Cover Page
       2.  Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages
            of Prospectus.............................  Inside Front Cover Page and Outside Back
                                                         Cover Page of Prospectus; Available
                                                         Information
       3.  Summary Information, Risk Factors and Ratio
            of Earnings to Fixed Charges..............  Outside Front Cover Page; Prospectus
                                                         Summary; Risk Factors; The Company
       4.  Determination of Offering Price............  Outside Front Cover Page; Underwriting
       5.  Dilution...................................  Dilution
       6.  Selling Security Holders...................  Principal Security Holders and Selling
                                                        Security Holder of the Company
       7.  Plan of Distribution.......................  Outside Front Cover Page; Underwriting
       8.  Use of Proceeds............................  Use of Proceeds; Business and Properties
       9.  Selected Financial Data....................  Selected Financial Data
      10.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of
            Financial Condition and Results of
            Operations................................  Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                                                         Financial Condition and Results of
                                                         Operations
      11.  General Information as to Registrant.......  Prospectus Summary; The Company
      12.  Policy with Respect to Certain
            Activities................................  Prospectus Summary; The Company; Policies
                                                         With Respect To Certain Activities
      13.  Investment Policies of Registrant..........  Prospectus Summary; The Company; Policies
                                                         With Respect To Certain Activities
      14.  Description of Real Estate.................  Prospectus Summary; The Company; Business
                                                         and Properties
      15.  Operating Data.............................  Prospectus Summary; The Company; Business
                                                         and Properties
      16.  Tax Treatment of Registrant and its
            Security Holders..........................  Prospectus Summary; Certain Federal Income
                                                         Tax Considerations
      17.  Market Price of and Distribution on the
            Registrant's Common Equity and Related
            Stockholder Matters.......................  Price Range of Common Stock and
                                                         Distribution History; Description of
                                                         Capital Stock; Shares Available for Future
                                                         Sale
      18.  Description of Registrant's Securities.....  Description of Capital Stock; Certain
                                                        Provisions of Maryland Law and of the
                                                         Company's Charter and Bylaws; Underwriting
      19.  Legal Proceedings..........................  Business and Properties
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               ITEMS NUMBER AND CAPTION                      LOCATION OR HEADING IN PROSPECTUS
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      20.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
            Owners and Management.....................  Management; Principal Security Holders and
                                                         Selling Security Holder of the Company
      21.  Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters
            and Control Persons.......................  Management
      22.  Executive Compensation.....................  Management
      23.  Certain Relationships and Related
            Transactions..............................  Certain Relationships and Transactions
      24.  Selection, Management and Custody of
            Registrant's Investments..................  Policies With Respect To Certain Activities
      25.  Policies with Respect to Certain
            Transactions..............................  Policies With Respect To Certain Activities
      26.  Limitations of Liability...................  Management
      27.  Financial Statements and Information.......  Prospectus Summary; Selected Financial
                                                        Data; Financial Statements
      28.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.....  Legal Matters
      29.  Disclosure of Commission Position on
            Indemnification for Securities Act
            Liabilities...............................  Not Applicable
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INFORMATION   CONTAINED  HEREIN  IS  SUBJECT   TO  COMPLETION  OR  AMENDMENT.  A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT  RELATING TO  THESE SECURITIES  HAS BEEN  FILED WITH  THE
SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES  MAY NOT BE  SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR  TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT  BECOMES
EFFECTIVE.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  SHALL  NOT  CONSTITUTE AN  OFFER  TO  SELL  OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE  SECURITIES
IN  ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,  SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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                   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED JUNE 27, 1996
    
 
[LOGO]                         PRIME RETAIL, INC.                         [LOGO]
                                3,795,328 SHARES
                                  COMMON STOCK
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    Of the  3,795,328 shares  of Common  Stock, $.01  par value  per share  (the
"Common  Stock"), offered  hereby (the  "Offering"), 3,705,000  shares are being
sold by Prime Retail, Inc. (the  "Company") and 90,328 shares are being  offered
by  KILICO Realty Corporation (the "Selling  Stockholder"). The Company will not
receive any proceeds from shares sold by the Selling Stockholder. The Company is
a self-administered  and  self-managed  real estate  investment  trust  ("REIT")
engaged  in  the  ownership,  development,  construction,  acquisition, leasing,
marketing and  management  of  factory  outlet centers.  All  of  the  Company's
business and operations are conducted through Prime Retail, L.P. (the "Operating
Partnership").  The  Company has  paid and  intends to  continue to  pay regular
quarterly distributions to the holders of the Common Stock.
 
   
    On June 27, 1996 the Company issued 6,360,730 shares of its Common Stock  in
exchange  for  3,975,458  shares  of  the  Company's  8.5%  Series  B Cumulative
Participating Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  $.01  par  value  per  share  (the
"Convertible  Preferred  Stock") pursuant  to an  exchange offer  (the "Exchange
Offer") which expired by its terms on June 24, 1996.
    
 
   
    The Common Stock is quoted in  the Nasdaq National Market under the  trading
symbol  "PRME". On  June 26, 1996,  the last  reported sale price  of the Common
Stock on the Nasdaq National  Market was $11.75 per  share. See "Price Range  of
Common Stock and Distribution History."
    
 
    Ownership  of the Common Stock  is restricted in the  charter of the Company
(the "Charter"),  subject to  certain  exceptions, to  9.9% of  the  outstanding
shares  of Common  Stock. See "Description  of Capital Stock  -- Restrictions on
Ownership and Transfer."
 
   
    SEE "RISK FACTORS" COMMENCING ON PAGE 17 HEREOF FOR A DISCUSSION OF  CERTAIN
FACTORS  THAT SHOULD  BE CONSIDERED  IN EVALUATING  AN INVESTMENT  IN THE COMMON
STOCK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING RISKS:
    
 
    - the Company may be unable to  repay or refinance aggregate debt of  $172.8
      million  maturing by  December 31,  1996 or may  be unable  to finance the
      Company's planned development activities;
    - the Company's inability to pay any distributions in respect of the  Common
      Stock   unless  current  and   accumulated  dividends  and  distributions,
      respectively, on  all  shares  of  the Company's  10.5%  Series  A  Senior
      Cumulative  Preferred Stock (the "Senior Preferred Stock") and Convertible
      Preferred Stock have been paid in full;
    - the Company's inability to increase distributions in respect of the Common
      Stock unless and  until the  Company has achieved  and maintained  certain
      cash  flow levels as set forth  in the Operating Partnership Agreement (as
      defined herein);
    - the Company's presentation  of Funds from  Operations (as defined  herein)
      may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by competitors and
      based  on  the  recent  clarification  of  the  definition  of  Funds from
      Operations by The  National Association of  Real Estate Investment  Trusts
      ("NAREIT"),  the Company may report lower  Funds from Operations under the
      new NAREIT definition;
    - the conflicts of interest between the Company and the limited partners  of
      the Operating Partnership and their affiliates and between the Company and
      its  officers and  directors, and  the potential  significant influence of
      such limited partners or their affiliates over the affairs of the Company;
   
    - the immediate and substantial dilution of  net tangible book value in  the
      amount  of $11.42 per share  to purchasers of Common  Stock as a result of
      the Offering and the Exchange Offer; and
    
    - the taxation  of the  Company as  a  regular corporation  if it  fails  to
      qualify as a REIT.
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THESE  SECURITIES HAVE  NOT BEEN APPROVED  OR DISAPPROVED BY  THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE  SECURITIES
 AND  EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
   ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF       THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO  THE
                        CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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                                                                                                        PROCEEDS TO
                                                                UNDERWRITING        PROCEEDS TO           SELLING
                                          PRICE TO PUBLIC       DISCOUNT (1)      THE COMPANY (2)       STOCKHOLDER
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Per Share of Common Stock..............          $                   $                   $                   $
Total (3)..............................          $                   $                   $                   $
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(1)  The Company,  the Operating  Partnership and  the Selling  Stockholder have
    agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities,  including
    liabilities  under the Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the "Securities
    Act").
(2) Before deducting estimated  offering expenses of  $          payable by  the
    Company.
(3)  The Company has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days
    after the date hereof, to purchase up to 555,750 additional shares of Common
    Stock at the  Price to  Public per  share, less  the Underwriting  Discount,
    solely  to cover over-allotments.  If such option is  exercised in full, the
    Price to Public, Underwriting Discount and  Proceeds to the Company will  be
    $        , $        and $        , respectively. See "Underwriting."
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    The Common Stock is offered by the Underwriters, subject to prior sale, when
as and if delivered to and accepted by the Underwriters, subject to the right to
withdraw,  modify, correct and reject orders in whole or in part. It is expected
that delivery of the shares of Common Stock will be made in Washington, D.C.  on
or about            , 1996.
 
FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, RAMSEY & CO., INC.
                         MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, INC.
                                                      STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY
                                                              INCORPORATED
 
               The date of this Prospectus is            , 1996.
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                                   [ARTWORK]
 
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    THE  ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT PASSED ON OR ENDORSED
THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
 
    IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING,  THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR  EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS  WHICH  STABILIZE OR  MAINTAIN THE  MARKET PRICE  OF THE  SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK OFFERED HEREBY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE  PREVAIL
IN  THE OPEN MARKET.  SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY  BE EFFECTED ON  THE NASDAQ NATIONAL
MARKET, IN  THE  OVER-THE-COUNTER  MARKET OR  OTHERWISE.  SUCH  STABILIZING,  IF
COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY......................................................................................................      1
  The Company...........................................................................................................      1
  Risk Factors..........................................................................................................      2
  Business and Properties...............................................................................................      3
  Strategies for Growth.................................................................................................      6
  Structure of the Company and the Operating Partnership................................................................      7
  The Exchange Offer....................................................................................................     10
  The Offering..........................................................................................................     12
  Tax Status of the Company.............................................................................................     13
  Summary Selected Financial Data.......................................................................................     14
RISK FACTORS............................................................................................................     18
  Leverage; Uncertainty of Ability to Fund Debt Repayments and Future Development.......................................     18
  Floating Rate Debt....................................................................................................     19
  Ability to Pay Common Stock Distributions and Increase Common Stock Distributions.....................................     19
  Risk Resulting from Change in Definition of Funds From Operations; Risk that the Company's Definition of Funds From
   Operations May Not Be Comparable to Definition Used By Competitors...................................................     20
  Conflicts of Interest and Influence of Limited Partners and Officers and Directors....................................     20
  Immediate and Substantial Dilution Resulting to Purchasers of Common Stock............................................     21
  Adverse Impact of the Failure to Continue to Qualify as a REIT........................................................     22
  Effect of REIT Distribution Requirements..............................................................................     22
  Consequences of Failure to Continue to Qualify as Partnerships........................................................     22
  Historical Net Losses and the Future Net Losses.......................................................................     23
  Risks Related to the Brief History of the Outlet Center Industry, the Competition within the Industry and the
   Company's Limited Operating History and Rapid Growth.................................................................     23
  Risks of Development Activities.......................................................................................     24
  Risks Associated with the Grove City Purchase.........................................................................     24
  No Limitation on Incurrence of Debt...................................................................................     25
  Ability to Change Certain Policies Without Stockholder Approval.......................................................     25
  Risk of Changes in Price of Common Stock..............................................................................     26
  General Real Estate Investment Risks..................................................................................     26
  Possible Liability Relating to Environmental Matters..................................................................     27
  Limits on Changes in Control..........................................................................................     27
  Possible Adverse Effects on Stock Price Arising from Shares Available for Future Sale.................................     28
  Ownership Limit Necessary to Maintain REIT Qualification..............................................................     28
THE COMPANY.............................................................................................................     29
  Strategies for Growth.................................................................................................     30
  Competitive Advantages in Pursuing New Development Opportunities......................................................     32
  Structure of the Company and the Operating Partnership................................................................     33
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DISTRIBUTION HISTORY....................................................................     35
USE OF PROCEEDS.........................................................................................................     36
CAPITALIZATION..........................................................................................................     37
DILUTION................................................................................................................     40
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.................................................................................................     41
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS...................................     45
  Introduction..........................................................................................................     45
  Portfolio Growth......................................................................................................     45
  Results of Operations.................................................................................................     45
  Liquidity and Capital Resources.......................................................................................     54
BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES.................................................................................................     62
  General...............................................................................................................     62
  The Company's Outlet Centers..........................................................................................     62
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  Community Shopping Centers............................................................................................     78
  Lease Expirations for the Company's Entire Portfolio of Properties....................................................     79
  Competition...........................................................................................................     79
  Relationship with Municipalities......................................................................................     80
  Mortgage and Other Debt Financing of the Company......................................................................     80
  Joint Venture Financing...............................................................................................     85
  Certain Tax Information...............................................................................................     86
  Insurance.............................................................................................................     86
  Employees.............................................................................................................     86
  Legal Proceedings.....................................................................................................     86
  Environmental Matters.................................................................................................     87
POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.............................................................................     87
  Investment Objectives and Policies....................................................................................     87
  Distribution and Dividend Policy......................................................................................     88
  Financing Policies....................................................................................................     88
  Conflict of Interest Policies.........................................................................................     89
  Working Capital Reserves..............................................................................................     90
  Policies with Respect to Other Activities.............................................................................     90
MANAGEMENT..............................................................................................................     91
  Directors.............................................................................................................     91
  Committees of the Board of Directors..................................................................................     92
  Compensation of Directors.............................................................................................     92
  Executive Officers....................................................................................................     93
  Biographies of Executive Officers.....................................................................................     93
  Compensation of Executives............................................................................................     96
  Employment Agreements and Change of Control Agreements................................................................     96
  Option Grants in 1995.................................................................................................     97
  Stock Incentive Plans.................................................................................................     98
  Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation...........................................................    100
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND TRANSACTIONS..................................................................................    101
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.........................................................................................    104
  Management............................................................................................................    104
  Transferability of Interests..........................................................................................    104
  Additional Funds......................................................................................................    104
  Registration Rights...................................................................................................    104
  Tax Matters...........................................................................................................    105
  Operations............................................................................................................    105
  Distributions.........................................................................................................    105
  Limited Partner Exchange Rights.......................................................................................    106
  Indemnification.......................................................................................................    106
  Duties and Conflicts..................................................................................................    106
  Representations and Warranties........................................................................................    106
  Term..................................................................................................................    107
PRINCIPAL SECURITY HOLDERS AND SELLING SECURITY HOLDER OF THE COMPANY...................................................    107
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK............................................................................................    110
  Authorized Shares.....................................................................................................    110
  Senior Preferred Stock................................................................................................    111
  Convertible Preferred Stock...........................................................................................    114
  Common Stock..........................................................................................................    119
  Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer................................................................................    120
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF MARYLAND LAW AND OF THE COMPANY'S CHARTER AND BYLAWS..............................................    123
  Classification of the Board of
   Directors............................................................................................................    123
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  Removal of Directors..................................................................................................    124
  Business Combinations.................................................................................................    124
  Control Shares Acquisitions...........................................................................................    124
  Amendment to the Charter..............................................................................................    125
  Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business...............................................................    125
SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE SALE........................................................................................    126
  Registration Rights...................................................................................................    127
CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS...............................................................................    127
  General...............................................................................................................    128
  Taxation of the Company...............................................................................................    128
  Requirements for Qualification........................................................................................    129
  Failure to Qualify....................................................................................................    134
  Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders.................................................................................    134
  Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders...................................................................................    135
  Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders.....................................................................................    136
  Information Reporting Requirements and Backup Withholding Tax.........................................................    137
  Tax Aspects of the Company's Investments in Partnerships..............................................................    137
  Partnership Classification............................................................................................    138
  Income Taxation of the Partnerships and Their Partners................................................................    138
  Other Tax Considerations..............................................................................................    140
LEGAL MATTERS...........................................................................................................    140
EXPERTS.................................................................................................................    140
AVAILABLE INFORMATION...................................................................................................    140
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS...........................................................................................    F-1
UNDERWRITING............................................................................................................    U-1
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
   
    THE  FOLLOWING SUMMARY  IS QUALIFIED  IN ITS  ENTIRETY BY  THE MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION APPEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. UNLESS OTHERWISE  INDICATED,
THE  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS  ASSUMES (I) THE COMPLETION OF THE
OFFERING AT A PRICE PER SHARE TO THE PUBLIC OF $11.75, (II) THE EXCHANGE BY  THE
SELLING STOCKHOLDER OF 90,328 COMMON UNITS (AS DEFINED HEREIN) FOR A LIKE NUMBER
OF  SHARES  OF COMMON  STOCK,  (III) CONSUMMATION  OF  THE EXCHANGE  OFFER WHICH
EXPIRED ON JUNE 24, 1996 WITH 3,975,458 (OR 56.7%) OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES  OF
CONVERTIBLE  PREFERRED STOCK  TENDERED TO BE  EXCHANGED FOR  6,360,730 SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK (IV) THAT THE UNDERWRITERS' OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION IS NOT EXERCISED,
(V) THE PAYMENT OF  THE SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION (AS  DEFINED HEREIN) TO HOLDERS  OF
COMMON  STOCK EXISTING AFTER COMPLETION  OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER  BUT PRIOR TO THE
OFFERING, AND (VI) THE CONSUMMATION OF THE COMMON UNIT CONTRIBUTION (AS  DEFINED
HEREIN). ALL REFERENCES TO THE "COMPANY" IN THIS PROSPECTUS MEAN THE COMPANY AND
THOSE  ENTITIES  OWNED OR  CONTROLLED BY  THE  COMPANY, INCLUDING  THE OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP,  PRIME   RETAIL  SERVICES   LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP   (THE   "SERVICES
PARTNERSHIP"),  PRIME RETAIL  FINANCE, INC.  AND PRIME  RETAIL FINANCE  II, INC.
(TOGETHER WITH PRIME RETAIL FINANCE,  INC., THE "FINANCE CORPORATIONS"),  UNLESS
THE CONTEXT INDICATES OTHERWISE.
    
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
    The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that develops, owns
and  operates  factory  outlet  centers  in  the  United  States.  The Company's
portfolio includes 17  outlet centers in  14 states with  more than 4.3  million
square  feet of gross  leasable area(1) ("GLA")  that was 94%  leased with fully
executed leases  for  1,155  retail stores  as  of  March 31,  1996.  Since  the
Company's initial public offering in March 1994 (the "Initial Public Offering"),
the  Company's  portfolio of  factory  outlet centers  has  grown by  100.8%, or
approximately 2,174,000  square feet  of GLA,  representing the  development  of
seven  new factory outlet centers, the expansion of six existing centers and the
acquisition of one new outlet center.  The Company intends to continue to  build
on its reputation and experience in the outlet center business and to capitalize
on  current trends in value-oriented retailing. During 1996, the Company expects
to open between 700,000  and 900,000 square feet  of additional GLA through  the
construction  of two  new factory outlet  centers and the  completion of several
planned expansions of its existing centers;  however, there can be no  assurance
that  the Company's new construction and planned expansions will be completed in
1996. The Company's growth has continued since the Initial Public Offering  even
though  merchant sales per square foot, on a national basis and for the Company,
have decreased or remained flat. See "Business and Properties" and "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
 
    The Company believes  the growth  of its GLA  from the  construction of  new
centers  and expansions  is attributable  to its  ability to  develop innovative
strategies to  differentiate itself  from competing  outlet centers  and  retail
stores.  The Company's centers reflect architecture and design styles consistent
with the traditions and styles of the communities where the centers are located.
Garden walkways, village-style layouts,  fountains, playgrounds, concierges  and
customer  service  centers  are among  the  amenities  that are  typical  in the
Company's factory  outlet centers.  Such  amenities are  designed to  create  an
atmosphere  which  promotes  longer  customer visits  and  more  frequent repeat
visits.
 
    Factory outlet centers are part of a retail sector known as value retailing.
The factory outlet stores that lease  space in the Company's outlet centers  are
principally  operated by manufacturers and generally  carry the same name as the
designer or manufacturer of  the products sold. Outlet  stores sell directly  to
the  consumer and generally feature a full  selection of designer and brand name
goods at discounts ranging  from 25% to 50%  below regular department store  and
specialty  store  prices.  Outlet  stores are  differentiated  from  other value
retailers in that  they offer  higher price points,  have a  wider selection  of
current  merchandise and target middle- and upper-income clientele. The benefits
manufacturers receive by selling directly to the
 
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(1) GLA is the total square footage available for lease by a shopping center for
    actual occupancy by a  store or retail concern.  GLA encompasses the  entire
    square  footage within the floor's perimeter,  measured to the exterior face
    of  the  permanent  exterior  walls,   excluding  access  areas  and   other
    nonrentable space.
 
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consumer include (i) maintaining brand image, (ii) gaining more control over the
distribution   of  overstocked,  discounted   or  out-of-season  merchandise  or
manufacturing overages,  while  reducing conflicts  with  full priced  goods  in
department stores, (iii) marketing and assessing demand for new merchandise, and
(iv) providing a showcase setting for their full product line. See "Business and
Properties -- General."
 
   
    The  Company's senior management  and other personnel,  substantially all of
whom have  extensive experience  in their  respective areas  of site  selection,
development,  construction, finance, leasing, marketing and property management,
also have contributed to the Company's growth. After completion of the Offering,
the executive officers  of the Company  will beneficially own  shares of  Common
Stock   and  interests  in  the  Operating  Partnership  that,  subject  to  the
satisfaction  of  certain   conditions,  are  exchangeable   for  Common   Stock
representing 40.7% of the outstanding Common Stock.
    
 
    As  a fully integrated  real estate firm,  the Company provides development,
construction, finance, leasing, marketing and management services for all of its
properties (the "Properties"). The Properties are held and all of the  Company's
business  and operations  are conducted  through the  Operating Partnership. The
Company controls  the Operating  Partnership as  its sole  general partner.  The
Operating  Partnership owns a  99% general partnership  interest and the Company
(directly  or  indirectly)  holds  the  remaining  1%  partnership  interest  in
partnerships  that  own thirteen  of  the Company's  seventeen  existing factory
outlet centers and each of the  Company's three community shopping centers.  The
Operating Partnership participates in joint venture partnerships with respect to
the  remaining four factory outlet centers.  The partnerships which directly own
the Company's interests in the Properties are collectively referred to herein as
the "Property Partnerships." See  "The Company -- Structure  of the Company  and
the Operating Partnership" and "Business and Properties."
 
    The  Company's principal  executive offices  are located  at 100  East Pratt
Street, Nineteenth Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 and its telephone number  at
such location is (410) 234-0782. The Company is a Maryland corporation which was
organized on July 16, 1993.
 
                                  RISK FACTORS
 
    Prospective  investors should carefully consider the matters discussed under
"Risk Factors" prior to making an investment decision regarding the Common Stock
offered hereby. These include, among others, the following risks:
 
    - the Company may be unable to  repay or refinance aggregate debt of  $172.8
      million  maturing by  December 31,  1996 or may  be unable  to finance the
      Company's planned development activities;
 
    - the Company's inability to pay any distributions in respect of the  Common
      Stock   unless  current  and   accumulated  dividends  and  distributions,
      respectively, on all shares  of the Company's  Senior Preferred Stock  and
      the Company's Convertible Preferred Stock have been paid in full;
 
    - the  Operating Partnership's  inability to  increase distributions  to the
      Company allocable to the Common Stock  until the Company has achieved  and
      maintained   certain  cash  flow  levels  as  set  forth  in  the  limited
      partnership agreement governing the Operating Partnership (the  "Operating
      Partnership Agreement");
 
    - certain  limited partners of the Operating Partnership that are affiliated
      with the Company will, as a result of the Exchange Offer, benefit from the
      increase in the amount of cash available for distribution with respect  to
      their  limited partnership  interests after conversion  of the Convertible
      Preferred Stock pursuant to the Exchange Offer;
 
    - the Company's presentation of Funds from Operations may not be  comparable
      to  similarly titled measures used by competitors, and based on the recent
      clarification of the definition  of Funds from  Operations by NAREIT,  the
      Company may report lower Funds from Operations under the new definition;
 
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    - the  conflicts of interest between the Company and the limited partners of
      the Operating Partnership and their affiliates and between the Company and
      its officers and  directors, and  the potential  significant influence  of
      such limited partners or their affiliates over the affairs of the Company;
 
   
    - the  immediate and  substantial dilution  of $11.42  per share  in the net
      tangible book value of Common Stock purchased in the Offering and dilution
      to existing holders of Common Stock as a result of the Exchange Offer;
    
 
    - the taxation  of the  Company as  a  regular corporation  if it  fails  to
      qualify  as a REIT, and  the resulting decrease in  the funds available to
      pay dividends and distributions to stockholders;
 
    - the net losses applicable to the Company's common shareholders in each  of
      the  last five calendar years on a historical basis and the possibility of
      future net losses;
 
    - the relatively short history of the outlet center industry and the limited
      operating  history  and  rapid  growth  of  the  Company's  outlet  center
      portfolio may not be indicative of future operating performance;
 
    - the  potential adverse impact on sales at the Company's outlet centers due
      to external factors such  as inflation, consumer confidence,  unemployment
      rates and consumer tastes and preferences;
 
    - the  potential for  cost overruns, delays  and the  lack of predictability
      with respect to the generation  of revenues associated with the  Company's
      property development activities;
 
    - the potential adverse consequences to the Company of failing to consummate
      the  purchase  of  the  remaining  partnership  interest  in  the Property
      Partnership which owns Grove City Factory Shops;
 
    - the absence  of any  limitation  in the  organizational documents  of  the
      Company  limiting the  level of  debt the  Company may  incur, which could
      allow the  Company  to  become  highly  leveraged,  which  in  turn  could
      adversely  affect  the  ability  of  the  Company  to  pay  dividends  and
      distributions to stockholders and could increase the risk of default under
      its indebtedness;
 
    - the ability of the Board of  Directors to change policies of the  Company,
      including  investment, financing and distribution policies, without a vote
      of the stockholders,  which could  result in  policies that  do not  fully
      reflect the interests of all stockholders;
 
    - the  potential increase in market interest rates from current rates, which
      may lead prospective purchasers  of Common Stock  to demand higher  yields
      from  future dividends  and may adversely  affect the market  price of the
      Common Stock;
 
    - the potential adverse impact of changes  in the local economic climate  on
      the  revenues and  value of the  Company's properties  and the possibility
      that the Company will be unable to lease space as it becomes available  on
      economically favorable terms;
 
    - the potential of unknown or future environmental liabilities;
 
    - the  restriction on ownership of stock and certain other provisions in the
      Company's Charter and bylaws  of the Company,  as amended (the  "Bylaws"),
      including   a  staggered  Board  of   Directors,  which  could  deter  the
      acquisition of control by a third  party without the consent of the  Board
      of Directors; and
 
    - the  possible reduction  in the  market price of  the Common  Stock due to
      future sales of substantial amounts of shares, the availability of  shares
      for future sale or general market conditions.
 
                            BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES
 
    The   Company  is  engaged  in  the  ownership,  development,  construction,
acquisition, leasing, marketing  and management of  factory outlet centers.  The
Company  strives to differentiate  itself from competitors  in the outlet center
industry by developing larger outlet centers with highly accessible locations, a
larger and  more  diverse merchandising  mix,  extensive food  and  recreational
amenities and quality architecture and
 
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landscaping,  all designed to create an upscale environment in which to showcase
merchandise and encourage shopping. The  average outlet center in the  Company's
portfolio contained 254,765 square feet of GLA at December 31, 1995, compared to
an  industry average of 156,655 square feet as reported at January 1996 by VALUE
RETAIL NEWS, an industry  trade magazine whose  advisory board includes  Messrs.
Rosenthal  and Carpenter. Management believes that  the considerable size of its
outlet centers, coupled with the Company's established merchant base of national
and  international  manufacturers  of   designer  and  brand-name   merchandise,
significantly enhances the competitive position of the Company's outlet centers.
 
    The Company's factory outlet centers feature a diversified mix of nationally
recognized  manufacturers  of  designer  and  brand-name  merchandise  including
AnnTaylor/AnnTaylor Loft, Bose, Brooks Brothers, Corning-Revere, Danskin,  Donna
Karan,  Eddie Bauer, Ellen Tracy, Esprit,  First Choice/Escada, Guess?, J. Crew,
Jones New  York,  Levi's/Dockers  Outlet, Mikasa,  Nautica,  Nike,  Phillips-Van
Heusen  (including Bass, Gant, Geoffrey Beene,  Izod and Van Heusen), Polo/Ralph
Lauren, Reading China  & Glass, Reebok,  Off 5th (Saks  Fifth Avenue), Sara  Lee
(including  Champion,  Coach Leather,  L'eggs,  Hanes, Bali,  Playtex,  Sara Lee
Bakery and  Socks Galore),  Sony,  Springmaid Wamsutta,  Tommy Hilfiger  and  VF
Corporation (including Lee, Wrangler, Barbizon and Vanity Fair). As a group, the
foregoing  merchants accounted for approximately 25.7%  of the gross revenues of
the Company during the quarter ended March 31, 1996, and occupied  approximately
32.8% of the total leased GLA contained in the Company's outlet centers at March
31,  1996. Individual  merchants noted above  ranged from  approximately 0.1% to
6.0% of the Company's  gross revenues during the  quarter ended March 31,  1996,
and  occupied approximately 0.1%  to 7.3% of  the Company's total  leased GLA at
March 31, 1996. During the quarter ended  March 31, 1996, no group of  merchants
under  common control accounted for more than  6.0% of the gross revenues of the
Company or occupied more  than 7.3% of  the total leased GLA  of the Company  at
March  31, 1996. Management has established close working relationships with its
merchants to  better  understand and  anticipate  the merchants'  immediate  and
long-term  merchandising strategies  and retail  space requirements.  One of the
means by which  the Company has  established and maintains  these close  working
relationships is by the sponsorship of The Manufacturers
Forum-Registered  Trademark-,  an organization  of  over 100  manufacturers that
conducts industry meetings on the factory outlet center industry.
 
    The Company's  portfolio of  Properties,  including factory  outlet  centers
under construction, is as follows:
 
                            PORTFOLIO OF PROPERTIES
                             (As of March 31, 1996)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      NUMBER OF
                                    OWNERSHIP                  GRAND         GLA       STORES       PERCENTAGE
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS            INTEREST (1)     PHASE    OPENING DATE  (SQ. FT.)    OPENED      LEASED (11)
- --------------------------------  -------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  -----------  --------------
<S>                               <C>            <C>        <C>           <C>        <C>          <C>
Warehouse Row Factory Shops               99%        I        November       95,000          28            92%
 (2)(3)                                   65%       II          1989         26,000           6            94
 Chattanooga, Tennessee                                     August 1993
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            121,000          34            93
San Marcos Factory Shops                 100%        I      August 1990     177,000          57            99
 San Marcos, Texas                                  II      August 1991      67,000          18            93
                                                    III     August 1993     117,000          26           100
                                                   IIIB       November       20,000           2            91
                                                   IIIC         1994         35,000           2           100
                                                              November
                                                                1995
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            416,000         105            98
Gulf Coast Factory Shops                 100%        I      October 1991    187,000          57            99
 Ellenton, Florida                                  II      August 1993     123,000          33            99
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            310,000          90            99
Triangle Factory Shops                   100%        I      October 1991    181,000          45           100
 Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      NUMBER OF
                                    OWNERSHIP                  GRAND         GLA       STORES       PERCENTAGE
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS            INTEREST (1)     PHASE    OPENING DATE  (SQ. FT.)    OPENED      LEASED (11)
- --------------------------------  -------------  ---------  ------------  ---------  -----------  --------------
<S>                               <C>            <C>        <C>           <C>        <C>          <C>
Coral Isle Factory Shops (4)             100%        I        December       94,000          31           100
 Naples/Marco Island, Florida                       II          1991         32,000          10           100
                                                              December
                                                                1992
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            126,000          41           100
Castle Rock Factory Shops (5)            100%        I        November      181,000          55           100
 Castle Rock, Colorado                              II          1992         94,000          24            99
                                                    III     August 1993      95,000          29           100
                                                              November
                                                                1993
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            370,000         108           100
Ohio Factory Shops (5)                   100%        I       July 1993      186,000          53            98%
 Jeffersonville, Ohio                               II        November      100,000          23            98
                                                    IIB         1993         13,000           3           100
                                                              November
                                                                1994
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            299,000          79            98
Gainesville Factory Shops                100%        I      August 1993     210,000          62            92
 Gainesville, Texas                                 II        November      106,000          25            92
                                                                1994
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            316,000          87            92
Nebraska Crossing Factory Shops          100%        I      October 1993    192,000          53            96
 (4)
 Gretna, Nebraska
Oxnard Factory Outlet (6)                 30%        I       June 1994      148,000          36            94
 Oxnard, California
Grove City Factory Shops (7)              50%        I      August 1994     235,000          72           100
 Grove City, Pennsylvania                           II        November       95,000          21           100
                                                    III         1994         85,000          20           100
                                                              November
                                                                1995
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            415,000         113           100
Huntley Factory Shops                    100%        I      August 1994     192,000          51            98
 Huntley, Illinois                                  II        November       90,000          13            57
                                                                1995
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            282,000          64            85
Florida Keys Factory Shops               100%        I       September      208,000          56            89
 Florida City, Florida                                          1994
Indiana Factory Shops                    100%        I        November      208,000          51            87
 Daleville, Indiana                                             1994
Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops (8)         100%        I       July 1995      238,000          66            91
 Darien, Georgia                                    IIA       November       56,000           5            50
                                                                1995
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                            294,000          71            83
Arizona Factory Shops (9)                 50%        I       September      217,000          62            94
 Phoenix, Arizona                                               1995
Gulfport Factory Shops (10)              100%        I        November      228,000          60            92
 Gulfport, Mississippi                                          1995
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                       TOTAL FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS (12)  4,331,000       1,155            94%
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
                                                                          ---------       -----           ---
 
<CAPTION>
 
NEW CENTERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AND SCHEDULED OPENING DATES (13)
- --------------------------------
<S>                               <C>            <C>        <C>           <C>        <C>          <C>
Buckeye Factory Shops                                         November      205,000
 Medina County, Ohio                                            1996
Carolina Factory Shops                                        November      235,000
 Gaffney, South Carolina                                        1996
</TABLE>
 
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NOTES:
 
 (1) This percentage represents the Company's ownership interest in the Property
    Partnership that directly owns or leases the Property indicated.
 
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 (2)  The Company owns a 2% partnership  interest as the sole general partner in
    Phase I of this property but is entitled to 99% of the property's  operating
    cash  flow and net  proceeds from a  sale or refinancing.  Ford Motor Credit
    Company holds a 35% limited partnership interest and the Company holds a 65%
    general partnership interest in the partnership  that owns Phase II of  this
    property.
 
 (3)  Phase I of this mixed-use development also includes 154,000 square feet of
    office space and Phase II also  includes 5,000 square feet of office  space.
    The total office space of 159,000 square feet of GLA is not included in this
    table and such space was 100% leased as of March 31, 1996.
 
 (4)  Acquired by the Company from  unrelated third parties upon consummation of
    the Initial Public Offering.
 
 (5) The Company acquired the remaining 60% interest of an unrelated third party
    upon consummation of the Initial Public Offering.
 
 (6) On September 30, 1994, the Company purchased a 30% interest from  unrelated
    third parties in the joint venture partnership that owns this factory outlet
    center.
 
 (7)  The Company  owns 50%  of this  factory outlet  center in  a joint venture
    partnership with an unrelated third party.  The Company has entered into  an
    agreement dated as of May 6, 1996 with its joint venture partner to purchase
    all  of  the  joint  venture partner's  ownership  interest  in  the limited
    partnership that  owns  this  Property  on  or  before  February  28,  1997.
    Following the completion of such purchase, the Company will own 100% of this
    Property.   No  assurance  can  be  given  that  this  transaction  will  be
    consummated as scheduled. See "Business and Properties -- Grove City Factory
    Shops."
 
 (8) The Property  Partnership operates  this Property pursuant  to a  long-term
    lease  under which the Property Partnership receives the economic benefit of
    a 100% ownership interest.  See "Business and  Properties -- Magnolia  Bluff
    Factory Shops."
 
 (9)  The Company  owns 50%  of this  factory outlet  center in  a joint venture
    partnership with an unrelated third party.
 
(10) The real property on  which this outlet center is  located is subject to  a
    long-term  ground  lease.  The Property  Partnership  receives  the economic
    benefit of  a  100% ownership  interest.  See "Business  and  Properties  --
    Gulfport Factory Shops."
 
(11)  Fully executed leases as of March 31,  1996 as a percent of square feet of
    GLA.
 
(12) The Company  also owns  three community centers  containing 424,000  square
    feet of GLA in the aggregate that were 96% leased as of March 31, 1996.
 
(13)  No assurance can be given that these factory outlet centers will be opened
    on schedule with the indicated GLA.
 
                             STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH
 
    The Company  intends, on  a  long-term basis,  to  increase its  Funds  from
Operations  ("FFO" or "Funds from Operations") and the value of its portfolio of
factory outlet centers through the  active management and expansion of  existing
factory  outlet centers,  and the selective  development and  acquisition of new
factory outlet  centers.  Funds from  Operations  represents net  income  (loss)
(computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")),
excluding  gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of property, plus
depreciation  and  amortization   and  after   adjustments  for   unconsolidated
partnerships  and joint ventures. Funds from  Operations does not represent cash
flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not indicative  of
cash  available to fund all  of the Company's cash  needs. Funds from Operations
should not be  considered as  an alternative  to net  income or  any other  GAAP
measure  as  an indicator  of performance  and  should not  be considered  as an
alternative to cash flow  as a measure  of liquidity or  the ability to  service
debt  or pay dividends.  The Company intends  to continue to  increase its Funds
from Operations over time by (i) selectively expanding, developing and acquiring
factory outlet centers  that offer  strong prospects  for cash  flow growth  and
capital appreciation subject to the availability of
 
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debt  financing  on  favorable terms  and  additional equity  capital,  and (ii)
managing, leasing and marketing its  portfolio of retail properties to  increase
the  effective base and percentage  rents. While no assurance  can be given that
the Company will  successfully implement the  foregoing objectives, the  Company
intends to employ the following strategies:
 
    - DEVELOPMENT  OF  NEW  OUTLET CENTERS.    The Company  develops  new outlet
      centers  on  sites  with  favorable  demographics,  access  to  interstate
      highways,  good visibility and favorable  market conditions that generally
      can accommodate a  minimum of  300,000 square  feet of  GLA over  multiple
      phases.
 
    - STRATEGIC EXPANSIONS OF EXISTING CENTERS.  The Company selectively expands
      its existing factory outlet centers in phased developments that respond to
      merchant and consumer demand, thereby maximizing returns from these outlet
      centers  through higher  effective rents from  new merchants  based on the
      proven success and customer drawing power of existing phases. As of  March
      31,  1996,  the  Company  owned,  or  held  under  long-term  lease,  land
      contiguous to its outlet centers sufficient to construct additional phases
      totaling approximately  1,450,000 square  feet of  GLA. The  Company  also
      holds  options to purchase property  adjoining its existing factory outlet
      centers upon which additional expansions could be constructed.
 
    - ACTIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.  The Company monitors and seeks to enhance the
      operating performance  of  its  centers  through  intensive  merchant  and
      property management, and by providing experienced and professional on-site
      personnel.
 
    - INNOVATIVE  MARKETING  AND  PROMOTION.   The  Company  markets  its outlet
      centers and other  properties with promotional  materials and  advertising
      strategies that target and attract customers.
 
    - COMMITMENT TO MERCHANTS AND THE MANUFACTURERS
      FORUM-REGISTERED   TRADEMARK-.    The  Company  strives  to  maintain  and
      establish long-term relationships  with its  merchants through  responsive
      service  and by taking advantage of networking opportunities such as those
      provided through The Manufacturers Forum-Registered Trademark-.
 
    - ACQUISITION  OF   EXISTING  OUTLET   CENTERS.     The   Company   explores
      opportunities  to acquire factory outlet centers or interests therein that
      are compatible with the Company's existing portfolio and offer  attractive
      yields,  potential cash flow growth  and capital appreciation. The Company
      draws upon its development, operating  and marketing expertise to  improve
      such centers through expansion and/or remerchandising or reletting.
 
    - AMENITIES.   The  Company believes it  is an industry  leader in providing
      amenities and customer services designed to enhance the quality and length
      of customers' visits  and promote repeat  trips to its  outlet centers  by
      making each outlet center an attractive destination for shoppers and their
      families  and guests. The Company's outlet centers were among the first in
      the industry to include recreational  facilities and conveniences such  as
      food courts, automated teller machines and playgrounds.
 
             STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
 
    The  business  and  operations  of the  Company  are  conducted  through the
Operating Partnership. The  Company controls  the Operating  Partnership as  the
sole  general partner. The Operating Partnership  owns a 99% general partnership
interest and the  Company holds  the remaining  1% partnership  interest in  the
Property  Partnerships  that own  thirteen of  the Company's  seventeen existing
outlet centers and each of the  Company's three community shopping centers.  The
Operating  Partnership  indirectly holds  general partnership  interests ranging
from 30%  to  99% in  the  Property Partnerships  that  own the  Company's  four
remaining outlet centers.
 
   
    Immediately  following the Offering, the Company will hold all of the Senior
Preferred Units (the "Senior Preferred  Units") and Convertible Preferred  Units
(the  "Convertible Preferred  Units") of  partnership interest  in the Operating
Partnership. In addition,  the Company  will own 60.5%  of the  Common Units  of
partnership  interest  in the  Operating Partnership  (the "Common  Units"). The
balance of  the  Common Units  will  be held  by  the limited  partners  of  the
Operating Partnership (the "Limited Partners").
    
 
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<PAGE>
   
    Each Senior Preferred Unit and Convertible Preferred Unit (collectively, the
"Preferred  Units")  entitles  the  Company to  receive  distributions  from the
Operating Partnership in  an amount equal  to the dividend  declared or paid  in
respect  of a share  of Senior Preferred Stock  and Convertible Preferred Stock,
respectively, prior to the payment by the Operating Partnership of distributions
in respect of Common Units. See "Description of Capital Stock." Pursuant to  the
Operating   Partnership  Agreement,   the  Operating  Partnership   must  pay  a
preferential distribution (the  "Preferential Distribution") of  $0.295 in  each
quarter  (plus  any Preferential  Distribution that  is  unpaid in  any previous
quarter) for each Common Unit  held by the Company (the  total of such units  is
equal  to  the  number  of  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock)  before  any
distributions may be paid  in respect of  the Common Units  held by the  Limited
Partners  of  the  Operating Partnership.  The  Operating  Partnership Agreement
provides that any quarterly distributions  made by the Operating Partnership  in
excess  of the Preferential Distribution must  first be allocated pro rata among
the Common Units held by the Limited Partners up to $0.295 for each such  Common
Unit and then be allocated pro rata among all of the Common Units. The Operating
Partnership  Agreement further provides that  the Preferential Distribution will
terminate only after the Operating Partnership has paid quarterly  distributions
of  at least $0.295 in respect of all of the Common Units during four successive
quarters without distributing  more than  90% of  its Funds  from Operations  in
respect  of the  Convertible Preferred Units  and Common Units  after payment in
full of the distributions  for the Senior Preferred  Units in any such  quarter.
Once  the Preferential Distribution is terminated, distributions with respect to
the Common Units will be  allocated pro rata among  all of the holders  thereof.
Following  the Offering, Funds  from Operations must  equal at least $10,362,745
(the "FFO Threshold Amount")  per quarter for four  successive quarters for  the
Preferential  Distribution to  terminate. After giving  pro forma  effect to the
Offering, the Company's Funds from Operations  for each of the four quarters  in
the  year ended December  31, 1995 were  $8,803,129, $8,656,539, $9,079,315, and
$9,672,726,  respectively,  and  for  the  quarter  ended  March  31,  1996  was
$9,685,646.  Until the  Company generates Funds  from Operations  on a quarterly
basis in excess of the FFO Threshold Amount, the Company does not intend to  pay
any  distribution per  share of  Common Stock  in excess  of $0.295  per quarter
(other than the Special Distribution (as  defined herein)), and any increase  in
the Company's Funds from Operations up to the FFO Threshold Amount will continue
to inure solely to the benefit of the Limited Partners.
    
 
    Subject  to certain conditions,  each Common Unit held  by a Limited Partner
may be exchanged for one  share of Common Stock  (subject to adjustment) or,  at
the  option of the  Company, cash equal to  the fair market value  of a share of
Common Stock at  the time  of exchange.  Pursuant to  the Operating  Partnership
Agreement,  8,576,675,  or approximately  93% of  the Common  Units held  by the
Limited Partners,  are prohibited  from being  exchanged into  Common Stock  (or
cash)  until the later of March 22,  1997 or the termination of the Preferential
Distribution without the consent of the Company and Friedman, Billings, Ramsey &
Co., Inc.  Immediately prior  to  the Offering,  the Selling  Stockholder  shall
exchange  90,328 Common Units for  a like number of  shares of Common Stock. The
remaining 553,797 Common Units  held by PGI  may be exchanged  at any time.  See
"Operating Partnership Agreement."
 
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    Following  the Offering, the  ownership of the common  equity of the Company
and the Operating Partnership  (without giving effect to  the conversion of  any
Convertible  Preferred Units in  the Operating Partnership) will  be as shown in
the following illustration:
 
[Graphic - Flow Chart]
 
   
Chart shows the  ownership of  Prime Retail,  Inc. before  conversion of  Common
Units  and after conversion of  Common Units by: (1)  PGI [footnote 1]: 1.9% and
37.2%,  respectively,  (2)  Messrs.  Rosenthal  and  Carpenter:  0%  and   3.5%,
respectively,  and  (3)  Public  Holders  of  Common  Stock:  98.1%  and  59.3%,
respectively. The  chart also  shows  that Prime  Retail,  Inc. is  the  General
Partner  of Prime Retail, L.P. and that  the Limited Partners hold the remaining
interests. The chart further  shows the ownership of  Prime Retail, L.P.  before
conversion  of Common  Units and  after conversion of  Common Units  by: (1) the
Company: 60.5% and 100%, respectively, (2) PGI: 36.1% and 0%, respectively,  and
(3)  Messrs. Rosenthal  and Carpenter: 3.4%  and 0%,  respectively. Finally, the
chart shows  that Prime  Retail, L.P.  is the  General Partner  of the  Property
Partnerships, [footnote 2].
    
 
(1) PGI means The Prime Group, Inc. and its affiliates.
 
(2)  The Operating Partnership  owns a 99% general  partnership interest and the
    Company  holds  the  remaining  1%  partnership  interest  in  the  Property
    Partnerships  that own thirteen  of the Company's  seventeen existing outlet
    centers and  each of  the Company's  three community  shopping centers.  The
    Operating Partnership indirectly holds general partnership interests ranging
    from  30% to 99%  in the Property  Partnerships that own  the Company's four
    remaining outlet centers.
 
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                               THE EXCHANGE OFFER
    
 
   
    On June 27, 1996 the Company issued 6,360,730 shares of its Common Stock  in
exchange  for  3,975,458 (or  56.7%) of  the  outstanding shares  of Convertible
Preferred Stock, representing  a rate  of 1.6 shares  of Common  Stock for  each
share  of  Convertible Preferred  Stock, pursuant  to  the Exchange  Offer which
expired by its terms on  June 24, 1996. The  principal purposes of the  Exchange
Offer  was to (i) increase the size of the public market for the Common Stock in
order to enhance its liquidity and  allow investors to acquire larger  aggregate
investments  without  exceeding the  Common  Stock Ownership  Limit  (as defined
herein) and  (ii) increase  the portion  of the  Company's shareholders'  equity
represented  by Common Stock in order to  provide for a more traditional capital
structure for a REIT.
    
 
    In connection with the  consummation of the Exchange  Offer, the Company  is
surrendering  to  the Operating  Partnership a  number of  Convertible Preferred
Units equal to  the number of  shares of Convertible  Preferred Stock  exchanged
pursuant  to the  Exchange Offer,  and the  Operating Partnership  issued to the
Company a number of Common Units equal  to the number of shares of Common  Stock
issued by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
 
SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION
 
   
    As  a  condition  to the  Exchange  Offer,  the Company  declared  a special
one-time cash distribution of $0.145 on  each share of Common Stock  outstanding
after  the consummation of the  Exchange Offer but prior  to the consummation of
the Offering  (the "Special  Distribution"). As  a consequence  of the  Exchange
Offer,  holders of  Common Stock  and the Limited  Partners will  benefit from a
reduction in the  preferred dividends  payable with respect  to the  Convertible
Preferred  Stock.  However, the  Exchange Offer's  exchange rate  of 1.6  to 1.0
represents a premium  over the  rate at  which shares  of Convertible  Preferred
Stock  are otherwise convertible into shares of  Common Stock on and after March
31, 1997. Because  each share  of Convertible Preferred  Stock is  by its  terms
convertible  into approximately 1.196 shares  of Common Stock at  any time on or
after March 31, 1997, the consummation of the Exchange Offer on the basis of the
greater rate  of  1.6 shares  of  Common Stock  for  each share  of  Convertible
Preferred  Stock accepted  for exchange  reduced the  ownership interest  of the
Company's existing holders  of Common Stock.  Because the Operating  Partnership
issued  to the Company a number of Common Units equal to the number of shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to  the Exchange Offer at  a rate that exceeds  the
number  of Common Units otherwise issuable to the Company upon conversion of the
Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to its terms, the premium
offered in the Exchange  Offer also has  a dilutive effect  on the Common  Units
held  by the Limited Partners. To partially  offset the dilution to the existing
holders of Common Stock and to  partially offset the lower distribution  payable
to  the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock accepting the Exchange Offer,
the Company has  declared and  will pay  the Special  Distribution. Neither  the
Limited  Partners nor the  purchasers of Common  Stock sold in  the Offering are
entitled to participate in the Special Distribution.
    
 
COMMON UNIT CONTRIBUTION
 
    Certain Limited  Partners of  the Operating  Partnership (collectively,  the
"Contributing   Limited  Partners")  consisting   of  Abraham  Rosenthal,  Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, William H. Carpenter, Jr., President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company, and an affiliate of PGI (the "PGI Affiliate"),
have contributed to the Operating  Partnership for cancellation an aggregate  of
625,000  of their Common Units  to partially offset the  dilutive effects of the
premium offered  in the  Exchange Offer  (the "Common  Unit Contribution").  The
Contributing  Limited  Partners  believe  the  Exchange  Offer  is  in  the best
interests of  the  Company and  its  stockholders. Therefore,  the  Contributing
Limited  Partners  agreed  to make  the  Common  Unit Contribution  in  order to
facilitate the  Exchange Offer  and  to partially  offset  the dilution  to  the
holders of Common Stock that resulted from the Exchange Offer.
 
    The cancellation of each Common Unit contributed pursuant to the Common Unit
Contribution  will mitigate  the dilutive  effect of  the Exchange  Offer on the
Company's existing holders of Common Stock. As of March 31, 1996, fully  diluted
percentage  ownership of  existing holders  of Common  Stock was  14.03%. Before
giving effect to the Common Unit Contribution (and without giving effect to  the
Offering),  the Exchange Offer  would have resulted  in a decrease  in the fully
diluted percentage ownership of the existing
 
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stockholders to 13.01%. After giving effect to the Common Unit Contribution (but
without giving  effect  to the  Offering),  the  Exchange Offer  resulted  in  a
decrease  in  the  fully diluted  percentage  ownership of  the  existing Common
Stockholders to 13.39%. Therefore, the contribution and cancellation of  625,000
Common  Units pursuant to  the Common Unit  Contribution mitigated approximately
37.3% of the dilution that resulted from the Exchange Offer.
    
 
LIMITED PARTNER CONSENT
 
    In order  to consummate  the Exchange  Offer, the  Limited Partners  of  the
Operating  Partnership consented  to an  amendment to  the Operating Partnership
Agreement (the "Operating Partnership Amendment") (i) providing for the exchange
of Convertible Preferred Units (as defined herein) for newly issued Common Units
on the  basis of  1.6 to  1.0 and  (ii) permitting  the payment  of the  Special
Distribution  without also  making a distribution  to the  Limited Partners. The
Operating  Partnership  Agreement  has  also   been  amended  to  provide   that
distributions  to the  Limited Partners  will not  be affected  by common equity
offerings of the Company closing other than on the first day of a quarter.
 
BENEFITS TO THE LIMITED PARTNERS RESULTING FROM THE EXCHANGE OFFER
 
    As a  result  of  the Exchange  Offer  (but  without giving  effect  to  the
Offering),  the  required dividends  payable by  the Company  in respect  of the
Convertible Preferred  Stock have  been reduced  and the  Limited Partners  will
benefit  from the increase in the amount  of Funds from Operations available for
distribution with respect  to the  Common Units.  For example,  if the  Exchange
Offer  had  been completed  on January  1,  1995, without  giving effect  to the
Offering, the  distributions per  Common Unit  payable to  the Limited  Partners
would have increased from $0.66 to $0.82.
 
                                  THE OFFERING
 
   
<TABLE>
<S>                                 <C>
Common Stock Offered..............  3,795,328 shares (assuming the Underwriters'
                                    over-allotment  option to purchase  up to 555,750 shares
                                    of Common Stock is  not exercised). See  "Underwriting."
                                    Of  this amount,  3,705,000 shares  of Common  Stock are
                                    being offered by the Company and 90,328 shares of Common
                                    Stock are being offered by the Selling Stockholder.  For
                                    a  more detailed description of  the terms of the Common
                                    Stock  see  "Description  of  Capital  Stock  --  Common
                                    Stock."
Common Stock to be Outstanding
 after the Offering and the
 Exchange Offer...................  13,031,058  shares, excluding 8,505,472 shares of Common
                                    Stock exchangeable (at the  Company's option in lieu  of
                                    cash)  for a  like number  of Common  Units held  by the
                                    Limited Partners and  1,185,000 shares  of Common  Stock
                                    reserved  for issuance  pursuant to  the Company's Stock
                                    Incentive Plans. See  "Description of  Capital Stock  --
                                    Convertible  Preferred Stock,"  "-- The  Exchange Offer"
                                    and "Management -- Stock Incentive Plans."
Distributions.....................  The Company intends to continue to pay regular quarterly
                                    distributions to the holders of Common Stock. Until  the
                                    Company  generates  quarterly Funds  from  Operations in
                                    excess of  the FFO  Threshold  Amount, other  than  with
                                    respect  to the  Special Distribution,  the Company does
                                    not intend to pay  quarterly distributions per share  of
                                    Common  Stock in excess of  $0.295 which, if annualized,
                                    would equal  $1.18  per  share  (plus  any  Preferential
                                    Distribution  not  paid  in  a  previous  quarter).  See
                                    "Policies  With   Respect  to   Certain  Activities   --
                                    Distribution and Dividend Policy."
</TABLE>
    
 
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<TABLE>
<S>                                 <C>
Restriction on Ownership..........  Ownership of more than 9.9% of the outstanding shares of
                                    Common Stock, whether directly or constructively, by any
                                    one  person (subject to certain exceptions, including an
                                    exception for ownership resulting from the conversion of
                                    Convertible Preferred Stock) is  restricted in order  to
                                    preserve  the  Company's status  as  a REIT  for federal
                                    income tax  purposes.  No  holder of  Common  Stock  who
                                    exceeds  the Common  Stock Ownership  Limit (as defined)
                                    because of the holder's  conversion of Convertible  Pre-
                                    ferred   Stock  will  be  permitted  to  own  shares  of
                                    Convertible Preferred Stock or  Common Stock that  would
                                    result  in the holder owning more than 9.9% of the fully
                                    diluted Common Stock  (assuming full  conversion of  all
                                    Convertible  Preferred  Stock  but not  the  exchange of
                                    Common Units  for  Common Stock).  See  "Description  of
                                    Capital   Stock   --  Restrictions   on   Ownership  and
                                    Transfer."
Rank..............................  The Common Stock  ranks junior to  the Senior  Preferred
                                    Stock  and the Convertible  Preferred Stock with respect
                                    to  dividends  and  upon  liquidation,  dissolution   or
                                    winding up of the Company.
Nasdaq National Market Symbol.....  "PRME."
Use of Proceeds from the
 Offering.........................  The  net  proceeds  from  the  Offering,  after expenses
                                    associated with  the  Offering,  will  be  approximately
                                    $40.2  million  (assuming  a  public  offering  price of
                                    $11.75   per   share   and   that   the    Underwriters'
                                    over-allotment  option  is not  exercised).  The Company
                                    will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by
                                    the Selling Stockholder.  The Company will  use the  net
                                    proceeds of the Offering to acquire 3,705,000 additional
                                    Common  Units (4,260,750 additional  Common Units if the
                                    overallotment option  granted  to  the  Underwriters  is
                                    exercised)  in the  Operating Partnership,  all of which
                                    will be entitled to  the Preferential Distribution.  The
                                    Company   will  account  for  the  acquisition  of  such
                                    additional Common Units by increasing its investment  in
                                    the  Operating  Partnership  by the  amount  of  the net
                                    proceeds of the Offering. The Operating Partnership will
                                    use the  funds it  receives from  the Company  to  repay
                                    certain  outstanding indebtedness. See "Use of Proceeds"
                                    and "Capitalization."
</TABLE>
 
                           TAX STATUS OF THE COMPANY
 
    The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860  of
the  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), commencing with its
taxable year  ended December  31,  1994. Subject  to the  qualifications  stated
herein  and  in its  opinion, Winston  &  Strawn ("Tax  Counsel") has  given the
Company an  opinion  that  the  Company is  organized  in  conformity  with  the
requirements  for qualification as a REIT, and the Company's method of operation
has enabled it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT
under the Code and its  method of operation enables it  to continue to meet  the
requirements  for qualification as a REIT. An  opinion of counsel is not binding
on the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS")  and no assurance can be given  that
the  IRS will  not challenge the  status of  the Company as  a REIT.  It must be
emphasized that Tax  Counsel's opinion is  based on various  assumptions and  is
conditioned  upon representations  made by  the Company  as to  factual matters,
including those related  to its  business and properties  as set  forth in  this
Prospectus.   Tax  Counsel   has  not   independently  verified   the  Company's
representations. See  "Certain Federal  Income Tax  Considerations" for  a  more
detailed discussion.
 
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<PAGE>
    As  a REIT, the Company generally will  not be subject to federal income tax
at the corporate level on income  it distributes currently to its  stockholders,
so  long as it distributes at least 95% of its taxable income (excluding any net
capital gain) each year. During 1995, the Company distributed $24,337,000 in the
aggregate to its shareholders (or $2.625, $2.125 and $1.18 per share to  holders
of  Senior  Preferred  Stock,  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  and  Common Stock,
respectively). In order to  maintain its status  as a REIT  for purposes of  the
above  95% distribution test, the Company would have been required to distribute
no less than $15,240,000  (or $2.625 and  $1.31 per share  to holders of  Senior
Preferred  Stock  and Convertible  Preferred Stock,  respectively). None  of the
distributions paid on the Common Stock were required to be made in order for the
Company to satisfy the above 95% distribution test. Under certain circumstances,
the Company may be  required to make  distributions in excess  of its cash  flow
available  for distribution. REITs are subject to a number of organizational and
operational requirements.  If the  Company fails  to qualify  as a  REIT in  any
taxable  year, the Company will be subject  to federal income tax (including any
applicable alternative minimum tax) on  its taxable income at regular  corporate
rates.  See "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations" and "Risk Factors" for a
more detailed discussion of  the consequences of the  failure of the Company  to
qualify  as a REIT. Even  if the Company continues to  qualify for taxation as a
REIT, the Company may be  subject to certain federal,  state and local taxes  on
its income and property.
 
    The  Company's distributions have historically exceeded earnings and profits
due to non-cash expenses, primarily  depreciation and amortization, incurred  by
the  Company.  Based  on  the Company's  consolidated  cash  flow  available for
distributions for the year  ended December 31, 1995,  100% of the  distributions
paid  to the holders of Common Stock represented a return of capital for federal
income tax purposes. Accordingly, such distributions were not subject to federal
income tax under current law to the  extent such distributions did not exceed  a
stockholder's  tax  basis  in  such stock.  Such  nontaxable  distributions did,
however, have the effect of a reduction  in such shareholder's tax basis in  its
Common  Stock, and the  gain or loss  recognized on the  subsequent sale of such
shares or  upon  liquidation  of  the  Company  will  be  increased  or  reduced
accordingly. Assuming the Exchange Offer had been consummated on January 1, 1995
with the exchange of the maximum number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock
permitted  to be  exchanged, 100%  of the distributions  paid to  the holders of
Common Stock would have represented a  return of capital for federal income  tax
purposes,   based  on  the  Company's   consolidated  cash  flow  available  for
distributions for the  year ended December  31, 1995. The  percentage of  Common
Stock  distributions that  represents a  nontaxable return  of capital  may vary
substantially from  year to  year. For  a  discussion of  the tax  treatment  of
distributions  to  holders  of Common  Stock,  see "Certain  Federal  Income Tax
Considerations -- Taxation  of Taxable  U.S. Stockholders" and  "-- Taxation  of
Non-U.S. Stockholders."
 
                        SUMMARY SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
    The  following summary  selected financial data  for the  three months ended
March 31, 1996  and 1995, the  year ended  December 31, 1995,  the periods  from
January  1, 1994 to March 21,  1994 and March 22, 1994  to December 31, 1994 and
the three years  in the  period ended  December 31,  1993 are  derived from  the
consolidated  financial  statements of  the Company  and the  combined financial
statements of Prime  Retail Properties (the  "Predecessor"). Combined  financial
statements for the three years ended December 31, 1993 and the period January 1,
1994  to March 21, 1994 are included for the Predecessor. The combined financial
statements for the  Predecessor combine the  balance sheet data  and results  of
operations  of eleven predecessor  partnerships, the 40%  equity interest in two
predecessor partnerships that  previously owned properties,  and the  management
and  development operations acquired by the  Company from PGI in connection with
the Initial  Public  Offering  (the "Management  and  Development  Operations").
Because  of the Initial Public Offering  and the related transactions pertaining
to the formation  of the Company,  results of operations  for the Company  after
March  21, 1994  are not  comparable to results  for prior  periods. Results for
interim periods may not be indicative of results for a full year. The  following
financial   information  should  be  read   in  conjunction  with  "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of  Financial Condition and  Results of Operations"  and
the financial statements, notes thereto and other financial information included
elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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                        SUMMARY SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
                     PRIME RETAIL, INC. AND THE PREDECESSOR
             (AMOUNTS IN 000'S, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND RATIO AMOUNTS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                                               ----------------------------------------
                                                                                                     THE PREDECESSOR
                                                THREE MONTHS                              -------------------------------------
                                                ENDED MARCH                   PERIOD       PERIOD      YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                    31,        YEAR ENDED    MARCH 22     JAN. 1 TO
                                               --------------   DEC. 31,    TO DEC. 31,   MARCH 21,   -------------------------
                                                1996    1995      1995         1994         1994       1993     1992     1991
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
<S>                                            <C>     <C>     <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>      <C>      <C>
OPERATING DATA:
Total revenues...............................  $21,131 $17,274  $77,398       $45,369      $ 6,330    $21,800  $15,690  $ 7,534
Operating expenses...........................  11,372   9,453    41,682        24,927        4,896     15,013   11,826    5,814
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
Operating income.............................   9,759   7,821    35,716        20,442        1,434      6,787    3,864    1,720
Other expenses (1)...........................   6,702   4,679    22,910        10,988        3,842     10,660   10,921    6,297
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
Income (loss) before minority interests......   3,057   3,142    12,806         9,454       (2,408)    (3,873)  (7,057)  (4,577)
Loss allocated to minority interests.........   1,477   1,466     5,364         5,204           --         --       --       --
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
Net income (loss)............................   4,534   4,608    18,170        14,658      $(2,408)   $(3,873) $(7,057) $(4,577)
                                                                                          ---------   -------  -------  -------
                                                                                          ---------   -------  -------  -------
Income allocated to preferred shareholders...   5,236   5,236    20,944        16,290
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------
Net loss applicable to common shareholders...  $ (702) $ (628)  $(2,774)      $(1,632)
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------
Net loss per common share outstanding (2)      $(0.24) $(0.22)  $ (0.96)      $ (0.57)
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------
</TABLE>
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                                          PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                                               ----------------------------------------              THE PREDECESSOR
                                                                                          -------------------------------------
                                                 BALANCE AT                                BALANCE
                                                 MARCH 31,     BALANCE AT   BALANCE AT       AT        BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31,
                                               --------------   DEC. 31,     DEC. 31,     MARCH 21,   -------------------------
                                                1996    1995      1995         1994         1994       1993     1992     1991
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
<S>                                            <C>     <C>     <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>      <C>      <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Rental property (before accumulated
 depreciation)...............................  $463,458 $389,019  $454,480    $376,181     $180,170   $185,394 $131,413 $120,024
Total assets.................................  455,706 396,629  463,724       385,930      186,034    190,685  145,989  133,796
Total debt...................................  306,020 233,479  305,954       214,025      188,378    184,037  142,005  119,373
 
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Funds from Operations (3)....................  $8,916  $8,033   $33,133       $24,762      $   834    $ 4,887  $  (436) $(1,043)
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
 and Preferred Stock Dividends (4)...........      --      --        --            --           --         --       --       --
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and
 Preferred Stock Dividends over Earnings
 (4).........................................  $(2,813) $(2,862)  $(11,312)   $(8,185)     $(2,366)   $(4,423) $(7,500) $(7,328)
Ratio of Funds from Operations to Combined
 Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
 (5).........................................    1.24x   1.19x     1.20x         1.27x        1.27x      1.45x      --       --
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and
 Preferred Stock Dividends over Funds from
 Operations (5)..............................      --      --        --            --           --         --  $  (879) $(3,794)
Book value per common share (6)..............  $(9.34) $(8.82)  $ (9.21)      $ (8.70)          --         --       --       --
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
 activities..................................   9,219   7,733    36,399        17,458      $(1,873)   $14,450   (7,309)    (383)
Net cash used in investing activities........  (11,748) (20,234)  (81,978)   (149,435)      (1,239)   (54,210) (14,099) (71,370)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing
 activities..................................  (9,809) 11,501    57,547       134,936        4,087     39,907   22,596   71,666
Factory outlet leasable area (sq. ft.) at end
 of period (7)...............................   4,331   3,382     4,331         3,382        1,839      1,839      888      707
AS ADJUSTED SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (8):
Funds from Operations (3)....................  $9,686           $36,212
Ratio of Funds from Operations to Combined
 Fixed
  Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
   (5).......................................    1.61x             1.59x
Net income applicable to common
 shareholders................................  $  318           $ 1,535
Net income per common share outstanding......    0.02              0.12
Book value per common share (6)..............    0.71              0.78
</TABLE>
    
 
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NOTES:
 
(1) Other expenses includes interest expense and other charges.
 
(2)  Net loss per common share is based  on 2,875, 2,875, 2,875 and 2,850 shares
    outstanding for the  three months ended  March 31, 1996  and 1995, the  year
    ended  December 31, 1995 and the period  from March 22, 1994 to December 31,
    1994, respectively.
 
(3) Management  believes  that  to  facilitate  a  clear  understanding  of  the
    consolidated  historical  operating  results  of  the  Company,  Funds  from
    Operations should be  considered in  conjunction with net  income (loss)  as
    presented   in  the  financial  statements   included  in  this  Prospectus.
    Management generally  considers FFO  to  be an  appropriate measure  of  the
    performance  of an equity  real estate investment  trust. FFO represents net
    income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or  losses
    from  debt  restructuring  and  sales  of  property  plus  depreciation  and
    amortization   and   after   adjustments   for   unconsolidated   investment
    partnerships   and  joint   ventures.  In   March  1995,   NAREIT  issued  a
    clarification of its  definition of  FFO. Although the  Company reports  FFO
    under both the old and the clarified definition, FFO presented in this table
    does  not give effect to the clarification. See "Management's Discussion and
    Analysis of Financial Condition and  Results of Operations -- Liquidity  and
    Capital  Resources -- Funds from Operations."  The Company cautions that the
    calculation of  FFO  may  vary  from  entity  to  entity  and  as  such  the
    presentation  of FFO by the Company may not be comparable to other similarly
    titled measures of other  reporting companies. FFO  does not represent  cash
    flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not indicative
    of cash available to fund all of the Company's cash needs. FFO should not be
    considered as an alternative to net income or any
 
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     other  GAAP  measure  as an  indicator  of  performance and  should  not be
    considered as an alternative to cash flow  as a measure of liquidity or  the
    ability  to service debt or pay dividends. A reconciliation of income (loss)
    before allocation to minority interests and preferred shareholders to FFO is
    as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                                               ----------------------------------------
                                                THREE MONTHS                                         THE PREDECESSOR
                                                                                          -------------------------------------
                                                ENDED MARCH                   PERIOD       PERIOD      YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                    31,        YEAR ENDED    MARCH 22     JAN. 1 TO
                                               --------------   DEC. 31,    TO DEC. 31,   MARCH 21,   -------------------------
                                                1996    1995      1995         1994         1994       1993     1992     1991
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
<S>                                            <C>     <C>     <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>      <C>      <C>
Income (loss) before allocations to minority
 interests and preferred shareholders........  $3,057  $3,142   $12,806       $ 9,454      $(2,408)   $(3,873) $(7,057) $(4,577)
 
FFO ADJUSTMENTS:
Depreciation and amortization................   4,387   3,605    15,438         9,803        2,173      7,632    6,397    3,487
Amortization of deferred financing costs and
 interest rate protection contracts..........   1,112   1,068     4,524         2,945          695        362      192       47
Unconsolidated joint venture adjustments
 (i).........................................     360     218       365         2,560          374        766       32       --
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
FFO before allocation to minority interests
 and preferred shareholders..................  $8,916  $8,033   $33,133       $24,762      $   834    $ 4,887  $  (436) $(1,043)
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
                                               ------  ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
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     NOTE:
 
     (i)  Amounts include  net preferential partner  distributions from a  joint
        venture  partnership of $81, $162 and  $2,538 for the three months ended
        March 31, 1995,  the year ended  December 31, 1995  and the period  from
        March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994, respectively.
 
(4) For purposes of these computations, earnings consist of income (loss) before
    minority  interests less income from unconsolidated investment partnerships,
    plus fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest). Combined fixed  charges
    and  preferred stock dividends consist of interest costs whether expensed or
    capitalized and  amortization of  debt issuance  costs and  preferred  stock
    dividends.
 
(5)  Management  believes  that  to  facilitate  a  clear  understanding  of the
    consolidated historical  operating results  of the  Company, FFO  should  be
    considered  in  conjunction  with  net income  (loss)  as  presented  in the
    financial statements  included  in  this  Prospectus.  Management  generally
    considers  FFO to be an appropriate measure  of the performance of an equity
    real estate  investment  trust.  For purposes  of  these  computations,  FFO
    consists  of FFO adjusted for interest incurred, amortization of capitalized
    interest, amortization of debt issuance costs, amortization of interest rate
    protection contracts, interest earned on interest rate protection  contracts
    and  capitalized interest  plus combined  fixed charges  and preferred stock
    dividends (as defined in note 4 above).
 
(6) Calculated as follows:
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                        AS OF MARCH 31, 1996
                                                                              ----------------------------------------
                                                                                                OFFERING, SPECIAL       AS OF MARCH
                                                                                                  DISTRIBUTION,          31, 1995
                                                                                            COMMON UNIT CONTRIBUTION    -----------
                                                                              HISTORICAL       AND EXCHANGE OFFER       HISTORICAL
                                                                              -----------  ---------------------------  -----------
<S>                                                                           <C>          <C>                          <C>
Total shareholders' equity..................................................   $ 119,934            $ 148,784            $ 126,175
Liquidation preference:
  Senior Preferred Stock....................................................     (57,500)             (57,500)             (57,500)
  Convertible Preferred Stock...............................................    (175,375)             (75,989)            (175,375)
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
Common shareholders' equity.................................................   $(112,941)           $  15,295            $(106,700)
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
Common stock................................................................       2,875               13,031                2,875
Common units................................................................       9,221                8,505                9,221
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                                  12,096               21,536               12,096
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
Book value per common share.................................................   $   (9.34)           $    0.71            $   (8.82)
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                               AS OF DECEMBER 31,
                                                                              -----------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                1995
                                                                              ----------------------------------------
                                                                                                OFFERING, SPECIAL
                                                                                                  DISTRIBUTION,            1994
                                                                                            COMMON UNIT CONTRIBUTION    -----------
                                                                              HISTORICAL       AND EXCHANGE OFFER       HISTORICAL
                                                                              -----------  ---------------------------  -----------
<S>                                                                           <C>          <C>                          <C>
Total shareholders' equity..................................................   $ 121,484            $ 150,334            $ 127,651
Liquidation preference:
  Senior Preferred Stock....................................................     (57,500)             (57,500)             (57,500)
  Convertible Preferred Stock...............................................    (175,375)             (75,989)            (175,375)
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
Common shareholders' equity.................................................   $(111,391)           $  16,845            $(105,224)
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
Common stock................................................................       2,875               13,031                2,875
Common units................................................................       9,221                8,505                9,221
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                                  12,096               21,536               12,096
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
Book value per common share.................................................   $   (9.21)           $    0.78            $   (8.70)
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
                                                                              -----------          ----------           -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
(7) Includes factory  outlet centers with  an aggregate GLA  of 901 square  feet
    operated  under joint venture partnerships with unrelated third parties. See
    "Business and Properties."
 
(8) Amounts include the  effect of the Offering,  the Special Distribution,  the
    Common  Unit Contribution and the application  of the net proceeds therefrom
    and the consummation  of the  Exchange Offer  as if  such transactions  were
    completed  on January 1,  1995. Amounts include the  effect of the Offering,
    the Special Distribution, the Common  Unit Contribution and the  application
    of  the net proceeds therefrom and the consummation of the Exchange Offer as
    if such transactions were completed on January 1, 1996.
 
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                                  RISK FACTORS
 
    In   addition  to  the  other  information  presented  in  this  Prospectus,
prospective investors should carefully consider, among other things, the matters
described below.
 
LEVERAGE; UNCERTAINTY OF ABILITY TO FUND DEBT REPAYMENTS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
 
    Cash flow will not be sufficient to fund the repayment of the Company's debt
obligations at  maturity  or  the Company's  planned  development,  acquisition,
construction   and  expansion   of  outlet  centers.   The  Company's  aggregate
indebtedness was  $306.0 million  at March  31, 1996,  $172.8 million  of  which
represents  mortgage indebtedness maturing by December 31, 1996. The Company has
$2.5, $2.2, $2.3 and $90.2 million of debt maturing in fiscal years 1997,  1998,
1999 and 2000, respectively, and $36.0 million maturing after December 31, 2000.
Moreover,  the Company  expects to open  between 700,000  and 900,000 additional
square feet of GLA in  1996 at an estimated remaining  cost of completion as  of
March  31, 1996 ranging between $75.0 to $95.0 million. Management believes that
the Company has sufficient capital and capital commitments to fund the remaining
development costs associated with the 1995 openings (approximately $7.0  million
as  of  March  31,  1996)  and the  openings  planned  for  1996.  These funding
requirements are expected to  be met, in  large part, with  the proceeds of  the
First  Mortgage Loan, the Mezzanine Loan, the Revolving Loan, the Corporate Line
(as such terms are  defined herein), the Offering  and funding commitments  from
two  development joint ventures with  an unrelated third party.  As of March 31,
1996, the Company did not  have binding commitments for  the funding of the  two
development  joint ventures. In the event such funding is not available from the
unrelated third party,  the Company  will not  be able  to complete  all of  its
anticipated development for 1996 unless the Company obtains financing from other
sources. There can be no assurance that the terms of any debt financings for the
two  development  joint  ventures  will  be  as  favorable  as  the  Company has
experienced in its previous joint ventures.
 
    The  Company  has  accepted  a  loan  commitment  (the  "1996  Nomura   Loan
Commitment")  with Nomura  Asset Capital  Corporation ("Nomura")  which provides
for, among  other things,  (i) a  variable-rate seven-year  cross-collateralized
first  mortgage  loan (the  "First Mortgage  Loan") in  the principal  amount of
$226.5 million and (ii)  a variable-rate seven-year cross-collateralized  second
mortgage  loan (the "Mezzanine Mortgage Loan")  in the principal amount of $33.5
million. The Company expects to close the First Mortgage Loan and the  Mezzanine
Mortgage  Loan  in July  1996. The  1996  Nomura Loan  Commitment is  subject to
Nomura's customary  real estate  due diligence  review of  the thirteen  factory
outlet  centers  comprising the  collateral  and the  completion  of appropriate
documentation. In connection with the  1996 Nomura Loan Commitment, the  Company
will  pay Nomura a commitment fee at closing  in the amount of $3.5 million. The
First Mortgage  Loan  and  the  Mezzanine  Mortgage  Loan  are  expected  to  be
securitized  by Nomura  on or prior  to September  30, 1996. If  the Company and
Nomura have not completed  a securitization of the  First Mortgage Loan and  the
Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan within six months of  the closing of the First Mortgage
Loan and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan, Nomura may demand payment of such loans in
full six  months after  delivery  of a  demand notice.  In  the event  that  the
securitization  does occur  but the  net cash  flow from  the thirteen mortgaged
outlet centers is less than a mutually agreed upon amount and the securitization
results in less than $260.0 million in proceeds, the Company will be required to
pay to Nomura such difference at the closing of the securitization. There can be
no  assurance  that  the  Company  will  be  successful  in  consummating   such
refinancing or securitization.
 
    The First Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will bear a variable
rate  of interest based on the London Interbank offered rate for thirty (30) day
deposits in U.S. dollars ("30-day LIBOR"). The First Mortgage Loan will  require
monthly  payments of principal and interest  based on a thirty-year amortization
of principal and the  Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will  require monthly payments  of
principal  and interest based on the full amortization of principal within seven
years. The First  Mortgage Loan  and the  Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan are  expected
initially  to  have a  weighted average  annual  interest rate  of approximately
7.66%; provided, however, there can be no assurance that the securitization will
be completed  on such  terms. In  the event  the securitization  does not  occur
before September 30, 1996 or in the event the
 
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Company  elects to terminate the securitization  and repay the loans because the
terms of the securitization are unacceptable  to the Company, the interest  rate
on  the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will increase to a variable rate per annum equal
to 30-day LIBOR plus 5.20%.
 
    The Company will incur a  non-recurring loss of approximately $10.1  million
that  will  be recorded  in the  three months  ending June  30, 1996.  This loss
results from the expected prepayment of the 1994 Mortgage Loan (as defined), the
Revolving Loan, the anticipated termination of the 1995 Nomura Loan  Commitments
(as  defined)  (for which  the Company  had paid  $3.3 million  in nonrefundable
financing fees) and the repayment in full of the Interim Loan (as defined).  The
loss includes the estimated unamortized cost of certain interest rate protection
contracts  of $3.7  million as  of July  31, 1996  that will  be terminated upon
repayment of the  debt underlying  the contracts, debt  prepayment penalties  of
$0.8  million  and other  deferred  financing costs  of  $4.5 million,  less the
estimated fair  market  value  of  the interest  rate  protection  contracts  of
approximately  $2.2 million based  on their fair  market value at  May 30, 1996.
Upon termination and sale of the interest rate protection contracts, the Company
will receive proceeds based on the then fair market value of such contracts.  In
addition,  the  1996 Nomura  Loan Commitment  requires  the Company  to purchase
interest rate protection contracts  with regard to the  First Mortgage Loan  and
the  Mezzanine Mortgage Loan when and if  30-day LIBOR exceeds 6.50%. The future
fair market  value  of interest  rate  protection contracts  is  susceptible  to
valuation  fluctuations  based  on  market changes  in  interest  rates  and the
maturity date  of the  underlying contracts.  See "Management's  Discussion  and
Analysis  of  Financial Condition  and Results  of  Operations --  Liquidity and
Capital Resources -- Sources and Uses of Cash."
 
FLOATING RATE DEBT
 
    At March 31,  1996, $25.0 million,  or 8.2%, of  the Company's  indebtedness
bore  interest at  a weighted  average fixed interest  rate of  7.27% and $281.0
million, or 91.8%, of such  indebtedness, including $28.3 million of  tax-exempt
bonds,  bore interest at a weighted average  variable interest rate of 7.14%. At
March 31, 1996,  the Company held  interest rate protection  contracts on  $28.3
million  of floating  rate tax-exempt  indebtedness and  $97.3 million  of other
floating rate indebtedness, or  approximately 44.7% of  its total floating  rate
indebtedness.  These  contracts  expire  in  1999  and  2000,  respectively.  In
addition, the  Company held  additional interest  rate protection  contracts  on
$43.9  million of the $97.3 million floating rate indebtedness to further reduce
the Company's exposure to increases in interest rates. The Company is exposed to
credit losses in  the event  of counterparty nonperformance  under the  interest
rate  protection contracts,  but does not  anticipate realizing  any such losses
based on the creditworthiness  of the counterparties. See  Note 7 -- "Bonds  and
Notes  Payable" of notes  to consolidated financial statements  for a summary of
the significant terms of the Company's interest rate protection contracts.
 
    Fluctuations in interest rates have and  will continue to have an effect  on
the  amount  of  income  before  minority  interests  and  funds  available  for
distribution. An  increase in  interest rates  would result  in higher  interest
expense for the Company and consequently reduce income before minority interests
and  the  amount of  funds  available for  distribution.  Based on  the weighted
average debt  outstanding  during the  year  ended  December 31,  1995,  if  the
weighted  average cost of funds increased  or decreased by 0.125%, income before
minority interests would  have increased  or decreased  by approximately  $0.316
million  or  approximately  $0.02 per  common  share outstanding.  Based  on the
weighted average debt outstanding  during the quarter ended  March 31, 1996,  if
the  weighted average  cost of  funds increased  or decreased  by 0.125%, income
before minority interests  would have  increased or  decreased by  approximately
$0.088 million or approximately $0.01 per common share outstanding.
 
ABILITY TO PAY COMMON STOCK DISTRIBUTIONS AND INCREASE COMMON STOCK
DISTRIBUTIONS
 
    The  Company is  not permitted  to pay any  distributions in  respect of the
Common Stock unless all current and any accumulated dividends and distributions,
respectively, in  respect of  the  Senior Preferred  Stock and  the  Convertible
Preferred  Stock have been paid  in full. The ability of  the Company to pay its
annual distribution of $1.18 per share of Common Stock has been, and is expected
to continue to be, dependent  upon distributions from the Operating  Partnership
to the Company based on the Preferential Distribution associated with the Common
Units held by the Company. If distributions were made pro rata among the holders
of  Common Units, the distribution payable per  share of Common Stock during the
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ended 1995 would  have been  $0.78. The Preferential  Distribution allocable  to
Common  Units held by  the Company will terminate  at such time,  if any, as the
Company (after  taking  into account  certain  limitations) has  paid  quarterly
distributions  of  at  least  $0.295  per  Common  Unit  during  four successive
quarters. Until the Company generates Funds from Operations on a quarterly basis
in excess of the FFO  Threshold Amount, the Company does  not intend to pay  any
distribution  per share of Common  Stock in excess of  $0.295 per quarter (other
than the Special Distribution) and any increase  in the Company's FFO up to  the
FFO Threshold Amount per quarter will continue to inure solely to the benefit of
the  Limited Partners.  See "The  Company --  Structure of  the Company  and the
Operating Partnership" and "Operating  Partnership Agreement --  Distributions."
None  of the distributions paid on the Common Stock in respect of 1995 and prior
taxable years of the Company were required  to be made in order for the  Company
to  satisfy the annual distribution requirement of a REIT for federal income tax
purposes. Thus, all dividends paid on  the Senior Preferred Stock and a  portion
of  the  distributions paid  on the  Convertible Preferred  Stock of  $2.625 and
$1.31, respectively, have been sufficient, to date, to satisfy such requirement.
 
    Since the Initial Public Offering, the Company's distributions in respect of
its capital stock have exceeded the Company's net income (computed in accordance
with GAAP)  by approximately  $8,463,000 as  of March  31, 1996.  The  Company's
distribution   policy  requires   certain  adjustments  to   net  income.  These
adjustments have resulted in funds available for distribution that exceeded  net
income  for the three months  ended March 31, 1996,  the year ended December 31,
1995 and for  the period  from March  22, 1994  through December  31, 1994.  The
Company  expects that such distributions will  continue to exceed net income for
the foreseeable future. Future distributions in excess of net income will reduce
the Company's  shareholders' equity  and  consequently, the  book value  of  the
shares of Common Stock offered hereby.
 
   
    Annualized  cumulative dividends on the Company's Senior Preferred Stock and
annualized cumulative distributions  on the Convertible  Preferred Stock  (after
giving   effect  to   the  Exchange   Offer)  are   $6,037,500  and  $6,459,027,
respectively.  The  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  is  entitled  to  payment  of
distributions at the rate distributions are declared on the Common Stock if such
rate  is greater than the stated distribution rate based on the number of shares
of Common  Stock  into which  the  Convertible Preferred  Stock  is  convertible
(currently,  the conversion rate is 1.196 to  1.0). Accordingly, at such time as
the distribution  rate on  the Common  Stock is  greater than  $1.78 per  share,
holders  of Convertible Preferred  Stock will be entitled  to participate in any
further growth of cash available for  distribution together with the holders  of
Common Stock.
    
 
RISK RESULTING FROM CHANGE IN DEFINITION OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS: RISK THAT THE
COMPANY'S DEFINITION OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS MAY NOT BE COMPARABLE TO
DEFINITION USED BY COMPETITORS
 
    In  March 1995, NAREIT  established guidelines clarifying  the definition of
Funds from  Operations  (as so  modified,  the "New  Definition").  The  Company
reports  FFO both under the  old definition and the  New Definition. The primary
difference between the old definition and  the New Definition is that under  the
New  Definition,  amortization of  capitalized  debt costs  and  depreciation of
non-real estate assets  are not  added back to  net income  as determined  under
GAAP.  Under the New  Definition, reported FFO will  be lower. See "Management's
Discussion and  Analysis of  Financial Condition  and Results  of Operations  --
Funds  from Operations." The Company  will continue to report  FFO under the old
definition because the Operating Partnership  Agreement requires the use of  the
old  definition in determining whether or not  the FFO Threshold Amount has been
reached and  whether  or  not  the Preferential  Distribution  has  lapsed.  See
"Operating Partnership Agreement -- Distributions."
 
    In  addition, other  reporting REIT  companies under  may not  adopt the New
Definition or may employ different calculations  than those used by the  Company
to  determine FFO. Therefore, similarly titled  measures of other reporting REIT
companies may not be comparable to the Company's presentation of FFO.
 
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND INFLUENCE OF LIMITED PARTNERS AND OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
 
   
    Following the  Offering, PGI  will  own Common  Units representing  a  36.1%
common  equity interest in the Operating Partnership. Because of PGI's ownership
interest in the Operating Partnership and  the fact that Michael W. Reschke  and
Glenn  D. Reschke  are executive  officers and/or  directors of  the Company and
    
 
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also are  owners of  PGI,  PGI may  be in  a  position to  exercise  significant
influence  over the  affairs of the  Company. PGI owns  substantial interests in
income producing properties unrelated to the Properties. Under the terms of  his
employment agreement with the Company, Michael W. Reschke is permitted to devote
a  considerable portion  of his  time to the  management of  such interests. See
"Management" and "Principal Security Holders and Selling Security Holder of  the
Company."
 
    Certain  conflicts  exist between  the  obligations of  Messrs.  M. Reschke,
Abraham Rosenthal and William  H. Carpenter, Jr., as  directors of the  Company,
and their interests as Limited Partners. One conflict arises because the Limited
Partners  and the  Company do not  share ratably  as holders of  Common Units in
distributions made by the Operating Partnership  until the Common Units held  by
the  Limited Partners cease  to be subject to  the Preferential Distribution. In
this  regard,  after  the  Operating  Partnership  has  paid  the   Preferential
Distribution  in any  quarter, any  additional distributions  in respect  of the
Common Units are allocated solely to the Limited Partners up to an amount  equal
to  $0.295 per Common  Unit per quarter.  As members of  the Board of Directors,
Messrs. M. Reschke, Rosenthal  and Carpenter may be  in a position to  influence
the  Company to cause  the Operating Partnership to  pay distributions which are
financially advantageous to the Limited Partners but may not be consistent  with
the interests of all stockholders.
 
    As  holders of Common  Units, the Limited Partners  may suffer different and
more adverse tax consequences than the  Company upon the sale or refinancing  of
certain  of the  Properties that were  contributed to the  Company in connection
with the Initial Public  Offering (the "Contributed  Properties"). Due to  their
different  interests, the  Limited Partners and  the Company  may have different
objectives  regarding  the  appropriate  pricing  and  timing  of  any  sale  or
refinancing  of  the  Contributed Properties.  While  the Company,  as  the sole
general partner of the Operating Partnership, has the exclusive authority as  to
whether  and on what  terms to sell  or refinance an  individual Property, those
members of  the Company's  management and  Board of  Directors who  directly  or
indirectly  hold  Common  Units,  including Messrs.  M.  Reschke,  Rosenthal and
Carpenter, may influence the  Company not to sell  or refinance the  Contributed
Properties, even though such sale might otherwise be financially advantageous to
the  Company, or may influence  the Company to refinance  a Property with a high
level of debt. See "Policies With  Respect to Certain Activities -- Conflict  of
Interest Policies."
 
IMMEDIATE AND SUBSTANTIAL DILUTION RESULTING TO PURCHASERS OF COMMON STOCK
 
   
    Purchasers  of shares of Common Stock  in the Offering will suffer immediate
and substantial dilution of $11.42 per share  in the net tangible book value  of
the  shares from  the public  offering price  that will  result in  an immediate
increase in the net tangible book value of the Company's common shareholders and
the interests in  the Operating Partnership  held by the  Limited Partners.  See
"Dilution."
    
 
ADVERSE IMPACT OF THE FAILURE TO CONTINUE TO QUALIFY AS A REIT
 
    The  Company believes it qualifies  and intends to continue  to qualify as a
REIT under the Code. A  REIT generally is not subject  to federal income tax  at
the corporate level on income which it currently distributes to its stockholders
so  long as  it distributes currently  to its  stockholders at least  95% of its
taxable income (excluding any net capital gain) each year. See "Certain  Federal
Income Tax Considerations."
 
    No  assurance can be given that the Company will remain qualified as a REIT.
Qualification as a REIT involves  the satisfaction of numerous requirements  (in
certain  instances,  on  an annual  and  quarterly  basis) set  forth  in highly
technical and complex Code provisions for which there are only limited  judicial
or  administrative  interpretations,  and  may be  affected  by  various factual
matters and circumstances not entirely within the Company's control. In the case
of a REIT such  as the Company  that holds its assets  in partnership form,  the
complexity  of these Code provisions and  of the applicable Treasury Regulations
that have been promulgated thereunder is even greater. Further, no assurance can
be given  that  future  legislation, new  Treasury  Regulations,  administrative
interpretations  or court decisions  will not significantly  change the tax laws
with respect to qualification as a  REIT or the federal income tax  consequences
of such qualification. See "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations."
 
    If  the Company  were to  fail to  maintain qualification  as a  REIT in any
taxable year, the  Company would  not be allowed  a deduction  in computing  its
taxable    income   for   amounts   distributed   to   its   stockholders,   and
 
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thus  would  be  subject  to  federal  income  tax  (including  any   applicable
alternative  minimum  tax) on  its taxable  income  at regular  corporate rates.
Moreover, unless  entitled to  relief under  certain statutory  provisions,  the
Company  also  would be  ineligible for  qualification  as a  REIT for  the four
taxable years  following the  year  during which  qualification was  lost.  Such
disqualification  would reduce  the net  earnings of  the Company  available for
investment or distribution to stockholders  due to the additional tax  liability
of  the  Company  for  the  years  involved.  See  "Certain  Federal  Income Tax
Considerations -- Failure to Qualify."
 
EFFECT OF REIT DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
 
    To maintain  its status  as a  REIT  for federal  income tax  purposes,  the
Company  generally will be required each  year to distribute to its stockholders
at least  95%  of  its taxable  income  (excluding  any net  capital  gain).  In
addition,  the Company will  be subject to  federal income tax  to the extent it
distributes less than  100% of  its taxable  income, including  any net  capital
gain,  and to  a 4%  nondeductible excise tax  on the  amount, if  any, by which
certain distributions paid by it with respect to any calendar year are less than
the sum of 85% of  its ordinary income plus 95%  of its capital gain net  income
plus  100% of  its undistributed  income from prior  taxable years.  None of the
distributions paid on  the Common  Stock in respect  of 1995  and prior  taxable
years  of the  Company were  required to  be made  in order  for the  Company to
satisfy the annual  distribution requirement of  a REIT for  federal income  tax
purposes.  Thus, distributions  paid on  the Senior  Preferred Stock  and on the
Convertible Preferred  Stock have  been  sufficient, to  date, to  satisfy  such
requirement.
 
    The  Company intends to  continue to pay distributions  and dividends to its
stockholders to comply with the 95% distribution requirement of the Code and  to
avoid the nondeductible excise tax described above. The Company anticipates that
cash  flow  from  operations,  including its  share  of  distributions  from the
Operating Partnership and the Services Partnership, will be sufficient to enable
it to pay  its operating expenses  and meet the  distribution requirements of  a
REIT,  but no assurance can be given that this will be the case. The Company may
be required from time to time, under certain circumstances, to accrue as  income
for tax purposes rent or interest earned but not yet received. In such event, or
upon  the repayment  of principal indebtedness,  the Company  could have taxable
income  without  sufficient  cash  to  enable  the  Company  to  meet  the  REIT
distribution  requirements. Accordingly, the Company could be required to borrow
funds or liquidate  investments on adverse  terms in order  to comply with  such
requirements. See "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations -- Requirements for
Qualification -- Annual Distribution Requirements."
 
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO CONTINUE TO QUALIFY AS PARTNERSHIPS
 
    The Operating Partnership, the Services Partnership and each of the Property
Partnerships  are organized  as partnerships and  the Company  expects that such
entities will  continue to  qualify for  treatment as  partnerships for  federal
income  tax  purposes.  If the  Operating  Partnership  or any  of  the Property
Partnerships failed to qualify as a partnership for federal income tax  purposes
and were instead taxable as a corporation, the Company would cease to qualify as
a  REIT and such Partnership  would be subject to  federal income tax (including
any applicable  alternative  minimum  tax)  on its  taxable  income  at  regular
corporate  rates. See "Certain  Federal Income Tax  Considerations -- Failure to
Qualify" and "  -- Tax Aspects  of the Company's  Investment in Partnerships  --
Partnership  Classification." The  imposition of  a corporate  level tax  on the
Operating Partnership or  the Property  Partnership would reduce  the amount  of
cash available for distribution to the Company and its stockholders.
 
HISTORICAL NET LOSSES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE NET LOSSES
 
    On  a historical basis in accordance  with GAAP, the Company has experienced
net losses applicable to  common shareholders for the  three months ended  March
31, 1996, for the year ended December 31, 1995 and for the period March 22, 1994
to  December 31, 1994, and the  Company's predecessor has experienced net losses
for the  period January  1, 1994  to  March 21,  1994 and  for the  years  ended
December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991. These losses are primarily attributable to the
depreciation  and amortization  expense associated with  the Company's portfolio
and interest expense related to the Company's financing activities. The  Company
expects  to incur net losses applicable to  holders of Common Stock for the next
several years and there can be no assurance that the Company will not experience
net losses thereafter.
 
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RISKS RELATED TO THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OUTLET CENTER INDUSTRY, THE
COMPETITION WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND THE COMPANY'S LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY AND
RAPID GROWTH
 
    THE RELATIVELY SHORT  HISTORY OF  THE OUTLET  CENTER INDUSTRY.   The  outlet
center  business  is  a relatively  young  and  rapidly growing  segment  of the
retailing industry. There can  be no assurance that  this segment of the  retail
industry  will continue to grow  in the future. Further,  as this segment of the
retailing industry  grows  or  matures,  there can  be  no  assurance  that  the
advantages  offered  by  this  business  to  consumers  and  manufacturers  will
continue. Growth  in this  segment  also may  be  limited by  certain  intrinsic
characteristics  of the  outlet market. The  outlet center  business depends, in
part, on the pricing differential between  goods sold in the outlet centers  and
similar  or  identical goods  sold in  traditional  department stores  or retail
establishments. While this pricing differential results in part because of lower
operating costs resulting from the elimination of distribution channels and  the
reduced  rent and  overhead at  outlet centers, there  can be  no assurance that
traditional retailers  will not  compete aggressively  to regain  sales nor  can
there  be any assurance  that the outlet  center business will  not be adversely
affected by other  changes in  the distribution and  sale of  retail goods.  See
"Business and Properties -- Competition."
 
    COMPETITION  FROM OTHER OUTLET  CENTERS.  There  are numerous developers and
real estate companies that are engaged in the development or ownership of outlet
centers and compete with  the Company in seeking  merchants for outlet  centers.
This  results in competition  for prime locations and  for merchants who operate
outlet center stores, particularly for those manufacturers featuring quality and
designer brand name merchandise with proven customer drawing power.
 
    Because several of the  Company's outlet centers  are located in  relatively
undeveloped  areas, there  are often  other potential  sites near  the Company's
outlet centers that may  be developed into outlet  centers by competitors.  Five
projects  in  the  Company's  portfolio,  Gulf  Coast  Factory  Shops (Ellenton,
Florida), Magnolia Bluff  Factory Shops  (Darien, Georgia),  Ohio Factory  Shops
(Jeffersonville,  Ohio),  Oxnard Factory  Outlet  (Oxnard, California),  and San
Marcos Factory Shops  (San Marcos, Texas),  are located within  twelve miles  of
competing  factory outlet centers and thus  are subject to existing competition.
The Company currently plans to expand  Gulf Coast Factory Shops, Magnolia  Bluff
Factory  Shops, and Ohio Factory Shops during 1996, and has plans to complete an
expansion at San Marcos Factory Shops during 1997. The development of an  outlet
center  with a more convenient location or lower rents may attract the Company's
merchants or  cause them  to seek  more favorable  lease terms  at or  prior  to
renewal  of their  leases and  accordingly, may  affect adversely  the business,
revenues and/or sales volume of the Company's outlet centers. See "Business  and
Properties -- Competition."
 
    COMPETITION  FROM TRADITIONAL FULL PRICE RETAILERS  AND OTHERS.  Most of the
merchandise produced by  manufacturers is  sold through  traditional full  price
retail  channels, such as large department  stores and other mass merchandisers.
Manufacturers generally  do  not  wish to  jeopardize  retail  relationships  by
locating their outlet stores in locations that directly compete with traditional
retailers.  As a result, the Company's centers are typically located at least 20
miles from  the  nearest  regional  mall. These  locations  are  generally  less
attractive  to  consumers  because they  tend  to  require more  travel  time. A
reduction of  pricing  discounts  by  manufacturers,  increased  competition  by
traditional   retailers  or  a   perception  by  consumers   that  such  pricing
differentials are not significant would reduce the competitive advantage offered
by outlet stores to consumers and, consequently, adversely affect the  business,
revenues  and/or sales volume of  the Company's outlet centers.  There can be no
assurance that the factory outlet center business will not be adversely affected
by other changes in the distribution and sale of retail goods, such as  discount
shopping  clubs,  "off-price"  retailers,  direct  mail  and  telemarketing. See
"Business and Properties -- Competition."
 
    LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY AND  RAPID GROWTH.  Since  the Company opened  its
first  factory outlet center in 1989,  its outlet center portfolio has increased
to more than 4.3 million square feet of GLA. The Company expects to continue  to
experience  substantial  growth  through  the development  of  new  centers, the
expansion of existing centers and the selective acquisition of centers. The risk
that the Company  may be  unable to control  and manage  its growth  effectively
could  have a material adverse effect on  the Company. There can be no assurance
that any  of the  Company's  current development  or expansion  activities  will
ultimately  result in profitable operations or that  the Company will be able to
continue to achieve its growth objectives.
 
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    RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RETAIL INDUSTRY.  The factory outlet center market
is a  component  of the  retail  industry. The  retail  industry is  subject  to
external  factors such as inflation, consumer confidence, unemployment rates and
consumer  tastes  and  preferences.  In  the  event  that  the  retail  industry
experiences  down cycles, manufacturers and  merchants of retail merchandise may
experience economic difficulties  and/or may  be less likely  to renew  existing
leases  at factory  outlet centers or  to expand distribution  channels into new
factory outlet centers. The weighted average reported merchant sales per  square
foot in the Company's factory outlet portfolio decreased 6.4% from 1994 to 1995.
If  the  weighted  average reported  merchant  sales per  square  foot decreases
significantly in future periods, it may be less likely for the Company to obtain
lease renewals  at  favorable rents  or  to lease  additional  space in  new  or
expanded factory outlet centers.
 
RISKS OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
 
    The  Company  expects to  open between  700,000 and  900,000 square  feet of
additional GLA in 1996  through the construction of  two new outlet centers  and
the  completion of several planned expansions of its existing centers. As of May
31, 1996, the Company  had two new centers  (Carolina Factory Shops and  Buckeye
Factory  Shops) and seven expansions of existing centers under construction that
in the  aggregate  accounted  for  440,000  and  347,000  square  feet  of  GLA,
respectively.  There  can  be  no  assurance  that  all  of  the  Company's  new
construction and  planned expansions  will  be completed  in 1996.  The  Company
intends  to  continue to  pursue other  development activities  as opportunities
arise. The  Company  will  incur  risks  in  connection  with  such  development
activities in addition to those applicable to the ownership and operation of the
Properties.  These  risks  include  the  risks  that  development  opportunities
explored by the Company may be abandoned or delayed, that construction costs  of
a project may exceed original estimates, and that occupancy rates and rents at a
completed  project will  not be sufficient  to make the  project profitable. The
occurrence of  any of  the foregoing  may adversely  affect the  ability of  the
Company  to pay  expected distributions or  dividends to  stockholders. See "The
Company -- Strategies for Growth."
 
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROVE CITY PURCHASE
 
    On May  6,  1996,  the  Company and  the  Company's  joint  venture  partner
(together with its affiliates, the "Grove City Partner") entered into a purchase
agreement  (the "Grove City  Purchase Agreement") providing  for the purchase by
the Company on or before  February 28, 1997 of all  of the Grove City  Partner's
ownership interest in Grove City Factory Shops Partnership. As consideration for
such purchase the Company has agreed, at closing, to pay $8.0 million in cash to
the  Grove City Partner and to repay all of the outstanding indebtedness secured
by Grove  City Factory  Shops, which  indebtedness  is owed  to the  Grove  City
Partner  by the  Grove City Factory  Shops Partnership  (including amounts drawn
under a loan with respect  to the development of Phase  IV). At March 31,  1996,
the  outstanding indebtedness relating  to the construction of  Phases I, II and
III of  Grove  City  Factory Shops  was  $43.5  million. The  Company  does  not
currently  have commitments to  finance the purchase  price for this partnership
interest and, as  of the date  of this Prospectus,  management does not  believe
that  the consummation of the Grove City  Purchase is probable. No assurance can
be given that the Company will be successful in obtaining such financing or,  if
obtained, that such indebtedness will be on terms as favorable to the Company as
the terms of the existing indebtedness of Grove City Factory Shops Partnership.
   
    The  Company  has agreed  to  pay the  Grove  City Partner  $2.0  million 
in liquidated  damages   in   the  event   the   Company  breaches   any   
material representation, warranty, covenant or agreement or if the Company 
defaults under the  Grove  City  Purchase  Agreement.  In the event the Grove 
City Purchase Agreement is terminated for any reason of the Grove City 
Partner's default thereunder or a condemnation of or casualty to this 
property, the Grove City Partner will be entitled to the first $8.0 million 
of the proceeds of any subsequent sale of the property (after payment of 
outstanding indebtedness and return of capital contributions with respect to 
Phase IV). The Company will be entitled to receive the next $8.0 million of 
such proceeds and the balance of such proceeds, if any, will be distributed 
pro rata between the Company and the Grove City Partner based on their 
respective ownership interests in the Partnership. See "Business and 
Properties -- Grove  City Factory Shops."
    

NO LIMITATION ON INCURRENCE OF DEBT
 
    At the time of the Initial Public Offering, the Company established a policy
of  not  incurring  debt  if  at  that  time  it  would  result  in  a  ratio of
debt-to-Total Market  Capitalization of  more  than 50%.  In 1995,  the  Company
modified  its  policy to  increase this  limit  to 60%.  The Company's  ratio of
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Capitalization significantly increased  after the Initial  Public Offering as  a
result  of the decreases in the market prices of the Company's equity securities
and the $162.5 million increase in its total debt outstanding at March 31,  1996
compared  to March 31, 1994. However,  the Company's debt service coverage ratio
during such period did not change significantly. Therefore, the Company approved
an increase in the ratio of debt-to-Total Market Capitalization from 50% to 60%.
The amendment of such policy allows the Company to incur more debt as a ratio of
its  Total  Market  Capitalization.  See  "Policies  with  Respect  to   Certain
Activities  -- Financing Policies." The  organizational documents of the Company
do not contain  any limitation on  the amount or  ratio of debt-to-Total  Market
Capitalization  the Company  might incur.  Accordingly, the  Company could again
alter or eliminate the  current policy with respect  to borrowing. If this  debt
limit  policy  limit ratio  were  raised again,  the  Company could  become more
highly-leveraged, resulting in an increase in debt service that could reduce the
amount of cash flow that the Company would otherwise generate and, consequently,
adversely affect  the  Company's  ability  to  pay  expected  distributions  and
dividends  to stockholders. The Company does  not currently anticipate that such
debt limit policy  limit ratio  of debt-to-Total Market  Capitalization will  be
raised further.
 
    The  Company chose to use market capitalization because it believes that the
book value of its assets (which is primarily the historic cost of real  property
less depreciation) does not accurately reflect its ability to borrow and to meet
debt service requirements. Although the Company will consider factors other than
market capitalization in making decisions regarding the incurrence of debt (such
as  the purchase price of properties to be acquired with debt financing, and the
ability of particular  properties and the  Company as a  whole to generate  cash
flow  to cover expected  debt service and to  make distributions and dividends),
there can  be no  assurance that  management  decisions based  on the  ratio  of
debt-to-Total Market Capitalization will not adversely affect the expected level
of  distributions and dividends to stockholders.  At March 31, 1996, the Company
had a ratio  of debt-to-Total  Market Capitalization of  approximately 49.3%  as
compared to 41.4% at March 31, 1995.
 
ABILITY TO CHANGE CERTAIN POLICIES WITHOUT STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL
    The  investment and financing policies of  the Company and its policies with
respect to other activities,  including acquisitions, developments,  expansions,
capitalizations,  distributions, and operations, are  determined by the Board of
Directors. Although the Board  of Directors has no  present intention to do  so,
the Board of Directors may amend or revise these and other policies from time to
time without a vote of the stockholders of the Company. Change in these policies
could   adversely  affect  the  Company's  financial  condition  or  results  of
operations. The  Company  cannot,  however,  change its  policy  of  seeking  to
maintain  its qualification as a REIT without  the approval of the holders of at
least a majority of the outstanding capital stock voting together as a  separate
group. See "Policies with Respect to Certain Activities."
 
RISK OF CHANGES IN PRICE OF COMMON STOCK
    One  of the factors that influences the  market price of the Common Stock is
the annual yield on the price paid  for Common Stock from distributions paid  by
the  Company.  An  increase  in  market  interest  rates  may  lead  prospective
purchasers of  the Common  Stock to  demand a  higher annual  yield from  future
distributions.  Such an  increase in the  required yield  from distributions may
adversely affect  the market  price of  the Common  Stock. Since  the  Company's
Initial  Public Offering, interest rates  have generally increased. For example,
the average  prime rate  reported by  the  Federal Reserve  for March  1994  and
December  1995  was 6.06%  and 8.65%,  respectively. The  trading volume  of the
Common Stock may be  limited which also  could affect the  market price for  the
stock.  Moreover, numerous other  factors, such as  government regulatory action
and modification of  tax laws,  could have a  significant effect  on the  future
market price of the Common Stock. See "Underwriting."
 
GENERAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RISKS
 
    GENERAL.   Investments in the Company will  be subject to the risks incident
to the ownership and operation of  commercial retail real estate. These  include
the  risks normally associated with changes in national economic or local market
conditions, competition for  merchants from other  retail properties,  including
other  outlet  centers,  changes  in  market  rental  rates,  and  the  need  to
periodically renovate, repair and relet space and to pay the costs thereof.  See
"Business and Properties -- Competition."
 
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    Equity  real  estate investments  are relatively  illiquid compared  to most
financial assets and,  therefore, tend to  limit the ability  of the Company  to
vary  its  portfolio  promptly  in  response to  changes  in  economic  or other
conditions. Substantially all of the  Properties are factory outlet centers  and
the  Company  has  no intention  of  varying the  types  of real  estate  in its
portfolio. In addition,  certain significant expenditures  associated with  each
equity  investment (such  as debt service,  real estate taxes  and operating and
maintenance  costs)  are  generally  not  reduced  when  circumstances  cause  a
reduction  in income from the investment. If any of the Company's outlet centers
fails to succeed, either  because the concept of  the factory outlet center  has
lost  favor or because of  poor results at an  individual center, the ability of
the Company to convert the  center to an attractive  alternative use or to  sell
the  center to recoup  the Company's investment  may be limited.  Should such an
event occur, the Company's income and funds available for distribution would  be
adversely affected.
 
    BANKRUPTCY  OF MERCHANTS.   Because rental  income is a  principal source of
operating revenue for the Company, the Company's financial condition and results
of operations  would  be adversely  affected  if  a significant  number  of  the
Company's  merchants  were  unable  to  meet  their  lease  obligations  and if,
following such  defaults, the  Company was  unable  to relet  the space  to  new
merchants   on  economically  favorable  terms.   Moreover,  the  bankruptcy  or
insolvency of a single major merchant may  have an adverse effect on the  income
produced by certain Properties. In the event of default by a lessee, the Company
may  experience  delays  in  enforcing  its rights  as  landlord  and  may incur
substantial costs in protecting its investment  and reletting such space in  the
Properties.
 
    RENEWAL  OF LEASES AND  RELETTING OF SPACE.   The Company  is subject to the
risks that, upon expiration of leases  for space located in the Properties,  the
leases may not be renewed, the space may not be relet or the terms of renewal or
reletting  (including  the  cost  of  required  renovations  or  concessions  to
merchants) may  be less  favorable than  current lease  terms. In  general,  the
leases  relating to the  Company's outlet centers  have a term  of five to seven
years with an option to  renew for a period equal  to the length of the  initial
term. Because substantially all of the Company's outlet centers were constructed
during  the past five years,  the Company does not  have an extensive history of
lease  renewals  with  respect  to  its  current  portfolio  of  leases.  Leases
representing   5.38%,  6.32%  and  12.18%   of  total  annualized  minimum  rent
represented by expiring leases in the Company's existing outlet center portfolio
will be up for renewal during the  remainder of 1996, and during 1997 and  1998,
respectively,  and no assurance can be given that such leases will be renewed on
economically favorable terms.  If the  Company is  unable to  promptly relet  or
renew  the leases  for all  or a substantial  portion of  this space,  or if the
rental rates  upon  such  renewal  or reletting  are  significantly  lower  than
expected  rates, or  if the Company's  reserves for  renovations and concessions
prove to be  inadequate, then  the Company's  cash flow  and, consequently,  the
Company's  ability to  pay expected dividends  to stockholders  may be adversely
affected.
 
    DEBT FINANCING.  The  Company is subject to  the risks associated with  debt
financing,  including the risk that the Company's cash flow will be insufficient
to meet required payments of principal  and interest, the risk that the  Company
will  not be able to  refinance existing indebtedness on  the Properties or that
the terms of such  refinancing will not  be as favorable to  the Company as  the
terms  of existing indebtedness and the risk that necessary capital expenditures
for purposes such  as renovations and  reletting space  will not be  able to  be
financed  on favorable terms.  If a Property  is mortgaged to  secure payment of
indebtedness and the Company is unable  to meet mortgage payments, the  Property
could be transferred to the mortgagee with a consequent loss of income and asset
value to the Company.
 
    UNINSURED  LOSS.  The Company  carries comprehensive liability, fire, flood,
extended coverage and rental loss insurance with respect to the Properties  with
policy  specifications  and  insured  limits  customarily  carried  for  similar
properties. There are, however, certain types  of losses (such as from wars  or,
in  certain  locations,  earthquakes)  that may  be  either  uninsurable  or not
economically viable. Should an uninsured loss occur, the Company could lose  its
capital investment and/or the anticipated profits and cash flow from one or more
Properties.
 
    COSTS  OF  COMPLIANCE  WITH  AMERICANS WITH  DISABILITIES  ACT.    Under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of  1990 (the "ADA"), all public  accommodations
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access and use by disabled persons. These requirements became effective in 1992.
The  Company  may  incur  additional  costs  in  order  to  comply  with   final
regulations.  The  ultimate  amount of  any  compliance costs  is  not currently
ascertainable, but such costs are not expected to have a material adverse effect
on the Company.
 
POSSIBLE LIABILITY RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
 
    Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations,  an
owner or operator of real property may become liable for the costs of removal or
remediation  of certain hazardous substances released  on or under its property.
Such laws often impose liability without regard to whether the owner or operator
knew of, or was responsible for,  the release of such hazardous substances.  The
presence  of environmentally  hazardous substances,  or the  failure to properly
remediate such  substances  when  released, may  adversely  affect  the  owner's
ability  to  sell  such real  estate  or to  borrow  using such  real  estate as
collateral. The Company has not been  notified by any governmental authority  of
any  non-compliance,  liability or  other claim  in connection  with any  of the
Properties, and the Company  is not aware of  any other environmental  condition
with respect to any of the Properties that could materially adversely affect the
Company's  financial condition or  results of operations.  All of the Properties
have been subject to a Phase I environmental audit. When the Phase I  assessment
so  recommended, a Phase II  audit was conducted. No  assurance, however, can be
given that the reports reveal  all potential environmental liabilities, that  no
prior  owner or user  created any material environmental  condition not known to
the Company or to the  independent consultant which conducted the  environmental
audits,  or  that  future  uses or  conditions  (including,  without limitation,
changes in applicable environmental laws and regulations) will not result in the
imposition of environmental liability. Moreover, such laws are subject to change
and any such change may result in significant unanticipated expenditures,  which
could adversely affect the Company's ability to pay dividends to stockholders.
 
LIMITS ON CHANGES IN CONTROL
 
    Certain provisions contained in the Company's Charter and under Maryland law
may  have the effect  of discouraging a  third party from  making an acquisition
proposal for the  Company and may  thereby inhibit  a change in  control of  the
Company. For example, such provisions may (i) deter tender offers for the Common
Stock,  which  offers  may be  attractive  to  the stockholders,  or  (ii) deter
purchases of large blocks of Common Stock, thereby limiting the opportunity  for
stockholders  to receive a  premium for their  Common Stock over then-prevailing
market price. See "Description  of Capital Stock --  Common Stock" and  "Certain
Provisions  of  Maryland Law  and of  the Company's  Charter and  Bylaws." These
provisions include the Company's ability to issue preferred stock, the Company's
staggered board of directors, the Ownership Limit and provisions of the Maryland
General Corporation Law ("MGCL") establishing special requirements with  respect
to  "business combinations" between a Maryland  corporation such as the Company,
and an  "interested stockholder"  and restrictions  on voting  "control  shares"
acquired in certain transactions.
 
POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON STOCK PRICE ARISING FROM SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE
SALE
 
   
    No  prediction can  be made  as to the  effect, if  any, of  future sales of
shares, or the  possibility of such  sales, on  the market price  of the  Common
Stock.  Following the Offering,  there will be  13,031,058 outstanding shares of
Common Stock. Sales  of substantial  amounts of Common  Stock (including  shares
issued  upon the exchange of Common Units  and the conversion of the Convertible
Preferred Stock), or the perception that  such sales could occur, may  adversely
affect  prevailing market  price for  the Common  Stock. In  connection with the
Initial Public  Offering, 9,220,800  Common  Units were  issued to  the  Limited
Partners.  Pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement, 8,576,675, or 93% of
such Common Units are prohibited from being exchanged for Common Stock (or cash)
without the consent  of the Company  or Friedman, Billings,  Ramsey & Co.,  Inc.
until  the  later  of  (i)  March  22,  1997  or  (ii)  the  termination  of the
Preferential Distribution. The remaining 553,797 Common Units held by PGI may be
exchanged into Common Stock (or cash). Following the expiration of the foregoing
restrictions, any shares of Common Stock  obtained upon exchange of such  Common
Units may be sold in the public market pursuant to registration rights that have
been  granted  by  the Company  or  available exemptions  from  registration. An
aggregate of 3,635,816 shares of Common Stock are issuable with no  restrictions
as  to the resale thereof upon the conversion of all Convertible Preferred Stock
to be outstanding upon consummation of this Offering. As of March 31, 1996,  the
Company has reserved 9,220,800 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange
of Common
    
 
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Units and 1,185,000 shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance pursuant to
the  Company's Stock  Incentive Plans,  and, when  issued, these  shares will be
available for  sale  in  the public  markets  from  time to  time.  See  "Shares
Available For Future Sale" and "Management -- Stock Incentive Plans."
 
OWNERSHIP LIMIT NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN REIT QUALIFICATION
 
    For  the Company to maintain its qualification  as a REIT, not more than 50%
in value of the  Company's outstanding capital stock  may be owned, directly  or
constructively  under the applicable  attribution rules of the  Code, by five or
fewer individuals  (as  defined  in  the  Code  to  include  certain  tax-exempt
entities,  other than, in general, qualified domestic pension funds) at any time
during the last half  of any taxable  year of the Company  other than the  first
taxable  year for which  the election to be  taxed as a REIT  has been made (the
"five or  fewer"  requirement). The  Charter  of the  Company  contains  certain
restrictions  on  the ownership  and transfer  of  the Company's  capital stock,
described below, which are intended to prevent concentration of stock ownership.
These restrictions, however,  do not  ensure that the  Company will  be able  to
satisfy  the "five or fewer" requirement primarily, though not exclusively, as a
result of fluctuations in  values among the different  classes of the  Company's
capital  stock. If the Company fails to satisfy the "five or fewer" requirement,
the Company's status as a REIT will terminate, and the Company will not be  able
to prevent such termination.
 
    If  the Company were to fail  to qualify as a REIT  in any taxable year, the
Company would  be  subject  to  federal income  tax  (including  any  applicable
alternative  minimum tax) on its taxable  income at regular corporate rates, and
would not be  allowed a deduction  in computing its  taxable income for  amounts
distributed  to  its stockholders.  Moreover,  unless entitled  to  relief under
certain  statutory  provisions,  the  Company  also  would  be  ineligible   for
qualification  as a REIT  for the four  taxable years following  the year during
which qualification  was  lost.  Such  disqualification  would  reduce  the  net
earnings  of  the  Company  available  for  investment  or  distribution  to its
stockholders due to the  additional tax liability of  the Company for the  years
involved. See "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations -- Failure to Qualify."
 
    The Charter of the Company currently prohibits ownership, either directly or
under  the applicable attribution  rules of the  Code, of more  than 9.9% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock or the acquisition or beneficial ownership of
shares of  Convertible Preferred  Stock by  a holder  if, as  a result  of  such
acquisition  or beneficial ownership, such  holder acquires or beneficially owns
shares of capital stock (including all classes) of the Company in excess of 9.9%
of the  value  of the  Company's  outstanding capital  stock  (the  "Convertible
Preferred  Stock Ownership Limit")  or the ownership  of more than  10.0% of the
outstanding shares of Senior  Preferred Stock by any  holder subject to  certain
important  exceptions.  See "Description  of  Capital Stock  --  Restrictions on
Ownership and Transfer."
 
    The  Board   of  Directors   may,  subject   to  the   receipt  of   certain
representations  as required  by the  Charter and  a ruling  from the  IRS or an
opinion of counsel  satisfactory to  it, waive the  ownership restrictions  with
respect to a holder if such waiver will not jeopardize the Company's status as a
REIT.  Any attempted  transfer of shares  to a person  who, as a  result of such
transfer, would violate the Ownership Limit  will be deemed void and the  shares
purportedly  transferred would be  converted into shares of  a separate class of
capital stock with no voting rights and no rights to distributions. In addition,
ownership, either  directly or  under the  applicable attribution  rules of  the
Code,  of Stock in  excess of the  Ownership Limit generally  will result in the
conversion of those shares into shares of a separate class of capital stock with
no voting rights  and no rights  to distributions. See  "Description of  Capital
Stock  --  Restrictions on  Ownership and  Transfer" for  additional information
regarding the aforementioned Ownership Limit.
 
    Limiting the ownership of more than 9.9% of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock,  the  acquisition  or  beneficial  ownership  of  shares  of  Convertible
Preferred  Stock in excess  of the Convertible  Preferred Stock Ownership Limit,
and the  ownership  of more  than  10.0% of  the  outstanding shares  of  Senior
Preferred  Stock by certain stockholders may  (i) discourage a change of control
of the Company, (ii)  deter tender offers  for such stock,  which offers may  be
attractive  to the  Company's stockholders, or  (iii) limit  the opportunity for
stockholders to receive a premium for their stock that might otherwise exist  if
an investor attempted to
 
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assemble  a block of stock in excess of 9.9% of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  Ownership Limit,  and  10.0%  of  the
outstanding shares of Senior Preferred Stock or to effect a change of control of
the Company.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
    The  Company is  a self-administered  and self-managed  REIT engaged  in the
ownership,  development,  construction,  acquisition,  leasing,  marketing   and
management of factory outlet centers. The Company is the sole general partner of
the  Operating  Partnership  through which  the  Company owns  interests  in and
provides development, leasing, marketing  and management services for  seventeen
upscale factory outlet centers and three community shopping centers with a total
of 4,331,000 and 424,000 square feet of GLA at March 31, 1996, respectively.
 
    Factory  outlet centers have become a  strong, growing segment of the retail
industry, enabling value-oriented shoppers  to purchase designer and  brand-name
products  directly from manufacturers at discounts generally ranging from 25% to
50% below regular department and specialty store prices.
 
    The Company has successfully developed or acquired outlet centers containing
approximately 4.3 million  square feet of  GLA, including approximately  949,000
square  feet  of  GLA  that  was completed  during  1995.  The  Company  and its
management have  been recognized  with  several industry  honors. In  1993,  the
Company received the VALUE RETAIL NEWS Award of Excellence in recognition of its
development of outlet centers and in 1994, the Company's outlet center in Castle
Rock,  Colorado was voted the number one factory outlet center in the Country by
the VALUE RETAIL NEWS. The Company also ranked as 1994's fourth  fastest-growing
retail  developer in the United States by CHAIN STORE AGE EXECUTIVE magazine. In
1995, Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter were  named Entrepreneurs of the Year  for
Maryland  Real Estate, an award sponsored nationally  by Ernst & Young LLP, INC.
magazine and Merrill Lynch & Co.  that honors individuals whose ingenuity,  hard
work and innovation have created successful and growing business ventures.
 
    The  Company pursues  development strategies  designed to  take advantage of
growth opportunities in the factory outlet segment of the retail industry and to
distinguish itself among its competitors. The Company differentiates itself from
competitors in the outlet  center industry by  developing larger outlet  centers
with  highly accessible locations, a larger  and more diverse merchandising mix,
extensive  food  and  recreational   amenities  and  quality  architecture   and
landscaping,  all designed to create an upscale environment in which to showcase
merchandise and  encourage  shopping.  The  Company  generally  will  not  start
construction  of  any new  centers, other  than  site development  work, without
obtaining leasing commitments for at least 50% of the GLA.
 
    The average  outlet  center in  the  Company's portfolio  contained  254,765
square  feet of  GLA at December  31, 1995,  compared to an  industry average of
156,655 square feet as reported at January 1996 by VALUE RETAIL NEWS. Management
believes that the  considerable size  of its  outlet centers,  coupled with  the
Company's  established  base  of  national  and  international  manufacturers of
designer and  brand-name  merchandise, significantly  enhances  the  competitive
position of the Company's factor outlet centers.
 
    The Company's factory outlet centers feature a diversified mix of nationally
recognized  manufacturers  of  designer  and  brand-name  merchandise, including
AnnTaylor/AnnTaylor Loft, Bose, Brooks Brothers, Corning-Revere, Danskin,  Donna
Karan,  Eddie Bauer, Ellen Tracy, Esprit,  First Choice/Escada, Guess?, J. Crew,
Jones New  York,  Levi's/Dockers  Outlet, Mikasa,  Nautica,  Nike,  Phillips-Van
Heusen  (including Bass, Gant, Geoffrey Beene,  Izod and Van Heusen), Polo/Ralph
Lauren, Reading China  & Glass, Reebok,  Off 5th (Saks  Fifth Avenue), Sara  Lee
(including  Champion,  Coach Leather,  L'eggs,  Hanes, Bali,  Playtex,  Sara Lee
Bakery and  Socks  Galore), Sony,  Springmaid-Wamsutta,  Tommy Hilfiger  and  VF
Corporation (including Lee, Wrangler, Barbizon and Vanity Fair). As a group, the
foregoing  merchants accounted for approximately 25.7%  of the gross revenues of
the Company during the quarter ended March 31, 1996, and occupied  approximately
32.8% of the total leased GLA contained in the Company's outlet centers at March
31,  1996. Individual  merchants noted above  ranged from  approximately 0.1% to
6.0% of the Company's  gross revenues during the  quarter ended March 31,  1996,
and occupied approximately 0.1% to 7.3% of the
 
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Company's total leased GLA at March 31, 1996. During the quarter ended March 31,
1996, no group of merchants under common control accounted for more than 6.0% of
the gross revenues of the Company or occupied more than 7.3% of the total leased
GLA of the Company at March 31, 1996.
 
    Management  has developed close working  relationships with its merchants to
understand  and  better  anticipate  the  merchants'  immediate  and   long-term
merchandising  strategies and  retail space  requirements. One  of the  means by
which  the  Company   has  established   and  maintains   these  close   working
relationships is by sponsorship of The Manufacturers
Forum-Registered  Trademark-,  an organization  of  over 100  manufacturers that
conducts between four and six industry meetings per year - two of which meetings
are held at semi-annual  conventions. The meetings are  organized and hosted  by
executives  of the  Company and  are attended  by senior  executives from member
manufacturers. Industry  experts are  invited  to attend  as guest  speakers  to
discuss  ideas, trends, data and other issues pertinent to the ongoing growth of
the factory outlet center business.
 
    The  Manufacturers   Forum-Registered  Trademark-   was  developed   as   an
educational  tool for both  the Company and the  member merchants, including new
manufacturers that are investigating opening  factory outlet stores, and  allows
both  the Company and  member merchants to  stay up-to-date with  changes in the
industry. Topics discussed at The Manufacturers Forum-Registered Trademark- lead
to stronger  relationships with  key  merchants and  a  shared vision  with  the
manufacturers as to future growth of the industry.
 
STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH
 
    The Company intends, on a long-term basis, to increase its FFO and the value
of  its portfolio  of factory outlet  centers through the  active management and
expansion of existing factory outlet  centers and the selective development  and
acquisition of new factory outlet centers. FFO does not represent cash flow from
operating  activities  in  accordance  with  GAAP,  is  not  indicative  of cash
available to fund all of the Company's  cash needs and should not be  considered
as an alternative to net income or any other GAAP measure as an indicator of the
Company's  performance  or  as an  alternative  to  cash flow  as  a  measure of
liquidity or the ability to service debt or pay dividends.
 
    The Company  intends  to continue  to  increase its  FFO  over time  by  (i)
selectively  expanding,  developing and  acquiring  factory outlet  centers that
offer strong prospects for cash flow growth and capital appreciation, subject to
the availability  of debt  financing on  favorable terms  and additional  equity
capital  and  (ii)  managing,  leasing and  marketing  its  portfolio  of retail
properties to  increase  the  effective  base and  percentage  rents.  While  no
assurance can be given that the Company will implement the foregoing objectives,
the Company intends to employ the following strategies:
 
    - DEVELOPMENT  OF  NEW  FACTORY  OUTLET CENTERS.  The  Company  develops new
      factory outlet centers  on sites  with favorable  demographics, access  to
      interstate  highways, good visibility and favorable market conditions that
      generally can accommodate  a minimum of  300,000 square feet  of GLA  over
      multiple  phases. The  Company's management has  significant experience in
      all phases of  the development  process, including  market analysis,  site
      assemblage,  zoning,  land  use controls,  leasing,  marketing, financing,
      construction management and  value engineering. Since  the Initial  Public
      Offering,  the Company has developed seven new factory outlet centers with
      initial phases totaling  1,526,000 square  feet of GLA.  During 1996,  the
      Company  expects  to  complete  construction  of  two  new  factory outlet
      centers.
 
    - STRATEGIC EXPANSIONS OF EXISTING CENTERS. The Company selectively  expands
      its existing factory outlet centers in phased developments that respond to
      merchant and consumer demand, thereby maximizing returns from these outlet
      centers through higher effective net rents from new merchants based on the
      proven success and customer drawing power of existing phases. In addition,
      continual   expansion  programs  allow  the  Company  to  accommodate  new
      manufacturers who  enter the  factory outlet  industry, while  creating  a
      larger  "critical mass" to protect a  center's competitive position in its
      trade area. Since the Initial  Public Offering, the Company has  completed
      expansions of six centers totaling 500,000 square feet of GLA. The Company
      expects  to develop several additional expansions during 1996. As of March
      31,  1996,  the  Company  owned,  or  held  under  long-term  lease,  land
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      its  outlet centers to construct  additional phases totaling approximately
      1,450,000 square feet of GLA. The  Company also holds options to  purchase
      property   adjoining  its  existing  factory  outlet  centers  upon  which
      additional expansions could be constructed.
 
    - ACTIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. The Company monitors and seeks to enhance  the
      operating  performance  of  its  centers  through  intensive  merchant and
      property management, and by providing experienced and professional on-site
      management.  Property  managers  and  marketing  directors  work  with   a
      marketing advisory board established by the Company (the "Advisory Board")
      to  systematically  review  merchant  performance,  merchandising  mix and
      layout with leasing  representatives of  the Company in  order to  improve
      sales  per  square foot.  Through  its intensive  management  efforts, the
      Company attempts to reduce the average  per square foot occupancy cost  on
      its  outlet portfolio while at the same  time continuing to provide a high
      level of merchant and customer service, maintenance and security.
 
    - INNOVATIVE MARKETING AND PROMOTION. The Company markets its factory outlet
      centers and other  properties with promotional  materials and  advertising
      strategies  that target and attract  customers. Each factory outlet center
      has an experienced marketing director  who creates and administers  retail
      marketing  strategies that are  designed to highlight  each factory outlet
      center's unique merchandising strengths, customized to the local  customer
      base  and demographics.  The Company advertises  its centers  using a wide
      variety of different media  that can include  television, radio and  print
      advertising,  promotions,  billboards,  special events,  and  an extensive
      public relations program. These  activities are supported by  quantitative
      and  qualitative  market  research  based  on  such  information gathering
      techniques as  focus  groups  and detailed  customer  surveys.  To  better
      understand  the  needs  and  expectations of  its  customers,  the Company
      routinely conducts exit surveys, the results of which are closely reviewed
      by senior management and, when  appropriate, merchants in the center.  All
      of  these activities are monitored and  reviewed at least quarterly by the
      Advisory Board.
 
    - COMMITMENT TO MERCHANTS AND THE MANUFACTURERS FORUM-REGISTERED TRADEMARK-.
      The Company strives to maintain and establish long-term relationships with
      its merchants  through  responsive  service and  by  taking  advantage  of
      networking  opportunities such as those provided through The Manufacturers
      Forum-Registered Trademark-. The Manufacturers Forum-Registered Trademark-
      was developed as an educational tool  for both the Company and the  member
      merchants,  including  new  manufacturers that  are  investigating opening
      outlet stores, and allows  both the Company and  member merchants to  stay
      up-to-date with changes in the industry.
 
    - ACQUISITION  OF  EXISTING  FACTORY OUTLET  CENTERS.  The  Company explores
      opportunities to acquire factory outlet centers or interests therein  that
      are  compatible with the Company's existing portfolio and offer attractive
      yields, potential cash flow growth  and capital appreciation. The  Company
      draws  upon its development, operating  and marketing expertise to improve
      such centers through expansion and/or remerchandising or reletting.
 
    - AMENITIES. The  Company believes  it is  an industry  leader in  providing
      various amenities intended to enhance the quality and length of customers'
      visits,  particularly  for  customers  visiting  the  outlet  center  with
      children and other family members. The Company's outlet centers were among
      the  first  in  the  industry  to  include  recreational  facilities   and
      conveniences   such  as   food  courts,  automated   teller  machines  and
      playgrounds. The  Company's latest  innovation is  an interactive  "Sports
      Court"  which will feature  a collection of  factory direct shops offering
      value-priced sports apparel, equipment and  footwear. The common areas  of
      the  Sports  Court  will include  such  amenities as  a  basketball court,
      athletic field and putting greens  designed to induce interactive  shopper
      participation  by providing shoppers with the  means and space to test the
      sports merchandise and equipment  being offered for  sale by Sports  Court
      merchants.  The Company believes  that these amenities  entice shoppers to
      stay at its outlet centers longer than at the average outlet center in the
      industry. The Company  also believes that  these amenities promote  repeat
      trips  to its  outlet centers  by making  the outlet  center an attractive
      destination for shoppers and their families and guests.
 
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN PURSUING NEW DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
 
    The Company believes  that it  has the following  competitive advantages  in
pursuing new development projects:
 
    - The Company believes that during each of 1993, 1994 and 1995 it was one of
      the  leading developers  of outlet  center GLA  in the  United States. Its
      substantial development experience  allows the Company  to better  control
      costs, the zoning process, and the construction schedule, thereby reducing
      the  risks of development. The Company's industry presence and development
      experience enables it  to evaluate proposed  development projects  quickly
      and comprehensively.
 
    - Through  its  key relationships  with many  of  the leading  outlet center
      merchants, the  Company  is able  to  solicit significant  merchant  input
      regarding  all phases of development, including site selection and layout.
      Such input enables the Company to better tailor its projects to the retail
      space requirements  of  its lead  merchants  and assists  the  Company  in
      securing  substantial  leasing  commitments  before  committing  to  start
      construction.
 
    - The Company continually seeks innovative and flexible financing techniques
      to  fund  development  projects  through  a  number  of  capital  sources,
      including  municipal assistance programs, securitized mortgages, borrowing
      under credit  lines, joint  ventures  and securities  offerings,  although
      there  can be no assurances as to the availability or terms of future debt
      or equity financing of the Company.
 
    - The Company's centers  generally are  designed as a  series of  pedestrian
      courtyards  and  walkways  lined  with store  fronts  creating  a "village
      atmosphere." This design promotes greater merchandise visibility and  more
      pedestrian  traffic  through the  center than  "U"  or "L"  shaped designs
      typically used  in  other outlet  centers.  Management believes  that  the
      courtyard  layout is preferred  by customers and  encourages visits to the
      center for  longer  periods of  time  and on  a  more frequent  basis.  In
      addition,  the Company's outlet centers include various amenities intended
      to extend the length of customer visits and enhance the overall quality of
      the shopping experience,  particularly for customers  visiting the  outlet
      center  with children and other family  members. The Company believes that
      these amenities  serve  an  important  role in  extending  the  length  of
      customers'  visits and  promoting repeat  trips to  its outlet  centers by
      making the outlet center an attractive destination for shoppers and  their
      families and guests.
 
STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
 
    The  business  and  operations  of the  Company  are  conducted  through the
Operating Partnership.  Fee title  to each  of  the Properties  is held  in  the
Property  Partnerships (with the exception of  Gulfport Factory Shops, where the
Property Partnership  has  a  leasehold  interest  in  the  land  and  owns  the
improvements  with respect to  such property, and  Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops,
where the Property  Partnership has  a leasehold interest  in such  Properties).
Each  of the Property Partnerships is a  general or limited partnership in which
the Operating Partnership or a subsidiary  of the Company is a general  partner.
All  of the  Property Partnerships  (except the  Property Partnerships  that own
Grove City Factory Shops, Arizona Factory  Shops and Oxnard Factory Outlet)  are
controlled  by  the  Company and  are  consolidated in  the  Company's financial
statements.
 
    In connection  with  the Initial  Public  Offering, 7,794,495,  391,090  and
391,090  Common Units were  issued to PGI, and  Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter,
respectively (collectively, the "Prime Common Units"), and an additional 644,125
Common Units  were issued  to the  Selling Stockholder  or its  affiliates  (the
"Additional  Common  Units"). Subsequent  to  the Initial  Public  Offering, PGI
acquired 553,797 of the  Additional Common Units in  a transaction in which  the
Selling  Stockholder  and  one  of  its  affiliates  were  released  from pledge
obligations to a third party lender,  and PGI re-pledged such Additional  Common
Units  to such  lender. The  balance of  the Additional  Common Units  are being
exchanged by  the Selling  Stockholder for  a like  number of  shares of  Common
Stock.  The  Company  will use  the  net  proceeds of  the  Offering  to acquire
3,705,000 Common  Units (4,260,750  Common Units  if the  over-allotment  option
granted  to the Underwriters is exercised)  in the Operating Partnership, all of
which will be entitled to the Preferential Distribution.
 
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    Immediately following  the  Offering,  the  Company will  hold  all  of  the
Preferred  Units. In addition, the  Company will own 60.5%  of the Common Units.
The Company has full and complete  control over the management of the  Operating
Partnership  as the sole  general partner and  is not subject  to removal by the
Limited Partners. The Limited  Partners have no  authority to transact  business
for,  or  participate  in  the  management  activities  or,  except  for limited
instances, decisions, of  the Operating Partnership.  The Operating  Partnership
bears  substantially  all  of  the  expenses  of  the  Company.  See  "Operating
Partnership Agreement."
    
 
    Each Senior  Preferred  Unit and  Convertible  Preferred Unit  entitles  the
Company  to receive  distributions from the  Operating Partnership  in an amount
equal to the dividend or distribution declared or paid in respect of a share  of
Senior  Preferred Stock and Convertible  Preferred Stock, respectively, prior to
the payment by the Operating Partnership  of distributions in respect of  Common
Units. See "Description of Capital Stock." Pursuant to the Operating Partnership
Agreement,  the Operating Partnership must  pay the Preferential Distribution of
$0.295 in each quarter (plus any Preferential Distribution that is unpaid in any
previous quarter) for each Common  Unit held by the  Company (the total of  such
units  is equal to the number of  outstanding shares of Common Stock) before any
distributions may be paid  in respect of  the Common Units  held by the  Limited
Partners  of  the  Operating Partnership.  The  Operating  Partnership Agreement
provides that any quarterly distributions  made by the Operating Partnership  in
excess  of the Preferential Distribution must  first be allocated pro rata among
the Common Units held by the Limited Partners up to $0.295 for each such  Common
Unit and then be allocated pro rata among all of the Common Units. The Operating
Partnership  Agreement further provides that  the Preferential Distribution will
terminate only after the Operating Partnership has paid quarterly  distributions
of  at least $0.295 in respect of all of the Common Units during four successive
quarters without distributing  more than  90% of  its Funds  from Operations  in
respect  of the  Convertible Preferred Units  and Common Units  after payment in
full of distributions for  the Senior Preferred Units  in any such quarter.  For
purposes of determining whether or not the Preferential Distribution requirement
has  terminated,  the  Operating  Partnership Agreement  requires  that  the old
definition of FFO be utilized. Once the Preferential Distribution is terminated,
distributions with respect to the Common Units will be allocated pro rata  among
all  of the holders thereof. Following  the Offering, Funds from Operations must
equal at least the FFO Threshold Amount per quarter for four successive quarters
for the Preferential Distribution to terminate. After giving pro forma effect to
the Offering, the Company's Funds from Operations for each of the four  quarters
in the year ended December 31, 1995 were $8,803,129, $8,656,539, $9,079,315, and
$9,672,726,  respectively,  and  for  the  quarter  ended  March  31,  1996  was
$9,685,646. Until the  Company generates  Funds from Operations  on a  quarterly
basis  in excess of the FFO Threshold Amount, the Company does not intend to pay
any distribution  per share  of Common  Stock in  excess of  $0.295 per  quarter
(other  than the Special Distribution), and  any increase in the Company's Funds
from Operations up to the FFO Threshold Amount will continue to inure solely  to
the  benefit of the Limited Partners. Any exchange of interests in the Operating
Partnership for Common Stock or cash will result in a proportionate increase  in
the Company's interest in the Operating Partnership.
 
    Subject  to certain conditions,  each Common Unit held  by a Limited Partner
may be exchanged for one  share of Common Stock  (subject to adjustment) or,  at
the  option of the  Company, cash equal to  the fair market value  of a share of
Common Stock at  the time  of exchange.  Pursuant to  the Operating  Partnership
Agreement,  8,576,675,  or approximately  93% of  the Common  Units held  by the
Limited Partners,  are prohibited  from being  exchanged into  Common Stock  (or
cash) until the termination of the Preferential Distribution without the consent
of  the Company and Friedman, Billings, Ramsey  & Co., Inc. Immediately prior to
the consummation of the Offering,  the Selling Stockholder will exchange  90,328
Common  Units for a like number of shares of Common Stock. The remaining 553,797
Common Units  held  by  PGI  may  be  exchanged  at  any  time.  See  "Operating
Partnership Agreement."
 
    FINANCING  CORPORATIONS.    The Finance  Corporations,  each of  which  is a
wholly-owned,  single   purpose  subsidiary,   allow  the   Company  to   borrow
indebtedness  on  a  more  favorable  basis  utilizing  a  securitized financing
structure. The Finance Corporations each hold a 1% general partnership  interest
in  the  Property  Partnerships  the mortgages  of  which  are  securitized. The
Operating Partnership holds the remaining 99% interest in such partnerships.
 
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    SERVICES PARTNERSHIP.   The  Operating Partnership  is the  1% sole  general
partner  of the Services Partnership. The Operating Partnership owns 100% of the
non-voting preferred stock of  the Services Corporation which,  in turn, is  the
99%  limited partner of the Services  Partnership. Certain members of management
of the Company own  100% of the  voting common stock  of Prime Retail  Services,
Inc.  (the "Services Corporation").  The Services Partnership  was formed to own
business lines  of  the  Company  that are  not  directly  associated  with  the
collection  of rents. The Services Corporation  is subject to federal, state and
local taxes. Through  the ownership  of the  non-voting preferred  stock of  the
Services  Corporation,  the Company  expects most  of  the economic  benefits of
ownership of such entity to flow to the Operating Partnership.
 
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              PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DISTRIBUTION HISTORY
 
    The Common Stock commenced  trading on the Nasdaq  National Market on  March
15,  1994. The initial  public offering price  was $19.00 per  share. The shares
offered hereby have been included for listing on the Nasdaq National Market. The
following table sets forth the high and low closing prices of the Common  Stock,
as  reported  by  NASDAQ,  and  cash  distributions  paid,  during  the  periods
indicated:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   CLOSING PRICES PER
                                                                                         SHARE              CASH
                                                                                  --------------------  DISTRIBUTIONS
                                                                                    HIGH        LOW       PAID (1)
                                                                                  ---------  ---------  -------------
<S>                                                                               <C>        <C>        <C>
1994
  March 22, 1994 to March 31, 1994..............................................  $   20.50  $   19.00          --
  Second Quarter................................................................      20.50      18.50   $   0.033(2)
  Third Quarter.................................................................      19.50      17.75       0.295
  Fourth Quarter................................................................      18.25      12.75       0.295
1995
  First Quarter.................................................................      14.50      12.50       0.295
  Second Quarter................................................................      13.00      11.75       0.295
  Third Quarter.................................................................      13.25      12.00       0.295
  Fourth Quarter................................................................      12.88      11.75       0.295
1996
  First Quarter.................................................................      12.50      11.00       0.295
  Second Quarter (through June 26, 1996)........................................      12.00      11.00       0.295
</TABLE>
    
 
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NOTES:
 
(1) For 1994 and 1995, all of  the cash distributions paid represented a  return
    of  capital.  For  1996, the  portion  of  the cash  distribution  paid that
    represented a return of capital is not available.
 
(2) Distributions paid for period March 22, 1994 through March 31, 1994.
 
    The closing price for  the Common Stock as  reported on the Nasdaq  National
Market as of a recent date is set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus. As
of April 10, 1996 there were 149 record holders of Common Stock.
 
    Based  on  continuing  favorable  operations and  available  cash  flow, the
Company intends to continue to pay regular quarterly distributions on its Common
Stock. However,  no  assurances  can  be  given  as  to  the  amount  of  future
distributions  and dividends because such dividends are subject to the Company's
cash flow, earnings,  financial condition,  capital requirements,  and the  REIT
distribution  requirements  of  the Code.  Instruments  governing  the Company's
indebtedness contain certain  covenants regarding the  payment of  distributions
and  dividends if at any date the debt service coverage ratio, as defined, falls
below a minimum threshold.  Common Stock distributions are  also subject to  the
preferential  rights  of  any  other  shares or  series  of  shares  and  to the
provisions of  the  Charter  regarding Preferred  Stock,  including  the  Senior
Preferred  Stock and  the Convertible  Preferred Stock.  In addition,  until the
Company generates quarterly Funds from Operations in excess of the FFO Threshold
Amount, it does not intend to pay  a quarterly distribution per share of  Common
Stock  in  excess  of  $0.295.  See  "Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of
Financial Condition  and Results  of Operations  -- TABLE  10 --  Taxability  of
Dividends"  for information  concerning the  tax treatment  of distributions and
dividends, "Description of Capital Stock" and "Policies With Respect to  Certain
Activities -- Distribution and Dividend Policy."
 
   
    In  connection with the Exchange Offer, which  expired on June 24, 1996, the
Company declared and will pay a special one-time cash distribution of $0.145  on
each  share of Common  Stock outstanding after the  consummation of the Exchange
Offer but prior to the consummation of the Offering. See "Prospectus Summary  --
Exchange Offer -- Special Distribution Condition."
    
 
                                       34
<PAGE>
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
    The  net proceeds from  the Offering, after  payment of all  expenses of the
Offering (including estimated underwriting discount) payable by the Company, are
expected to be approximately $40.2  million ($46.5 million if the  Underwriters'
over-allotment  option  is exercised  in  full). The  Company  will use  the net
proceeds of the Offering to acquire 3,705,000 additional Common Units (4,260,750
additional Common Units if the over-allotment option granted to the Underwriters
is exercised) in the Operating Partnership, all of which will be entitled to the
Preferential Distribution. The Company will account for the acquisition of  such
additional   Common  Units  by  increasing   its  investment  in  the  Operating
Partnership by the amount of the net proceeds of the Offering.
 
    The Operating Partnership will use the funds it receives from the Company to
repay $40.2 million of indebtedness under (i) a $15.0 million unsecured line  of
credit  (the  "Corporate Line")  and  (ii) a  $160  million revolving  loan (the
"Revolving Loan") with Nomura. Borrowing commitments under these facilities will
not be reduced as a result of  such repayments. See "Business and Properties  --
Mortgage and Other Debt Financing."
 
    If the over-allotment option is exercised in full, the Company would use the
additional   net  proceeds   (after  payment   of  underwriting   discounts)  of
approximately $6.3 million to acquire  additional Common Units in the  Operating
Partnership.  The Operating Partnership, in turn,  will use substantially all of
such funds to repay indebtedness under the Revolving Loan.
 
    As of March 31, 1996, the indebtedness  to be repaid in connection with  the
Offering  had  a weighted  average  interest rate  of  7.65% per  annum  and the
weighted average maturity  of such  borrowings was  0.6 years.  For more  detail
concerning  the annual  interest rate, annual  debt service and  maturity of the
indebtedness being retired with the net proceeds of the Offering, see  "Business
and Properties -- Mortgage and Other Debt Financing."
 
    The  Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Common
Stock by the Selling Stockholder.
 
                                       35
<PAGE>
                                 CAPITALIZATION
 
    The following table sets forth the capitalization of the Company as of March
31, 1996  (i)  on  a historical  basis  and  (ii) as  adjusted  to  reflect  the
completion  of the  Offering, completion  of the  Common Unit  Contribution, and
consummation of  the  Exchange  Offer and  Special  Distribution,  assuming  the
estimated  loss of $10.1 million relating  to the expected prepayment of certain
loan facilities  and the  termination of  the 1995  Nomura Loan  Commitments  in
connection  with the Company's execution of the 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment. See
the historical financial information relating to the Company set forth elsewhere
in this Prospectus.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            AS OF MARCH 31, 1996
                                                                                           (IN 000'S, EXCEPT SHARE
                                                                                                INFORMATION)
                                                                                           -----------------------
                                                                                                           AS
                                                                                           HISTORICAL  ADJUSTED(1)
                                                                                           ----------  -----------
<S>                                                                                        <C>         <C>
Long-term debt:
  Bonds payable..........................................................................  $   32,900   $  32,900
  Notes payable (2)......................................................................     273,120     232,872
                                                                                           ----------  -----------
    Total long-term debt.................................................................     306,020     265,772
Minority interests (3)...................................................................      10,867      10,867
Shareholders' equity:
Shares of preferred stock, 24,315,000 shares authorized:
  10.5% Series A Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, liquidation
   preference of $25 per share (4).......................................................          23          23
  8.5% Series B Cumulative Participating Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value,
   liquidation preference of $25 per share (4)(5)........................................          70          30
Common Stock, 75,000,000 shares authorized, $.01 par value (4)(6)(7).....................          29         131
Additional paid-in capital (8)...........................................................     128,275     168,461
Distributions in excess of net income (9)................................................      (8,463)    (19,861)
                                                                                           ----------  -----------
  Total shareholders' equity.............................................................     119,934     148,784
                                                                                           ----------  -----------
  Total capitalization...................................................................  $  436,821   $ 425,423
                                                                                           ----------  -----------
                                                                                           ----------  -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
- ------------------------
(1) Reflects the completion of the Offering,  including the use of net  proceeds
    from  the Offering as  described under "Use of  Proceeds," completion of the
    Common Unit Contribution and consummation of the Exchange Offer and  Special
    Distribution.  Also reflects the estimated loss of $10.1 million relating to
    the expected prepayment of  certain loan facilities  and the termination  of
    the  1995 Nomura Loan Commitments in connection with the Company's execution
    of the  1996  Nomura  Loan  Commitment.  See  "Management's  Discussion  and
    Analysis  of Financial  Condition and Results  of Operations  -- Sources and
    Uses of Cash."
 
(2) The as  adjusted amounts  reflect  the paydown  of  notes payable  with  the
    estimated net proceeds of $40.2 million from the Offering.
 
   
(3) Immediately following the consummation of the Offering, the Limited Partners
    will  own 39.5% of the Common Units of partnership interest in the Operating
    Partnership.
    
 
(4) Shares issued and outstanding  as of March 31,  1996 on a historical  basis,
    and as adjusted to reflect the completion of the Offering, completion of the
    Common  Unit Contribution  and consummation  of the  Exchange Offer  were as
    follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         HISTORICAL  AS ADJUSTED
                                                                                         ----------  ------------
<S>                                                                                      <C>         <C>
Senior Preferred Stock.................................................................   2,300,000     2,300,000
Convertible Preferred Stock............................................................   7,015,000     3,039,542
Common Stock...........................................................................   2,875,000    13,031,058
</TABLE>
    
 
                                       36
<PAGE>
    The following summary provides a reconciliation of Common Stock  outstanding
    on a historical basis to Common Stock outstanding on an as adjusted basis.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                      AS ADJUSTED
                                                                                                      ------------
<S>                                                                                                   <C>
Historical shares issued and outstanding............................................................     2,875,000
Shares issued upon consummation of the Exchange Offer...............................................     6,360,730
Shares issued upon completion of the Offering.......................................................     3,705,000
Shares issued upon completion of the exchange of Common Units for Common Stock by one of the Limited
 Partners...........................................................................................        90,328
                                                                                                      ------------
As adjusted common shares issued and outstanding....................................................    13,031,058
                                                                                                      ------------
                                                                                                      ------------
</TABLE>
    
 
(5) The as adjusted amounts were calculated as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          AS ADJUSTED
                                                                                                          -----------
<S>                                                                                                       <C>
Convertible Preferred Stock, historical.................................................................   $      70
Exchange of Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock (3,975,458, at $0.01 par value)...............         (40)
                                                                                                                 ---
As adjusted Convertible Preferred Stock.................................................................   $      30
                                                                                                                 ---
                                                                                                                 ---
</TABLE>
    
 
(6) The as adjusted amounts were calculated as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          AS ADJUSTED
                                                                                                          -----------
<S>                                                                                                       <C>
Common Stock, historical................................................................................   $      29
Exchange of Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock (6,360,730 shares of Common Stock, at $0.01
 par value).............................................................................................          64
Issuance of 3,705,000 shares of Common Stock assuming consummation of the Offering at $0.01 par value...          37
Exchange of Common Units for Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder, at $0.01 par value................           1
                                                                                                               -----
As adjusted Common Stock................................................................................   $     131
                                                                                                               -----
                                                                                                               -----
</TABLE>
    
 
(7) Does not include shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           AS OF MARCH 31, 1996
                                                                                          ----------------------
                                                                                                          AS
                                                                                          HISTORICAL   ADJUSTED
                                                                                          ----------  ----------
<S>                                                                                       <C>         <C>
Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exchange of issued and outstanding Common Units
 held by the Limited Partners...........................................................   9,220,800   8,505,472
Common Stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock.......   8,391,148   3,635,816
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan.......................   1,185,000   1,185,000
</TABLE>
    
 
(8) The as adjusted amounts were calculated as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                            AS
                                                                                                         ADJUSTED
                                                                                                        ----------
<S>                                                                                                     <C>
Additional paid-in capital, historical................................................................  $  128,275
Offering proceeds, net................................................................................      40,248
Par value of Common Stock.............................................................................         (38)
Exchange of Convertible Preferred Stock...............................................................         (24)
                                                                                                        ----------
As adjusted additional paid-in capital................................................................  $  168,461
                                                                                                        ----------
                                                                                                        ----------
</TABLE>
 
(9)  Includes the  effects of  the Special Distribution  of $1,363  based on the
    number of shares of  Convertible Preferred Stock  exchanged pursuant to  the
    Exchange Offer.
 
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<PAGE>
                                    DILUTION
 
   
    The  price per  share to  the public  of Common  Stock sold  in the Offering
exceeds the  net  tangible book  value  per share  of  Common Stock  before  the
Offering.  Therefore,  holders of  the Common  Stock  will realize  an immediate
increase of $11.18 per share of Common  Stock in the net tangible book value  of
their  shares of Common Stock while purchasers of shares of Common Stock sold in
the Offering will realize an immediate dilution  of $11.42 per share in the  net
tangible  book  value of  their shares.  Net  tangible book  value per  share is
determined by subtracting total liabilities (including minority interests)  plus
the  total  liquidation  preference  of  the  Senior  Preferred  Stock  and  the
Convertible  Preferred  Stock  from  total  tangible  assets  and  dividing  the
remainder  by the number of shares of Common Stock and Common Units that will be
outstanding after the Offering. The following table illustrates the dilution  to
purchasers of shares of Common Stock sold in the Offering. The sale of shares of
Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder will have no effect on dilution.
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<S>                                                           <C>           <C>
Offering price per share(1)..............................................   $   11.75
Net tangible book value per share before the Offering(2)....  $   (10.85)
Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share
 attributable to the Offering(3)............................       11.18
                                                              -----------
Net tangible book value per share after the Offering(4)..................        0.33
                                                                            -----------
Dilution per share to new public investors(5)............................   $   11.42
                                                                            -----------
                                                                            -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
- ------------------------
(1) Before  deducting the estimated  underwriting discounts and  expenses of the
    Offering.
 
(2) Net tangible book  value per share  of Common Stock  before the Offering  is
    determined  by subtracting total  liabilities (including minority interests)
    plus the total liquidation preference of the Senior Preferred Stock and  the
    Convertible  Preferred Stock  from total tangible  assets of  the Company at
    March 31, 1996  divided by 12,095,800  shares, representing the  sum of  the
    shares  of Common  Stock outstanding  and Common  Units held  by the Limited
    Partners.
 
(3) Based upon the Offering price after deduction of the estimated  underwriting
    discounts and expenses of the Offering.
 
   
(4) Net  tangible  book value  per  share after  the  Offering is  determined by
    subtracting total  liabilities  (including minority  interests)  from  total
    tangible assets of the Company divided by 21,536,530 shares which represents
    the  sum of the shares of Common  Stock outstanding and Common Units held by
    the Limited Partners.
    
 
(5) Dilution is determined by subtracting net  tangible book value per share  of
    Common  Stock after  giving effect to  the Offering from  the Offering price
    paid by a new investor for a share of Common Stock.
 
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<PAGE>
                            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
    The  following selected financial data for  the three months ended March 31,
1996 and 1995, the  year ended December  31, 1995, the  periods from January  1,
1994  to March 21,  1994 and March 22,  1994 to December 31,  1994 and the three
years in the period  ended December 31, 1993  are derived from the  consolidated
financial statements of the Company and the combined financial statements of the
Predecessor.  Combined financial statements  for the three  years ended December
31, 1993 and the period January 1, 1994  to March 21, 1994 are included for  the
Predecessor.  The combined financial statements  for the Predecessor combine the
balance sheet data and results of operations of eleven predecessor partnerships,
the 40% equity interest  in two predecessor  partnerships that previously  owned
properties,  and  the  Management  and Development  Operations.  Because  of the
Initial Public Offering and the related transactions pertaining to the formation
of the Company, results of operations for  the Company after March 21, 1994  are
not comparable to results for prior periods. Results for interim periods may not
be  indicative of results  for a full year.  The following financial information
should be  read in  conjunction with  "Management's Discussion  and Analysis  of
Financial  Condition and  Results of  Operations" and  the financial statements,
notes thereto  and  other  financial  information  included  elsewhere  in  this
Prospectus.
 
                            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
                     PRIME RETAIL, INC. AND THE PREDECESSOR
             (AMOUNTS IN 000'S, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND RATIO AMOUNTS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     PRIME RETAIL, INC.                            THE PREDECESSOR
                                        --------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
                                           THREE MONTHS                    PERIOD       PERIOD
                                         ENDED MARCH 31,    YEAR ENDED    MARCH 22     JAN. 1 TO     YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                        ------------------   DEC. 31,    TO DEC. 31,   MARCH 21,   ----------------------------
                                          1996      1995       1995         1994         1994        1993      1992      1991
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------   ---------   --------  --------  --------
<S>                                     <C>       <C>       <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>       <C>       <C>
REVENUES
Base rents............................  $ 12,744  $ 10,672   $ 46,368     $  28,657     $ 3,670    $ 14,298  $ 10,905  $  5,138
Percentage rents......................       443       401      1,520         1,404         187         709       654       178
Tenant reimbursements.................     6,139     4,873     22,283        11,858       2,113       5,370     3,675     2,080
Income from investment partnerships...       441       130      1,729           453         336         821        66        --
Interest and other....................     1,364     1,198      5,498         2,997          24         602       390       138
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------   ---------   --------  --------  --------
    Total revenues....................    21,131    17,274     77,398        45,369       6,330      21,800    15,690     7,534
EXPENSES
Property operating....................     4,619     3,770     17,389         9,952       1,927       5,046     3,986     1,591
Real estate taxes.....................     1,473     1,234      4,977         2,462         497       1,558       817       470
Depreciation and amortization.........     4,387     3,605     15,438         9,803       2,173       7,632     6,397     3,487
Corporate general and
 administrative.......................       893       844      3,878         2,710          --          --        --        --
Interest..............................     6,056     4,456     20,821         9,485       3,280       8,928     8,991     5,045
Property management fees..............        --        --         --            --         299         777       626       266
Other charges.........................       646       223      2,089         1,503         562       1,732     1,930     1,252
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------   ---------   --------  --------  --------
    Total expenses....................    18,074    14,132     64,592        35,915       8,738      25,673    22,747    12,111
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------   ---------   --------  --------  --------
Income (loss) before minority
 interests............................     3,057     3,142     12,806         9,454      (2,408)     (3,873)   (7,057)   (4,577)
Loss allocated to minority
 interests............................     1,477     1,466      5,364         5,204          --          --        --        --
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------   ---------   --------  --------  --------
Net income (loss).....................     4,534     4,608     18,170        14,658     $(2,408)   $ (3,873) $ (7,057) $ (4,577)
                                                                                       ---------   --------  --------  --------
                                                                                       ---------   --------  --------  --------
Income allocated to preferred
 shareholders.........................     5,236     5,236     20,944        16,290
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------
Net loss applicable to common
 shareholders.........................  $   (702) $   (628)  $ (2,774)    $  (1,632)
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------
Net loss per common share outstanding
 (1)..................................  $  (0.24) $  (0.22)  $  (0.96)    $   (0.57)
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------
                                        --------  --------  ----------   -----------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                                     -------------------------------------------------
                                                               BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31,
                                      BALANCE AT MARCH 31,
                                     -----------------------   -----------------------
                                        1996         1995         1995         1994
                                     ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                  <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Rental property (before accumulated
 depreciation).....................   $463,458     $389,019     $454,480     $376,181
Net investment in rental
 property..........................    419,319      359,174      414,290      349,513
Total assets.......................    455,706      396,629      463,724      385,930
Bonds and notes payable............    306,020      233,479      305,954      214,025
Total liabilities..................    324,905      247,905      327,784      233,236
Shareholders' equity (deficit).....    119,934      126,175      121,484      127,651
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                   THE PREDECESSOR
                                     --------------------------------------------
                                     BALANCE AT       BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31,
                                     MARCH 21,    -------------------------------
                                        1994        1993       1992       1991
                                     ----------   ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                  <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Rental property (before accumulated
 depreciation).....................   $180,170     $185,394   $131,413   $120,024
Net investment in rental
 property..........................    164,159      169,674    122,152    115,550
Total assets.......................    186,034      190,685    145,989    133,796
Bonds and notes payable............    188,378      184,037    142,005    119,373
Total liabilities..................    198,244      197,400    149,411    130,434
Shareholders' equity (deficit).....    (12,210)      (6,715)    (3,422)     3,362
</TABLE>
 
                                       39
<PAGE>
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       PRIME RETAIL, INC.                            THE PREDECESSOR
                                          --------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
                                             THREE MONTHS                    PERIOD       PERIOD
                                           ENDED MARCH 31,    YEAR ENDED    MARCH 22     JAN. 1 TO     YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                          ------------------   DEC. 31,    TO DEC. 31,   MARCH 21,   ----------------------------
                                            1996      1995       1995         1994         1994        1993      1992      1991
                                          --------  --------  ----------   -----------   ---------   --------  --------  --------
<S>                                       <C>       <C>       <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>       <C>       <C>
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Funds from Operations (2)...............  $  8,916  $  8,033   $ 33,133     $  24,762     $   834    $  4,887  $   (436) $ (1,043)
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed
 Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
 (3)....................................        --        --         --            --          --          --        --        --
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and
 Preferred Stock Dividends over Earnings
 (3)....................................  $ (2,813) $ (2,862)  $(11,312)    $  (8,185)    $(2,366)   $ (4,423) $ (7,500) $ (7,328)
Ratio of Funds from Operations to
 Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
 Stock Dividends (4)....................      1.24x     1.19x      1.20x         1.27x       1.27x       1.45x       --        --
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and
 Preferred Stock Dividends over Funds
 from Operations (4)....................        --        --         --            --          --          --  $   (879) $ (3,794)
Book value per common share (5).........  $  (9.34) $  (8.82)  $  (9.21)    $   (8.70)         --          --        --        --
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
 activities.............................     9,219     7,733     36,399        17,458     $(1,873)   $ 14,450    (7,309)     (383)
Net cash used in investing activities...   (11,748)  (20,234)   (81,978)     (149,435)     (1,239)    (54,210)  (14,099)  (71,370)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing
 activities.............................    (9,809)   11,501     57,547       134,936       4,087      39,907    22,596    71,666
Distributions declared per common
 share..................................     0.295     0.295       1.18         0.623          --          --        --        --
Factory outlet leasable area (sq. ft.)
 at end of period (6)...................     4,331     3,382      4,331         3,382       1,839       1,839       888       707
Number of factory outlet centers at end
 of period (6)..........................        17        14         17            14           7           7         5         4
AS ADJUSTED SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (7):
Funds from Operations (2)...............  $  9,686             $ 36,212
Ratio of Funds from Operations to
 Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
 Stock Dividends (4)....................      1.61x                1.59x
Net income applicable to common
 shareholders...........................  $    318             $  1,535
Net income per common share
 outstanding............................      0.02                 0.12
Book value per common share (5).........      0.71                 0.78
</TABLE>
    
 
- ------------------------------
NOTES:
 
(1)  Net loss per common share is based  on 2,875, 2,875, 2,875 and 2,850 shares
    outstanding for the  three months ended  March 31, 1996  and 1995, the  year
    ended  December 31, 1995 and the period  from March 22, 1994 to December 31,
    1994, respectively.
 
(2) Management  believes  that  to  facilitate  a  clear  understanding  of  the
    consolidated  historical  operating  results  of  the  Company,  Funds  from
    Operations should be  considered in  conjunction with net  income (loss)  as
    presented   in  the  financial  statements   included  in  this  Prospectus.
    Management generally  considers FFO  to  be an  appropriate measure  of  the
    performance  of an equity  real estate investment  trust. FFO represents net
    income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or  losses
    from  debt  restructuring  and  sales  of  property,  plus  depreciation and
    amortization   and   after   adjustments   for   unconsolidated   investment
    partnerships  and  joint  ventures.  In  March  1995,  the  NAREIT  issued a
    clarification of its  definition of  FFO. Although the  Company reports  FFO
    under both the old definition and the clarified definition, FFO presented in
    this  table does  not give  effect to  the clarification.  See "Management's
    Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations  --
    Liquidity  and  Capital Resources  --  Funds from  Operations."  The Company
    cautions that the calculation of FFO may  vary from entity to entity and  as
    such  the presentation of FFO by the  Company may not be comparable to other
    similarly titled  measures  of  other  reporting  companies.  FFO  does  not
    represent cash flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is
    not  indicative of cash available  to fund all of  the Company's cash needs.
    FFO  should   not  be   considered   as  an   alternative  to   net   income
 
                                       40
<PAGE>
    or  any other GAAP measure as an  indicator of performance and should not be
    considered as an alternative to cash flow  as a measure of liquidity or  the
    ability  to service  debt or  to pay  dividends. A  reconciliation of income
    (loss) before allocation to minority interests and preferred shareholders to
    FFO is as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                                                    --------------------------------------
                                                     THREE MONTHS                                       THE PREDECESSOR
                                                                                             -------------------------------------
                                                     ENDED MARCH      YEAR       PERIOD       PERIOD            YEAR ENDED
                                                         31,         ENDED      MARCH 22,    JAN. 1 TO         DECEMBER 31,
                                                    --------------  DEC. 31,   TO DEC. 31,   MARCH 21,   -------------------------
                                                     1996    1995     1995        1994         1994       1993     1992     1991
                                                    ------  ------  --------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
<S>                                                 <C>     <C>     <C>        <C>           <C>         <C>      <C>      <C>
Income (loss) before allocations to minority
 interests and preferred shareholders.............  $3,057  $3,142  $12,806      $ 9,454      $(2,408)   $(3,873) $(7,057) $(4,577)
FFO ADJUSTMENTS:
Depreciation and amortization.....................   4,387   3,605   15,438        9,803        2,173      7,632    6,397    3,487
Amortization of deferred financing costs and
 interest rate protection contracts...............   1,112   1,068    4,524        2,945          695        362      192       47
Unconsolidated joint venture adjustments (i)......     360     218      365        2,560          374        766       32       --
                                                    ------  ------  --------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
FFO before allocation to minority interests and
 preferred shareholders...........................  $8,916  $8,033  $33,133      $24,762      $   834    $ 4,887  $  (436) $(1,043)
                                                    ------  ------  --------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
                                                    ------  ------  --------   -----------   ---------   -------  -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
    ----------------------------
     NOTE:
     (i)  Amounts include  net preferential partner  distributions from a  joint
     venture  partnership of  $81, $162  and $2,538  for the  three months ended
     March 31, 1995, the year ended December 31, 1995 and the period from  March
     22, 1994 to December 31, 1994, respectively.
 
(3)  For purposes of these computations,  earnings consist of income (loss) less
    income from  unconsolidated  investment  partnerships,  plus  fixed  charges
    (excluding capitalized interest). Combined fixed charges and preferred stock
    dividends  consist  of interest  costs whether  expensed or  capitalized and
    amortization of debt issuance costs and preferred stock dividends.
 
(4) Management  believes  that  to  facilitate  a  clear  understanding  of  the
    consolidated  historical  operating results  of the  Company, FFO  should be
    considered in  conjunction  with  net  income (loss)  as  presented  in  the
    financial  statements  included  in  this  Prospectus.  Management generally
    considers FFO to be an appropriate  measure of the performance of an  equity
    real  estate  investment  trust.  For purposes  of  these  computations, FFO
    consists of FFO adjusted for interest incurred, amortization of  capitalized
    interest, amortization of debt issuance costs, amortization of interest rate
    protection  contracts, interest earned on interest rate protection contracts
    and capitalized interest  plus combined  fixed charges  and preferred  stock
    dividends (as defined in note 3 above).
 
(5) Calculated as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         AS OF MARCH 31, 1996
                                                               ----------------------------------------
                                                                                 OFFERING, SPECIAL       AS OF MARCH
                                                                                   DISTRIBUTION,          31, 1995
                                                                             COMMON UNIT CONTRIBUTION    -----------
                                                               HISTORICAL       AND EXCHANGE OFFER       HISTORICAL
                                                               -----------  ---------------------------  -----------
<S>                                                            <C>          <C>                          <C>
Total shareholders' equity...................................   $ 119,934            $ 148,784            $ 126,175
Liquidation preference:
  Senior Preferred Stock.....................................     (57,500)             (57,500)             (57,500)
  Convertible Preferred Stock................................    (175,375)             (75,989)            (175,375)
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
Common shareholders' equity..................................   $(112,941)           $  15,295            $(106,700)
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
Common stock.................................................       2,875               13,031                2,875
Common units.................................................       9,221                8,505                9,221
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
                                                                   12,096               21,536               12,096
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
Book value per common share..................................   $   (9.34)           $    0.71            $   (8.82)
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
                                                               -----------            --------           -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
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<PAGE>
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                                                           ----------------------------------------
                                                                                             OFFERING, SPECIAL
                                                                                               DISTRIBUTION,
                                                                                         COMMON UNIT CONTRIBUTION
                                                                           HISTORICAL       AND EXCHANGE OFFER
                                                                           -----------  ---------------------------
<S>                                                                        <C>          <C>
Total shareholders' equity...............................................   $ 121,484            $ 150,334
Liquidation preference:
  Senior Preferred Stock.................................................     (57,500)             (57,500)
  Convertible Preferred Stock............................................    (175,375)             (75,989)
                                                                           -----------            --------
Common shareholders' equity..............................................   $(111,391)           $  16,845
                                                                           -----------            --------
                                                                           -----------            --------
Common stock.............................................................       2,875               13,031
Common units.............................................................       9,221                8,505
                                                                           -----------            --------
                                                                               12,096               21,536
                                                                           -----------            --------
                                                                           -----------            --------
Book value per common share..............................................   $   (9.21)           $    0.78
                                                                           -----------            --------
                                                                           -----------            --------
</TABLE>
    
 
(6)  Includes four factory  outlet centers with  an aggregate GLA  of 901 square
    feet operated under joint venture partnerships with unrelated third parties.
    See "Business and Properties."
 
(7) Amounts include the  effect of the Offering,  the Special Distribution,  the
    Common  Unit Contribution and the application  of the net proceeds therefrom
    and the consummation  of the  Exchange Offer  as if  such transactions  were
    completed  on January 1,  1995. Amounts include the  effect of the Offering,
    the Special Distribution, the Common  Unit Contribution and the  application
    of  the net proceeds therefrom and the consummation of the Exchange Offer on
    January 1, 1996.
 
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<PAGE>
               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                      CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
           (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND UNIT INFORMATION)
 
INTRODUCTION
 
    The  following  discussion  and  analysis  of  the  consolidated   financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and the Predecessor should be
read  in  conjunction  with  the  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  and Notes
thereto. The combined  financial statements of  Prime Retail Properties  combine
the balance sheet data and results of operations of eleven property partnerships
(the "Predecessor") which were contributed to Prime Retail, L.P. (the "Operating
Partnership")  simultaneously  with  the completion  on  March 22,  1994  of the
initial public  offerings by  the  Company (the  "Initial Public  Offering")  of
2,300,000  shares  of  Series  A  Senior  Cumulative  Preferred  Stock  ("Senior
Preferred Stock") at $25.00 per share,  7,015,000 shares of Series B  Cumulative
Participating  Convertible  Preferred Stock  ("Convertible Preferred  Stock") at
$25.00 per share,  and 2,875,000  shares of Common  Stock at  $19.00 per  share.
Historical  results  and  percentage  relationships  set  forth  herein  are not
necessarily indicative of future operations.
 
PORTFOLIO GROWTH
 
    The Company has grown by developing and acquiring factory outlet centers and
expanding its existing factory outlet  centers. As summarized under the  caption
"Business  and Properties", the Company's  factory outlet portfolio consisted of
seventeen operating factory  outlet centers  totaling 4,331,000  square feet  of
gross  leasable area  ("GLA") at  March 31,  1996, compared  to fourteen factory
outlet centers totaling  3,382,000 square  feet of GLA  at March  31, 1995.  The
Company  opened three new factory outlet centers and four expansions of existing
factory outlet centers  during the  third and  fourth quarters  of 1995,  adding
949,000  square feet of  GLA in the  aggregate. During 1994,  the Company opened
four new factory outlet centers and four expansions adding 1,077,000 square feet
of GLA  in  the aggregate.  In  addition, on  September  30, 1994,  the  Company
purchased a 30% interest in the joint venture partnership that owned one factory
outlet center with 148,000 square feet of GLA. The Company also acquired 318,000
square  feet of GLA from unrelated third  parties in connection with the Initial
Public Offering. The significant increases in the number of operating properties
and total GLA from December 31, 1993 to March 31, 1996 are collectively referred
to as the "Portfolio Expansion."
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    GENERAL
 
    Due  primarily  to  the  Company's  Initial  Public  Offering  and   related
transactions  in March  1994, comparisons between  the years  ended December 31,
1995, 1994 (consisting of the periods from January 1, 1994 to March 21, 1994 and
March 22, 1994  to December 31,  1994) and 1993  on a historical  basis are  not
meaningful  in understanding  the operating  results of  the Company  unless the
periods in 1994 are combined.  Therefore, Consolidated Statements of  Operations
are  presented in TABLE 1  with the 1994 periods combined  as if the Company was
formed on January 1, 1994.
 
    The Combined Statement of  Operations for the year  ended December 31,  1994
should  be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements included
herein. The Combined Statement  of Operations is  not necessarily indicative  of
what  the actual  results of operations  of the  Company would have  been if the
Initial Public Offering  had been consummated  at January 1,  1994, nor does  it
purport  to  represent  the results  of  operations  of the  Company  for future
periods.
 
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<PAGE>
TABLE 1 -- CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                         MARCH 31,              YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                   ----------------------  ----------------------------------
                                                      1996        1995        1995        1994        1993
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                                                       (COMBINED)
<S>                                                <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
REVENUES
Base rents.......................................  $   12,744  $   10,672  $   46,368  $   32,327  $   14,298
Percentage rents.................................         443         401       1,520       1,591         709
Tenant reimbursements............................       6,139       4,873      22,283      13,971       5,370
Income from investment partnerships..............         441         130       1,729         789         821
Interest and other...............................       1,364       1,198       5,498       3,021         602
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total revenues...............................      21,131      17,274      77,398      51,699      21,800
EXPENSES
Property operating...............................       4,619       3,770      17,389      11,879       5,046
Real estate taxes................................       1,473       1,234       4,977       2,959       1,558
Depreciation and amortization....................       4,387       3,605      15,438      11,976       7,632
Corporate general and administrative.............         893         844       3,878       2,710          --
Interest.........................................       6,056       4,456      20,821      12,765       8,928
Property management fees.........................          --          --          --         299         777
Other charges....................................         646         223       2,089       2,065       1,732
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total expenses...............................      18,074      14,132      64,592      44,653      25,673
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Income (loss) before minority interests..........       3,057       3,142      12,806       7,046      (3,873)
Loss allocated to minority interests.............       1,477       1,466       5,364       5,204          --
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Net income (loss)................................       4,534       4,608      18,170      12,250  $   (3,873)
                                                                                                   ----------
                                                                                                   ----------
Income allocated to preferred shareholders.......       5,236       5,236      20,944      16,290
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Net loss applicable to common shares.............  $     (702) $     (628) $   (2,774) $   (4,040)
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Net loss per common share outstanding............  $    (0.24) $    (0.22) $    (0.96) $    (1.42)
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Weighted average shares outstanding..............   2,875,000   2,875,000   2,875,000   2,850,000
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                   ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
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<PAGE>
TABLE 2 -- STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS ON A WEIGHTED AVERAGE PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS
 
    A summary of the  operating results for the  years ended December 31,  1995,
1994  and 1993, respectively, is presented  in the following table, expressed in
amounts calculated on a weighted average occupied GLA basis.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                       -------------------------------
                                                                                         1995       1994       1993
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                                 (COMBINED)
<S>                                                                                    <C>        <C>        <C>
GLA at end of period (1).............................................................      4,134      3,487      2,740
Weighted average occupied GLA........................................................      3,458      2,591      1,155
Executed leases at end of period.....................................................      3,950      3,341      2,623
Factory outlet centers in operation (3)..............................................         17         14          9
New factory outlet centers opened (3)................................................          3          5          3
Factory outlet centers expanded (3)..................................................          4          4          5
Community centers in operation.......................................................          3          3          3
States operated in at end of period..................................................         14         11          7
PORTFOLIO WEIGHTED AVERAGE PER SQUARE FOOT (2):
REVENUES
Base rents...........................................................................  $   13.41  $   12.48  $   12.38
Percentage rents.....................................................................       0.44       0.61       0.61
Tenant reimbursements................................................................       6.44       5.39       4.65
Interest and other...................................................................       2.09       1.47       1.23
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total revenues...................................................................      22.38      19.95      18.87
EXPENSES
Property operating...................................................................       5.03       4.58       4.37
Real estate taxes....................................................................       1.44       1.14       1.35
Depreciation and amortization........................................................       4.46       4.62       6.61
Corporate general and administrative.................................................       1.12       1.05         --
Interest.............................................................................       6.02       4.93       7.73
Other charges........................................................................       0.60       0.91       2.17
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total expenses...................................................................      18.67      17.23      22.23
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
Income (loss) before minority interests..............................................  $    3.71  $    2.72  $   (3.36)
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS WEIGHTED AVERAGE PER SQUARE FOOT (2):
REVENUES
Base rents...........................................................................  $   14.36  $   13.61  $   13.59
Percentage rents.....................................................................       0.51       0.77       0.90
Tenant reimbursements................................................................       7.16       6.35       6.23
Interest and other...................................................................       0.66       0.95       1.68
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total revenues...................................................................      22.69      21.68      22.40
EXPENSES
Property operating...................................................................       5.54       5.30       5.62
Real estate taxes....................................................................       1.46       1.08       0.90
Depreciation and amortization........................................................       4.38       4.32       7.13
Interest.............................................................................       6.81       5.21       8.13
Other charges........................................................................       0.23       0.79       2.48
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total expenses...................................................................      18.42      16.70      24.26
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
Income (loss) before minority interests..............................................  $    4.27  $    4.98  $   (1.86)
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTES:
 
(1) Includes total GLA in which the  Company receives the economic benefit of  a
    100% ownership interest.
 
(2) Based on occupied GLA weighted by months of operations.
 
(3)  Includes three factory  outlet centers operated  under unconsolidated joint
    venture partnerships with unrelated third parties.
 
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<PAGE>
    COMPARISON OF THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996 TO THE THREE MONTHS
ENDED MARCH 31, 1995
 
    SUMMARY
 
    For the three months ended March  31, 1996, the Company reported net  income
of $4,534 on total revenues of $21,131. For the same period in 1995, the Company
reported net income of $4,608 on total revenues of $17,274. For the three months
ended  March 31, 1996  and 1995, the  loss allocated to  common shareholders was
$702, or  $0.24  per  common  share,  and  $628,  or  $0.22  per  common  share,
respectively.
 
    REVENUES
 
    Total  revenues were $21,131 for  the three months ended  March 31, 1996, as
compared to $17,274 for the  three months ended March  31, 1995, an increase  of
$3,857,  or 22.3%. Base  rents increased $2,072,  or 19.4%, in  1996 compared to
1995.  These  increases   are  primarily   due  to   the  Portfolio   Expansion.
Straight-line  rents (included in base rents) were  $156 and $182 for the months
ended March 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
 
    Tenant reimbursements, which represent the contractual recovery from tenants
of certain operating expenses, increased by  $1,266, or 26.0%, during the  three
months  ended March 31, 1996  over the same period  in 1995. These increases are
primarily due to the Portfolio Expansion. Tenants reimbursements as a percentage
of recoverable operating expenses, which include property operating expenses and
real estate taxes, increased to 100.8% from 97.4% during the three months  ended
March  31,  1996  and  1995,  respectively.  This  positive  trend  reflects the
Company's continued  efforts to  contain operating  expenses at  its  properties
while requiring merchants to pay their pro-rata share of these expenses.
 
    Income  from investment partnerships increased by  $311 for the three months
ended March 31, 1996 over  the same period in  1995. This increase is  primarily
due to the openings of Grove City Factory Shops (Phase III -- November 1995) and
Arizona  Factory Shops  (Phase I --  September 1995). Interest  and other income
increased by $166, or 13.9%, to $1,364  during the three months ended March  31,
1996  as  compared to  $1,198 for  the three  months ended  March 31,  1995. The
increase is attributable to  higher lease termination  income, late fee  income,
property  management fees,  interest income and  ancillary income  of $380, $60,
$46, $39  and  $31,  respectively,  offset  by  lower  leasing  commissions  and
construction management fees of $390.
 
    EXPENSES
 
    Property  operating expenses increased by $849,  or 22.5%, to $4,619 for the
three months ended  March 31, 1996  compared to  $3,770 for the  same period  in
1995.  Real estate taxes  increased by $239,  or 19.4%, to  $1,473 for the three
months ended  March 31,  1996, from  $1,234 in  the same  period for  1995.  The
increases in property operating expenses and real estate taxes are primarily due
to  the Portfolio Expansion. As shown  in TABLE 5, depreciation and amortization
expense increased by $782, or 21.7%, to $4,387 for the three months ended  March
31,  1996,  compared  to  $3,605  for  1995.  This  increase  results  from  the
depreciation and amortization of assets associated with the Portfolio Expansion.
 
    As shown in TABLE 6, interest expense  for the three months ended March  31,
1996,  increased by $1,600, or 35.9%, to  $6,056 compared to $4,456 for the same
period in 1995. This increase is primarily the result of an increase of  $72,541
in  total debt outstanding at March 31,  1996 compared to total debt outstanding
at March 31, 1995. Also reflected in the increase was increased amortization  of
deferred  financing costs  of $44; a  decrease in interest  earned from interest
rate protection contracts  of $159; and  an increase in  the amount of  interest
capitalized  in connection  with new development  projects of  $32. The weighted
average interest rate for bonds and notes payable at March 31, 1996 and 1995 was
7.15% and 7.78% respectively.
 
    Other charges increased  by $423, or  189.7%, to $646  for the three  months
ended March 31, 1996 compared to $223 for the same period in 1995. This increase
reflects higher provisions for uncollectible accounts receivable and potentially
unsuccessful  pre-development efforts of $167 and  $65, respectively, as well as
increases in marketing costs  and miscellaneous operating  expenses of $111  and
$80, respectively.
 
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<PAGE>
    In  connection with re-leasing space to  new merchants, the Company incurred
capital expenditures of  $19 and $162  during the three  months ended March  31,
1996 and 1995, respectively.
 
    COMPARISON OF THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 1994
 
    Income before minority interests was $12,806 for the year ended December 31,
1995, as compared to $7,046 for the year ended December 31, 1994, an increase of
$5,760, or 81.7%. This increase was primarily the result of Portfolio Expansion,
including the effect of the acquisition of certain properties in connection with
the Initial Public Offering.
 
    Total  revenues  were  $77,398 for  the  year  ended December  31,  1995, as
compared to  $51,699  for the  year  ended December  31,  1994, an  increase  of
$25,699,  or 49.7%. Base rents increased $14,041,  or 43.4%, in 1995 compared to
1994. Straight-line rents (included in base rents) were $931 and $(112) for  the
years  ended  December  31, 1995  and  1994, respectively.  These  increases are
primarily  due  to  the  Portfolio  Expansion,  including  the  effect  of   the
acquisition  of  certain  properties  in  connection  with  the  Initial  Public
Offering. The average  base rent for  new factory outlet  leases negotiated  and
executed  by the  Company was $14.90  and $15.06  per square foot  for the years
ended December 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
 
    As summarized in TABLE 3, merchant  sales reported to the Company  increased
by $226.4 million, or 38.8%, to $809.6 million from $583.2 million for the years
ended  December 31, 1995 and 1994,  respectively. The increase in total reported
merchant sales is primarily due to the Portfolio Expansion, including the effect
of the acquisition of certain properties  in connection with the Initial  Public
Offering.  However, the weighted average reported merchant sales per square foot
decreased by 6.4% to $235.99 per square foot compared to $252.15 per square foot
for the  years ended  December  31, 1995  and  1994, respectively.  The  Company
believes that this decrease is primarily due to the overall softness of national
retail  sales  in 1995.  Management believes  that the  decline in  the weighted
average merchant sales per square foot  in 1995 does not represent a  continuing
trend which may materially adversely impact the Company's results of operations.
The Company's factory outlet centers contained an average of 254,765 and 241,571
square  feet of GLA at December 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively. The increase in
total occupancy cost per square foot is  primarily due to the increases in  base
rents per square foot and tenant reimbursements per square foot during 1995 when
compared  to 1994. The  increase in the  cost of merchant  occupancy to reported
sales is primarily due to a  decrease in the weighted average reported  merchant
sales  per square foot for  the entire factory outlet  portfolio. As a result of
the decrease in  the weighted average  reported merchant sales  per square  foot
during  1995 when  compared to  1994, percentage  rent income  decreased $71, or
4.5%.
 
TABLE 3 -- SUMMARY OF REPORTED MERCHANT SALES
 
    A summary of  reported factory outlet  merchant sales and  related data  for
1995, 1994 and 1993 follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                            -------------------------------------
                                                                               1995         1994         1993
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                                         <C>          <C>          <C>
Total reported merchant sales (in millions) (1)...........................  $   809.6    $   583.2    $   338.3
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
Weighted average reported merchant sales per square foot (2):
  All store sales.........................................................  $  235.99    $  252.15    $  270.37
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
  Same space sales........................................................  $  243.86    $  246.07
                                                                            -----------  -----------
                                                                            -----------  -----------
Total merchant occupancy cost per square foot (3).........................  $   21.64    $   20.17    $   20.74
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
Cost of merchant occupancy to reported sales (4)..........................       9.17%        8.00%        7.67%
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                            -----------  -----------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTES:
 
(1)  Total reported merchant sales summarizes gross sales generated by merchants
    and includes changes  in merchant mix  and the effect  of new space  created
    from the acquisition and opening of new and expanded factory outlet centers.
    Most  of  the factory  outlet centers  were  expanded or  constructed during
 
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<PAGE>
    the time  periods contained  in TABLE  3  and reported  sales for  such  new
    openings  and expansions were reported only  for the partial period and were
    not annualized. TABLE 3 should be  read in conjunction with the  information
    summarized under the caption "Business and Properties."
 
(2)  Weighted average reported sales per square  foot is based on reported sales
    divided by the  weighted average  square footage occupied  by the  merchants
    reporting  those sales. Same space sales  is defined as the weighted average
    reported merchant sales  per square  foot for  space open  since January  1,
    1994.
 
(3)  Total merchant  occupancy cost  includes base  rents, percentage  rents and
    tenant reimbursements.
 
(4) Computed as follows: total merchant occupancy cost divided by total weighted
    average reported merchant sales per square foot.
 
    Tenant reimbursements, which represent the contractual recovery from tenants
of certain operating expenses, increased by $8,312, or 59.5%, in 1995 over 1994.
These increases  are primarily  due to  the Portfolio  Expansion, including  the
effect  of the acquisition of certain  properties in connection with the Initial
Public Offering.
 
    As shown in TABLE  4, tenant reimbursements as  a percentage of  recoverable
operating  expenses increased to 99.6% in 1995 from 94.2% in 1994. This increase
reflects the Company's continued  efforts to contain  operating expenses at  its
properties  while  requiring merchants  to  pay their  pro  rata share  of these
expenses. TABLE 4 highlights  the positive trend  of increasing recoveries  from
merchants as a percentage of total recoverable expenses:
 
TABLE 4 -- TENANT RECOVERIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RECOVERABLE EXPENSES
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                PERCENTAGE OF
                                                                             EXPENSES RECOVERED
YEAR                                                                          FROM TENANTS (1)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------
<S>                                                                         <C>
1995......................................................................            99.6%
1994 (2)..................................................................            94.2%
1993......................................................................            81.3%
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTES:
 
(1)  Total  recoverable expenses  include property  operating expenses  and real
    estate taxes.
 
(2) Combined.
 
    Income from investment  partnerships increased  by $940 for  the year  ended
December  31, 1995 due to  the openings of Grove City  Factory Shops (Phase I --
August 1994; Phase II -- November 1994; Phase III -- November 1995) and  Arizona
Factory  Shops (Phase I -- September 1995) and the purchase of a 30% interest in
Oxnard Factory  Outlet during  the third  quarter of  1994. Interest  and  other
income  increased by $2,477, or 82.0%, to  $5,498 during the year ended December
31, 1995 as compared to the year ended December 31, 1994. The increase is due to
higher  leasing  commissions,  development  and  construction  management  fees,
property  management fees, interest income and ancillary income of $1,433, $499,
$357, $107 and $197, respectively, offset by a decrease in real estate brokerage
commissions of $222. Additionally, the increase reflects a $106 gain on the sale
of land during the year ended December 31, 1995. During the years ended December
31, 1995 and 1994, the  Company recorded net preferential partner  distributions
of $162 and $2,538, respectively, from a joint venture partnership in connection
with the development of a factory outlet center.
 
    Property  operating expenses increased  by $5,510, or  46.4%, to $17,389 for
the year ended  December 31, 1995  compared to  $11,879 for the  same period  in
1994.  Real estate taxes increased  by $2,018, or 68.2%,  to $4,977 for the year
ended December 31, 1995, from $2,959 in the same period for 1994. The  increases
in  property operating expenses and  real estate taxes are  primarily due to the
Portfolio  Expansion,  including  the  effect  of  the  acquisition  of  certain
properties  in  connection with  the Initial  Public Offering.  Depreciation and
amortization expense increased  by $3,462,  or 28.9%,  to $15,438  for the  year
ended  December 31, 1995,  compared to $11,976 for  1994. This increase resulted
from the impact of the Portfolio Expansion, including
 
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the effect  of the  acquisition of  certain properties  in connection  with  the
Initial  Public Offering, which was offset in  part by a change in the estimated
useful lives of certain improvements which reduced depreciation and amortization
expense by $657  and $2,040  for the  years ended  December 31,  1995 and  1994,
respectively.  See Note 2 -- "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of the
Notes to Financial Statements.
 
TABLE 5 -- COMPONENTS OF DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION EXPENSE
 
    The components of depreciation and amortization expense for the three months
ended March 31, 1996 and  1995 and for the years  ended December 31, 1995,  1994
and 1993 are summarized as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                      MARCH 31,           YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                 --------------------  -------------------------------
                                                                   1996       1995       1995       1994       1993
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                                 (COMBINED)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Building and improvements......................................  $   2,228  $   1,918  $   8,159  $   5,758  $   3,389
Land improvements..............................................        479        335      1,440        879        342
Tenant improvements............................................      1,106        833      3,563      3,127      2,970
Furniture and fixtures.........................................        156        108        554        295        128
Leasing commissions (1)........................................        418        411      1,722      1,917        803
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total......................................................  $   4,387  $   3,605  $  15,438  $  11,976  $   7,632
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
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NOTE:
 
(1)  In accordance with  GAAP, leasing commissions  are classified as intangible
    assets. Therefore, the amortization of leasing commissions are reported as a
    component of depreciation and amortization expense.
 
TABLE 6 -- COMPONENTS OF INTEREST EXPENSE
 
    The components of interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 1996
and 1995 and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993 are summarized
as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                      MARCH 31,           YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                 --------------------  -------------------------------
                                                                   1996       1995       1995       1994       1993
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                                 (COMBINED)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Interest incurred..............................................  $   5,641  $   4,212  $  19,354  $  10,313  $   9,277
Interest capitalized...........................................       (613)      (581)    (2,336)      (964)      (711)
Interest earned on interest rate protection contracts..........        (84)      (243)      (721)      (224)        --
Amortization of deferred financing costs.......................        793        749      3,248      2,843        362
Amortization of interest rate protection contracts.............        319        319      1,276        797         --
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total......................................................  $   6,056  $   4,456  $  20,821  $  12,765  $   8,928
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    As shown in TABLE 6, interest expense for the year ended December 31,  1995,
increased  by $8,056,  or 63.1%,  to $20,821  compared to  $12,765 for  the same
period in 1994. This increase is primarily the result of an increase of  $91,929
in  debt outstanding at December 31, 1995  compared to debt balances at December
31, 1994, and a general increase  in interest rates during 1995. Also  reflected
in  the  increase was  increased amortization  of  deferred financing  costs and
interest rate protection contracts of $884.  In addition, during the year  ended
December  31, 1994, deferred financing costs  of approximately $1,313 were fully
amortized as a  result of  debt refinancings.  These increases  were offset,  in
part,  by an increase in amounts  earned from interest rate protection contracts
of $497 and an increase in the amount of interest capitalized in connection with
new development projects of $1,372. The weighted average interest rate for bonds
and  notes  payable  at  December  31,  1995  and  1994  was  7.81%  and  7.58%,
respectively.
 
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TABLE 7 -- CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
 
    The  components of capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31,
1996 and 1995  and for  the years  ended December 31,  1995, 1994  and 1993  are
summarized as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                  MARCH 31,            YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                             --------------------  --------------------------------
                                                               1996       1995       1995        1994       1993
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ---------
                                                                                              (COMBINED)
<S>                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>
New developments...........................................  $   4,693  $  11,079  $  57,027  $   63,601  $  27,991
Property acquisitions, net (1).............................         --         --         --     115,883         --
Renovations and expansions.................................      4,266      1,597     21,432      10,978     25,931
Re-leasing tenant allowances...............................         19        162        616         563        265
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ---------
    Total..................................................  $   8,978  $  12,838  $  79,075  $  191,025  $  54,187
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ---------
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
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NOTE:
 
(1)  Amount includes the net  assets acquired by the  Company in connection with
    the Initial  Public Offering  consisting  of (i)  the  purchase of  the  60%
    previously  unowned interest  in two  joint venture  partnerships ($84,642),
    (ii) the  purchase  of  two  factory outlet  centers  ($37,874),  (iii)  the
    purchase  of a community center ($15,256), and (iv) the purchase of land and
    the contribution of assets by  certain Limited Partners ($1,977) reduced  by
    certain property excluded from the Initial Public Offering ($23,866).
 
TABLE 8 -- CONSOLIDATED QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   1995
                                                    ----------------------------------
                                                    FOURTH    THIRD   SECOND    FIRST
                                                    QUARTER  QUARTER  QUARTER  QUARTER
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
<S>                                                 <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Total revenues....................................  $21,329  $20,005  $18,790  $17,274
Total expenses....................................  17,960   16,773   15,727   14,132
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
Income before minority interests..................   3,369    3,232    3,063    3,142
Loss allocated to minority interests..............   1,213    1,290    1,395    1,466
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
Net income........................................   4,582    4,522    4,458    4,608
Income allocated to preferred shareholders........   5,236    5,236    5,236    5,236
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
Loss applicable to common shares..................  $ (654 ) $ (714 ) $ (778 ) $ (628)
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
Loss per common share outstanding (1).............  $(0.23 ) $(0.25 ) $(0.27 ) $(0.22)
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
Weighted average common shares outstanding........   2,875    2,875    2,875    2,875
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
Distributions paid per common share...............  $0.295   $0.295   $0.295   $0.295
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------
 
<CAPTION>
                                                                      1994
                                                    ----------------------------------------
                                                                                PERIOD FROM
                                                                                 MARCH 22,
                                                                                   1994
                                                                                    TO
                                                    FOURTH    THIRD   SECOND     MARCH 31,
                                                    QUARTER  QUARTER  QUARTER      1994
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
<S>                                                 <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Total revenues....................................  $17,034  $14,168  $12,871    $ 1,296
Total expenses....................................  13,908   11,041   10,082         884
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
Income before minority interests..................   3,126    3,127    2,789         412
Loss allocated to minority interests..............   1,609    1,622    1,839         134
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
Net income........................................   4,735    4,749    4,628         546
Income allocated to preferred shareholders........   5,236    5,236    5,236         582
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
Loss applicable to common shares..................  $ (501 ) $ (487 ) $ (608 )   $   (36)
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
Loss per common share outstanding (1).............  $(0.17 ) $(0.17 ) $(0.21 )   $ (0.01)
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
Weighted average common shares outstanding........   2,875    2,875    2,834       2,500
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
Distributions paid per common share...............  $0.295   $0.295   $0.033     $    --
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
                                                    -------  -------  -------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
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NOTE:
 
(1)  Net loss per common  share is net of  applicable preferred dividends. Fully
    diluted per  share amounts  are  not presented  since  the effect  would  be
    anti-dilutive.
 
     COMPARISON OF THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 1993
 
    Income  before minority interests was $7,046 for the year ended December 31,
1994, as compared to  a loss before  minority interests of  $3,873 for the  year
ended  December 31, 1993. The increase was primarily the result of the Portfolio
Expansion, including  the effect  of the  acquisition of  certain properties  in
connection with the Initial Public Offering, as well as interest expense savings
of  $3,748 due to the  repayment of certain outstanding  debt using the proceeds
from the Initial Public Offering.
 
    Total revenues  were  $51,699 for  the  year  ended December  31,  1994,  as
compared  to  $21,800 for  1993, an  increase  of $29,899,  or 137%.  Base rents
increased  $18,029,  or   126%,  in   1994  compared   to  1993.   Straight-line
 
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rents (included in base rents) were $(112) and $509 for the years ended December
31,  1994 and 1993,  respectively. Percentage rents increased  $882, or 124%, in
1994 compared  to 1993.  These  increases are  primarily  due to  the  Portfolio
Expansion,  including the  effect of  the acquisition  of certain  properties in
connection with  the Initial  Public Offering.  The average  base rent  for  new
factory  outlet leases  negotiated and  executed by  the Company  was $15.06 and
$14.73 per  square  foot  for  the  years ended  December  31,  1994  and  1993,
respectively.
 
    As  summarized in TABLE 3, merchant  sales reported to the Company increased
$244.9 million, or  72%, to  $583.2 million from  $338.3 million  for the  years
ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively. The increase is primarily due to
the  Portfolio Expansion and the improvement  in merchant mix at certain factory
outlet centers. The decrease in total merchant occupancy cost per square foot is
primarily due to various cost containment  programs implemented in 1994 and  the
expansion  space opened by  the Company during  1994 (aggregating 234,000 square
feet of GLA).  The expansion space  resulted in a  larger base of  total GLA  to
allocate  the fixed operating  costs of the factory  outlet centers. The average
factory outlet center in the Company's portfolio of properties contained 241,571
and 239,667 square feet of GLA at December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively.  The
increase in the cost of merchant occupancy to reported sales is primarily due to
the decrease in the weighted average reported merchant sales per square foot for
the  entire factory outlet portfolio of $252.15  and $270.37 for the years ended
December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively.  The decrease in the weighted  average
reported  merchant sales per square foot for the entire factory outlet portfolio
is primarily due  to the  timing of certain  openings that  occurred during  the
second  half of 1993 which resulted in  higher weighted average sales per square
foot in the fourth quarter of 1993.
 
    Tenant reimbursements, which represent the contractual recovery from tenants
of certain operating expenses, increased by $8,601, or 160%, in 1994 over  1993.
This  increase is primarily due to the Portfolio Expansion, including the effect
of the acquisition of certain properties  in connection with the Initial  Public
Offering,  as well as  the Company's efforts  to recover a  higher percentage of
recoverable operating expenses. Income from investment partnerships was $789 for
the year ended December 31, 1994 due to the opening of Grove City Factory  Shops
and  the purchase of  a 30% interest  in Oxnard Factory  Outlet during the third
quarter of 1994.  Interest and  other income increased  by $2,419,  or 402%,  to
$3,021,  during the year ended December 31,  1994 as compared to the same period
in 1993. The  increase is  primarily due  to increases  in municipal  assistance
income, real estate brokerage commissions, interest income and lease termination
fees  of $795, $597, $549 and $226, respectively. During the year ended December
31, 1994, the Company recorded net preferential partner distributions of  $2,538
in connection with the development of a factory outlet center.
 
    Property operating expenses increased by $6,833, or 135%, to $11,879 for the
year  ended December 31,  1994 compared to  $5,046 for the  same period in 1993.
Real estate taxes  increased by $1,401,  or 90%,  to $2,959 for  the year  ended
December  31, 1994, from  $1,558 in the  same period for  1993. The increases in
property operating  expenses and  real estate  taxes are  primarily due  to  the
Portfolio  Expansion,  including  the  effect  of  the  acquisition  of  certain
properties in  connection with  the Initial  Public Offering.  Depreciation  and
amortization  expense increased by $4,344, or 57%, to $11,976 for the year ended
December 31, 1994, compared to $7,632  for 1993. This increase results from  the
impact  of the Portfolio  Expansion, including the effect  of the acquisition of
certain properties in  connection with  the Initial Public  Offering, which  was
offset in part by a change in the estimated useful lives of certain improvements
which reduced depreciation and amortization expense by $2,040 for the year ended
December 31, 1994. See Note 2 -- "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of
the   Notes  to  Consolidated  Financial  Statements.  TABLE  5  summarizes  the
components of depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December
31, 1994 and 1993.
 
    As shown in TABLE 6, interest expense  for the year ended December 31,  1994
increased  by $3,837, or 43%, to $12,765  compared to $8,928 for the same period
in 1993. This increase is primarily  the result of an increase of  approximately
$29,988  in debt outstanding at  December 31, 1994 over  the debt outstanding at
December 31, 1993, and an increase in interest rates offset, in part, by amounts
earned from  interest  rate  protection  contracts of  $224  during  1994.  Also
reflected in the increase was increased amortization of deferred financing costs
and  interest rate protection contracts of  $3,278. In addition, during the year
ended
 
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December 31, 1994, deferred financing  costs of approximately $1,313 were  fully
amortized  as a result of debt  refinancings. The weighted average interest rate
for bonds and notes payable at December  31, 1994 and 1993 was 7.58% and  4.72%,
respectively.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
    SOURCES AND USES OF CASH
 
    For  the three months ended  March 31, 1996, net  cash provided by operating
activities was $9,219.  Cash used in  investing activities was  $11,748 for  the
three  months ended March 31, 1996. The primary use of these funds was for costs
associated with  the development  and  construction of  two new  factory  outlet
centers  and seven  expansions of existing  factory outlet  centers scheduled to
open during the remainder of 1996;  costs associated with the completion of  two
factory  outlet centers and  three expansions opened during  1995; and costs for
pre-development activities associated with future developments. Net cash used in
financing activities was $9,809 for the  three months ended March 31, 1996.  The
principal  uses of  these funds were  the payment of  certain deferred financing
costs of $1,679, including $1,277 to a financial institution in connection  with
proposed  financing activities;  distributions to  minority interests (including
distributions to the limited partner unit holders) of $2,112; and preferred  and
common stock distributions of $6,084.
 
    On  March 2, 1995,  the Company closed  on the $160,000  Revolving Loan with
Nomura. The Revolving Loan bears interest  at 30-day LIBOR plus 2.25%,  requires
monthly interest-only payments and matures on December 31, 1996. The Company can
extend  the maturity of the  Revolving Loan for a period  of one year subject to
its satisfaction of certain conditions. The Revolving Loan is guaranteed by  the
Operating    Partnership    and    seven   Property    Partnerships,    and   is
cross-collateralized by  first mortgages  on seven  factory outlet  centers  and
certain  related assets. The Revolving  Loan prohibits additional collateralized
indebtedness on  the pledged  properties and  requires compliance  with  certain
monetary  and  non-monetary  covenants. The  Revolving  Loan  agreement contains
certain covenants regarding the payment of distributions and dividends if at any
date the  debt  service  coverage  ratio, as  defined,  falls  below  a  minimum
threshold.  As of March 31,  1996, the Company was  in compliance with monetary,
non-monetary  and  debt  service  coverage  covenants.  The  principal   balance
outstanding  under the  Revolving Loan  at March 31,  1996 was  $145,478 and the
interest rate was 7.56%.
 
    The amount available to be drawn by the Company under the Revolving Loan  at
any  time during the term of the facility  is calculated based upon the net cash
flow from the collateral, as defined. The collateral pool of the Revolving  Loan
can  be expanded,  subject to lender  approval, by  adding properties, including
properties under development, that satisfy  certain criteria relating to,  among
other  things, the level of executed leases and the amount of projected net cash
flow. At March 31, 1996,  the Revolving Loan was  fully drawn based on  executed
leases  and projected net cash  flow of the collateral,  as defined. The Company
intends to use the net proceeds  of approximately $40,248 from the Common  Stock
Offering to repay outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Loan.
 
    Effective  December 31, 1995, the Company's $16,000 fixed rate mortgage loan
that was scheduled to mature  on that date was  modified to extend the  maturity
date to July 31, 1996 at a fixed rate of interest of 8.00%. On January 30, 1996,
the  Company  obtained from  a commercial  mortgage company  a commitment  for a
mortgage loan in  an amount not  to exceed  $7,000 for an  eight-year term  (the
"Refinancing  Loan"). The Refinancing Loan will bear a fixed interest rate based
on eight-year  Treasury notes  plus  2.60% and  requires monthly  principal  and
interest  payments based on a 16-year amortization schedule. The Company intends
to close on the Refinancing Loan by July 31, 1996 and pay in full such  maturing
loan  by using the net proceeds of the Refinancing Loan and approximately $9,000
of the net proceeds from one or more facilities contemplated by the 1996  Nomura
Loan Commitment.
 
    On May 7, 1996, the Corporate Line was renewed and increased to $15,000. The
purpose  of the Corporate Line  is to provide working  capital to facilitate the
funding of short-term operating  cash needs of the  Company. The Corporate  Line
bears  interest at  30-day LIBOR  plus 2.50%  and matures  on July  11, 1997. No
amounts were outstanding at March 31, 1996 under the Corporate Line.
 
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    On December 18, 1995,  the Company obtained from  Nomura a commitment for  a
ten-year  $233,000 first mortgage loan and  a commitment for a five-year $22,500
term loan  (the "1995  Nomura  Loan Commitments").  On  December 18,  1995,  the
Company  also obtained from  Nomura a $35,000 interim  loan (the "Interim Loan")
collateralized by second mortgages on  two existing factory outlet centers.  The
Interim  Loan bears  interest at  30-day LIBOR plus  2.25%, matures  on July 31,
1996, and  requires  monthly  interest-only  payments  prior  to  maturity.  The
principal balance outstanding at March 31, 1996 was $10,000.
 
    The Company has accepted the 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment which provides for,
among  other things,  (i) the  First Mortgage  Loan in  the principal  amount of
$226.5 million and (ii) the Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan in the principal amount  of
$33.5  million. The  Company expects  to close the  First Mortgage  Loan and the
Mezzanine Mortgage Loan in July 1996. The 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment is subject
to Nomura's customary real estate due  diligence review of the thirteen  factory
outlet  centers  comprising the  collateral  and the  completion  of appropriate
documentation. In connection with the  1996 Nomura Loan Commitment, the  Company
will pay Nomura a commitment fee at closing in the amount of $3.5 million. There
can  be no assurance  that the Company  will be successful  in consummating such
refinancing.
 
    The First  Mortgage Loan  will bear  a variable  rate of  interest equal  to
30-day  LIBOR plus 1.24% (plus trustee and servicing fees, which are expected to
be 0.07% in  the aggregate). The  Mezzanine Mortgage Loan  will bear a  variable
rate  of interest equal to 30-day LIBOR  plus 3.25%. The First Mortgage Loan and
the Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan  are expected  to be  securitized by  Nomura on  or
before  September 30, 1996 (the "Securitization Closing Date"). In the event the
Securitization Closing Date  does not  occur by September  30, 1996,  or in  the
event  the Company  elects to terminate  the securitization and  repay the loans
because the terms  of the securitization  are unacceptable to  the Company,  the
interest  rate on the Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan will increase  to a variable rate
per annum equal  to 30-day LIBOR  plus 5.20%. Until  the Securitization  Closing
Date,  no payments of principal  will be required under  the First Mortgage Loan
and the  Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan. After  the Securitization  Closing Date,  the
First  Mortgage Loan  will require  monthly payments  of principal  and interest
based on a thirty-year amortization of principal and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan
will require  monthly payments  of  principal and  interest  based on  the  full
amortization  of principal within  seven years. The First  Mortgage Loan and the
Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan  will  be cross-collateralized  by  senior  and  junior
mortgages,  respectively, encumbering thirteen of the Company's existing factory
outlet centers. The proceeds from the closing of the First Mortgage Loan and the
Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will be used  to repay outstanding borrowings under  the
Revolving  Loan, the 1994 Mortgage Loan (which  may not be prepaid prior to July
1, 1996), the Interim Loan  and a portion of  the Company's $16.0 million  fixed
rate  mortgage loan.  The remaining  proceeds will be  used for  the purchase of
interest rate protection contracts,  the costs and  expenses of the  refinancing
and for working capital purposes.
 
    In connection with the commitment to provide the First Mortgage Loan and the
Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan,  the Company and  Nomura have agreed  that, subject to
certain conditions, the Company and Nomura  will share the risks or rewards,  as
the  case may be, with regard to  the securitization of the First Mortgage Loan.
If the actual interest rate spread over 30-day LIBOR deviates from 1.24% for the
Senior Certificates  (as  defined below),  the  appropriate party  will  make  a
payment  to  the other  based on  the  present value  of such  deviation applied
against the principal balance of the Senior Certificates. If the  Securitization
Closing  Date  does not  occur within  six months  of the  closing of  the First
Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan, Nomura may demand payment of such
loans in full six months after delivery of such demand notice. It is anticipated
that the First  Mortgage Loan  will be  securitized at  investment grade  levels
through  the  issuance  of  Real Estate  Mortgage  Investment  Company ("REMIC")
certificates (the "Senior Certificates") and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will be
securitized through the  issuance of  REMIC certificates  or another  acceptable
securitization vehicle (the "Junior Certificates"). In addition, the 1996 Nomura
Loan Commitment requires that, prior to the securitization, the Company purchase
interest  rate protection contracts  with regard to the  First Mortgage Loan and
the Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan  when  and if  30-day  LIBOR exceeds  6.50%.  After
securitization,   the  Company  will  be  required  to  purchase  interest  rate
protection contracts for the seven-year term of such loans and for the principal
amount of the Senior  Certificates. It is estimated  that the proceeds from  the
sale  of the  Senior Certificates and  the Junior Certificates  and the proceeds
from the cash flow  loan (described below) will  approximate $260.0 million.  In
the  event that  loan proceeds  available from  the Senior  Certificates and the
Junior Certificates are less than $260.0 million, Nomura has agreed to  provide,
subject    to    certain   conditions    (including    the   consent    of   the
 
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applicable rating  agencies), a  loan based  on the  cash flow  of the  Property
Partnerships  which own  the thirteen  factory outlet  centers in  the principal
amount of the difference between $260.0  million and such loan proceeds. In  the
event  that the net  cash flow from the  thirteen outlet centers  is less than a
mutually agreed upon amount and the  securitization results in less than  $260.0
million  in  proceeds,  the Company  will  be  required to  pay  to  Nomura such
difference at the closing of the securitization. The Company intends to purchase
the Junior Certificates with the proceeds of financing provided through a Nomura
repurchase agreement (the  "Repo Financing").  The Repo  Financing will  require
monthly  payments of interest only and will be  for a term of two years and will
be recourse to the Operating Partnership. The Repo Financing will be subject  to
daily  mark-to-market and margin calls. Interest will  be payable for 75% of the
market value of the Junior Certificates (which at date of inception shall be par
value) at the rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 1.95% and for the balance of the  market
value of the Junior Certificates (which at date of inception shall be par value)
at the rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 7.0%. The weighted average annual interest rate
(including  the  estimated  annual  amortization  of  interest  rate  protection
contracts) on the $260.0 million of  securitized loans is initially expected  to
be approximately 7.66%.
 
    The  existing Revolving Loan with Nomura will  not be terminated as a result
of the transactions contemplated  by the 1996  Nomura Loan Commitment;  however,
the  collateral currently  pledged thereunder  will be  released and  pledged to
Nomura under  the First  Mortgage  Loan and  the  Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan.  The
Revolving Loan will be available, subject to sufficient collateral being pledged
to Nomura, for acquisitions, expansions and new outlet centers.
 
    Upon terms acceptable to the Company and the rating agencies involved in the
securitization,  an amount between $25.0 million to $50.0 million in addition to
the $260.0 million of securitized loans may be raised by the securitization and,
if so, will be held in  escrow by Nomura. These funds  may be drawn upon by  the
Company,  subject to the satisfaction  of certain objective standards acceptable
to the  Company  and such  rating  agencies, for  the  cost of  construction  of
expansions at the thirteen mortgaged outlet centers.
 
    In  connection with  the execution of  the 1996 Nomura  Loan Commitment, the
Company expects to  incur a  non-recurring loss of  approximately $10.1  million
that  will be recorded during  the three months ending  June 30, 1996. This loss
results from the expected  prepayment of the Revolving  Loan, the 1994  Mortgage
Loan,  the anticipated termination of the 1995 Nomura Loan Commitments for which
the Company paid $3.3 million in nonrefundable financing fees, and the repayment
in full of the Interim Loan. The loss includes the estimated unamortized cost of
certain interest rate protection contracts of  $3.7 million as of July 31,  1996
that  will be  terminated upon repayment  of the debt  underlying the contracts,
debt prepayment penalties of $0.8 million and other deferred financing costs  of
$4.5  million,  less  the  estimated  fair market  value  of  the  interest rate
protection contracts of approximately  $2.2 million based  on their fair  market
value at May 30, 1996. Upon termination and sale of the interest rate protection
contracts, the Company will receive proceeds based on the then fair market value
of  such contracts.  The future  fair market  value of  interest rate protection
contracts is susceptible to  valuation fluctuations based  on market changes  in
interest rates and the maturity date of the underlying contracts.
 
    The  Company  believes that  the loan  facilities to  be provided  by Nomura
pursuant to the 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment will provide annual interest savings
in excess  of $4.0  million based  on interest  rates as  of June  4, 1996  when
compared  to the terms provided by the 1995 Nomura Loan Commitments. In addition
to a more attractive  interest rate, other benefits  include no lock-out  period
with  respect to prepayment, no prepayment penalties after two years, collateral
substitution provisions and a  larger escrow of funds  for the expansion of  the
mortgaged outlet centers.
 
    PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
 
    Management   believes  that   there  is  sufficient   demand  for  continued
development of new  factory outlet  centers and expansions  of certain  existing
factory  outlet  centers.  The  Company expects  to  open  between approximately
700,000 and 900,000  square feet  of GLA during  1996. Of  this amount,  440,000
square  feet of GLA relates to the development of two new factory outlet centers
and the balance relates to planned
 
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expansions of existing factory outlet centers. At March 31, 1996, the  aggregate
remaining capital expenditures for the new factory outlet centers and expansions
expected  to open in 1996 ranged  between approximately $75,000 and $95,000. The
aggregate remaining  capital expenditures  for new  factory outlet  centers  and
expansions  opened during the year ended  December 31, 1995 (aggregating 949,000
square feet of GLA) approximated $7,000.
 
TABLE 9 -- FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS AND EXPANSIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (1)
 
    TABLE 9 summarizes the projected opening dates and total GLA of the  factory
outlet  centers and expansions of existing  centers under construction as of May
31,  1996.  The  total  estimated   construction  cost  for  such  projects   is
approximately $89,000.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 PROJECTED 1996
PROJECT                                             LOCATION            PHASE     OPENING DATES      GLA
- ------------------------------------------  ------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------
<S>                                         <C>                       <C>        <C>              <C>
Buckeye Factory Shops.....................  Medina County, OH             I         November        205,000
Carolina Factory Shops....................  Gaffney, SC                   I         November        235,000
                                                                                                  ---------
  Total New Centers under Construction....                                                          440,000
 
Grove City Factory Shops..................  Grove City, PA               IV        4th Quarter      118,000
Arizona Factory Shops.....................  Phoenix, AZ                  II        4th Quarter       95,000
Ohio Factory Shops........................  Jeffersonville, OH          IIIA       3rd Quarter       35,000
Gulfport Factory Shops....................  Gulfport, MS                 IIA       4th Quarter       35,000
Gulf Coast Factory Shops..................  Ellenton, FL                 III       4th Quarter       30,000
Indiana Factory Shops.....................  Daleville, IN                IIA       4th Quarter       28,000
Triangle Factory Shops....................  Raleigh-Durham, NC           IIA       3rd Quarter        6,000
                                                                                                  ---------
  Total Expansions under Construction.....                                                          347,000
                                                                                                  ---------
  Total New Centers and Expansions under
   Construction...........................                                                          787,000
                                                                                                  ---------
                                                                                                  ---------
</TABLE>
 
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NOTE:
 
(1)  No assurance can be given that  these factory outlet centers will be opened
    on schedule with the indicated GLA. Additionally, no assurance can be  given
    that the estimated construction costs will not be exceeded.
 
    Management  believes  that the  Company has  sufficient capital  and capital
commitments to fund  the remaining  development costs associated  with the  1995
openings  and  the openings  planned for  1996.  These funding  requirements are
expected to  be met,  in large  part,  with the  proceeds of  one or  more  loan
facilities  contemplated by the 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment, the Corporate Line,
the Offering and funding commitments from two development joint ventures with an
unrelated third  party. There  can be  no  assurance that  the Company  will  be
successful in consummating the transactions contemplated by the 1996 Nomura Loan
Commitment.  If adequate  financing for  such development  and expansion  is not
available, the Company may not be able to develop new centers or expand existing
centers at currently planned levels.
 
    With regard to planned new  factory outlet centers and expansions  scheduled
to open in 1997, which are expected to contain approximately 800,000 square feet
of  GLA in the aggregate, at a  total development cost of approximately $88,000,
the Company expects  to fund  approximately 37%  of these  new projects  through
joint  ventures with an unrelated  third party. The Company  expects to fund the
development  cost  for  the  balance  of   its  new  1997  projects  from:   (a)
approximately  70% to  75% of  cost from  proceeds available  on line  of credit
facilities, and (b) the balance of cost (25% to 30%) from a variety of potential
sources, including excess proceeds from securitized loan transactions,  retained
FFO,  and the  potential sale  of common  or preferred  equity in  the public or
private  capital  markets.  As  of  March  31,  1996,  there  were  no  material
commitments with regard to the 1997 planned development activity.
 
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    DEBT REPAYMENTS AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
 
    The  Company's aggregate indebtedness was $306,020 and $305,954 at March 31,
1996 and December 31, 1995, respectively.  At March 31, 1996, such  indebtedness
had  a weighted average  maturity of 3.8  years and bore  interest at a weighted
average interest rate of 7.15% per annum.  At March 31, 1996, $24,984, or  8.2%,
of  such indebtedness bore  interest at fixed  rates and $281,036,  or 91.8%, of
such indebtedness,  including  $28,250 of  tax-exempt  bonds, bore  interest  at
variable rates.
 
    At  March 31, 1996,  the Company held interest  rate protection contracts on
$28,250 of floating rate tax-exempt  indebtedness and $97,309 of other  floating
rate   indebtedness  (or  approximately   44.7%  of  its   total  floating  rate
indebtedness). These  contracts  expire  in  1999  and  2000,  respectively.  In
addition,  the  Company held  additional interest  rate protection  contracts on
$43,900 of  the  $97,309  floating  rate  indebtedness  to  further  reduce  the
Company's  exposure to increases  in interest rates.  See Note 2  -- "Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies" and Note 7 -- "Bonds and Notes Payable" of  the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information concerning
the  accounting policies and  significant terms of  the interest rate protection
contracts.
 
    The Company's ratio of debt to total market capitalization (defined as total
long term debt  divided by the  sum of: (a)  the aggregate market  value of  the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock, assuming  the full exchange of Common Units
into Common Stock; (b) the aggregate  market value of the outstanding shares  of
Convertible  Preferred Stock;  (c) the  aggregate liquidation  preference of the
Senior Preferred Stock at $25.00 per share; and (d) the total long-term debt  of
the Company) was 49.3% at March 31, 1996.
 
   
    The  Company is obligated to repay  $172,834 of mortgage indebtedness during
the remainder of  1996. The  Company may  extend for one  year the  term of  its
Revolving  Loan which  is currently  scheduled to  expire on  December 31, 1996.
Annualized cumulative  dividends on  the Company's  Senior Preferred  Stock  and
Convertible  Preferred Stock  (after giving  effect to  the Exchange  Offer) are
$6,037 and  $6,459,  respectively. These  dividends  are payable  quarterly,  in
arrears.
    
 
    The  Company anticipates that cash flow  from operations, together with cash
available from  borrowings  and  other sources,  including  proceeds  from  debt
refinancing,  will  be  sufficient  to  satisfy  its  debt  service obligations,
expected distribution and dividend requirements and operating cash needs for the
next year.
 
TABLE 10 -- TAXABILITY OF DIVIDENDS
 
    TABLE 10  summarizes  the taxability  of  distributions and  dividends  paid
during  the year ended December 31, 1995 and  for the period from March 22, 1994
to December 31, 1994. Distributions  paid by the Company  out of its current  or
accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gains dividends)
will  constitute taxable  dividends to  each holder.  To the  extent the Company
makes distributions (not designated as capital gains dividends) in excess of its
current and accumulated earnings and profits, such distributions will be treated
first as a  tax-free return  of capital to  each holder,  reducing the  adjusted
basis  which  such holder  has in  his shares  of  stock by  the amount  of such
distributions (but not below zero), with  distributions in excess of a  holder's
adjusted  basis in his stock taxable as  capital gains (provided that the shares
have been held as a capital asset).
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            PERIOD FROM
                                                                       YEAR ENDED        MARCH 22, 1994 TO
                                                                    DECEMBER 31, 1995    DECEMBER 31, 1994
                                                                   -------------------  -------------------
<S>                                                                <C>                  <C>
SENIOR PREFERRED STOCK
  Ordinary income................................................          100.0%               100.0%
  Return of capital..............................................             --                   --
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
  Ordinary income................................................           75.6%                78.5%
  Return of capital..............................................           24.4%                21.5%
COMMON STOCK
  Ordinary income................................................             --                   --
  Return of capital..............................................          100.0%               100.0%
</TABLE>
 
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    No assurances can be  made that future dividends  and distributions will  be
treated  similarly. Each holder of Stock may have a different basis in its Stock
and accordingly, each holder is advised to consult its tax advisors.
 
    ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
 
    Substantially all of the merchants' leases contain provisions that  somewhat
mitigate  the impact of inflation. Such provisions include clauses providing for
increases in base rent  and clauses enabling the  Company to receive  percentage
rentals  based  on  merchants'  gross sales.  Substantially  all  leases require
merchants to  pay their  proportionate share  of operating  expenses,  including
common  area maintenance, real estate taxes  and promotion, thereby reducing the
Company's exposure  to increased  costs and  operating expenses  resulting  from
inflation.  At March 31,  1996, the Company  maintained interest rate protection
contracts to protect  against increases  in interest rates  on certain  floating
rate indebtedness (see "Debt Repayments and Preferred Stock Dividends").
 
    The  Company intends to  reduce operating and leasing  risks by managing its
existing portfolio of  properties with  the goal  of improving  its tenant  mix,
rental  rates and lease terms and attracting high fashion, upscale manufacturers
and national brand-name manufacturers as merchants.
 
    RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
 
    In March  1995, the  Financial Accounting  Standards Board  ("FASB")  issued
Statement  of Financial Accounting  Standards ("SFAS") No.  121, "ACCOUNTING FOR
THE IMPAIRMENT OF  LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND  FOR LONG-LIVED ASSETS  TO BE  DISPOSED
OF",  which requires impairment losses to  be recorded on long-lived assets used
in operations when indicators  of impairment are  present and undiscounted  cash
flows  estimated  to be  generated by  those  assets are  less than  the assets'
carrying amount.  SFAS No.  121  also addresses  the accounting  for  long-lived
assets  that are expected to be disposed of. The Company adopted SFAS No. 121 in
the first quarter of  1996 and its  adoption had no  effect on the  consolidated
financial statements of the Company.
 
    In  October 1995, the FASB issued  SFAS No. 123, "ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION", which  provides an  alternative  to Accounting  Principles  Board
("APB")  No. 25, "ACCOUNTING  FOR STOCK ISSUED TO  EMPLOYEES", in accounting for
stock-based compensation  issued  to employees.  The  Company will  continue  to
account for stock option grants in accordance with APB No. 25.
 
    FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS
 
    Management  believes  that  to  facilitate  a  clear  understanding  of  the
Company's operating  results,  Funds from  Operations  should be  considered  in
conjunction  with net  income (loss) presented  in accordance with  GAAP. FFO is
defined as  net income  (loss) (determined  in accordance  with GAAP)  excluding
gains   (or  losses)  from  debt  restructuring  and  sales  of  property,  plus
depreciation and amortization after adjustments for unconsolidated  partnerships
and joint ventures.
 
    The  Company  generally  considers  FFO  to  be  an  appropriate  measure of
performance for an equity  real estate investment trust.  Historical FFO may  or
may  not be indicative of future FFO. FFO does not represent cash generated from
operating activities  in  accordance with  GAAP  (which, unlike  FFO,  generally
reflects  all cash effects of transactions and  other events that enter into the
determination of  net  income),  is  not necessarily  indicative  of  cash  flow
available  to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to net
income or other GAAP measures as  an indication of the Company's performance  or
an  alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity or the ability to service
debt or pay dividends.
 
    The Company cautions  that the calculation  of FFO may  vary from entity  to
entity  and as such the presentation of FFO by the Company may not be comparable
to other similarly titled measures of other reporting companies.
 
    TABLE 11 provides a reconciliation of income before allocations to  minority
interests  and preferred shareholders to FFO,  under both the old definition and
the New Definition, for the three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995. FFO (old
definition) increased $883, or 11.0%, to $8,916 for the three months ended March
31, 1996 from $8,033 for the three months ended March 31, 1995. This increase is
primarily  attributable  to  the  Portfolio  Expansion.  TABLE  12  provides   a
reconciliation  of  income (loss)  before allocation  to minority  interests and
preferred  shareholders  to   FFO  before  allocation   to  minority   interests
 
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and preferred shareholders for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993.
FFO  (old definition) increased 29.4% to $33,133 for the year ended December 31,
1995 from $25,596, for  the year ended  December 31, 1994.  The increase in  FFO
(old  definition)  primarily  reflects the  Portfolio  Expansion,  including the
effect of the acquisition of certain  properties in connection with the  Initial
Public Offering. FFO (old definition) increased to $25,596 from $4,887, or 424%,
for  the year ended  December 31, 1994  compared to the  year ended December 31,
1993. The increase in  FFO (old definition) was  primarily due to the  Portfolio
Expansion,  including the  effect of  the acquisition  of certain  properties in
connection with  the  Initial  Public Offering,  and  net  preferential  partner
distributions totaling $2,538 during 1994.
 
    In  March 1995, NAREIT  established guidelines clarifying  the definition of
FFO (as modified, the "New Definition"). The Company reports FFO under both  the
old  definition and the New  Definition. For the Company,  the primary impact of
adopting the New Definition will be a reduction in FFO since the amortization of
capitalized debt costs and depreciation of non-real estate assets are not  added
back  to income before  minority interests and  preferred shareholders. TABLE 11
also presents the Company's FFO under the old definition and the New  Definition
for  the  three months  ended March  31, 1996  and 1995.  TABLE 12  presents the
Company's FFO under  the old  definition and the  New Definition  for the  years
ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993.
 
TABLE 11 -- FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS -- THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996 AND 1995
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             OLD DEFINITION  NEW DEFINITION
                                                                             --------------  --------------
                                                                              THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
                                                                             ------------------------------
                                                                              1996    1995    1996    1995
                                                                             ------  ------  ------  ------
<S>                                                                          <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
Income before allocations to minority interests and preferred
 shareholders..............................................................  $3,057  $3,142  $3,057  $3,142
FFO ADJUSTMENTS:
Depreciation and amortization..............................................   4,387   3,605   4,231   3,497
Amortization of deferred financing costs and interest rate protection
 contracts.................................................................   1,112   1,068    --      --
Unconsolidated joint venture adjustments (1)...............................     360     218     327     210
                                                                             ------  ------  ------  ------
FFO before allocations to minority interests and preferred shareholders....  $8,916  $8,033  $7,615  $6,849
                                                                             ------  ------  ------  ------
                                                                             ------  ------  ------  ------
</TABLE>
 
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NOTE:
 
(1)  Includes  net  preferential  partner distributions  received  from  a joint
    venture partnership of $81 for the three months ended March 31, 1995.
 
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TABLE 12 -- FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS -- YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND
1993
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          OLD DEFINITION                   NEW DEFINITION
                                                  -------------------------------  -------------------------------
                                                    1995       1994       1993       1995       1994       1993
                                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                            (COMBINED)                       (COMBINED)
<S>                                               <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Income (loss) before allocations to minority
 interests and preferred shareholders...........  $  12,806  $   7,046  $  (3,873) $  12,806  $   7,046  $  (3,873)
FFO ADJUSTMENTS:
Depreciation and amortization...................     15,438     11,976      7,632     14,884     11,681      7,504
Unconsolidated joint venture adjustments (1)....        365      2,934        766        306      2,888        720
Amortization of deferred financing costs and
 interest rate protection contracts.............      4,524      3,640        362         --         --         --
                                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
FFO before allocations to minority interests and
 preferred shareholders.........................  $  33,133  $  25,596  $   4,887  $  27,996  $  21,615  $   4,351
                                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTE:
 
(1) Includes  net  preferential  partner  distributions  from  a  joint  venture
    partnership  of $162 and  $2,538 for the  years ended December  31, 1995 and
    1994, respectively.
 
    The payout ratio for  the three months  ended March 31,  1996 and the  years
ended  December  31, 1995  and  1994 (calculated  as  distributions made  by the
Company for the applicable period divided  by FFO (old definition)), was  91.7%,
91.8% and 88.9%, respectively. For purposes of determining whether the Company's
FFO is sufficient to terminate the Preferential Distribution under the Operating
Partnership  Agreement, FFO  will be calculated  based on the  old definition of
FFO. See "Operating Partnership Agreement."
 
TABLE 13 -- CONSOLIDATED QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS (OLD
DEFINITION)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          1995
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          FOURTH     THIRD    SECOND     FIRST
                                          QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER
                                          -------   -------   -------   -------
<S>                                       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
Income before allocations to minority
 interests and preferred shareholders...  $3,369    $3,232    $3,063    $3,142
FFO ADJUSTMENTS:
Depreciation and amortization...........   4,177     3,917     3,739     3,605
Unconsolidated joint venture adjustments
 (1)....................................     144        56       (53)      218
Amortization of deferred financing costs
 and interest rate protection
 contracts..............................   1,213     1,105     1,138     1,068
                                          -------   -------   -------   -------
FFO before allocations to minority
 interests and preferred shareholders...  $8,903    $8,310    $7,887    $8,033
                                          -------   -------   -------   -------
                                          -------   -------   -------   -------
 
<CAPTION>
                                                             1994
                                          -------------------------------------------
                                                                         PERIOD FROM
                                                                          MARCH 22,
                                                                            1994
                                                                             TO
                                          FOURTH     THIRD    SECOND      MARCH 31,
                                          QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER       1994
                                          -------   -------   -------   -------------
<S>                                       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
Income before allocations to minority
 interests and preferred shareholders...  $3,126    $3,127    $2,789        $412
FFO ADJUSTMENTS:
Depreciation and amortization...........   3,569     3,355     2,483         396
Unconsolidated joint venture adjustments
 (1)....................................     135     1,125     1,300          --
Amortization of deferred financing costs
 and interest rate protection
 contracts..............................     902       515     1,528          --
                                          -------   -------   -------      -----
FFO before allocations to minority
 interests and preferred shareholders...  $7,732    $8,122    $8,100        $808
                                          -------   -------   -------      -----
                                          -------   -------   -------      -----
</TABLE>
 
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NOTE:
 
(1) Includes  net  preferential  partner distributions  received  from  a  joint
    venture  partnership  of $81,  $81, $200,  $1,038 and  $1,300 for  the three
    months ended June 30, 1995, March 31, 1995, December 31, 1994, September 30,
    1994 and June 30, 1994, respectively.
 
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                            BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES
 
GENERAL
 
    The  Company's strategy is to build on  its reputation and experience in the
outlet center business and to capitalize on the current trend in  value-oriented
retailing   through  strategic  outlet  center   expansions  and  the  selective
development and acquisition of additional outlet centers. As a  fully-integrated
real  estate company,  the Company provides  development, construction, finance,
leasing, marketing and property management services for all of its properties.
 
    OVERVIEW OF THE VALUE RETAILING INDUSTRY.
 
    The Company's outlet centers are part  of a retail industry sector known  as
value  retailing. Value retailing generally  consists of three segments: factory
outlet stores, discount retailers and off-price retailers.
 
    - Factory outlet stores are operated  principally by manufacturers and  sell
      directly  to the consumer. Outlet stores  generally carry the same name as
      the designer and feature a full selection of designer and brand-name goods
      at discounts generally ranging  from 25% to  50% below regular  department
      and specialty store prices.
 
    - Discount   retailers   offer  inexpensive   non-branded  goods   and  some
      manufacturers' seconds at low to mid-level price points.
 
    - Off-price retailers buy excess  inventory and seconds from  manufacturers,
      and  as a result, offer  a narrow selection in  a number of assorted brand
      names, which can vary daily or weekly in every store.
 
    Outlet stores are distinguished from the other two value retailing  segments
principally  by  the  manner in  which  their  goods are  sourced.  Discount and
off-price retailers buy  their goods from  manufacturers, whereas outlet  stores
are  operated directly by manufacturers. Outlet stores are further distinguished
from discount retailers by  generally higher price points  and a generally  more
affluent  target clientele,  and from  off-price retailers  by a  wider and more
current selection  of  merchandise and  a  generally higher  level  of  customer
service.
 
    In  addition to the  profitability from selling  merchandise directly to the
public at  outlet centers,  manufacturers receive  the following  benefits  from
outlet retailing:
 
    - Maintaining brand image through attractive presentation of merchandise and
      association with other designer label goods;
 
    - Gaining  more control over the  distribution of overstocked, discounted or
      out-of-season merchandise, reducing  conflicts with  full-priced goods  in
      department stores;
 
    - Marketing and assessing demand for new merchandise; and
 
    - Providing a showcase setting forth their full product line.
 
    While  manufacturers have  become aware  of the  benefits of  selling excess
inventory through outlet stores, consumer attitudes towards outlet centers  also
have   been  changing.  Consumers  increasingly   have  been  demanding  quality
merchandise at  lower  prices  which, when  combined  with  a  "bargain-hunting"
mentality and a renewed focus on value, has served to attract consumers to value
retailing.  Management believes that all of these factors will contribute to the
growth of outlet centers.
 
THE COMPANY'S OUTLET CENTERS
 
    CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUTLET CENTERS.
 
    The general criteria used by the Company for selecting new sites for  outlet
centers consist of a number of factors, including:
 
    - Proximity  to major metropolitan areas (minimum resident population of 2.5
      million within a 100 mile radius);
 
    - Distance from  traditional centers  (usually at  least 20  miles from  the
      outlet center);
 
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    - Volume  of  tourists  within  the trade  area  (minimum  of  three million
      annually);
 
    - Access to  and location  on interstate  highways (at  an interchange  with
      daily traffic counts of not less than 25,000 vehicles); and
 
    - Potential  for multi-phase expansion (to  accommodate a minimum of 300,000
      square feet of GLA).
 
    Generally, the Company will  build such outlet  centers in multiple  phases,
with  the initial  phase containing  approximately 200,000  square feet  of GLA.
Thereafter, typically one or  two additional phases are  developed and built  to
meet demand.
 
    The  Company  builds and  landscapes its  outlet centers  to conform  to the
architectural style and regional  characteristics of the surrounding  community.
The  Company's  centers  generally  are  designed  as  a  series  of  pedestrian
courtyards and walkways lined with store fronts creating a "village atmosphere."
The pedestrian  courtyards feature  gardens, fountains,  extensive  landscaping,
exterior  lighting, public  seating and  quality finishes.  This design promotes
greater merchandise visibility  and more pedestrian  traffic through the  center
than  "U"  or  "L"  shaped  designs  typically  used  in  other  outlet centers.
Management believes  that the  courtyard layout  is preferred  by customers  and
encourages  visits  to the  center  for longer  periods of  time  and on  a more
frequent basis.
 
    The Company's outlet centers include  various amenities intended to  enhance
the quality and length of customers' visits, particularly for customers visiting
the  outlet center with children and  other family members. The Company's outlet
centers were among the first in the industry to include recreational  facilities
and conveniences such as food courts, automated teller machines and playgrounds.
The  Company believes that these amenities  serve an important role in extending
the length of customers' visits and promoting repeat trips to its outlet centers
by making the outlet center an attractive destination for both shoppers and non-
shoppers.
 
    The Company typically obtains  leasing commitments for a  large part of  the
space   in  each  outlet   center  before  acquiring   the  site  and  beginning
construction.  The  Company  generally  begins  construction,  other  than  site
development  work, only after it obtains leasing commitments for at least 50% of
the space in the first phase of a new outlet center.
 
    The Company's  outlet centers  are constructed  using high-quality,  durable
materials  designed for longevity with  minimal maintenance. Construction of the
first phase of an outlet  center generally has taken  seven to nine months  from
ground-breaking until the opening of the first merchant store. Management of the
Company  works closely with lead merchants  during all phases of the development
of an  outlet center,  including  site selection,  design and  marketing.  After
identifying  an  acceptable site,  the Company  typically  obtains an  option to
acquire the site which allows the Company to complete pre-development work, such
as  title   searches,   soil  analysis,   environmental   studies,   preliminary
architectural  design and site planning  without risking significant capital. In
lieu of entering into an  option to acquire a  site, the Company typically  will
enter  into a contract to acquire the  site when the Company determines that any
forfeitable deposit  or  damages are  no  greater  than the  option  payment  it
otherwise would have incurred had it entered into an option. The Company employs
its  own construction managers to  arrange for and supervise  all aspects of the
construction of a new outlet center. Construction managers spend the majority of
their time in  the field, working  with construction contractors  who are  hired
locally  by the Company for each project. Management believes that this approach
reduces construction costs, makes the  process more efficient, and benefits  the
relationship between the Company and the local community.
 
    New  space typically is delivered to merchants as a "vanilla box," meaning a
space with finished demising partitions,  bathrooms and a finished ceiling.  The
merchant  has  the latitude  to make  its own  modifications within  this space,
subject to the Company's approval. Generally,  the Company may provide a  tenant
allowance  for new  merchants at  an outlet  center as  part of  such merchant's
initial lease. The actual amount of  the tenant allowance varies depending on  a
number  of factors, including the amount of  GLA leased, the phase of the center
being leased and the market conditions and overall performance of the center. As
a general  policy, the  Company does  not provide  any other  lease  incentives,
concessions or abatements.
 
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    LEASE TERMS.
 
    In  general, the leases relating to the Company's outlet centers have a term
of five to seven years. Most leases provide for the payment of percentage  rents
for  annual sales  in excess of  certain thresholds. In  addition, the Company's
typical leases provide  for the recovery  of all of  a merchant's  proportionate
share  of actual common area maintenance ("CAM"), refuse removal, insurance, and
real estate taxes as well as a  collection for advertising and promotion and  an
administrative  fee. CAM includes such items as common area utilities, security,
parking  lot  cleaning,  maintenance  and   repair  of  common  areas,   capital
replacement   reserves,  landscaping,  seasonal   decorations,  public  restroom
maintenance and certain administrative expenses.
 
    MERCHANTS.
 
    In management's view, the merchant mix is one of the most important  factors
in  promoting an outlet center's success. Virtually all aspects of the Company's
outlet centers, ranging from site selection to architectural design, are planned
to attract and retain a diverse mix of nationally and internationally recognized
manufacturers of upscale designer and brand-name products.
 
    Crucial to the development of a  new outlet center is having lead  merchants
committed  to the outlet center early in the process. In management's view, lead
merchants are  manufacturers that  during the  development of  an outlet  center
attract  other  high-quality manufacturers  to the  outlet  center and  ensure a
well-balanced and diversified mix  of merchants that  will attract consumers  to
the  outlet  center. For  the three  months ended  March 31,  1996, no  group of
merchants under  common  control accounted  for  more  than 6.0%  of  the  gross
revenues  of the Company or,  at March 31, 1996, occupied  more than 7.3% of the
total GLA of the Company.
 
    The following list  includes some  of the  lead merchants  in the  Company's
outlet centers based on leases executed as of March 31, 1996:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  NUMBER        % OF LEASED
MERCHANT                                                         OF STORES          GLA
- ------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------  -------------
<S>                                                           <C>              <C>
PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN (1)
  BASS......................................................            15           2.44%
  VAN HEUSEN................................................            15           1.59%
  GEOFFREY BEENE............................................            17           1.83%
  IZOD......................................................            12           0.61%
  GANT......................................................             5           0.34%
                                                                       ---          -----
    SUBTOTAL PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN............................            64           6.81%
DRESS BARN, INC.
  WESTPORT, LTD./WESTPORT WOMAN.............................            18           3.01%
  SBX.......................................................             2           0.22%
                                                                       ---          -----
    SUBTOTAL DRESS BARN.....................................            20           3.23%
CASUAL CORNER GROUP, INC.
  CASUAL CORNER OUTLET......................................            15           1.68%
  CASUAL CORNER WOMAN.......................................             6           0.38%
  PETITE SOPHISTICATE.......................................            14           0.87%
                                                                       ---          -----
    SUBTOTAL CASUAL CORNER GROUP, INC.......................            35           2.93%
SARA LEE
  L'EGGS/HANES/BALI /PLAYTEX................................            14           1.56%
  CHAMPION..................................................             5           0.41%
  COACH LEATHER.............................................             7           0.44%
  SARA LEE BAKERY...........................................             1           0.06%
  SOCKS GALORE..............................................             1           0.03%
                                                                       ---          -----
    SUBTOTAL SARA LEE.......................................            28           2.50%
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  NUMBER        % OF LEASED
MERCHANT                                                         OF STORES          GLA
- ------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------  -------------
<S>                                                           <C>              <C>
VF CORPORATION
  VANITY FAIR/LEE/WRANGLER..................................             4           1.81%
  BARBIZON..................................................             2           0.11%
                                                                       ---          -----
    SUBTOTAL VF CORPORATION.................................             6           1.92%
MIKASA......................................................            13           2.56%
BUGLE BOY...................................................            15           2.23%
OSHKOSH B'GOSH/GENUINE KIDS.................................            20           1.96%
DESIGNS, INC./BOSTON TRADER.................................             9           1.91%
READING CHINA & GLASS.......................................             3           1.77%
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA.........................................             9           1.60%
CORNING-REVERE..............................................            13           1.58%
CARTERS.....................................................            12           1.55%
JONES NEW YORK/EVAN PICONE..................................            20           1.54%
ANNTAYLOR/ANNTAYLOR LOFT....................................             8           1.48%
COUNTY SEAT.................................................             6           1.07%
REEBOK......................................................             5           1.06%
OFF 5TH (SAKS FIFTH AVENUE).................................             2           0.94%
NIKE........................................................             4           0.93%
GUESS?......................................................             7           0.92%
JOCKEY......................................................            10           0.86%
DANSKIN.....................................................             7           0.85%
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS...................................             7           0.71%
LEVI'S/DOCKERS OUTLET.......................................             6           0.68%
ESPRIT......................................................             3           0.67%
POLO/RALPH LAUREN...........................................             3           0.66%
BROOKS BROTHERS.............................................             5           0.64%
EDDIE BAUER.................................................             3           0.57%
SONY........................................................             4           0.54%
J. CREW.....................................................             3           0.46%
HE-RO GROUP.................................................             4           0.46%
DONNA KARAN.................................................             3           0.32%
BOSE........................................................             3           0.28%
TOMMY HILFIGER..............................................             3           0.26%
NORDIC TRACK................................................             4           0.26%
LAURA ASHLEY................................................             2           0.21%
ELLEN TRACY.................................................             2           0.16%
ANNE KLEIN..................................................             2           0.16%
NAUTICA.....................................................             2           0.14%
FIRST CHOICE/ESCADA.........................................             2           0.08%
                                                                       ---          -----
TOTAL.......................................................           377          49.45%
                                                                       ---          -----
                                                                       ---          -----
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTE:
 
(1)   In  an  effort  to  position   itself  for  future  growth  and  increased
    profitability,  Phillips-Van   Heusen  Corporation   ("PVH")  announced   in
    September  1995 the closing of approximately  200 of its approximately 1,000
    outlet stores. PVH  did not  specifically identify the  stores involved  but
    indicated  the closings  will occur over  the next  several years, targeting
    underperforming stores.  Three PVH  stores aggregating  approximately  9,500
    square feet of GLA have been closed at the Company's outlet centers pursuant
    to  early termination  rights in such  leases. The Company  has executed new
    leases for most of such space.
 
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    Based on  ongoing discussions  with PVH's  management the  Company does  not
    believe  that any store closings stemming from this announcement will have a
    material  effect  on  the  Company's  results  of  operations  or  financial
    condition.  PVH also indicated that it would  continue to open new stores in
    the strongest  outlet  centers  at appropriate  distances  from  traditional
    retail  malls. PVH's management continues to work with the Company on future
    outlet store openings.
 
    Lead merchants are placed in strategic locations designed to draw  customers
into the outlet center and to encourage them to shop at more than one store. The
Company  continually examines the placement of merchants within each center and,
in collaboration with  its merchants,  adjusts the  size and  location of  their
space within the center to improve sales per square foot.
 
    The  Company identifies merchants with potential credit problems at an early
stage by closely monitoring every merchant's performance. The Company has worked
successfully to limit  its delinquencies and  bad debt losses.  During the  year
ended  December 31,  1995, total  bad debt  expense was  approximately $346,000.
During  the  quarter  ended  March  31,   1996,  total  bad  debt  expense   was
approximately $224,000. The Company has not lost any material revenue related to
merchant bankruptcies or other lease defaults.
 
    THE MANUFACTURERS FORUM-REGISTERED TRADEMARK-.
 
    Management  has developed close working  relationships with its merchants to
understand  and  better  anticipate  the  merchants'  immediate  and   long-term
merchandising strategies and retail space requirements. To this end, in 1989 the
Company   established   The   Manufacturers   Forum-Registered   Trademark-,  an
organization of  over  100 manufacturers  that  conducts between  four  and  six
industry meetings per year on the factory outlet center industry -- two of which
meetings  are held  at semi-annual conventions.  The meetings  are organized and
hosted by executives of the Company  and are attended by senior executives  from
the  member  manufacturers.  Industry experts  are  invited to  attend  as guest
speakers to  discuss ideas,  trends,  data and  other  issues pertinent  to  the
ongoing growth of the outlet center business.
 
    The   Manufacturers   Forum-Registered  Trademark-   was  developed   as  an
educational tool for both  the Company and the  member merchants, including  new
manufacturers  that are investigating opening outlet stores, and allows both the
Company and member merchants  to stay up-to-date with  changes in the  industry.
Topics  discussed  at  The  Manufacturers  Forum-Registered  Trademark-  lead to
stronger  relationships  with  key  merchants  and  a  shared  vision  with  the
manufacturers as to future growth of the industry.
 
    PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
 
    In  order to ensure that the outlet  centers are maintained according to the
Company's standards, the Company manages all of its outlet centers with  on-site
property  management  staff. Members  of  the property  management  team closely
monitor the  sales  performance of  each  merchant. Monthly  sales  reports  are
prepared  on a  merchant-by-merchant basis for  each outlet center.  The data is
analyzed for  trends  and merchants  are  evaluated on  their  performance.  The
management  team  holds both  formal  and informal  communication  sessions with
merchants throughout  the year  and  is involved  in promotions  and  marketing.
Property  managers  and  marketing directors  work  with the  Advisory  Board to
systematically review merchant  performance, merchandising mix  and layout  with
leasing  representatives of  the Company  in order  to improve  sales per square
foot.
 
    The Company works continually to preserve and enhance its relationships with
its merchants by  providing a high  level of merchant  services at each  center.
On-site  property  managers  are  trained to  maintain  uniform  quality through
rigorous property  maintenance which  seeks  to ensure  attractive  landscaping,
cleanliness and appropriate security measures.
 
    Merchants  are responsible  for their  own utilities.  They also  are billed
monthly for their proportionate share of CAM expenses and other expenses such as
insurance, property taxes and advertising and promotion expenses related to  the
property. Maintenance is important to merchants who want their brand names to be
associated with an attractive environment and to upscale consumers who prefer to
shop  in a pleasant setting. The Company believes that its consistent ability to
provide well-managed centers  is a  central factor in  the loyalty  of its  core
merchant group.
 
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    In  addition  to  the  on-site  staff, the  Company  employs  a  Director of
Operations, located at the Company's headquarters in Baltimore, to supervise the
on-site management personnel and to develop Company policies and procedures with
respect to its Properties.
 
    LEASING ACTIVITIES.
 
    The Company's leasing activities are conducted by a dedicated leasing  staff
of  ten professionals, staffed by region. The Company strives to keep its outlet
centers fully leased while  obtaining the maximum amount  of rent for its  space
throughout  the year. Leasing personnel also  are actively involved in assisting
the Company  in identifying  new markets  in which  the Company  may acquire  or
develop  new outlet centers.  After a site is  identified, the leasing personnel
work with the Company's merchants to meet the Company's goal of generally having
leasing commitments for at  least 50% of  the GLA of  a project before  starting
construction,  other than  site development work,  on the outlet  center. Once a
property opens, leasing personnel continue to evaluate the merchant mix at  each
outlet  center to determine  whether the outlet center  is obtaining the maximum
amount of rent for its  space. They also prepare to  fill space that may  become
available upon expiration of a lease.
 
    MARKETING.
 
    The  Company actively markets its outlet centers to the general public. Each
outlet center  has an  on-site marketing  manager to  implement a  comprehensive
marketing  program and to continuously measure  and evaluate the results of each
component of the program. Merchants contribute promotional and advertising funds
that are  used to  promote  the outlet  centers through  billboard  advertising,
direct-mail   promotions,  brochures  distributed  at  rest  stops  and  tourist
information centers, and  advertisements in tourist  and regional  publications.
The  on-site  marketing  managers  also  arrange  for  radio  and  limited local
television advertising. The  outlet centers  are frequently  advertised in  both
local  newspapers and in  national publications. Grand  opening celebrations and
advertising campaigns, which often include local radio and television  coverage,
are  organized for the  grand opening of  each new outlet  center and subsequent
phases.
 
    In addition  to  the  on-site  staff, the  Company  employs  a  Director  of
Marketing,  located at the Company's headquarters in Baltimore, to supervise the
on-site marketing  personnel  and to  develop  national marketing  programs  and
policies  for  its  Properties.  The Director  of  Marketing  also  arranges bus
charters and coordinates with  tour operators who schedule  group visits to  the
Properties.  The  Company also  employs  regional marketing  directors  for each
region of the country. All of  the Company's marketing activities are  monitored
and reviewed at least quarterly by the Advisory Board.
 
                            PORTFOLIO OF PROPERTIES
                             (AS OF MARCH 31, 1996)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                           NUMBER
                                                     OWNERSHIP                GRAND OPENING   GLA (SQ.    OF STORES
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS                             INTEREST (1)      PHASE         DATE         FT.)       OPENED
- ------------------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                               <C>              <C>        <C>             <C>        <C>
Warehouse Row Factory Shops (2)(3)                         99%         I      November 1989      95,000          28
 Chattanooga, Tennessee                                    65%        II       August 1993       26,000           6
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                121,000          34
San Marcos Factory Shops                                  100%         I       August 1990      177,000          57
 San Marcos, Texas                                                    II       August 1991       67,000          18
                                                                      III      August 1993      117,000          26
                                                                     IIIB     November 1994      20,000           2
                                                                     IIIC     November 1995      35,000           2
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                416,000         105
Gulf Coast Factory Shops                                  100%         I       October 1991     187,000          57
 Ellenton, Florida                                                    II       August 1993      123,000          33
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                310,000          90
Triangle Factory Shops                                    100%         I       October 1991     181,000          45
 Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
 
<CAPTION>
                                                    PERCENTAGE
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS                              LEASED (11)
- ------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>                                               <C>
Warehouse Row Factory Shops (2)(3)                          92%
 Chattanooga, Tennessee                                     94
                                                           ---
                                                            93
San Marcos Factory Shops                                    99
 San Marcos, Texas                                          93
                                                           100
                                                            91
                                                           100
                                                           ---
                                                            98
Gulf Coast Factory Shops                                    99
 Ellenton, Florida                                          99
                                                           ---
                                                            99
Triangle Factory Shops                                     100
 Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
</TABLE>
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                           NUMBER
                                                     OWNERSHIP                GRAND OPENING   GLA (SQ.    OF STORES
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS                             INTEREST (1)      PHASE         DATE         FT.)       OPENED
- ------------------------------------------------  ---------------  ---------  --------------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                               <C>              <C>        <C>             <C>        <C>
Coral Isle Factory Shops (4)                              100%         I      December 1991      94,000          31
 Naples/Marco Island, Florida                                         II      December 1992      32,000          10
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                126,000          41
Castle Rock Factory Shops (5)                             100%         I      November 1992     181,000          55
 Castle Rock, Colorado                                                II       August 1993       94,000          24
                                                                      III     November 1993      95,000          29
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                370,000         108
Ohio Factory Shops (5)                                    100%         I        July 1993       186,000          53
 Jeffersonville, Ohio                                                 II      November 1993     100,000          23
                                                                      IIB     November 1994      13,000           3
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                299,000          79
Gainesville Factory Shops                                 100%         I       August 1993      210,000          62
 Gainesville, Texas                                                   II      November 1994     106,000          25
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                316,000          87
Nebraska Crossing Factory Shops (4)                       100%         I       October 1993     192,000          53
 Gretna, Nebraska
Oxnard Factory Outlet (6)                                  30%         I        June 1994       148,000          36
 Oxnard, California
Grove City Factory Shops (7)                               50%         I       August 1994      235,000          72
 Grove City, Pennsylvania                                             II      November 1994      95,000          21
                                                                      III     November 1995      85,000          20
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                415,000         113
Huntley Factory Shops                                     100%         I       August 1994      192,000          51
 Huntley, Illinois                                                    II      November 1995      90,000          13
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                282,000          64
Florida Keys Factory Shops                                100%         I      September 1994    208,000          56
 Florida City, Florida
Indiana Factory Shops                                     100%         I      November 1994     208,000          51
 Daleville, Indiana
Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops (8)                          100%         I        July 1995       238,000          66
 Darien, Georgia                                                      IIA     November 1995      56,000           5
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                                294,000          71
Arizona Factory Shops (9)                                  50%         I      September 1995    217,000          62
 Phoenix, Arizona
Gulfport Factory Shops (10)                               100%         I      November 1995     228,000          60
 Gulfport, Mississippi
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                           TOTAL FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS (12)  4,331,000       1,155
                                                                                              ---------       -----
                                                                                              ---------       -----
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                    PERCENTAGE
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS                              LEASED (11)
- ------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>                                               <C>
Coral Isle Factory Shops (4)                               100%
 Naples/Marco Island, Florida                              100
                                                           ---
                                                           100
Castle Rock Factory Shops (5)                              100
 Castle Rock, Colorado                                      99
                                                           100
                                                           ---
                                                           100
Ohio Factory Shops (5)                                      98
 Jeffersonville, Ohio                                       98
                                                           100
                                                           ---
                                                            98
Gainesville Factory Shops                                   92
 Gainesville, Texas                                         92
                                                           ---
                                                            92
Nebraska Crossing Factory Shops (4)                         96
 Gretna, Nebraska
Oxnard Factory Outlet (6)                                   94
 Oxnard, California
Grove City Factory Shops (7)                               100
 Grove City, Pennsylvania                                  100
                                                           100
                                                           ---
                                                           100
Huntley Factory Shops                                       98
 Huntley, Illinois                                          57
                                                           ---
                                                            85
Florida Keys Factory Shops                                  89
 Florida City, Florida
Indiana Factory Shops                                       87
 Daleville, Indiana
Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops (8)                            91
 Darien, Georgia                                            50
                                                           ---
                                                            83
Arizona Factory Shops (9)                                   94
 Phoenix, Arizona
Gulfport Factory Shops (10)                                 92
 Gulfport, Mississippi
                                                           ---
                                                            94%
                                                           ---
                                                           ---
 
NEW CENTERS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AND SCHEDULED OPENING DATES (13)
- ------------------------------------------------
Buckeye Factory Shops                                                         November 1996     205,000
 Medina County, Ohio
Carolina Factory Shops                                                        November 1996     235,000
 Gaffney, South Carolina
 
<CAPTION>
NEW CENTERS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AND SCHEDULED OPENING DATES (13)
- ------------------------------------------------
Buckeye Factory Shops
 Medina County, Ohio
Carolina Factory Shops
 Gaffney, South Carolina
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTES:
 
 (1) This percentage represents the Company's ownership interest in the Property
     Partnership that directly owns or leases the Property indicated.
 
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 (2) The  Company owns a 2% partnership interest  as the sole general partner in
     Phase I of this property but is entitled to 99% of the property's operating
     cash flow and net  proceeds from a sale  or refinancing. Ford Motor  Credit
     Company  holds a 35%  limited partnership interest and  the Company holds a
     65% general partnership interest in the  partnership that owns Phase II  of
     this property.
 
 (3) Phase  I of this mixed-use development also includes 154,000 square feet of
     office space and Phase II also includes 5,000 square feet of office  space.
     The  total office space  of 159,000 square  feet of GLA  is not included in
     this table and such space was 100% leased as of March 31, 1996.
 
 (4) Acquired by the Company from  unrelated third parties upon consummation  of
     the Initial Public Offering.
 
 (5) The Company acquired the remaining 60% interest of an unrelated third party
     upon consummation of the Initial Public Offering.
 
 (6) On  September 30, 1994, the Company purchased a 30% interest from unrelated
     third parties  in the  joint  venture partnership  that owns  this  factory
     outlet center.
 
 (7) The  Company owns  50% of  this factory  outlet center  in a  joint venture
     partnership with an unrelated third party. The Company has entered into  an
     agreement  dated  as of  May  6, 1996  with  its joint  venture  partner to
     purchase all of the joint venture partner's ownership interest on or before
     February 28, 1997. Following the  completion of such purchase, the  Company
     will  own  100% of  this  Property. No  assurance  can be  given  that this
     transaction will be consummated as scheduled. See "Business and  Properties
     -- Grove City Factory Shops."
 
 (8) The  Property Partnership  operates this  Property pursuant  to a long-term
     lease under which the Property Partnership receives the economic benefit of
     a 100% ownership interest. See  "Business and Properties -- Magnolia  Bluff
     Factory Shops."
 
 (9) The  Company owns  50% of  this factory  outlet center  in a  joint venture
     partnership with an unrelated third party.
 
(10) The real property on  which this outlet center is  located is subject to  a
    long-term  ground  lease.  The Property  Partnership  receives  the economic
    benefit of  a  100% ownership  interest.  See "Business  and  Properties  --
    Gulfport Factory Shops."
 
(11)  Fully executed leases as of March 31,  1996 as a percent of square feet of
    GLA.
 
(12) The Company  also owns  three community centers  containing 424,000  square
    feet of GLA in the aggregate that were 96% leased as of March 31, 1996.
 
(13)  No assurance can be given that these factory outlet centers will be opened
    on schedule with the indicated GLA.
 
    The following is a  description of all of  the Company's outlet centers  and
the  office component at  Warehouse Row Factory Shops.  The Company (directly or
indirectly) owns  100%  of the  interests  in Property  Partnerships  which  own
thirteen of the seventeen Properties. The Company participates in joint ventures
with  third  party  developers with  respect  to the  remaining  four Properties
(Warehouse Row Factory Shops,  Grove City Factory  Shops, Arizona Factory  Shops
and  Oxnard Factory  Outlet). All  of the Properties  are owned  by the Property
Partnerships in  fee simple  except Magnolia  Bluff Factory  Shops and  Gulfport
Factory Shops (the ownership of which is described below).
 
    WAREHOUSE  ROW FACTORY  SHOPS.   This outlet  center is  located in downtown
Chattanooga, Tennessee one-half mile from  the Market Street exit on  Interstate
24,  approximately 100 miles north of Atlanta.  The outlet center is a certified
historic restoration of former  warehouse properties. Phase  I of the  mixed-use
development  contains 95,000 square feet of retail space and 154,000 square feet
of multi-tenant  Class A  office space  constructed  on 2.2  acres. Phase  I  of
Warehouse  Row Factory Shops opened in November  1989 and, as of March 31, 1996,
was 92% leased to 28  outlet center merchants. The  office component of Phase  I
has  an entrance  on the main  level and occupies  the top three  floors of this
project. The principal tenants  of the office component,  which as of March  31,
1996  was 100% leased, are the Tennessee  Valley Authority and the United States
Attorney's Office. Phase II of the outlet center is located on four acres across
the street from Phase I and contains 26,000 square feet of retail space and,  as
of  March 31, 1996  was 94% leased to  6 outlet center  merchants. Phase II also
contains 5,000 square feet  of office space  and as of March  31, 1996 was  100%
 
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leased to five tenants. Pursuant to existing lease agreements until 2004, 71% of
the  office space  in Phases  I and II  of the  project will  remain leased. The
Company owns a multi-story parking garage  adjacent to the center pursuant to  a
ground  lease with the City of  Chattanooga. The nearest competing outlet center
is located 30 miles from this outlet center.
 
    Warehouse Row Factory  Shops Phase I  was financed, in  part, with an  Urban
Development  Action Grant Loan in the  principal amount of $4,650,000 (the "UDAG
Loan"). In addition  to certain fixed  payments of principal  and interest,  the
UDAG  Loan entitles the City of Chattanooga  to contingent interest equal to 25%
of net cash flow from  the project after a preferred  return of 15% per year  on
the  cash invested in this phase in excess of any debt financing to the partners
of the Property Partnerships  and to 25%  of the net proceeds  from any sale  or
refinancing  of this  Property after  repayment of  the cash  equity invested in
Phase I. Because of the preferred return, management believes that no contingent
interest will accrue under the UDAG Loan for the foreseeable future. Phase I  is
owned  by  Property  Partnerships  in which  the  Company  holds  2% partnership
interests as the sole general  partner. These partnership interests entitle  the
Company  to 99% of the Property's  operating cash flow. Certain limited partners
of the Property Partnerships have significant interests in the net proceeds from
any disposition of this outlet center.  The Company has no current intention  to
sell  this Property  and is  prohibited from  selling this  property without the
consent of such limited partners prior to December 31, 1996. After December  31,
1996,  the  Operating  Partnership may  purchase  the interest  of  such limited
partners for a purchase price equal to the fair market value of a 1% interest in
these Property Partnerships. An  affiliate of the  Selling Stockholder owns  the
remaining interest not owned by the Company in one of the partnerships.
 
    Warehouse Row Factory Shops Phase II was financed through a partnership with
Ford  Motor  Credit  Company. Ford  Motor  Credit  Company holds  a  35% limited
partnership interest and the Company holds a 65% general partnership interest in
such partnership. Prior to  any distribution to the  Company, Ford Motor  Credit
Company  is entitled to receive annually $211,050. Upon the sale or financing of
such property, Ford Motor Credit Company is entitled to receive the proceeds  of
such  sale or financing up to  $2,765,000 plus the cumulative difference between
the actual  amounts  annually  distributed  to Ford  Motor  Credit  Company  and
$211,050 per year.
 
    The  Company owns a multi-story parking garage containing 462 parking spaces
at this outlet center that is operated by Central Parking, an unrelated  parking
garage  operator. The net revenue from the  parking garage for the quarter ended
March 31,  1996  and for  the  year ended  December  31, 1995  was  $36,495  and
$109,195,  respectively.  The land  on which  the parking  garage is  located is
leased by the  Company from the  City of  Chattanooga pursuant to  a fully  paid
ground  lease. The  initial term of  this lease  expired on April  30, 1995. The
Company has an option to  purchase this land for a  fixed price of $658,100.  In
connection with the proposed development of Phase III of the center, the City of
Chattanooga and the Company are negotiating an extension of the lease and option
to  purchase as one  of the public  incentives to induce  the Company to develop
Phase III.
 
    SAN MARCOS FACTORY SHOPS.  This outlet center is located on 56 acres in  San
Marcos,  Texas  at the  intersection  of Interstate  35  and Center  Point Road,
approximately 30 miles south of Austin, the state capital, and 50 miles north of
San Antonio. This  center opened in  August 1990 and  was developed in  multiple
phases.  As of March 31, 1996 the center consisted of 416,000 square feet of GLA
and was 98% leased  to 105 merchants.  Attached to the  center is an  additional
60,000  square  feet of  GLA  on seven  acres,  owned by  VF  Corporation, which
manufactures such  brand  names as  Lee,  Wrangler  Jeans and  Vanity  Fair.  VF
Corporation  contributes contracted amounts  to the common  area maintenance and
marketing of the outlet center pursuant to a reciprocal easement agreement.  The
nearest  competing outlet center is located  at the same interstate intersection
as San Marcos Factory Shops and there is another competing outlet center located
within 12 miles.
 
    The Company intends to expand this  outlet center by the construction of  an
interactive  Sports Court during 1996 and 1997.  The Sports Court is expected to
contain  approximately  100,000  square  feet  of  GLA  at  a  total   estimated
construction  cost of $12,150,000.  Financing for this  project will be provided
primarily through one or  more facilities contemplated by  the 1996 Nomura  Loan
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given  that the Sports Court  will be constructed on  schedule or that the total
estimated construction costs will not be exceeded. The Sports Court will feature
a collection  of  factory direct  shops  offering value-priced  sports  apparel,
equipment  and footwear. The common areas of  the Sports Court will include such
amenities as a basketball court, athletic  field and putting greens designed  to
induce  interactive shopper participation  by providing shoppers  with the means
and space to test the sports merchandise and equipment being offered for sale by
Sports Court merchants.
 
    A partnership of PGI and certain other parties owns 63 acres of  undeveloped
land across Interstate 35 from San Marcos Factory Shops. The Company has a right
of  first refusal to purchase the land  from that partnership if the partnership
intends to sell the land for retail use. The Company has no plans at present  to
develop this tract.
 
    GULF  COAST FACTORY  SHOPS.  This  outlet center  is located on  48 acres in
Ellenton, Florida at the intersection of Interstate 75 and Highway 301, 40 miles
south of Tampa/St. Petersburg and 20 miles north of Sarasota. The center  opened
in  October 1991 and has been developed in two phases. As of March 31, 1996, the
center contained 310,000 square feet of GLA and was 99% leased to 90  merchants.
See  "-- Expansions under Construction." The  nearest competing outlet center is
located 12 miles from this outlet center.
 
    TRIANGLE FACTORY  SHOPS.   This outlet  center  is located  on 25  acres  in
Morrisville,  North Carolina  at the intersection  of Interstate  40 and Airport
Boulevard, 16 miles northwest of Raleigh and 11 miles southeast of Durham.  This
property was originally a mall containing 134,000 square feet of GLA occupied by
discount  retailers. The  Company acquired  this property  on February  5, 1991,
substantially renovated the  structure, expanded  it to 181,000  square feet  of
GLA,  converted the mall to  a factory outlet center  and re-leased the space to
manufacturers.  See  "--  Expansions  under  Construction."  The  outlet  center
re-opened  in October  1991 and,  as of March  31, 1996,  was 100%  leased to 45
merchants. The nearest  competing outlet center  is located 40  miles from  this
outlet center.
 
    CORAL ISLE FACTORY SHOPS.  This outlet center was acquired in March 1994 and
is  located on 20 acres in Marco Island,  Florida on Route 951, one mile west of
Highway 41, approximately 20 miles south  of Naples, Florida. The center  opened
in December 1991 and has been developed in two phases. As of March 31, 1996, the
center contained 126,000 square feet of GLA and was 100% leased to 41 merchants.
The nearest competing outlet center is located 40 miles from this outlet center.
 
    CASTLE  ROCK FACTORY SHOPS.   This outlet  center is located  on 44 acres in
Castle Rock, Colorado at the intersection of Interstate 25 and Meadows  Parkway,
30  miles south of downtown  Denver and 40 miles  north of Colorado Springs. The
center opened in November  1992 and has  been developed in  three phases. As  of
March  31, 1996, the  center contained 370,000  square feet of  GLA and was 100%
leased to 108 merchants. The Company  developed this factory outlet center in  a
joint  venture with an unrelated third party  and acquired the third party's 60%
interest in March 1994. The nearest competing outlet center is located 75  miles
from this outlet center.
 
    OHIO  FACTORY  SHOPS.    This  outlet  center  is  located  on  51  acres in
Jeffersonville, Ohio at  the intersection of  Interstate 71 and  U.S. Route  35,
approximately  36 miles south of  Columbus, 52 miles north  of Cincinnati and 34
miles east of Dayton. The center opened  in July 1993 and has been developed  in
two  phases. As of March  31, 1996, the center  contained 299,000 square feet of
GLA and was 98% leased to 79 merchants. See "-- Expansions under  Construction."
The  Company developed  this factory  outlet center in  a joint  venture with an
unrelated third party and acquired the third party's 60% interest in March 1994.
The nearest  competing outlet  center is  located four  miles from  this  outlet
center.
 
    GAINESVILLE  FACTORY SHOPS.  This  outlet center is located  on 129 acres in
Gainesville, Texas at  the intersection  of Interstate  35 and  Route 1202,  two
miles  north of Highway 82,  approximately 60 miles north  of Dallas, Texas. The
center opened in August 1993 and has  been developed in two phases. As of  March
31,  1996, the center contained 316,000 square feet of GLA and was 92% leased to
87 merchants. The nearest competing outlet center is located 30 miles from  this
outlet center.
 
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    NEBRASKA  CROSSING FACTORY  SHOPS.  This  outlet center was  acquired by the
Company in March 1994 and  is located on 46 acres  near Gretna, Nebraska at  the
intersection  of Interstate  80 and Highway  31, approximately 25  miles west of
Omaha and 35 miles east  of Lincoln. The center opened  in October 1993 and  has
been  developed in one phase. As of March 31, 1996, the center contained 192,000
square feet of GLA  and was 96%  leased to 53  merchants. The nearest  competing
outlet center is located 60 miles from this outlet center.
 
    OXNARD  FACTORY OUTLET.   This outlet center is  located on approximately 14
acres in Oxnard,  California on  Highway 101,  the "Ventura  Freeway", 40  miles
northwest  of Los Angeles. The center opened in June 1994 and has been developed
in one phase. As of March 31, 1996, the center contained 148,000 square feet  of
GLA and was 94% leased to 36 merchants. This property was developed by unrelated
third  parties. In September  1994, the Company  acquired a 30%  interest in the
partnership that owns this  factory outlet center, and  the Company manages  the
day-to-day operations of the center. Income and losses are allocated pursuant to
the  partnership agreement  which principally is  in relation  to each partner's
interest in the partnership. The nearest  competing outlet center is five  miles
from this outlet center.
 
    GROVE  CITY FACTORY SHOPS.   This outlet  center is located  on 121 acres in
Grove City, Pennsylvania at the intersection of Interstate 79 and Route 208,  40
miles  north of  Pittsburgh and  90 miles  east of  Cleveland, Ohio.  The center
opened in August 1994 and  has been developed in three  phases. As of March  31,
1996, the center contained 415,000 square feet of GLA and was 100% leased to 113
merchants.  The nearest  competing outlet  center is  85 miles  from this outlet
center.
 
    The Company and  the Grove City  Partner formed a  joint venture to  develop
this outlet center. Pursuant to the joint venture, the Grove City Partner agreed
to  finance the  total construction cost  of up  to $46.3 million  for the first
three phases  of  this center.  The  construction loan  is  secured by  a  first
mortgage  on the Property,  which bears interest  at LIBOR plus  1.0%, and has a
remaining term ranging from  two and one-half to  four years. A partnership  was
formed  to hold title to the Property and the Company and the Grove City Partner
each own 50% interests in the  partnership. The joint venture agreement  further
provides  that until December  31, 1997 neither  the Company nor  the Grove City
Partner will develop a  factory outlet center  within a 100  mile radius of  the
Grove  City Factory Shops or develop any other real estate project within a five
mile radius  of  such  project  without  first  offering  the  other  party  the
opportunity   to  participate   in  the   development  (i)   pursuant  to  terms
substantially similar to the terms of the Grove City Factory Shops joint venture
in the event the project would otherwise be wholly-owned by the Company or  (ii)
pursuant  to the terms offered  to any third party that  is contemplated to be a
joint venture partner in such  proposed project. This non-compete covenant  will
survive  in  accordance with  its terms  notwithstanding the  purchase described
below.
   
    On May 6,  1996, the Company  and the  Grove City Partner  entered into  
the Grove  City Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company has agreed, 
subject to certain conditions,  to purchase   on or  before February  28, 
1997 all of  the Grove City Partner's  ownership interest in Grove City 
Factory Shops Partnership,  the Property Partnership  which owns the  Grove 
City  Factory Shops. Following  the completion of  such transaction, the 
Company will own 100% of Grove City Factory Shops Partnership. As 
consideration for  the Grove  City Partner's partnership interest, the  
Company has agreed, at closing, to pay $8.0 million in cash  to the Grove 
City Partner  and to repay all of  the then  outstanding  indebtedness  
secured  by  Grove  City  Factory  Shops  which indebtedness is owed to the 
Grove City  Partner by the Grove City Factory  Shops Partnership.
    
    The Grove City Purchase Agreement also  provides for the Grove City  Partner
and  the Company to finance, develop and  construct a fourth phase of the center
which will contain  approximately 118,000 square  feet of GLA.  Under the  Grove
City  Purchase Agreement,  an affiliate  of the Grove  City Partner  will make a
construction loan to  the Company  in the  aggregate principal  amount of  $11.0
million  for the construction of Phase IV. Construction of Phase IV commenced in
May 1996 and is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 1996 at an
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any  construction costs in  excess of $11.0  million. No assurance  can be given
that this expansion will  be completed on schedule,  with the indicated GLA,  or
that the total estimated construction cost will not be exceeded.
   
    Under  the  Grove  City  Purchase Agreement,  if  the  Company  breaches 
any material representation,  warranty,  covenant or  agreement  or if  the  
Company defaults  under the Grove  City Purchase Agreement, the  Company is 
obligated to pay liquidated damages to the Grove City Partner in the amount 
of $2.0  million. In the event the Grove City Purchase Agreement is 
terminated for any reason of the Grove City Partner's default thereunder or a 
condemnation of or casualty to this property, the Grove City Partner will be 
entitled to the first $8.0 million of the proceeds of any subsequent sale of 
the property (after payment of outstanding indebtedness and return of capital 
contributions with respect to Phase IV). The Company will be entitled to 
receive the next $8.0 million of such proceeds and the balance of such 
proceeds, if any, will be distributed pro rata between the Company and the 
Grove City Partner based on their respective ownership interests in the 
Partnership.  No assurance can be given that conditions to the  Grove City 
Purchase  will be met  or that such  purchase will  be  completed.  
Specifically,  because the  Company  has  not  yet secured commitments to 
finance such transaction, management does not believe that the consummation  
of the  Grove City  Purchase is currently probable.
    
    HUNTLEY FACTORY  SHOPS.   This  outlet  center is  located  on 77  acres  in
Huntley,  Illinois at the intersection  of Interstate 90 and  Route 47, 50 miles
northwest of  downtown Chicago  and 30  miles east  of Rockford,  Illinois.  The
center  opened in August 1994 and has been  developed in two phases. As of March
31, 1996, the center contained 282,000 square feet of GLA and was 85% leased  to
64  merchants. The nearest competing outlet center  is 20 miles from this outlet
center.
 
    The Company has an option to acquire from a partnership affiliated with  PGI
up  to seven  acres to develop  additional phases  of this outlet  center for an
aggregate exercise price of approximately $750,000, although no assurance can be
given that  the  Company will  exercise  such options  or  construct  additional
phases.
 
    FLORIDA  KEYS FACTORY SHOPS.   This outlet center is  located on 46 acres in
Florida City, Florida at the intersection  and terminus of the Florida  Turnpike
and  Highway 1 (the entrance to the Florida  Keys), 35 miles south of Miami. The
center opened in September 1994 and has been developed in one phase. As of March
31, 1996, the center contained 208,000 square feet of GLA and was 89% leased  to
56 merchants. The nearest competing outlet center is 60 miles from this center.
 
    INDIANA  FACTORY  SHOPS.   This  outlet center  is  located on  61  acres in
Daleville, Indiana at the intersection of  Interstate 69 and Route 67, 34  miles
northeast of Indianapolis and 60 miles south of Fort Wayne. The center opened in
November  1994 and  has been  developed in one  phase. See  "-- Expansions under
Construction." As of March 31, 1996, the center contained 208,000 square feet of
GLA and was 87% leased to 51  merchants. The nearest competing outlet center  is
located 25 miles from this outlet center.
 
    MAGNOLIA  BLUFF FACTORY SHOPS.  This outlet center is located on 45 acres in
Darien, Georgia at  the intersection of  Interstate 95 and  Route 251, 45  miles
south  of Savannah,  Georgia and  80 miles  north of  Jacksonville, Florida. The
center opened in July 1995 and has been developed in two phases. As of March 31,
1996, the center contained 294,000 square feet  of GLA and was 83% leased to  71
merchants.  The nearest  competing outlet center  is located 12  miles from this
outlet center.
 
    The Company  leases  the  real property  and  improvements  comprising  this
factory outlet center from the local industrial development authority. The lease
expires  in 2008, at which point the  Company may purchase the real property and
improvements comprising this  factory outlet center  for nominal  consideration.
The  Company's  management  believes  that  the terms  of  this  lease  will not
materially limit the growth in cash flow to be received by the Company from this
property.
 
    ARIZONA FACTORY  SHOPS.   This  outlet  center is  located  on 55  acres  in
Phoenix,  Arizona at the intersection of Interstate 17 and Desert Hills Road, 30
miles north of  downtown Phoenix  and 95 miles  south of  Flagstaff. The  center
opened  in September 1995 and  has been developed in one  phase. As of March 31,
1996, the center contained 217,000 square feet  of GLA and was 94% leased to  62
merchants.  See "-- Expansions under Construction." The Company and an unrelated
third party jointly developed this center and each currently owns a 50% interest
in the partnership which  owns title to  this property. Under  the terms of  the
 
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partnership agreement, profits and losses are allocated to each partner based on
its relative partnership interest, after giving effect to any special allocation
provided  for in the partnership agreement.  The nearest competing outlet center
is located 30 miles from this outlet center.
 
    Pursuant to the  partnership agreement, the  Company's partner financed  the
total  construction cost of $25.1 million for this center. The construction loan
is secured by a first  mortgage on the property,  which bears interest at  LIBOR
plus  1.0%, and has  a remaining term  of five years.  The partnership agreement
further provides  that until  December 31,  1998, neither  the Company  nor  its
partner  will develop a  factory outlet center  within a 100  mile radius of the
Arizona Factory Shops  or develop any  other real estate  project within a  five
mile  radius  of  such  project  without  first  offering  the  other  party the
opportunity  to  participate   in  the   development  (i)   pursuant  to   terms
substantially  similar to  the terms  of the  Arizona Factory  Shops partnership
agreement in  the event  the  project would  otherwise  be wholly-owned  by  the
Company  or  (ii) pursuant  to  the terms  offered to  any  third party  that is
contemplated to be a partner in such proposed project.
 
    GULFPORT FACTORY  SHOPS.   This outlet  center is  located on  100 acres  in
Gulfport,  Mississippi at  the intersection  of Interstate  10 and  Route 49, 60
miles east of  New Orleans and  60 miles west  of Mobile. The  center opened  in
November  1995 and has  been developed in one  phase. As of  March 31, 1996, the
center contained 228,000 square feet of GLA and was 92% leased to 60  merchants.
See  "-- Expansions under Construction." The  nearest competing outlet center is
located 45 miles from this outlet center.
 
    The property on which this outlet center  is located is subject to a  ground
lease.  The lease expires in 2035,  subject to the Property Partnership's option
to renew the lease for an additional 25 years. The Company's management believes
that the terms of this lease will  not materially limit the growth in cash  flow
to be received by the Company from this property.
 
    FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
 
    The  Company has  commenced construction of  two new  factory outlet centers
containing approximately 440,000 square feet of  GLA that are scheduled to  open
in 1996.
 
    BUCKEYE  FACTORY SHOPS.  This outlet center will be located on approximately
44 acres in Medina County, Ohio at  the intersection of Interstate 71 and  Route
83,  40  miles southwest  of  Cleveland, 30  miles west  of  Akron and  35 miles
northeast of Mansfield. Phase  I is expected to  contain 205,000 square feet  of
GLA  at a total estimated  construction cost of $22,600,000  and is scheduled to
open by November  1996. Construction of  this outlet center  commenced in  April
1996.  No assurance can be given that  this outlet center will be constructed on
schedule or that the total estimated construction cost will not be exceeded. The
nearest competing outlet  center is  located 45  miles from  this outlet  center
site.
 
    CAROLINA FACTORY SHOPS.  This outlet center will be located on approximately
62  acres in Gaffney,  South Carolina at  the intersection of  Interstate 85 and
Route 105, 45 miles  southwest of Charlotte, 15  miles northeast of  Spartanburg
and  35 miles northeast  of Greenville. Phase  I is expected  to contain 235,000
square feet of GLA at a total estimated construction cost of $24,900,000 and  is
scheduled to open by November 1996. Construction of this outlet center commenced
in  March  1996. No  assurance  can be  given that  this  outlet center  will be
constructed on schedule or that the  total estimated construction cost will  not
be  exceeded. The nearest competing outlet center  is located 22 miles from this
outlet center site.
 
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    EXPANSIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 
    As of May  31, 1996, the  Company had the  following expansions to  existing
centers under construction:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            EXPECTED 1996
PROJECT                                                        LOCATION            PHASE    OPENING DATES      GLA
- -----------------------------------------------------  ------------------------  ---------  --------------  ---------
 
<S>                                                    <C>                       <C>        <C>             <C>
Grove City Factory Shops.............................  Grove City, PA               IV      4th Quarter       118,000
Arizona Factory Shops................................  Phoenix, AZ                  II      4th Quarter        95,000
Ohio Factory Shops...................................  Jeffersonville, OH          IIIA     3rd Quarter        35,000
Gulfport Factory Shops...............................  Gulfport, MS                 IIA     4th Quarter        35,000
Gulf Coast Factory Shops.............................  Ellenton, FL                 III     4th Quarter        30,000
Indiana Factory Shops................................  Daleville, IN                IIA     4th Quarter        28,000
Triangle Factory Shops...............................  Raleigh-Durham, NC           IIA     3rd Quarter         6,000
                                                                                                            ---------
                                                                                            Total             347,000
                                                                                                            ---------
                                                                                                            ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Other  planned expansions are in various stages of development and there can
be no assurance that any of these projects will be completed or opened, or  that
there  will not be delays  in the opening or completion  of any of these planned
expansions.
 
    The Company  expects  to  finance  a  significant  portion  of  its  planned
development  and expansion activity with the  proceeds of one or more facilities
contemplated by the 1996 Nomura Loan  Commitment and other financings. Based  on
the   Company's  construction  cost  experience   and  the  current  development
expectations for new factory outlet centers and planned expansions for 1996, the
Company estimates, as of  March 31, 1996, that  the aggregate remaining  capital
expenditures  for the new factory outlet centers and expansions expected to open
in 1996 range between approximately $75,000,000 and $95,000,000. If the  Company
is unable to obtain such financing, it may not be able to develop new centers or
expand  existing centers. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and  Results  of Operations  --  Liquidity and  Capital  Resources  --
Planned   Development"  for  additional   information  regarding  the  estimated
construction costs and financing plan.
 
    LEASE RENTALS AND OTHER TERMS FOR OUTLET CENTERS
 
    The following  table  sets forth  information  concerning the  average  base
rental  per square  foot of  leased GLA  of the  Company's outlet  centers as of
December 31 for  the years 1991  through 1995  and the quarter  ended March  31,
1996.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     WEIGHTED
                                                      AVERAGE                      AVERAGE BASE
                                                    SQUARE FEET  AVERAGE PERCENT    RENTAL PER
PERIOD                                               AVAILABLE    OF GLA LEASED     SQUARE FOOT
- --------------------------------------------------  -----------  ----------------  -------------
<S>                                                 <C>          <C>               <C>
Quarter ended March 31, 1996......................   4,331,000         94.45%        $   14.03
1995..............................................   3,633,606         95.10             14.10
1994..............................................   2,513,038         94.28             13.35
1993..............................................   1,193,259         92.95             13.60
1992..............................................     727,060         82.70             13.08
1991..............................................     392,209         76.86             12.32
</TABLE>
 
    Merchant  leases generally provide  for the payment  of percentage rents for
annual sales in excess of certain threshold amounts.
 
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    LEASE EXPIRATIONS AT OUTLET CENTERS
 
    The following table shows  lease expirations for the  next ten years at  the
Company's  seventeen outlet centers, not including office space at Warehouse Row
Factory Shops  (as  of  March  31,  1996  and  assuming  no  lease  renewals  or
extensions):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   LEASE EXPIRATIONS OUTLET CENTERS
                                     -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     % OF TOTAL
                                                                    ANNUALIZED       ANNUALIZED
                                       NUMBER OF                   MINIMUM RENT     MINIMUM RENT
                                        LEASES      APPROXIMATE    OF EXPIRING     REPRESENTED BY
YEAR                                   EXPIRING         GLA           LEASES      EXPIRING LEASES
- -----------------------------------  -------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------
<S>                                  <C>            <C>           <C>             <C>
1996...............................           87        255,956    $  3,199,185          5.38%
1997...............................           90        274,904       3,762,970          6.32%
1998...............................          148        470,174       7,249,938         12.18%
1999...............................          221        704,137      10,531,767         17.70%
2000...............................          287        884,101      13,753,643         23.11%
2001...............................          159        543,756       8,702,554         14.63%
2002...............................           77        239,499       4,083,019          6.86%
2003...............................           24        155,977       2,113,673          3.55%
2004...............................           39        232,757       2,929,913          4.92%
2005...............................           33        177,837       2,671,711          4.49%
</TABLE>
 
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING CERTAIN OF THE PROPERTIES
 
    As  of March  31, 1996,  each of  San Marcos  Factory Shops  and Castle Rock
Factory Shops, either had a book value equal to or greater than 10% of the total
assets of the Company  or gross revenues from  such Property accounted for  more
than  10% of the  Company's aggregate gross  revenues. Set forth  below for each
such property is  the following information:  (i) merchants that  occupy 10%  or
more of the GLA of each Property; (ii) average occupancy and average annual base
rent  per square foot for the previous five years (or such shorter period as the
center has been  open); (iii)  depreciation; (iv)  federal tax  basis; (v)  real
estate tax rates; and (vi) lease expirations for the next ten years (assuming no
lease renewals or extensions).
 
    SAN  MARCOS FACTORY SHOPS.  No single merchant occupies more than 10% of the
GLA at San Marcos Factory Shops. The average occupancy rates during the  quarter
ended March 31, 1996, and the years 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, and 1991 were 94.6%,
98.3%, 97.7%, 97.2%, 97.2%, and 82.8%, respectively, and the average annual base
rent  per square foot  of GLA during  those periods was  $14.54, $14.45, $13.97,
$14.34, $13.75, and $12.39, respectively.
 
    Depreciation on the project is computed using the Modified Accelerated  Cost
Recovery  System  under the  Code over  the  estimated useful  life of  the real
property and land  improvements which ranges  from 15 to  39 years. The  average
annual  rate for real property is 2.56% and a variable rate for land improvement
ranges from 2.95% to 9.5%. At March 31, 1996, the federal gross tax basis of the
depreciable real property and depreciable personal property associated with  the
Property  was $79,945,051. The real estate tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value
is $9.42 (net of real  property tax abatement) and  real estate tax expense  for
the  quarter  ended March  31, 1996  and the  year ended  December 31,  1995 was
$106,350 and $154,020, respectively.
 
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    The following table sets forth lease expiration data for San Marcos  Factory
Shops (as of March 31, 1996 and assuming no lease renewals or extensions):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               LEASE EXPIRATIONS SAN MARCOS FACTORY SHOPS
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                       % OF TOTAL
                                                                      ANNUALIZED       ANNUALIZED
                                                                     MINIMUM RENT     MINIMUM RENT
                                        NUMBER OF     APPROXIMATE    OF EXPIRING     REPRESENTED BY
YEAR                                 LEASES EXPIRING      GLA           LEASES      EXPIRING LEASES
- -----------------------------------  ---------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------
<S>                                  <C>              <C>           <C>             <C>
1996...............................            16          47,147    $    702,510         11.23%
1997...............................             5          11,470         198,250          3.17
1998...............................            18          67,034       1,044,228         16.70
1999...............................             9          24,019         412,618          6.60
2000...............................            31          96,113       1,591,659         25.45
2001...............................            13          72,491       1,202,137         19.22
2002...............................             7          10,694         219,459          3.51
2003...............................             4          15,709         293,538          4.69
2004...............................             2          35,994         379,197          6.06
2005...............................        --              --             --               --
</TABLE>
 
    CASTLE ROCK FACTORY SHOPS.  No single merchant occupies more than 10% of the
GLA at Castle Rock Factory Shops. The average occupancy rates during the quarter
ended  March 31, 1996 and the years 1995, 1994, 1993 and the two months in which
the center  was  open  in  1992  were 99.1%,  98.7%,  98.8%,  99.7%  and  99.6%,
respectively,  and the average  annual base rent  per square foot  of GLA during
those periods was $14.93, $14.71, $14.38, $14.31 and $13.45, respectively.
 
    Depreciation on the project is computed using the Modified Accelerated  Cost
Recovery  System  under the  Code over  the  estimated useful  life of  the real
property and land  improvements which ranges  from 15 to  39 years. The  average
annual  rate for real property is 2.56% and a variable rate for land improvement
ranges from 2.95% to 9.5%. At March 31, 1996, the federal gross tax basis of the
depreciable real property and depreciable personal property associated with  the
Property  was $44,059,019. The real estate tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value
is $89.09 and real estate tax expense  for the quarter ended March 31, 1996  and
for the year ended December 31, 1995 was $218,231 and $840,976, respectively.
 
    The following table sets forth lease expiration data for Castle Rock Factory
Shops (as of March 31, 1996 and assuming no lease renewals or extensions):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               LEASE EXPIRATIONS CASTLE ROCK FACTORY SHOPS
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                       % OF TOTAL
                                                                      ANNUALIZED       ANNUALIZED
                                                                     MINIMUM RENT     MINIMUM RENT
                                        NUMBER OF     APPROXIMATE    OF EXPIRING     REPRESENTED BY
YEAR                                 LEASES EXPIRING      GLA           LEASES      EXPIRING LEASES
- -----------------------------------  ---------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------
<S>                                  <C>              <C>           <C>             <C>
1996...............................             2           2,647    $     39,144          0.68%
1997...............................            35         117,286       1,735,408         29.98
1998...............................            22          69,730       1,164,469         20.12
1999...............................             8          19,458         330,010          5.70
2000...............................            23          67,458       1,179,996         20.39
2001...............................             9          27,262         522,548          9.03
2002...............................             5          22,043         316,844          5.47
2003...............................             3          33,482         385,113          6.65
2004...............................             2           7,041         114,138          1.97
2005...............................        --              --             --               --
</TABLE>
 
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COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTERS
 
    The following is a description of the three community shopping centers owned
by  the Company. All  of the Company's  community shopping centers  are owned in
fee. The  Company's management  believes  that each  of its  community  shopping
centers is adequately insured in accordance with industry standards.
 
    Melrose  Place  is  located on  1.6  acres  in Knoxville,  Tennessee  on Old
Kingston Pike along Interstate 40 and Kingston Pike, approximately 4 miles  west
of downtown Knoxville. The center opened in September 1987. The Shops at Western
Plaza  is located on approximately 14 acres on Old Kingston Pike, 3.5 miles west
of downtown Knoxville and 1.2 miles east of Melrose Place. The center  initially
was  completed in 1957 and  was substantially renovated and  expanded in 1987 to
its present size. Northgate Plaza is  located on 24 acres in Lombard,  Illinois,
at  the intersection of Interstate 355  and North Avenue, approximately 30 miles
west of downtown Chicago. The center opened in June 1992.
 
    The following table sets forth  certain summary information with respect  to
each of the Company's community shopping centers:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              OWNERSHIP                  PERCENTAGE
PROPERTY (DATE CONSTRUCTED OR RENOVATED)      LOCATION         INTEREST        GLA         LEASED
- ----------------------------------------  ----------------  --------------  ---------  ---------------
<S>                                       <C>               <C>             <C>        <C>
Melrose Place (1987)                      Knoxville, TN            100%        21,000           92%
The Shops at Western Plaza (1987) (1)     Knoxville, TN            100        198,000           98
Northgate Plaza (1991) (2)                Lombard, IL              100        205,000           96
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTES:
 
(1)  Project was opened in 1957, substantially renovated in 1987 and acquired by
    PGI in June 1993.
 
(2) This property occupies one of two buildings which together comprise a retail
    shopping center. The other building is owned by an unaffiliated third party.
 
    For the quarter  ended March  31, 1996,  total revenues  from the  Company's
community  shopping centers were  $912,988, representing 4.32%  of the Company's
total revenues for  such period.  For the year  ended December  31, 1995,  total
revenues   from  the  Company's  community  shopping  centers  were  $3,245,729,
representing 4.19% of the Company's total revenues for such period.
 
    LEASE RENTALS AND OTHER RENTAL TERMS FOR COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTERS
 
    The following table sets forth the weighted average square feet of available
GLA, average  percent of  GLA leased  and  average base  rent at  the  Company's
community shopping centers:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   WEIGHTED                       AVERAGE BASE
                                                AVERAGE SQUARE                      RENT PER
                                                   FEET OF      AVERAGE PERCENT     OCCUPIED
                                                AVAILABLE GLA    OF GLA LEASED     SQUARE FOOT
                                                --------------  ----------------  -------------
<S>                                             <C>             <C>               <C>
Quarter ended March 31, 1996..................       424,033          96.38%        $    7.20
1995..........................................       424,033          86.95              6.70
1994..........................................       424,033          92.10              6.32
1993..........................................       260,852          90.97              6.67
1992 (1)......................................        72,046          99.13              7.08
1991..........................................        21,179          89.05             17.22
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTE:
 
(1)  Reflects the opening  of Northgate Plaza  and the leasing  of 88,400 square
    feet of GLA to Menards for approximately six months in 1992.
 
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LEASE EXPIRATIONS FOR THE COMPANY'S ENTIRE PORTFOLIO OF PROPERTIES
 
    The following table shows lease expirations  at the Properties (as of  March
31, 1996 and assuming no lease renewals or extensions):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               LEASE EXPIRATIONS OF THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO
                                     -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     % OF TOTAL
                                                                    ANNUALIZED       ANNUALIZED
                                       NUMBER OF                   MINIMUM RENT     MINIMUM RENT
                                        LEASES      APPROXIMATE    OF EXPIRING     REPRESENTED BY
YEAR                                   EXPIRING         GLA           LEASES      EXPIRING LEASES
- -----------------------------------  -------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------
<S>                                  <C>            <C>           <C>             <C>
1996...............................           96        270,893    $  3,484,940          5.49%
1997...............................          103        312,037       4,057,376          6.39%
1998...............................          163        532,351       7,645,410         12.05%
1999...............................          231        747,107      10,892,884         17.16%
2000...............................          292        897,848      14,030,128         22.11%
2001...............................          161        554,877       8,768,175         13.82%
2002...............................           77        239,499       4,083,019          6.43%
2003...............................           28        168,747       2,491,473          3.93%
2004...............................           46        281,670       3,595,450          5.67%
2005...............................           35        282,362       2,985,365          4.70%
</TABLE>
 
COMPETITION
 
    The  Company's outlet  centers compete  for customers  primarily with outlet
centers built and operated by  different developers, traditional shopping  malls
and  "off-price"  retailers.  The  Company  carefully  considers  the  degree of
existing and planned competition  in a proposed trade  area before developing  a
new   outlet  center.  Merchants  of   outlet  centers  carefully  avoid  direct
competition with major retailers and their own full-price stores. Generally this
is accomplished by locating  outlet centers at least  20 miles from the  nearest
regional  mall. For this reason, the Company's  outlet centers compete only to a
limited extent with traditional retail malls in or near metropolitan areas.
 
    The Company's  outlet  centers compete  to  a limited  extent  with  various
full-price  and off-price retailers in the highly fragmented retailing industry.
However, management believes that the majority of the Company's customers  visit
outlet  centers  specifically for  designer and  brand-name goods  at discounted
prices. Traditional full-and  off-price retailers  are often  unable to  provide
such a variety of products at attractive prices.
 
    Because  several of the  Company's outlet centers  are located in relatively
undeveloped areas,  there are  often other  potential sites  near the  Company's
outlet  centers that may  be developed into outlet  centers by competitors. Five
projects in  the  Company's  portfolio:  Gulf  Coast  Factory  Shops  (Ellenton,
Florida),  Magnolia Bluff  Factory Shops  (Darien, Georgia),  Ohio Factory Shops
(Jeffersonville, Ohio),  Oxnard Factory  Outlet  (Oxnard, California),  and  San
Marcos  Factory Shops  (San Marcos, Texas),  are located within  twelve miles of
competing factory outlet centers and  thus are subject to existing  competition.
The  presence of competing  factory outlet centers in  a particular location may
evidence a strong market for factory outlet shopping in a particular area rather
than necessarily create an adverse impact on an existing center. For example, as
of March 31,  1996, despite the  competition, Gulf Coast  Factory Shops was  99%
leased;  Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops was 83% leased; Ohio Factory Shops was 98%
leased; Oxnard Factory Outlet was 94%  leased; and San Marcos Factory Shops  was
98%  leased. The Company currently plans to expand Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops,
Gulf Coast Factory Shops and  Ohio Factory Shops during  1996, and has plans  to
complete  an expansion at San Marcos  Factory Shops during 1997. Notwithstanding
the Company's experience  to date, the  development of an  outlet center with  a
more  convenient location or lower rents  may attract the Company's merchants or
cause them to seek more  favorable lease terms at or  prior to renewal of  their
leases  and,  accordingly, may  affect adversely  the business,  revenues and/or
sales volume of the Company's outlet centers.
 
    The Company's  community shopping  centers  compete with  similar  community
shopping centers located in the same geographic trade areas.
 
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RELATIONSHIP WITH MUNICIPALITIES
 
    Because  of the favorable impact that the Company's properties may have on a
local community's economy by generating sales and property taxes and  increasing
employment  in the area, local communities often assist the Company with respect
to zoning, economic  incentives or favorable  business development  legislation.
The  Company explores opportunities to obtain  incentives from local, county and
state governments  in connection  with  the development  of its  factory  outlet
centers,  and such incentives  often fund the  cost of off-site  sewer and water
services to the site, required highway  improvements and, on occasion, the  cost
of land and various on-site improvements.
 
MORTGAGE AND OTHER DEBT FINANCING OF THE COMPANY
 
    On  June 30, 1994, the  Company entered into a  $100.0 million mortgage loan
agreement (the "1994 Mortgage Loan") with  Nomura. The 1994 Mortgage Loan  bears
interest  at 30-day LIBOR  plus 2.235%, requires  monthly principal and interest
payments pursuant to a  twenty-five year amortization  schedule, and matures  on
July 1, 2000. The 1994 Mortgage Loan is non-recourse and cross-collateralized by
first  mortgages on six  factory outlet centers (Ohio  Factory Shops, Coral Isle
Factory Shops, Gulf Coast  Factory Shops, Nebraska  Crossing Factory Shops,  San
Marcos  Factory Shops,  and Triangle Factory  Shops). The  Company is prohibited
from placing  any  additional  secured  indebtedness  on  these  properties.  In
connection with the 1994 Mortgage Loan financing, the Company purchased six year
interest   rate  protection  contracts   on  $99.9  million   of  floating  rate
indebtedness to protect against  increases in the  underlying 30-day LIBOR  rate
above 7.0% for the first through fifth years and 8.0% for the sixth year.
 
    On  March 2, 1995  the Company closed  on the $160.0  million Revolving Loan
from Nomura. The  Revolving Loan matures  on December 31,  1996. If the  Company
meets  certain conditions, it can exercise a one-year extension on the Revolving
Loan. The amount available to be drawn  by the Company under the Revolving  Loan
at  any time during  the term of the  facility is calculated  based upon the net
cash flow of the  collateral, as defined. The  collateral pool of the  Revolving
Loan can be expanded by adding properties including properties under development
subject  to certain  limitations such  as the level  of executed  leases and the
amount of projected net cash flow.
 
    On May  7, 1996,  the Corporate  Line  was renewed  and increased  to  $15.0
million.  The purpose  of the  Corporate Line is  to provide  working capital to
facilitate the funding of  short term operating cash  needs of the Company.  The
Corporate Line matures on July 11, 1997.
 
    On  December 18, 1995, the Company obtained the 1995 Nomura Loan Commitments
(which will be replaced  by the 1996 Nomura  Loan Commitment) and also  obtained
the Interim Loan. The Interim Loan matures on July 31, 1996 and requires monthly
interest-only  payments prior to maturity. The  Interim Loan will be repaid from
proceeds of  one  or  more  facilities contemplated  by  the  1996  Nomura  Loan
Commitment.
 
    The Company has accepted the 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment which provides for,
among  other things,  (i) the  First Mortgage  Loan in  the principal  amount of
$226.5 million and (ii) the Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan in the principal amount  of
$33.5  million. The  Company expects  to close the  First Mortgage  Loan and the
Mezzanine Mortgage Loan in July 1996. The 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment is subject
to Nomura's customary real estate due  diligence review of the thirteen  factory
outlet  centers  comprising the  collateral  and the  completion  of appropriate
documentation. In connection with the  1996 Nomura Loan Commitment, the  Company
will pay Nomura a commitment fee at closing in the amount of $3.5 million. There
can  be no assurance  that the Company  will be successful  in consummating such
refinancing.
 
    The First  Mortgage Loan  will bear  a variable  rate of  interest equal  to
30-day  LIBOR plus 1.24% (plus trustee and servicing fees, which are expected to
be 0.07% in  the aggregate). The  Mezzanine Mortgage Loan  will bear a  variable
rate  of interest equal to 30-day LIBOR  plus 3.25%. The First Mortgage Loan and
the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan are expected to be securitized by Nomura on or prior
to the Securitization Closing Date. In the event the Securitization Closing Date
does not occur  by September 30,  1996, or in  the event the  Company elects  to
terminate  the  securitization and  repay  the loans  because  the terms  of the
securitization are  unacceptable  to  the  Company, the  interest  rate  on  the
Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will
 
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<PAGE>
increase  to a variable rate  per annum equal to  30-day LIBOR plus 5.20%. Until
the Securitization Closing Date no payments of principal will be required  under
the   First  Mortgage   Loan  and  the   Mezzanine  Mortgage   Loan.  After  the
Securitization Closing  Date,  the  First Mortgage  Loan  will  require  monthly
payments  of  principal  and interest  based  on a  thirty-year  amortization of
principal and  the Mezzanine  Mortgage  Loan will  require monthly  payments  of
principal  and interest based on the full amortization of principal within seven
years. The  First  Mortgage  Loan  and  the  Mezzanine  Mortgage  Loan  will  be
cross-collateralized  by senior and  junior mortgages, respectively, encumbering
thirteen of the Company's existing factory outlet centers. The proceeds from the
closing of the First Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will be  used
to repay outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Loan, the 1994 Mortgage Loan
(which may not be prepaid prior to July 1, 1996), the Interim Loan and a portion
of  the Company's $16.0 million fixed rate mortgage loan. The remaining proceeds
will be used for the purchase  of interest rate protection contracts, the  costs
and expenses of the refinancing and for working capital purposes.
 
    In connection with the commitment to provide the First Mortgage Loan and the
Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan,  the Company and  Nomura have agreed  that, subject to
certain conditions, the Company and Nomura  will share the risks or rewards,  as
the  case may be, with regard to  the securitization of the First Mortgage Loan.
If the actual interest rate spread over 30-day LIBOR deviates from 1.24% for the
Senior Certificates, the  appropriate party  will make  a payment  to the  other
based  on  the present  value of  such deviation  applied against  the principal
balance of the Senior Certificates. If the Securitization Closing Date does  not
occur  within  six months  of the  closing of  the First  Mortgage Loan  and the
Mezzanine Mortgage Loan,  Nomura may demand  payment of such  loans in full  six
months  after delivery of such  demand notice. It is  anticipated that the First
Mortgage Loan  will  be  securitized  at investment  grade  levels  through  the
issuance  of  Senior  Certificates  and  the  Mezzanine  Mortgage  Loan  will be
securitized through the issuance of  Junior Certificates. In addition, the  1996
Nomura  Loan Commitment requires that, prior  to the securitization, the Company
purchase interest rate protection  contracts with regard  to the First  Mortgage
Loan  and the Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan when  and if 30-day  LIBOR exceeds 6.50%.
After securitization, the  Company will  be required to  purchase interest  rate
protection contracts for the seven-year term of such loans and for the principal
amount  of the Senior Certificates.  It is estimated that  the proceeds from the
sale of the  Senior Certificates and  the Junior Certificates  and the  proceeds
from  the cash flow  loan (described below) will  approximate $260.0 million. In
the event that  loan proceeds  available from  the Senior  Certificates and  the
Junior  Certificates are less than $260.0 million, Nomura has agreed to provide,
subject to certain conditions  (including the consent  of the applicable  rating
agencies),  a loan based on the cash flow of the Property Partnerships which own
the thirteen factory outlet  centers in the principal  amount of the  difference
between  $260.0 million and such  loan proceeds. In the  event that the net cash
flow from the thirteen outlet centers is less than a mutually agreed upon amount
and the securitization  results in  less than  $260.0 million  in proceeds,  the
Company  will be required to pay to Nomura such difference at the closing of the
securitization. The Company intends to purchase the Junior Certificates with the
proceeds of the Repo Financing. The Repo Financing will require monthly payments
of interest only and will be for a term of two years and will be recourse to the
Operating  Partnership.   The  Repo   Financing  will   be  subject   to   daily
mark-to-market  and margin calls. Interest will be payable for 75% of the market
value of the Junior Certificates (which at date of inception shall be par value)
at the rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 1.95%  and for the balance of the market  value
of  the Junior Certificates (which  at date of inception  shall be par value) at
the rate of 30-day  LIBOR plus 7.0%. The  weighted average annual interest  rate
(including  the  estimated  annual  amortization  of  interest  rate  protection
contracts) on the $260.0 million of  securitized loans is initially expected  to
be approximately 7.66%.
 
    The  existing Revolving Loan with Nomura will  not be terminated as a result
of the transactions contemplated  by the 1996  Nomura Loan Commitment;  however,
the  collateral currently  pledged thereunder  will be  released and  pledged to
Nomura under  the First  Mortgage  Loan and  the  Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan.  The
Revolving Loan will be available, subject to sufficient collateral being pledged
to Nomura, for acquisitions, expansions and new outlet centers.
 
    Upon terms acceptable to the Company and the rating agencies involved in the
securitization,  an amount between $25.0 million to $50.0 million in addition to
the $260.0 million of securitized loans may be
 
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raised by the securitization and, if so, will be held in escrow by Nomura. These
funds may be drawn upon by the  Company, subject to the satisfaction of  certain
objective  standards acceptable to the Company and such rating agencies, for the
cost of construction of expansions at the thirteen mortgaged outlet centers.
 
    In connection with  the execution of  the 1996 Nomura  Loan Commitment,  the
Company  expects to  incur a non-recurring  loss of  approximately $10.1 million
that will be recorded during  the three months ending  June 30, 1996. This  loss
results  from the expected  prepayment of the Revolving  Loan, the 1994 Mortgage
Loan, the anticipated termination of the 1995 Nomura Loan Commitments (for which
the Company paid $3.3 million in nonrefundable financing fees) and the repayment
in full of the Interim Loan. The loss includes the estimated unamortized cost of
certain interest rate protection contracts of  $3.7 million as of July 31,  1996
that  will be  terminated upon repayment  of the debt  underlying the contracts,
debt prepayment penalties of $0.8 million and other deferred financing costs  of
$4.5  million,  less  the  estimated  fair market  value  of  the  interest rate
protection contracts of $2.2 million based on their fair market value at May 30,
1996. Upon termination and sale of  the interest rate protection contracts,  the
Company  will  receive proceeds  based on  the  then fair  market value  of such
contracts. The future fair market value of interest rate protection contracts is
susceptible to valuation fluctuations based on market changes in interest  rates
and the maturity date of the underlying contracts.
 
    The  Company  believes that  the loan  facilities to  be provided  by Nomura
pursuant to the 1996 Nomura Loan Commitment will provide annual interest savings
in excess  of $4.0  million based  on interest  rates as  of June  4, 1996  when
compared  to the terms provided by the 1995 Nomura Loan Commitments. In addition
to a more attractive  interest rate, other benefits  include no lock-out  period
with  respect to prepayment, no prepayment penalties after two years, collateral
substitution provisions and a  larger escrow of funds  for the expansion of  the
mortgaged outlet centers.
 
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    The  following table sets  forth certain information  regarding the mortgage
debt, other debt and tax-exempt financing of the Company:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          ACTUAL DEBT
                                               ANNUAL                     SERVICE PAID
                                              INTEREST      PRINCIPAL       FOR THE                     ESTIMATED BALLOON
                                               RATE AT    BALANCE AS OF  QUARTER ENDED     MATURITY          PAYMENT
DESCRIPTION                          NOTES     3/31/96       3/31/96        3/31/96          DATE        DUE AT MATURITY
- -----------------------------------  -----   -----------  -------------  --------------  ------------   -----------------
                                                             (000'S)        (000'S)                          (000'S)
<S>                                  <C>     <C>          <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>
Variable rate tax-exempt bonds (the
 "Bonds"), collateralized by
 properties in Chattanooga, TN and
 Knoxville, TN.....................   (1)       3.40%        $   28,250        $   256             (1)       $  28,250(1)
Urban Development Action Grant
 Loans, collateralized by property
 in Chattanooga, TN................   (2)       3.00%             4,650             35             (2)           1,462(2)
Revolving Loan, LIBOR plus 2.25%,
 interest-only payments,
 collateralized by seven properties
 located throughout the United
 States............................             7.56%           145,478          2,852       12/31/96          145,478(3)
Interim Loan, LIBOR plus 2.25%
 interest only-payments, secured by
 second mortgages on properties in
 Castle Rock, CO and Huntley, IL...             7.56%            10,000            162        7/31/96           10,000
Corporate Line $10,000,000
 available at March 31, 1996, LIBOR
 plus 2.50%, interest-only
 payments, unsecured...............   (4)       7.80%                --             --        7/11/97               --(4)
Mortgage Loan, LIBOR plus 2.235%,
 monthly installments of $694,000
 including interest, collateralized
 by six properties located
 throughout the United States......             7.55%            97,309          2,385         7/1/00           88,708
Mortgage, interest-only payments,
 collateralized by property in
 Lombard, IL.......................             8.00%            16,000            213        7/31/96           16,000
Mortgage, 7.5%, monthly
 installments of $29,000 including
 interest, collateralized by
 property in Knoxville, TN.........             7.50%             3,833             86        6/22/00            3,556
Unsecured promissory note,
 interest-only payments............             8.25%               500             --        3/13/97              500
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                                                             $  306,020        $ 5,989                       $ 293,954
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NOTES:
 
(1) Floating rate adjusted weekly or monthly by a third party remarketing agent.
    The Bonds consist of four issues. For two issues in the aggregate  principal
    amount  of $19,250,000, the floating  rate shall be no  less than 80% and no
    more than  120% of  the  average of  the  rate of  no  less than  ten  other
    tax-exempt  bond issues of  a similar credit  rating. For two  issues in the
    aggregate principal amount of $9,000,000, the floating rate shall be no less
    than 90% or more than 120% of the  average of the rate of no less than  five
    other  comparable  tax-exempt  bond  issues.  Two  issues  in  the aggregate
    principal amount of $19,250,000 mature in December 2012 and two other issues
    in the aggregate principal amount of $9,000,000 mature in December 2014.  In
    March  1994, the Company  purchased five-year interest  rate caps to protect
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    Company against increases  in a specified  underlying tax-exempt bond  index
    above  3.0% the first year, 3.5% the  second year, 4.0% the third year, 4.5%
    the fourth year and 5.0% the  fifth year. The Estimated Balloon Payment  Due
    at  Maturity  for these  Bonds  in the  table  above reflects  the aggregate
    principal amount due for all four issues. At March 31, 1996, the Bonds  were
    collateralized  by letters of  credit (the "Letters of  Credit") issued by a
    group of  financial  institutions pursuant  to  a master  letter  of  credit
    agreement.  A letter of credit fee of  0.925% per annum of the stated amount
    of the Letters of Credit is  payable quarterly in advance to such  financial
    institutions.  The Letters of Credit  were collateralized by a reimbursement
    agreement under the  master letter of  credit agreement (the  "Reimbursement
    Agreement") which obligates an insurance company affiliated with the Selling
    Stockholder  to reimburse the financial institutions  for any funds drawn on
    the Letters of Credit. In addition, in March 1994, the issuing partnerships,
    the Operating  Partnership  and an  insurance  company affiliated  with  the
    Selling  Stockholder  entered  into  standby  bond  purchase  and  indemnity
    agreements (the  "Standby Agreements")  in order  to address  the  scheduled
    expirations of various credit enhancements, including the Letters of Credit,
    through  March  21, 1999.  See  "Certain Relationships  and  Transactions --
    Relationship with Selling Stockholder."
 
(2) The loans are  due under four  separate promissory notes.  Two notes in  the
    aggregate principal amount of $3,823,000 mature in August 2016 and two other
    notes  in the  aggregate principal  amount of  $827,000 mature  in September
    2019. No  interest was  payable on  the notes  with an  aggregate  principal
    amount  of $3,823,000 until September 1995  however interest accrued on such
    notes at 3%  per annum until  that time. After  September 1995, interest  is
    payable  monthly  at 3%  per annum  for two  years. Thereafter,  payments of
    principal and interest will be payable monthly in an amount that would fully
    amortize the loan at a rate of 6% per annum over a period of 21 years with a
    balloon payment due in August 2016 provided that the Company may be required
    to pay the remaining balance of the loan in August 2014. With respect to the
    remaining promissory notes  in an  aggregate principal  amount of  $827,000,
    interest  accrues at  3% per annum  through September  1994. After September
    1994, interest  is payable  at 3%  per annum  for three  years.  Thereafter,
    payments  of principal  and interest are  payable monthly in  an amount that
    would fully amortize the loan at a rate of 6% per annum over a period of  22
    years  with the  final installment due  in September 2019  provided that the
    Company may  be  required  to pay  the  remaining  balance of  the  loan  in
    September  2017. The  Estimated Balloon  Payment Due  at Maturity  for these
    notes in the table above reflects the principal amount due at the first call
    date. In addition, the notes that  aggregate $3,823,000 entitle the City  of
    Chattanooga  to a contingent interest in a  cash flow from the project under
    certain circumstances. See "-- Warehouse Row Factory Shops."
 
(3) The Estimated Balloon  Payment at Maturity for  the Revolving Loan does  not
    reflect  the repayment of $40,248,000 of  indebtedness from the net proceeds
    of the Offering.
 
(4) Effective  May 7,  1996, the  Corporate Line  was renewed  and increased  to
    $15,000,000.  The maturity date  of the Corporate  Line is July  11, 1997 at
    which time the entire outstanding balance, if any, will be due and payable.
 
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JOINT VENTURE FINANCING
 
    The Company has entered into  joint venture investment partnerships with  an
unrelated  third  party. The  investment partnerships  obtain financing  for the
development of the joint  venture projects from the  unrelated third party.  The
following  table  sets forth  certain information  regarding this  joint venture
financing:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   ACTUAL DEBT
                                           ANNUAL                                 SERVICE PAID
                                          INTEREST     PRINCIPAL     RECOURSE        FOR THE                        ESTIMATED
                                          RATE AT     BALANCE AS   AMOUNT AS OF   QUARTER ENDED                  BALLOON PAYMENT
DESCRIPTION                     NOTES     3/31/96     OF 3/31/96    3/31/96 (5)      3/31/96     MATURITY DATE   DUE AT MATURITY
- ------------------------------  -----   ------------  -----------  -------------  -------------  -------------   ----------------
                                                        (000'S)       (000'S)        (000'S)                         (000'S)
<S>                             <C>     <C>           <C>          <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>
Arizona Factory Shops
 Partnership -- note payable,
 LIBOR plus 1.00%,
 collateralized by property in            6.13% to
 Phoenix, AR..................    (1 )     7.13%         $ 25,030        $12,515        $  131        2/23/00          $22,445
Grove City Factory Shops
 Partnership -- notes payable
 and construction line of
 credit, $1,801,200 available
 at March 31, 1996, LIBOR plus
 1.00%, collateralized by                 6.25% to
 property in Grove City, PA...    (2 )     7.19%           43,501        21,751            865             (2)          41,588(2)
Oxnard Factory Outlet Partners
 -- notes payable, LIBOR plus
 1.00%, collateralized by                 6.88% to
 property in Oxnard, CA.......    (3 )     7.00%           15,549         4,665            780             (3)          14,443(3)
Oxnard Factory Outlet Partners
 -- note payable,
 collateralized by property in
 Oxnard, CA...................    (4 )     4.00%              510           153             --         6/9/04              510
                                                      -----------  -------------        ------                         -------
                                                         $ 84,590        $39,084        $1,776                         $78,986
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NOTES:
 
(1) Represents a note payable related to an existing construction loan. Interest
    charged on the note payable is based on LIBOR plus 1.00%, adjusted according
    to the underlying LIBOR  contracts. Commencing March  1996, interest is  due
    and payable monthly and monthly principal payments of $55,000 are required.
 
(2)  Consists of three  separate facilities. The  first two facilities represent
    notes payable related  to fully  drawn construction  loans with  outstanding
    balances  at March 31, 1996 of $26,271,000 and $9,811,000. Draws outstanding
    on the third facility at March  31, 1996 totaled $7,418,800, with  remaining
    availability  of $1,801,200. Interest  charged on each  facility is based on
    LIBOR plus  1.00%, adjusted  according to  the underlying  LIBOR  contracts.
    Interest on each facility is due and payable monthly. A principal prepayment
    of  $376,000 was made on the first facility in June 1995 and commencing July
    1995, monthly principal payments of $57,000 have been made as required, with
    a balloon  payment  of  $24,447,000  due  on  November  10,  1998  (date  of
    maturity).  With  respect  to  the second  facility,  commencing  July 1995,
    monthly principal payments  of $21,000 have  been made as  required, with  a
    balloon  payment of $8,929,000 due on September 30, 1999 (date of maturity).
    With respect to the third facility monthly principal payments of $21,000 are
    required commencing August 1996. Assuming the third facility is fully drawn,
    the estimated balloon payment due on August 10, 2000 (date of maturity) will
    be approximately
 
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    $8,212,000. The  Estimated Balloon  Payment Due  at Maturity  for all  three
    facilities in the table above reflects the aggregate balloon payments due at
    their  respective maturity dates. Such indebtedness will also become due and
    payable upon the completion  of the Grove City  Purchase. See "Business  and
    Properties -- Grove City Factory Shops."
 
(3) Consists of two notes payable related to fully drawn construction loans with
    outstanding balances of $15,149,500 and $399,500 at March 31, 1996. Interest
    charged  on  each  note  payable  is based  on  LIBOR  plus  1.00%, adjusted
    according to the  underlying LIBOR  contracts. Interest is  due and  payable
    monthly.  Commencing  July 1995,  a  combined monthly  principal  payment of
    $33,500 is  required  with  balloon payments  totaling  $14,443,000  in  the
    aggregate due on December 1 and 13, 1998 (dates of maturity).
 
(4)  Interest  accrues  commencing  on  June  9,  1994.  Payments  are  required
    quarterly, commencing on October 15, 1999.  Payments shall be in the  amount
    of  20% of net cash flow, as defined, for the calendar quarter preceding the
    quarter in which payment is due. Payments shall be applied first to  charges
    assessed by the lender, if any, second to interest and third to principal.
 
(5)  The Company guarantees  the outstanding principal balance  to the extent of
    its respective direct or  indirect ownership interest  in the related  joint
    venture  project. The  Company has a  50% interest in  Arizona Factory Shops
    Partnership and Grove City Factory Shops Partnership. The Company has a  30%
    interest in Oxnard Factory Outlet Partners.
 
CERTAIN TAX INFORMATION
 
    The  Company's aggregate  gross tax basis  of depreciable  real property and
depreciable personal property for federal income tax purposes in the  Properties
was  $477.3 million,  $475.2 million  and $406.7 million  as of  March 31, 1996,
December 31,  1995 and  December  31, 1994,  respectively. Depreciation  on  the
Properties is computed using the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System under
the  Code  over  the  estimated  useful  life  of  the  real  property  and land
improvements which ranges from 15 to 39 years. The average annual rate for  real
property  is 2.56% and a variable rate for land improvement ranges from 2.95% to
9.50%. The aggregate  real estate tax  expenses on the  Properties for  calendar
year  1995 was approximately $5.0 million. Virtually all of the Company's leases
contain provisions requiring merchants to pay as additional rent a proportionate
share of real estate taxes, including  real estate tax increases resulting  from
improvements in the applicable Property, and certain other operating expenses.
 
INSURANCE
 
    Management believes that each of the Properties is covered by adequate fire,
flood,   and  property  insurance  provided  by  reputable  companies  and  with
commercially reasonable deductibles and limits.
 
EMPLOYEES
 
    As of December 31, 1995, the Company had 389 employees. The Company believes
that its relations with its employees are good.
 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
    A lawsuit was filed against the Company and PGI on June 14, 1995 in the U.S.
District for  the  Northern  District  of  West  Virginia  (the  "West  Virginia
Litigation"). The plaintiffs allege that the proposed development by the Company
of  a factory  outlet center  in Hagerstown,  Maryland violates  the terms  of a
confidentiality agreement entered  into by  the plaintiffs and  PGI during  1993
when PGI was considering purchasing a factory outlet center in Martinsburg, West
Virginia  owned by  the plaintiffs. The  plaintiffs are  claiming an unspecified
amount of damages  in excess of  $10 million,  as well as  injunctive relief  to
prohibit   the  Company  from  developing  any  factory  outlet  center  in  the
surrounding area.  The defendants  have  filed a  motion for  summary  judgment;
however,  no ruling has been made as of the date of this Prospectus. The Company
has agreed to indemnify PGI from any monetary loss suffered by PGI in connection
with this proceeding  which arises by  virtue of the  Company's activities.  The
outcome of this litigation is not susceptible to easy or certain prediction. The
Company shall continue to defend itself vigorously in this lawsuit.
 
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    The Company is involved in various legal matters incidental to its business.
The  outcome of  litigation is  not susceptible  to easy  or certain prediction.
While an unfavorable outcome in a particular proceeding could have a significant
effect on the Company's consolidated results of operations in a future reporting
period, the Company believes ultimate resolution of these matters, including the
West Virginia  Litigation,  would  not,  either  singly  or  in  the  aggregate,
significantly affect the Company's results of operations, liquidity or financial
position.
 
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
 
    Under  various federal,  state and local  laws and regulations,  an owner of
real estate  is  liable for  the  costs of  removal  or remediation  of  certain
hazardous substances on their property. Such laws often impose liability without
regard to whether the owner knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of the
hazardous  substances. The costs  of remediation or  removal may be substantial,
and the  presence  of the  hazardous  substances,  or the  failure  to  promptly
remediate them, may adversely affect the owner's ability to sell the real estate
or  to  borrow using  the  real estate  as  collateral. In  connection  with its
ownership and operation of the Properties, the Company may be potentially liable
for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous substances.
 
    The Company  has not  been notified  by any  governmental authority  of  any
material  noncompliance, liability or claim  relating to hazardous substances in
connection with  any  properties  in which  any  of  such entities  now  has  or
heretofore  had an interest. However, no assurances can be given that (i) future
laws, ordinances  or  regulations will  not  impose any  material  environmental
liability or (ii) the current environmental condition of the Properties will not
be  affected by merchants and  occupants of the Properties,  by the condition of
properties  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Properties  (such  as  the  presence  of
underground storage tanks) or by third parties unrelated to the Company.
 
                  POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
 
    The  following  is  a  discussion  of  investment  objectives  and policies,
financing policies, conflict of interest  policies and policies with respect  to
certain  other activities  of the  Company. The  policies with  respect to these
activities have been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and may
be amended  or revised  from time  to time  at the  discretion of  the Board  of
Directors without a vote of the stockholders of the Company. No assurance can be
given  that the  Company's investment  objectives will  be attained  or that the
value of the Company will not decrease.
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
 
    The Company's investment  objectives are to  provide regular quarterly  cash
dividends to its stockholders and achieve long-term capital appreciation through
increases  in  cash  flow of  the  Company's  properties. The  Company  seeks to
accomplish these objectives through the ownership and the enhanced operation  of
the  Properties, the selective development  and acquisition of additional retail
properties, particularly outlet centers, and, where appropriate, renovations and
expansions of  these  properties. The  Company  seeks opportunities  to  develop
factory  outlet  centers throughout  the United  States  and the  Caribbean. The
Company is currently pursuing and/or  evaluating the development of new  centers
in  Florida, Maryland, Tennessee, Missouri, Massachusetts, Utah and Puerto Rico.
One of  the  key criteria  for  new investments  will  be that  they  offer  the
opportunity  for  growth  in per  share  FFO.  All of  the  Company's investment
activities are  conducted through  the Operating  Partnership and  the  Property
Partnerships, although the Company also may hold temporary cash investments from
time  to time pending investment or  distribution to stockholders. The Company's
investments are not restricted  to any geographic area  or any specific type  of
property.  The Company does  not have any  limit on the  amount or percentage of
assets invested in any property.
 
    The Company  may  purchase or  lease  properties for  long-term  investment,
expand  and improve the properties presently  owned, or sell such properties, in
whole or in part, when circumstances  warrant. The Company also may  participate
with  other entities in property ownership,  through partnerships or other types
of co-ownership  arrangements. Equity  investments may  be subject  to  existing
mortgage  financing and other  indebtedness which have  priority over the equity
interest of the Company.
 
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    While  the  Company's  investment  policy  emphasizes  equity  real   estate
investments, it may, in its discretion, invest in mortgages, stock of other real
estate  investment trusts and other real  estate interests. Although the Company
does not currently  intend to  invest in  real estate  mortgages, such  mortgage
investments  may include first and second mortgages that may be participating or
convertible, and may or may not be  insured or guaranteed. The Company does  not
currently  intend  to  invest  in  the securities  of  other  issuers  except in
connection with the Company's acquisitions  of indirect interests in  properties
(normally  through partnership interests in  special purpose partnerships owning
title to properties) and investments in short-term income producing  investments
such  as overnight repurchase  agreements and 30-day  commercial paper. Any such
investments in the securities of other issuers will be subject to the percentage
of  ownership   limitations  and   gross  income   tests  necessary   for   REIT
qualification.  See "Certain  Federal Income Tax  Considerations -- Requirements
for Qualification."  In  any  event,  the  Company  does  not  intend  that  its
investment  in securities will require it to register as an "investment company"
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Company would intend to divest
securities before any such registration would be required.
 
DISTRIBUTION AND DIVIDEND POLICY
 
    The Company's policy is to pay regular quarterly distributions with  respect
to  its  Common Stock  equal to  approximately  90% of  its funds  available for
distribution after  payment  of distributions  on  its Senior  Preferred  Stock.
Distributions  and dividends  are determined by  the Board of  Directors and are
dependent on a number of  factors, including continuing favorable operations  at
the  Properties. No assurance can be  given that distributions or dividends will
continue to be paid or as to  the amount of such distributions or dividends.  In
addition,  until the Company generates quarterly Funds from Operations in excess
of the  FFO Threshold  Amount, the  Company  does not  intend to  pay  quarterly
distributions  with respect to  the Common Stock  in excess of  $0.295 per share
(other than  the  Special  Distribution). The  Company's  dividend  policy  with
respect  to the Senior Preferred Stock is to  pay $2.625 per annum per share and
the Company's dividend policy with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock is
to pay $2.125 per annum per share. No assurance can be given that  distributions
or  dividends will continue to be paid or as to the amount of such distributions
or dividends.
 
FINANCING POLICIES
 
    At March  31,  1996,  the  Company  had  a  ratio  of  debt-to-Total  Market
Capitalization  of approximately 49.3%.  The debt-to-Total Market Capitalization
ratio, which is based upon market values of equity and, accordingly,  fluctuates
with changes in the price of the Stock, differs from debt-to-book capitalization
ratios  which are  based upon  book values.  As adjusted  for the  Offering, the
Exchange Offer  and the  Common Unit  Contribution, the  pro forma  debt-to-book
capitalization ratio at March 31, 1996 was 42.7%.
 
    At the time of the Initial Public Offering, the Company established a policy
of  not  incurring  debt  if  at  such  time  it  would  result  in  a  ratio of
debt-to-Total Market  Capitalization of  more  than 50%.  In 1995,  the  Company
modified  its  policy to  increase this  limit  to 60%.  The Company's  ratio of
debt-to-Total Market Capitalization  significantly increased  after the  Initial
Public  Offering  as a  result  of the  decreases in  the  market prices  of the
Company's equity securities and  the $162.5 million increase  in its total  debt
outstanding at March 31, 1996 compared to March 31, 1994. However, the Company's
debt  service coverage  ratio during such  period did  not change significantly.
Therefore, the Company approved an increase in the ratio of debt-to-Total Market
Capitalization from 50% to 60%. The amendment of such policy allows the  Company
to  incur  more  debt  as  a  ratio  of  its  Total  Market  Capitalization. The
organizational documents of  the Company, however,  do not limit  the amount  or
percentage of indebtedness that the Company may incur. The Company may from time
to  time modify its  debt policy in  light of then  current economic conditions,
relative costs of debt and equity capital, the market values of its  properties,
general conditions in the market for debt and equity securities, fluctuations in
the fair market prices of the Common Stock, growth and acquisition opportunities
and  other  factors.  Accordingly,  the Company  may  increase  or  decrease its
debt-to-Total Market Capitalization  ratio above  or below  the limit  described
above.  See "Risk Factors --  No Limitation on Debt."  If the Board of Directors
determines that additional funding is required, the Company may raise such funds
through additional equity offerings,  debt financing or  retention of cash  flow
(subject  to provisions in the Code  concerning taxability of undistributed REIT
taxable income), or a combination of these methods.
 
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    In the event  that the  Board of  Directors determines  to raise  additional
equity  capital, it has the authority,  without stockholder approval, except for
the issuance of Preferred Stock senior to or on parity with the Senior Preferred
Stock or senior to the Convertible  Preferred Stock, to issue additional  shares
of  Common Stock  or Preferred Stock  of the Company  in any manner  and on such
terms and for such consideration it deems appropriate, including in exchange for
property. Existing  stockholders  would have  no  preemptive right  to  purchase
shares  issued in any offering and any such offering might cause a dilution of a
stockholder's investment in the Company.
 
    It is anticipated that  any additional borrowings will  be made through  the
Operating  Partnership, the  Finance Corporations, the  Property Partnerships or
new property  partnerships, although  the Company  also may  incur  indebtedness
which  may be re-loaned  to the Operating  Partnership. Indebtedness incurred by
the Company may be in  the form of bank  borrowings, secured and unsecured,  and
publicly  and privately  placed debt  instruments. Indebtedness  incurred by the
Operating Partnership, the  Finance Corporations, the  Property Partnerships  or
any new property partnership may be in the form of purchase money obligations to
the  sellers  of  properties,  publicly or  privately  placed  debt instruments,
financing from banks,  institutional investors  or other lenders,  any of  which
indebtedness  may be unsecured or may be secured by mortgages or other interests
in the property owned  by the Operating  Partnership, the Finance  Corporations,
the Property Partnerships or any new property partnership. Such indebtedness may
be  recourse to all  or any part of  the property of  the Company, the Operating
Partnership, the  Finance Corporations,  the Property  Partnerships or  any  new
property  partnership, or may be limited to the particular property to which the
indebtedness relates.  The proceeds  from  any borrowings  by the  Company,  the
Operating Partnership, the Finance Corporations, any Property Partnership or any
new  property  partnership may  be used  for the  payment of  distributions, for
working capital, to refinance existing indebtedness or to finance  acquisitions,
expansions  or development of  new properties; provided  that the Company cannot
borrow to  pay  distributions  to  stockholders  except  through  the  Operating
Partnership.
 
CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES
 
    The Company has adopted certain policies and entered into various agreements
designed  to reduce conflicts of interest involving the owners and management of
the Company. For a discussion of such conflicts, see "Risk Factors --  Conflicts
of Interest and Influence of Limited Partners and Officers and Directors."
 
    Michael  W.  Reschke, the  Chairman  of the  Board  of the  Company  and the
principal stockholder of PGI, devotes a considerable portion of his time to  the
management of PGI's continuing commercial real estate operations. Mr. M. Reschke
and  PGI have  agreed that, so  long as  PGI and/or its  affiliates own  a 5% or
greater economic interest in the  Company or Mr. M.  Reschke is Chairman of  the
Board  of the Company, neither Mr. M. Reschke nor PGI (including its affiliates)
will develop or acquire any interest in  any retail property that is within  the
primary  business of the Company  as determined from time  to time by a majority
vote of the independent  directors of the Company.  Excluded from the  foregoing
restrictions  are  all properties  in which  PGI  had an  interest prior  to the
Initial Public Offering,  any retail projects  developed or acquired  by PGI  in
Spain,  and PGI's or Mr. M. Reschke's ownership  of less than 5% of any class of
securities listed  on a  national  securities exchange  or the  Nasdaq  National
Market.
 
    Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter have entered into employment agreements that
contain  noncompetition  provisions designed  to  reduce potential  conflicts of
interest.  These  provisions  prohibit  Messrs.  Rosenthal  and  Carpenter  from
engaging  directly  or indirectly  in the  primary business  of the  Company (as
described above) during the period each is employed with the Company and for  an
additional  24 month period following any  termination of such employment either
by the Company for cause or by the officer voluntarily. See "Management."
 
    PGI and/or  certain  other parties  hold  direct or  indirect  interests  in
certain developed and undeveloped properties situated adjacent to or near two of
the Properties. In order to address potential conflicts that may arise by virtue
of  the future development  or use of  such properties the  respective owners of
such properties
 
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have granted certain rights of first refusal and purchase options to the Company
with respect to  some of such  properties. The  exercise of any  such rights  or
options  will  be subject  to  the approval  of  a majority  of  the Independent
Directors Committee.
 
    The Company has formed the  Independent Directors Committee to consider  and
take  such  actions and  make such  approvals  as are  appropriate to  reduce or
eliminate any potential  or apparent  conflict of  interest which  may arise  in
connection  with any proposed  action or transaction  involving the Company. See
"Management -- Committees of the Board of Directors."
 
    As holders of Common  Units, the Limited Partners  may suffer different  and
more  adverse tax consequences than the Company  upon the sale or refinancing of
the Contributed Properties and  therefore the Limited  Partners and the  Company
may  have different objectives  regarding the appropriate  pricing and timing of
any sale or refinancing of the  Contributed Properties. The decision to  proceed
with  any such sale or  refinancing will be made by  the Board of Directors. The
Operating Partnership Agreement provides that  the Company has no obligation  to
consider   the  separate  interests  of  the  Limited  Partners,  including  tax
consequences to Limited Partners,  in deciding whether to  sell a property.  See
"Risk  Factors --  Conflicts of  Interest and  Influence of  Limited Partners or
Officers or Directors."
 
    In addition,  pursuant to  Maryland law  (the jurisdiction  under which  the
Company  is incorporated) and the  Bylaws of the Company,  the directors will be
obligated to offer to the Company  any opportunity which comes to such  director
and  which  the Company  could reasonably  be  expected to  have an  interest in
pursuing. In addition, under Maryland  law, any contract or transaction  between
the  Company and any director or any entity in which the director has a material
financial interest will be voidable unless  (a) it is approved after  disclosure
of the interest, by an affirmative vote of a majority of disinterested directors
or  by the  affirmative vote of  a majority  of the votes  cast by disinterested
stockholders, or (b) it is fair and reasonable to the Company.
 
WORKING CAPITAL RESERVES
 
    The Company maintains  working capital  reserves (and  when not  sufficient,
access  to  borrowings)  in amounts  the  Executive  Committee of  the  Board of
Directors determines to be adequate  to meet normal contingencies in  connection
with the operation of the Company's business.
 
POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO OTHER ACTIVITIES
 
    The  Company  has authority  to offer  its  shares or  other equity  or debt
securities in exchange for property and to repurchase or otherwise reacquire its
shares or any other securities. While the  Company to date has not effected  any
such  types of transactions, it and may engage in such activities in the future.
Similarly,  the  Company  may  offer  additional  interests  in  the   Operating
Partnership that are exchangeable into Common Stock or, at the Company's option,
cash  in exchange for property. The Company also may make loans to the Operating
Partnership. The Company expects to issue  Common Stock to holders of  interests
in   the  Operating  Partnership  upon  exchange  thereof,  subject  to  certain
restrictions and limitations. Any such election  by the Company with respect  to
Common  Units held by PGI, Messrs. Rosenthal  and Carpenter or any other officer
or director  of the  Company or  certain other  parties will  be made  with  the
approval  of the  independent directors. The  Company has no  formal policy with
respect to  loans to  other  persons. The  Company has  not  made loans  to  any
entities  or persons, including its officers and directors other than to Messrs.
Rosenthal and Carpenter as described in "Certain Relationships and Transactions"
and to certain  other employees of  the Company  in the ordinary  course of  its
business  which are not material to the Company. The Company expects to continue
to make loans to its employees from time  to time in the ordinary course of  its
business  which either singly or  in the aggregate, will  not be material to the
Company. The  Company  has  not  engaged  in  trading,  underwriting  or  agency
distribution  or sale of securities  of other issuers and  does not intend to do
so. At all times, the Company intends  to make investments in such manner as  to
be  consistent with the requirements of the  Code for the Company to continue to
qualify as a REIT  unless, because of changing  circumstances or changes in  the
Code  (or in Treasury Regulations),  the Board of Directors  with the consent of
the holders of the  majority of the  votes entitled to be  cast on such  matter,
determine  that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to continue
to be qualified as a REIT.
 
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                                   MANAGEMENT
 
DIRECTORS
 
    The directors of the Company, their ages and their positions and offices are
set forth in the following table.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   TERM
             NAME                 EXPIRES        AGE                          POSITION
- ------------------------------  -----------      ---      -------------------------------------------------
<S>                             <C>          <C>          <C>
Michael W. Reschke                    1997           40   Chairman of the Board, Director
Abraham Rosenthal                     1999           46   Chief Executive Officer, Director
William H. Carpenter, Jr.             1998           45   President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
Terence C. Golden                     1997           51   Director
Kenneth A. Randall                    1998           68   Director
James R. Thompson                     1999           60   Director
Marvin S. Traub                       1999           70   Director
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
 
    For biographical information concerning the directors who are also executive
    officers of  the  Company,  see  "Management  --  Biographies  of  Executive
    Officers." The following is a biographical summary of the experiences of the
    independent directors of the Company:
 
    TERENCE  C. GOLDEN.  Terence C. Golden,  a Director of the Company since the
Initial Public Offering, has been Chief Executive Officer and President of  Host
Marriott  Corporation,  Bethesda,  Maryland  since  September  1995  as  well as
Chairman of the Board of Bailey  Realty Corporation ("BRC") in Washington,  D.C.
since  1991.  Prior  to forming  BRC,  Mr.  Golden held  the  position  of Chief
Financial Officer of The  Oliver Carr Company  from 1989 to  1991. From 1985  to
1988,  Mr. Golden was  appointed by President  Reagan and confirmed  by the U.S.
Senate to the office of  Administrator of General Services Administration.  From
1984  through 1985, Mr. Golden was Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of
Treasury. Mr.  Golden  was  one  of  the  founding  partners  of  Trammell  Crow
Residential  Companies and was its Managing  Partner from 1976 through 1984. Mr.
Golden also serves as  a director of D.R.  Horton, Inc. and Cousins  Properties,
Inc.  Mr. Golden received an M.B.A.  degree from Harvard Business School (1970),
an M.S.  degree  in  Nuclear  Engineering  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of
Technology  (1967),  and  a  B.S.  degree  in  Mechanical  Engineering  from the
University of Notre Dame (1966).
 
    KENNETH A. RANDALL.  Kenneth A. Randall, a Director of the Company since the
Initial Public Offering, was the  Chairman of ICL Inc.  from 1980 to 1982,  Vice
Chairman  of Northeast Bancorp, Inc.  from 1977 to 1987,  the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of United Virginia  Bankshares Incorporated from 1970 to  1976
and  the Chairman of the  FDIC from 1965 to 1970.  Mr. Randall was President and
Chief Executive Officer  of The Conference  Board, Inc. from  1976 to 1982.  Mr.
Randall  currently serves on the board of directors of Dominion Resources, Inc.,
Dominion Energy, Inc.,  Enron/Dominion Cogen, Inc.,  Lumbermans Mutual  Casualty
Company,  American Motorist Insurance Company, and American Manufacturers Mutual
Insurance  Company.  Mr.  Randall  also  serves  as  trustee  of  the  principal
Oppenheimer  mutual  funds.  Mr.  Randall attended  Weber  State  University and
received a B.A. degree and an M.S. degree from Brigham Young University.
 
    GOVERNOR JAMES R. THOMPSON.   James R. Thompson,  a Director of the  Company
since  the Initial Public Offering, is the Chairman of the law firm of Winston &
Strawn and has been a partner with the firm since 1991. Prior to joining Winston
& Strawn, Governor Thompson served as  the Governor of Illinois from  1977-1991.
Governor  Thompson  serves on  the board  of directors  of FMC  Corporation, the
Chicago Board  of Trade,  Jefferson  Smurfit Corporation  (U.S.),  International
Advisory  Council  of the  Bank of  Montreal, Pechiney  International, Wackenhut
Corrections  Corporation,  Union   Pacific  Resources   Company  and   Hollinger
International,  Inc. Governor Thompson received  his Juris Doctorate degree from
the Northwestern University Law School.
 
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    MARVIN S. TRAUB.   Marvin  S. Traub,  a Director  of the  Company since  the
Initial  Public Offering,  has been President  of Marvin  Traub Associates, Inc.
since 1992. In  addition, Mr. Traub  joined Financo in  1994 as Senior  Advisor.
Prior  to establishing Marvin Traub Associates,  Inc., Mr. Traub was Chairman of
Bloomingdales from  1978-1992  and was  Vice  Chairman of  Federated  Department
Stores  from 1988-1992. Mr. Traub  was a director and  Chairman of the Executive
Committee of The Conran  Stores, Inc. The Conran  Stores, Inc. filed a  petition
for  protection  under  U.S. bankruptcy  laws  on  January 10,  1994.  Mr. Traub
received an M.B.A. degree (with distinction) from Harvard Business School  after
receiving a B.A. degree (magna cum laude) from Harvard University.
 
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
    AUDIT  COMMITTEE.  The  functions of the Audit  Committee, which consists of
Messrs. Golden  and  Randall,  include  making  recommendations  concerning  the
engagement  of independent  public accountants,  reviewing with  the independent
accountants  the  plans   and  results  of   the  audit  engagement,   approving
professional  services provided by the independent public accountants, reviewing
the independence of the independent public accountants, considering the range of
audit and non-audit fees, and reviewing  the adequacy of the Company's  internal
accounting controls.
 
    EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE.   The Executive Committee  is comprised  of Messrs. M.
Reschke, Rosenthal  and Carpenter  and  has been  granted certain  authority  to
acquire  and dispose of real  property and the power  to authorize, on behalf of
the Board  of Directors,  the  execution of  certain contracts  and  agreements,
including  those related  to certain  borrowings by  the Company.  The Executive
Committee meets monthly (or more frequently if necessary) and all actions by the
committee are reported at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.
 
    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND  STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN  COMMITTEE.  The  Executive
Compensation  and Stock Incentive Plan Committee  consists of Messrs. Golden and
Randall  and  has  responsibility  for  determining  the  compensation  for  the
Company's  executive officers  and implementing and  administering the Company's
Stock Incentive Plans.
 
    INDEPENDENT  DIRECTORS  COMMITTEE.    The  Independent  Directors  Committee
consists  of Messrs. Golden, Randall and Traub and Governor Thompson and has the
responsibility to (i) consider  and approve any  proposed action or  transaction
involving the Company and PGI; (ii) consider and take such actions and make such
approvals and recommendations as are required to be considered, taken or made by
the  Company's  independent  directors under  either  the  Operating Partnership
Agreement  or  corporate  governance  documents  relating  to  the  Company,  or
otherwise;  and (iii) consider and take such  actions and make such approvals as
are appropriate to  reduce or eliminate  any potential or  apparent conflict  of
interest  which may arise in connection  with any proposed action or transaction
involving the Company.
 
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
 
    The Company  pays its  Directors who  are not  employees of  the Company  or
affiliated  with PGI or the Company a  fee for their services as Directors. Such
persons receive  annual  compensation  of  $10,000 plus  a  fee  of  $2,500  for
attendance  in person at each  meeting of the Board of  Directors, a fee of $500
for participating  by telephone  in each  substantial meeting  of the  Board  of
Directors or of any Committee of the Board of Directors, and a fee of $1,000 for
attending  any meeting  of any  Committee of  the Board  of Directors; provided,
however, no additional compensation  is paid for  participating by telephone  or
attending any meeting of any Committee of the Board of Directors if such meeting
occurs on the same day as a meeting of the Board of Directors. Such persons also
receive  reimbursement  of  all travel  and  lodging expenses  related  to their
attendance at both Board and committee meetings.
 
    Pursuant to the 1994  Stock Incentive Plan, the  Company granted options  to
purchase  20,000 shares  of Common  Stock to  non-employee Directors  as follows
(with the number of shares  of Common Stock to  be issued upon exercise  thereof
indicated  parenthetically):  Terence  C.  Golden  (5,000),  Kenneth  A. Randall
(5,000), James R.  Thompson (5,000) and  Marvin S. Traub  (5,000). The  exercise
price  of such options is $19.00 per  share, which represents the Initial Public
Offering price for the Common Stock, and such options
 
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are exercisable at any time  prior to the earlier of  (a) March 22, 2004 or  (b)
the  expiration  of  one year  from  the  date of  such  non-employee Director's
termination of service as a Director.  See "Compensation of Executives --  Stock
Incentive Plans."
 
    Pursuant  to the 1995  Stock Incentive Plan, the  Company granted options to
purchase an  aggregate of  20,000  shares of  Common  Stock (the  "Initial  1995
Grants")  to outside  directors of  the Company as  follows (with  the number of
shares  of  Common  Stock   to  be  issued   upon  exercise  thereof   indicated
parenthetically):  Terence  C.  Golden  (5,000),  Kenneth  A.  Randall  (5,000),
Governor James R.  Thompson (5,000) and  Marvin S. Traub  (5,000). Each  Initial
1995  Grant was fully vested upon the date  of grant and will terminate upon the
earlier to occur of (a) May 18, 2005 or (b) the expiration of one year from  the
date of termination of service of the optionee as a Director of the Company. The
exercise price per share for such options is $12.45 per share (based on the fair
market  value of Common Stock on the grant date as determined in accordance with
the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan).
 
    The Company  has  entered into  a  consulting agreement  with  Marvin  Traub
Associates,  Inc., an entity owned and controlled by Marvin S. Traub, a Director
of the Company. The consulting agreement provides that for so long as Mr.  Traub
remains  a  Director of  the  Company he  will  provide consulting  and advisory
services in connection  with the Company's  development activities and  merchant
relations  and that Marvin Traub Associates, Inc.  will receive a monthly fee of
$5,000 for such services. Upon Mr. Traub's election as a Director, Marvin  Traub
Associates, Inc. received a grant of options to purchase 15,000 shares of Common
Stock  pursuant to  the 1994  Stock Incentive Plan.  The exercise  price of such
options is $19.00 per share, and such options are exercisable at any time  prior
to  the earlier of (a) March 22, 2004 or (b) the date ninety (90) days following
the termination of Mr. Traub's service as a Director of the Company.
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
    The executive officers of  the Company, their ages  and their positions  and
offices are set forth in the following table:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
          NAME             AGE                        POSITION
- -------------------------  ---   --------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>   <C>
Michael W. Reschke         40    Chairman of the Board, Director
Abraham Rosenthal          46    Chief Executive Officer, Director
William H. Carpenter, Jr.  45    President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
Glenn D. Reschke           45    Executive Vice President -- Development
David G. Phillips          34    Executive Vice President -- Leasing
Robert P. Mulreaney        37    Executive Vice President -- Chief Financial
                                  Officer and Treasurer
R. Bruce Armiger           50    Senior Vice President -- Development and
                                  Construction Management Services
C. Alan Schroeder          39    Senior Vice President -- General Counsel and
                                  Secretary
Steven S. Gothelf          36    Senior Vice President -- Finance
Steven M. McGhee           41    Senior Vice President -- Operations
</TABLE>
 
BIOGRAPHIES OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
    MICHAEL  W. RESCHKE.  Michael W. Reschke  has been the Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Company since  the Company's inception. Mr. Reschke  founded
PGI  in 1981 and, since that time,  has acted as PGI's Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer, and President. For  the last fourteen years,  Mr. Reschke has  directed
and   managed  the  development,   finance,  construction,  leasing,  marketing,
acquisition, renovation, and property management activities of PGI. Mr.  Reschke
also  is a member of  the Board of Directors of  Prime Residential, Inc., a real
estate investment trust  engaged in  the ownership,  operation, acquisition  and
renovation of multi-family residential projects and the successor in interest to
the  former multi-family division of PGI. Mr. Reschke received a Juris Doctorate
degree (summa cum laude) from the University of
 
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Illinois after having  received a B.A.  degree (summa cum  laude) in  Accounting
from  Northern Illinois University.  Mr. Reschke is licensed  to practice law in
the State of Illinois  and is a  certified public accountant.  Mr. Reschke is  a
member  of the Chairman's Roundtable and the Executive Committee of the National
Realty Committee, as  well as a  full member  of the Urban  Land Institute.  Mr.
Reschke is the brother of Glenn D. Reschke, an executive officer of the Company.
 
    ABRAHAM  ROSENTHAL.  Abraham Rosenthal has  been the Chief Executive Officer
and a  Director of  the Company  since the  Company's inception.  Mr.  Rosenthal
joined  PGI  in 1988,  serving  as Vice  President,  Senior Vice  President and,
immediately prior  to joining  the  Company, as  Executive Vice  President.  Mr.
Rosenthal's responsibilities with the Company include financing, site selection,
design  and  construction  management  for the  Company's  retail  projects. Mr.
Rosenthal has been  involved in retail  design and development  for the past  19
years.  Prior to  joining PGI,  Mr. Rosenthal was  Vice President  -- Design and
Construction of Cordish/Embry and Associates. Mr. Rosenthal received a  Bachelor
of  Architecture degree from the University  of Maryland School of Architecture,
is a registered  architect in  the State  of Maryland  and is  certified by  the
National  Council of Architectural  Registration Board. Mr.  Rosenthal is a full
member of  the  Urban Land  Institute,  the International  Council  of  Shopping
Centers and the VALUE RETAIL NEWS Advisory Board. Mr. Rosenthal also serves as a
member  of the board of directors of the Baltimore Museum of Art and as a member
of the museum's executive and finance committees.
 
    WILLIAM H. CARPENTER,  JR.  William  H. Carpenter, Jr.  has been  President,
Chief  Operating  Officer and  a  Director of  the  Company since  the Company's
inception. Immediately prior to the  Initial Public Offering, Mr. Carpenter  was
associated  with PGI. Mr. Carpenter  joined PGI in 1989,  serving as Senior Vice
President and,  immediately prior  to  joining the  Company, as  Executive  Vice
President.  Mr. Carpenter's  responsibilities with the  Company include leasing,
management and marketing, and public  relations concerning the Company's  retail
projects. Prior to joining PGI, Mr. Carpenter was President of D.I. Realty, Inc.
(a  division of  Design International)  from 1988 to  1989 and  in such capacity
managed all aspects  of retail leasing  and development for  D.I. Realty,  Inc.,
including  property  management,  construction, and  merchant  coordination. Mr.
Carpenter previously was senior regional leasing director with The Rouse Company
and a partner with Cordish/Embry and Associates in Baltimore, Maryland. In these
positions, Mr. Carpenter  directed the development  and leasing of  a number  of
major  urban projects  in cooperation  with city  governments. Over  the last 18
years, Mr. Carpenter  has been  involved in over  30 major  urban, suburban  and
specialty  projects  throughout the  United States.  Mr. Carpenter  attended the
University of Baltimore, is  a member of the  International Council of  Shopping
Centers,  a board member of  Developers of Outlet Centers,  a full member of the
Urban Land Institute and sits on VALUE RETAIL NEWS Advisory Board. Mr. Carpenter
also serves as  a member of  the board  of directors of  the Baltimore  Symphony
Orchestra.
 
    GLENN  D.  RESCHKE.    Glenn  D.  Reschke  is  Executive  Vice  President --
Development of the Company. Mr. Reschke joined PGI in 1983 and, since that time,
served as Vice President, Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President  of
PGI,  responsible for PGI's multi-family, senior housing, single family and land
development divisions. Mr. Reschke  also served as  President of Prime  Property
Management,  Inc.,  an  affiliate of  PGI.  Mr.  Reschke received  a  Masters in
Business Administration from Eastern  Michigan University with a  specialization
in  finance after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Chemical
Engineering from Rose Hulman  Institute of Technology  in Terre Haute,  Indiana.
Mr.  Reschke is the brother of Michael W. Reschke, the Company's Chairman of the
Board.
 
    DAVID G. PHILLIPS.  David G. Phillips is Executive Vice President -- Leasing
of the Company. Mr. Phillips joined PGI in 1989 and served as Vice President  --
Leasing  and  as Senior  Vice President  -- Director  of Leasing.  Mr. Phillips'
responsibilities with the Company include the management and supervision of  the
Company's  leasing operation as well as  project merchandising and lead merchant
leasing for  all of  the Company's  outlet centers.  Prior to  joining PGI,  Mr.
Phillips was a leasing representative at D.I. Realty, Inc., leasing a variety of
retail  projects including outlet  centers and traditional  and specialty malls.
Prior to joining  D.I. Realty,  Inc., Mr.  Phillips owned  and operated  Bowdoin
Street   Contracting  in  Boston,   Massachusetts,  specializing  in  historical
renovation.  Mr.  Phillips  received  a  Masters  of  Science  in  Real   Estate
 
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Development  at  Johns Hopkins  University and  received  a Bachelor  of Science
degree in Business Administration from  the University of Vermont. Mr.  Phillips
is  a member of  the International Council  of Shopping Centers,  the Urban Land
Institute and holds a real estate sales license in the State of Maryland.
 
    ROBERT P. MULREANEY.   Robert P.  Mulreaney is Executive  Vice President  --
Chief  Financial Officer and Treasurer of  the Company. Mr. Mulreaney joined the
Company in  1994.  Mr. Mulreaney's  responsibilities  with the  Company  include
financial  reporting,  investor relations,  accounting, taxation,  treasury, and
management information systems. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Mulreaney  was
associated  for  14  years with  Ernst  &  Young LLP,  where  he  specialized in
accounting  and  consulting  issues  related   to  real  estate  and   financial
institutions.  Mr. Mulreaney received  a Bachelor of  Business Administration in
Accounting in 1980 from  Marshall University in  Huntington, West Virginia.  Mr.
Mulreaney is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
the  Maryland Association of Certified Public  Accountants and the West Virginia
Society of Certified Public Accountants.
 
    R. BRUCE ARMIGER.  R. Bruce Armiger is Senior Vice President --  Development
and   Construction   Management  Services   for   the  Company.   Mr.  Armiger's
responsibilities with the Company include supervision of project development and
construction for all of the Company's outlet centers. Mr. Armiger joined PGI  in
1992,  and since that  time, acted as  Vice President of  the Retail Division of
PGI. Prior  to joining  PGI, Mr.  Armiger  was Vice  President and  Director  of
Construction  and Engineering of The Rouse Company  for a period of 15 years. At
The Rouse  Company, Mr.  Armiger was  responsible for  all of  the  construction
activities of the company consisting of over 5 million square feet of GLA during
his  tenure. Mr. Armiger has  a Bachelor of Arts  degree and Masters of Business
Administration from Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland.
 
    C. ALAN SCHROEDER.   C. Alan Schroeder is  Senior Vice President --  General
Counsel  and Secretary of the Company. Mr. Schroeder's responsibilities with the
Company include legal, human resources and  risk management. From 1990 to  1994,
Mr.  Schroeder was  an Assistant General  Counsel of PGI,  responsible for legal
matters relating to the  retail division of PGI  and involved in the  division's
development,  financing,  corporate,  partnership,  construction  and management
matters. Prior to joining PGI, Mr. Schroeder was associated for four years  with
Hopkins  & Sutter, a Chicago, Illinois based law firm, where he worked primarily
on real estate and financing matters.  Mr. Schroeder received a Juris  Doctorate
degree from The University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Schroeder received an A.B.
degree  in Economics and Sociology from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Mr.
Schroeder is licensed to practice law in Illinois.
 
    STEVEN S. GOTHELF.   Steven Gothelf is Senior  Vice President -- Finance  of
the Company. Mr. Gothelf joined PGI in 1990 and, since that time, served as Vice
President  of Asset  and Development Management.  Mr. Gothelf's responsibilities
include financing  and capital  market activities  and acquisition  of  existing
outlet  centers.  For two  years  prior to  joining  PGI, Mr.  Gothelf  was Vice
President of Finance  and Administration  of Clarion Development  Inc. Prior  to
joining  Clarion Development Inc., Mr. Gothelf  was a Market Maker for financial
futures at the Chicago Board  of Trade and prior to  that was a Manager of  Real
Estate  Tax and Consulting for Peat Marwick  Main. Mr. Gothelf received his B.S.
degree in Accounting from the University  of Illinois and is a certified  public
accountant.
 
    STEVEN  M. MCGHEE.  Steven McGhee is  Senior Vice President -- Operations of
the Company. Mr. McGhee has been  affiliated with PGI since October, 1989,  most
recently   as  Vice   President  and   Director  of   Operations.  Mr.  McGhee's
responsibilities include directing the marketing and management of the Company's
properties. Prior to  joining PGI, Mr.  McGhee was General  Manager for CBL  and
Associates  for two years where he marketed and managed a portfolio of 1,500,000
square feet of retail properties. Prior  to that Mr. McGhee spent fifteen  years
with  the Melville Corporation, a specialty retail chain where he was eventually
responsible for  the  operations of  approximately  140 stores  nationwide.  Mr.
McGhee attended the University of Tennessee majoring in Business Administration.
Mr.  McGhee is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC),
Value Retail  News and  Building  Owners and  Managers Association  (BOMA).  Mr.
McGhee received designation as a certified shopping center manager from the ICSC
in October 1995.
 
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COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVES
 
    Prior  to the completion of the Initial Public Offering, the Company did not
pay any  compensation  to its  officers.  The  following table  sets  forth  the
compensation  earned for the period from March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994 and
for the year ended December 31, 1995 with respect to the Chairman of the  Board,
the  Chief Executive Officer and the four  other persons who are the most highly
compensated executive officers of the Company, including the President and Chief
Operating Officer.
 
                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               ANNUAL COMPENSATION           LONG-TERM COMPENSATION AWARDS
                                                       ------------------------------------  ------------------------------
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION                              YEAR       SALARY        BONUS               OPTIONS/SARS
- -----------------------------------------------------  ---------  ----------  -------------  ------------------------------
<S>                                                    <C>        <C>         <C>            <C>
Michael W. Reschke, .................................       1995  $  150,000  $        0(1)              50,000(2)
 Chairman of the Board                                      1994     116,610           0(1)             150,000(3)
Abraham Rosenthal, ..................................       1995     257,385     125,000                 50,000(2)
 Chief Executive Officer                                    1994     190,341      75,000                150,000(3)
William H. Carpenter, Jr., ..........................       1995     257,385     125,000                 50,000(2)
 President and Chief Operating Officer                      1994     190,341      75,000                150,000(3)
Glenn D. Reschke, ...................................       1995     150,000      88,200                 20,000(2)
 Executive Vice President -- Development                    1994     114,205      69,450                 50,000(3)
David G. Phillips, ..................................       1995     150,000     125,000                 20,000(2)
 Executive Vice President -- Leasing                        1994     114,205      89,500                 50,000(3)
R. Bruce Armiger, ...................................       1995     125,000      85,290                  7,000(2)
 Senior Vice President -- Development and                   1994      92,473     130,278                      0(3)
 Construction Management Services
</TABLE>
 
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NOTES:
 
(1) At his request, Mr. M. Reschke was not considered for a discretionary  bonus
    for the period from March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1995.
 
(2)  Granted pursuant  to the 1995  Stock Incentive Plan  effective February 16,
    1996. See "-- Stock Incentive Plans."
 
(3) Granted pursuant to the 1994  Stock Incentive Plan. See "-- Stock  Incentive
    Plans."
 
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AND CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENTS
 
    The  Company has entered into  agreements (the "Employment Agreements") with
each of the  executive officers named  in the summary  compensation table  above
other  than  Messrs. Armiger  and  G. Reschke.  The  agreements with  Messrs. M.
Reschke, Rosenthal, Carpenter and Phillips generally provide that such executive
officers shall devote substantially all of their business time to the  operation
of  the Company, except Mr. M. Reschke who shall only be required to devote such
time as he deems necessary to fulfill his duties and obligations to the  Company
as  Chairman of the Board. The Employment  Agreement for Mr. M. Reschke provides
for an initial term expiring on March 22, 1999 and the Employment Agreement  for
Mr.  Phillips provides  for an  initial term expiring  on March  22, 1997, which
agreements are automatically extended for an additional year after expiration of
the initial  term and  any extension  period unless  either the  Company or  the
executive  officer provides the  other with prior written  notice that such term
shall not  be extended.  The  Employment Agreements  for Messrs.  Rosenthal  and
Carpenter provide for a term expiring on December 31, 1998 and do not provide an
extension period.
 
    The  Employment Agreement with Messrs. M.  Reschke and Phillips provide that
the employees  covered thereby  are eligible  to receive  discretionary  bonuses
based  on the achievement  of performance goals established  by the Company. The
Employment Agreements with  Messrs. Rosenthal and  Carpenter provide for  annual
performance  based  bonuses  of  not  more  than  the  executive's  base  salary
determined by a formula based on the following financial factors: annual  growth
in funds from operations on a fully diluted per share
 
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basis,  first year  return on  total development  cost for  all new  centers and
expansions which open during the year, average sales per square foot, percentage
of space leased, and a discretionary component of not more than 10% of the total
bonus paid on the executive's participation in the development of new concepts.
 
    If the Employment Agreements are  terminated by the Company "without  cause"
or  are terminated  by the executive  after a  "change in control"  or for "good
reason" (as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreements), the  executive
will  be entitled to a  lump sum payment. With regard  to Messrs. M. Reschke and
Phillips, such  payment  will  be  an  amount  equal  to  the  greater  of  such
executive's  annual base  salary or 50  percent of the  remaining aggregate base
salary due the executive under his Employment Agreement. With regards to Messrs.
Rosenthal and Carpenter,  such amount  for termination by  the Company  "without
cause"  or for termination by  the executive for "good  reason" will be equal to
the executive's annual base salary plus (1) the average annual performance bonus
paid to the executive for the two years preceding the termination or (2) 50%  of
the  executive's base salary  if the termination occurs  before January 1, 1998.
The Employment  Agreements  with Messrs.  Rosenthal  and Carpenter  allow  these
executives  the option to terminate their respective employment agreement at any
time within six months following a "change  of control" of the Company (as  such
term  is defined therein). If either of these executives elects to exercise such
option in the event of a "change of control," such executive will be entitled to
receive any bonuses accrued but undistributed, other vested benefits through the
effective date of the termination and  health and life insurance benefits for  a
period  of  one year,  plus a  termination  distribution in  the amount  of $1.5
million. Additionally, if the Employment  Agreements are so terminated,  certain
restrictions  on the transfer  of stock held by  Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter
(or obtained by such persons upon exercise of Common Units) may terminate.  With
regard  to Messrs.  Rosenthal and  Carpenter, the  Employment Agreements contain
certain non-compete  provisions  restricting  the  executives  from  developing,
acquiring  or operating retail properties  similar to those properties developed
or operated by the Company for a period of up to two years following termination
of employment, which period may be limited  to four quarters by either party  at
any time prior to 30 days before the end of the fourth quarter.
 
    Current  terms  of the  Employment Agreement  provide for  a base  salary of
$150,000 for Mr. M.  Reschke, $250,000 for Messrs.  Rosenthal and Carpenter  and
$175,000  for Mr. Phillips.  The current terms of  Mr. G. Reschke's compensation
include  a  base  salary  of  $175,000.  The  current  terms  of  Mr.  Armiger's
compensation  include an annual  base salary of  $130,000, a project development
bonus equal to $.10  for each square  foot of GLA contained  in any new  factory
outlet  center or project expansion completed by the Company and a discretionary
bonus of up  to 30% of  Mr. Armiger's base  salary based on  the achievement  of
performance goals.
 
OPTION GRANTS IN 1995
 
    No  options to purchase Common Stock were granted to the named executives by
the Company during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995; however, on February
16, 1996 the Company granted  the options discussed below  to each of the  named
executive  officers of the Company for services rendered in 1995. The table also
shows the potential  value of  such grants if  the Common  Stock appreciates  at
compounded  annual rates  of 5% and  10% compounded annually  over the remaining
term of the option from the grant date price of $11.88 per share on February 16,
1996. The 5% and  10% rates of  appreciation based on the  grant date price  are
required  to be disclosed by the rules of the Commission and are not intended to
forecast potential future appreciation, if  any, in the Company's stock  prices.
The Company did not use an alternative present
 
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value formula permitted by the rules of the Commission because, in the Company's
view, potential future unknown or volatile factors result in there being no such
formula  that can determine  with reasonable accuracy the  present value of such
option grants.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                                                                INDIVIDUAL GRANTS                           VALUE AT ASSUMED
                                           ------------------------------------------------------------  ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
                                                               % OF TOTAL                                PRICE APPRECIATION FOR
                                                              OPTIONS/SARS                                OPTION TERM BASED ON
                                                               GRANTED TO      EXERCISE OR               GRANT DATE STOCK PRICE
                                            OPTIONS/SARS      EMPLOYEES IN     BASE PRICE   EXPIRATION   ----------------------
NAME                                       GRANTED (#)(1)    FISCAL YEAR (2)   ($/SH) (3)      DATE        5% ($)     10% ($)
- -----------------------------------------  ---------------  -----------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                        <C>              <C>                <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>
Michael W. Reschke.......................        50,000             18.3%       $   11.88      2/16/06   $  373,000  $  946,000
Abraham Rosenthal........................        50,000             18.3            11.88      2/16/06      373,000     946,000
William H. Carpenter, Jr.................        50,000             18.3            11.88      2/16/06      373,000     946,000
Glenn D. Reschke.........................        20,000              7.3            11.88      2/16/06      149,000     379,000
David G. Phillips........................        20,000              7.3            11.88      2/16/06      149,000     379,000
R. Bruce Armiger.........................         7,000              2.6            11.88      2/16/06       52,000     132,000
</TABLE>
 
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NOTES:
 
(1) Options are fully  vested. The exercise price  for the options is  generally
    payable  in cash or, in certain circumstances, by the surrender, at the fair
    market value on  the date on  which the  option is exercised,  of shares  of
    Common Stock.
 
(2)  A total of 272,500  options were granted to  employees on February 16, 1996
    for services rendered during 1995.
 
(3) Based on  average closing  price for the  five business  days preceding  the
    grant date.
 
    The  following  table  sets forth  information  with respect  to  options to
purchase shares of Common Stock exercised by the named executive officers during
1995 and the number of shares of Common Stock underlying options held by each of
the named executive  officers and the  value of such  officers' exercisable  and
unexercisable options on December 31, 1995.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                VALUE OF
                                                                                                               UNEXERCISED
                                                                                            NUMBER OF         IN-THE-MONEY
                                                                                       UNEXERCISED OPTIONS     OPTIONS AT
                                                                                             AT 1995          1995 YEAR-END
                                                       SHARES                             YEAR-END (#)           ($)(1)
                                                      ACQUIRED                         -------------------  -----------------
                                                         ON          VALUE REALIZED       EXERCISABLE/        EXERCISABLE/
NAME                                                EXERCISE (#)           ($)            UNEXERCISABLE       UNEXERCISABLE
- -------------------------------------------------  ---------------  -----------------  -------------------  -----------------
<S>                                                <C>              <C>                <C>                  <C>
Michael W. Reschke...............................        --                --               52,500/97,500          --
Abraham Rosenthal................................        --                --               52,500/97,500          --
William H. Carpenter, Jr.........................        --                --               52,500/97,500          --
Glenn D. Reschke.................................        --                --               17,500/32,500          --
David G. Phillips................................        --                --               17,500/32,500          --
R. Bruce Armiger.................................        --                --                  --                  --
</TABLE>
 
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NOTE:
 
(1)  None of the options held by  the named executive officers were in-the-money
    at December 31, 1995.
 
STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS
 
    The Company established  the 1994 Stock  Incentive Plan and  the 1995  Stock
Incentive  Plan for the purpose of attracting and retaining Directors, executive
officers and other key employees. Each option granted pursuant to the 1994 Stock
Incentive Plan and the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan shall be designated at the time
of grant as  either an  "incentive stock option"  or as  a "non-qualified  stock
option."  The 1994 Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of options ("1994
Options") to purchase up to 585,000 shares of Common Stock.
 
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    In connection with  the Initial  Public Offering, the  Company granted  1994
Options to purchase an aggregate of 550,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Initial
Grants") to the following key executive officers of the Company (with the number
of  shares  of  Common  Stock  to  be  issued  upon  exercise  thereof indicated
parenthetically): Michael  W. Reschke  (150,000); Abraham  Rosenthal  (150,000);
William  H. Carpenter,  Jr. (150,000); Glenn  D. Reschke (50,000);  and David G.
Phillips (50,000). The Initial Grants vest monthly at an annual rate of 20%  per
year and have a term of ten years (or less if the optionee owns more than 10% of
the  total combined voting power of all  classes of the Company's Stock, becomes
disabled within the  meaning of the  Internal Revenue Code  of 1986, as  amended
(the  "Code") or dies. The exercise price  of these options issued is $19.00 per
share, which represents the initial public offering price of the Common Stock.
 
    The Company has also granted 1994 Options to purchase an aggregate of 35,000
shares of Common Stock to non-employee Directors or their affiliates as  follows
(with  the number of shares  of Common Stock to  be issued upon exercise thereof
indicated parenthetically):  Terence  C.  Golden  (5,000),  Kenneth  A.  Randall
(5,000),  Governor James R. Thompson (5,000), Marvin S. Traub (5,000) and Marvin
Traub Associates, Inc.  (15,000). These  options were fully  vested upon  grant,
have  an exercise  price of $19.00  per share,  and are exercisable  at any time
prior to the earlier of (a) March 22, 2004 or (b) one year from the  termination
of  such non-employee Director's service as a  Director, or, with respect to the
grant of options  to Marvin Traub  Associates, Inc., ninety  (90) days from  the
termination of Mr. Traub's service as a Director of the Company.
 
    The  1994 Stock Incentive Plan  terminates ten years from  the date the plan
was adopted by the Board of Directors (March 18, 2004). As of December 31, 1995,
no additional options were  available for grant under  the 1994 Stock  Incentive
Plan.
 
    The  1995  Stock Incentive  Plan provides  for the  grant of  options ("1995
Options") to purchase a  specified number of shares  of Common Stock. Under  the
1995  Stock Incentive Plan,  600,000 shares of Common  Stock were made available
for grants. With respect to any  optionee during any calendar year, the  maximum
number  of shares of Common Stock that may  be subject to 1995 Options under the
1995 Stock Incentive Plan is 150,000.  Participants in the 1995 Stock  Incentive
Plan,  who may be Directors, officers or employees of the Company, the Operating
Partnership, their subsidiaries  or designated affiliates,  are selected by  the
Executive  Compensation and Stock  Incentive Plan Committee.  An employee of the
Operating Partnership  (or  any  other affiliated  partnership)  or  an  outside
Director  of  the Company  shall only  be eligible  to be  granted non-qualified
options. In the case of Directors who are members of the Executive  Compensation
and  Stock  Incentive Plan  Committee, such  grants are  made only  as automatic
grants under a specified formula set forth in the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
    On May 18, 1995, the Company  granted 1995 Options to purchase an  aggregate
of  20,000 shares of Common Stock to non-employee Directors as follows (with the
number of shares of  Common Stock to be  issued upon exercise thereof  indicated
parenthetically):  Terence  C.  Golden  (5,000),  Kenneth  A.  Randall  (5,000),
Governor James  R. Thompson  (5,000) and  Marvin S.  Traub (5,000).  These  1995
Options  were fully vested  upon grant and  have an exercise  price of 12.45 per
share. Such options are exercisable at any time prior to the earlier of (a)  May
18,  2005 or (b) one  year from the termination  of such non-employee Director's
service as a Director.
 
    On February 16, 1996, the Company  also granted 1995 Options to purchase  an
aggregate  of  190,000 shares  of Common  Stock to  the following  key executive
officers of the Company (with the number of shares of Common Stock to be  issued
upon  exercise thereof indicated parenthetically);  Michael W. Reschke (50,000);
Abraham Rosenthal (50,000); William H. Carpenter, Jr. (50,000); Glenn D. Reschke
(20,000); and David G. Phillips (20,000). In addition, on February 16, 1996, the
Company granted  1995 Options  to  various other  employees  of the  Company  to
purchase  an aggregate of  89,500 shares of  Common Stock of  the Company. These
1995 Options are  fully vested  and have a  term of  ten years (or  less if  the
optionee owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of
the Company's Stock, becomes disabled within the meaning of the Code, leaves the
Company   or   dies).   The   exercise   price   of   such   1995   Options   is
 
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$11.88 per share. The exercise price  for the 1995 Options is generally  payable
in cash or, in certain circumstances, by the surrender, at the fair market value
on the date on which the 1995 Option is exercised, of shares of Common Stock.
 
    The  1995  Stock Incentive  Plan authorizes  the Executive  Compensation and
Stock Incentive Plan Committee to grant 1995 Options at an exercise price to  be
determined  by it, provided that such price cannot be less than 100% of the fair
market value  of the  Common Stock  on  the date  on which  the 1995  Option  is
granted.  If an incentive stock option is to  be granted to an employee who owns
over 10% of  the total combined  voting power  of all classes  of the  Company's
stock,  then the  exercise price may  not be less  than 110% of  the fair market
value of the Common Stock covered by such  option on the day it is granted.  The
exercise  price for any 1995 Option is  generally payable in cash or, in certain
circumstances, by the surrender, at the fair  market value on the date on  which
the 1995 Option is exercised, of shares of Common Stock.
 
    The  1995 Stock Incentive Plan  terminates ten years from  the date the plan
was adopted by the Board of Directors (April 14, 2005).
 
    All unvested options  held by an  optionee under the  Stock Incentive  Plans
will automatically be forfeited if the optionee leaves employment for any reason
other  than a termination "without  cause" by the Company,  "for good reason" by
the optionee  or a  "change in  control"  (as defined  in the  applicable  Stock
Incentive  Plan). The rights of any  participants to exercise an option pursuant
to the Stock Incentive  Plans may not  be transferred in any  way other than  by
will  or laws of  descent and distribution  or pursuant to  a qualified domestic
relations order.
 
    Subject to  the  express  provisions  of  the  Stock  Incentive  Plans,  the
Executive  Compensation  and Stock  Incentive  Plan Committee  may  take certain
actions with  respect to  the Stock  Incentive  Plan. In  the event  of  certain
extraordinary  events,  the  Executive  Compensation  and  Stock  Incentive Plan
Committee may  make adjustments  in  the aggregate  number  and kind  of  shares
reserved  for issuance,  the number  and kind  of shares  covered by outstanding
awards and the  exercise prices  specified therein as  may be  determined to  be
appropriate.
 
    The Executive Compensation and Stock Incentive Plan Committee also may amend
any   award  previously   granted  pursuant   to  the   Stock  Incentive  Plans,
prospectively or retroactively. No such amendment  may impair the rights of  any
participant  under any award without the consent of such participant (except for
any amendment made to  cause the plan  to qualify for  an exemption provided  by
Rule 16b-3.
 
    If  any option granted under the Stock Incentive Plan expires or is canceled
without having been fully exercised, additional options for the number of shares
of Common Stock that would have been issued upon exercise of such options may be
re-granted under the applicable Stock Incentive Plan, subject to the  limitation
of the number of shares of Common Stock made available for grants. The Executive
Compensation  and Stock Incentive  Plan Committee may, in  its discretion and in
such terms as it deems  appropriate, require as a condition  to the grant of  an
option  that  the  individual surrender  for  cancellation  some or  all  of the
unexercised options which have  been previously granted  to such individual.  An
option  the grant of which is conditioned upon such surrender may have an option
price lower (or  higher) than the  option price of  the surrendered option,  may
cover  the same  (or a lesser  or greater)  number of shares  as the surrendered
option, may contain  other terms such  as the Executive  Compensation and  Stock
Incentive   Plan  Committee  deems  appropriate  and  shall  be  exercisable  in
accordance with its terms, without regard  to a number of shares, price,  option
period or any other term or condition of the surrendered option.
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
 
    The  Executive Compensation and Stock Incentive  Plan Committee of the Board
of Directors, which is required to have a majority of outside Directors who  are
neither  employees  or  officers of  the  Company, is  charged  with determining
compensation for the  Company's Executive  Officers. Mr. Terence  C. Golden  and
Kenneth  A.  Randall currently  serve on  the  Executive Compensation  and Stock
Incentive Plan Committee. See "Compensation of Directors."
 
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    No  executive officer of the  Company served as a  director or member of (i)
the compensation  committee of  another entity,  an executive  officer of  which
entity  is  a Director  of  the Company  or  member of  the  Company's Executive
Compensation and Stock Incentive Plan Committee, (ii) the Board of Directors  of
another  entity in which one of the  executive officers of such entity served on
the Company's  Executive Compensation  and Stock  Incentive Plan  Committee,  or
(iii)  the  compensation committee  of  any other  entity  in which  one  of the
executive officers of such entity served as  a member of the Company's Board  of
Directors,  during  the year  ended  December 31,  1995.  See "Other  Matters --
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions."
 
                     CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND TRANSACTIONS
 
    OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.   The Company,  PGI, Messrs. Rosenthal  and
Carpenter  and certain other parties have entered into the Operating Partnership
Agreement which sets  forth the terms  of such partnership  and establishes  the
Company  as  the sole  general partner  of the  Operating Partnership  with full
responsibility and discretion  in the  management and control  of the  Operating
Partnership. The Operating Partnership Agreement also sets forth the terms under
which the Limited Partners conveyed their respective interests in the Properties
and  the Management  and Development  Operations to  the Company.  For a summary
description of the terms of the Operating Partnership Agreement, see  "Operating
Partnership Agreement."
 
    BENEFITS  TO CERTAIN AFFILIATES RESULTING FROM THE EXCHANGE OFFER.  Assuming
the completion of  the Exchange  Offer, the  required dividends  payable by  the
Company  in respect of the  Convertible Preferred Stock will  be reduced and the
Limited Partners will  benefit from  the increase in  the amount  of Funds  from
Operations  available for  distribution with  respect to  the Common  Units. For
example, if the Exchange Offer had been completed on January 1, 1995 and without
giving effect to the Offering, the distributions per Common Unit payable to  the
Limited  Partners  would have  increased from  $0.66  to $0.82.  See "Prospectus
Summary -- Structure of the Company and the Operating Partnership."
 
    FORMATION TRANSACTIONS.  In connection with the Initial Public Offering, the
following affiliates of the Company received the following benefits:
 
    - PGI's receipt of approximately $10.2 million in cash and 7,794,495  Common
      Units  and  the repayment  by the  Operating Partnership  of approximately
      $155.8 million of indebtedness that was guaranteed or otherwise  recourse,
      in part, to PGI;
 
    - Receipt  by  each  of Abraham  Rosenthal,  Chief Executive  Officer  and a
      Director of the Company, and  William H. Carpenter, Jr., President,  Chief
      Operating  Officer and a Director of  the Company, of 266,090 Common Units
      and $0.84 million in cash; and
 
    - Receipt by each  of Messrs. Rosenthal  and Carpenter of  a $2.375  million
      recourse  loan from the Operating Partnership,  the proceeds of which were
      used to acquire an additional 125,000  Common Units at the initial  public
      offering price of the Common Stock.
 
    In  connection with the Initial  Public Offering, the affiliates contributed
total assets and  liabilities with a  net carrying value  of $225.2 million  and
$225.3 million, respectively.
 
    The  values attributed to the Common  Units acquired by the Limited Partners
assume that each  such Common Unit  had a  value of $19.00,  the initial  public
offering  price per share  of Common Stock.  Based on such  value, the 7,794,495
Common Units  received by  PGI  were valued  at  $148,095,405, and  the  266,090
received  by each of Abraham Rosenthal and William H. Carpenter, Jr. were valued
at $5,055,710 for each  of them. Because  the Common Units  held by the  Limited
Partners are subject to a preferential distribution in favor of the Common Units
held  by the Company, which currently results in greater dividends in respect of
each share of Common Stock than each Common Unit held by a Limited Partner,  and
the  right of  the Limited  Partners to exchange  such Common  Units into Common
Stock is limited in certain circumstances, the value of a Common Unit held by  a
Limited Partner is likely to be less than the value of a share of Common Stock.
 
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    LOANS  TO MESSRS. ROSENTHAL  AND CARPENTER.  In  connection with the Initial
Public Offering, the Operating Partnership made recourse loans of $2.375 million
to each of Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter. Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter used
such loan proceeds to acquire an additional 125,000 Common Units at the  initial
public  offering  price  of the  Common  Stock.  Each of  Messrs.  Rosenthal and
Carpenter incurred such loans and made such purchases through a partnership that
he controls which is  the borrower under  each such loan. Each  of the loans  is
secured by a pledge of the Common Units being acquired with the proceeds thereof
(the  "Pledged  Common  Units")  and guaranteed  by  the  respective individual.
Interest on the loans accrues at a rate  equal to 6.55% and is payable prior  to
maturity  only  to  the  extent  of  any  distributions  paid  by  the Operating
Partnership in respect of the Pledged Common Units. Accrued and unpaid  interest
of  $187,500 was added to the principal balance  of each such loan as of January
1, 1996. Each loan  matures on the earlier  to occur of (i)  March 22, 2004  and
(ii)  the first  anniversary of the  termination of  the individual's employment
with the Company for any reason.  The partnerships holding the Common Units  are
subject  to the same limitations on  transfer and exchange applicable to Messrs.
Rosenthal and Carpenter personally.
 
    INDEMNIFICATION OF MESSRS. ROSENTHAL  AND CARPENTER.   PGI has entered  into
Indemnification  and  Option Agreements  with  Messrs. Rosenthal  and Carpenter.
Pursuant to  these  agreements, subject  to  Messrs. Rosenthal  and  Carpenter's
continued employment by the Company and certain other conditions, PGI has agreed
to  indemnify  Messrs. Rosenthal  and Carpenter  against 50%  of any  "loss" (as
defined therein) which either may suffer as  a result of his purchase of  Common
Units in connection with the Company's Initial Public Offering.
 
    PGI  has also agreed, subject to Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter's continued
employment by the Company, to grant  to each of Messrs. Rosenthal and  Carpenter
options to purchase (i) up to 50,000 Common Units at $13.00 per Common Unit upon
the  first date on which the regular cash distribution for a calendar quarter of
the Operating Partnership distributable with respect to Common Units is equal to
or greater than the regular quarterly  (calendar) dividend on a per share  basis
for  the  outstanding  Common  Stock  for the  same  calendar  quarter  for four
successive calendar quarters, and (ii) up  to 50,000 Common Units at $13.00  per
Common  Unit upon the first date on which the Convertible Preferred Stock begins
to participate in non-preferred dividends as otherwise provided in the  Charter,
such options to expire on December 31, 2000.
 
    SPECIAL  DISTRIBUTION TO THE  ROSENTHAL FAMILY LLC  AND THE CARPENTER FAMILY
ASSOCIATION LLC.  The  Company and the Operating  Partnership have entered  into
Special  Distribution and Allocation Agreements with limited liability companies
controlled by Messrs. Rosenthal and  Carpenter (the "LLC's"). Pursuant to  these
agreements,  subject  to  the  continued  employment  of  Messrs.  Rosenthal and
Carpenter by the Company, the Operating Partnership has agreed to distribute  to
the LLC's on or before March 31, 1999, a special distribution for 1996, 1997 and
1998 equal to the product of (a)(i) the average annual funds from operations per
share  growth percentage minus ten percent (ii) divided by five percent, and (b)
one-half of the outstanding Note Balance (as hereinafter defined), provided that
in no event may the special distribution be less than zero or more than half  of
the outstanding Note Balance. "Note Balance" means the original principal amount
of  $2.375 million of the notes executed by Messrs. Rosenthal and Carpenter plus
any interest or  other charges which  have accrued or  been capitalized but  not
been paid as of December 31, 1998.
 
    TRANSACTIONS WITH THE SELLING STOCKHOLDER.
 
    Affiliates of the Selling Stockholder furnished a substantial portion of the
financing  or  credit  required  for the  development  and  construction  of the
properties in which the  Selling Stockholder or its  affiliates had an  interest
prior to the Initial Public Offering and formation of the Company.
 
    Ownership  of  Common  Units.    Immediately  prior  to  the  Initial Public
Offering, the  Selling Stockholder  and its  affiliates held  certain  ownership
interests  and options for ownership interests  in certain of the Properties. In
exchange for 644,125 Common  Units, the Selling Stockholder  and certain of  its
affiliates contributed their ownership interests and options with respect to the
Properties  to the Operating Partnership. In December 1995, PGI acquired 553,797
Common Units from  affiliates of  the Selling  Stockholder in  a transaction  in
which  the  Selling Stockholder  and one  of its  affiliates were  released from
pledge obligations to
 
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a third party lender,  and PGI re-pledged such  Additional Common Units to  such
lender.  In connection with the Offering,  the Selling Stockholder is exchanging
its remaining 90,328 Common Units for a  like number of shares of Common  Stock,
all of which are being sold in the Offering.
 
    In order to facilitate the Initial Public Offering and related transactions,
PGI  pledged  5,162,002  of  its  Common  Units  to  affiliates  of  the Selling
Stockholder as additional collateral for certain indebtedness and guarantees  of
PGI.  Currently, 915,762 Common Units  remain pledged by PGI  to an affiliate of
the Selling Stockholder.  The balance of  the Common Units  that were  orginally
pledged by PGI were released in December 1995 in transactions in which the loans
or  other obligations  secured by such  pledges were transferred  or released by
affiliates of the Selling Stockholder.
 
    Credit Enhancement.  Certain affiliates  of the Selling Stockholder  provide
credit  enhancement with  respect to  approximately $28.3  million of tax-exempt
bonds secured by  certain of  the Properties.  See "Business  and Properties  --
Mortgage  and Other  Debt Financing  of the  Company --  Note 1."  The Operating
Partnership is required to purchase such bonds on March 22, 1999 if at any  time
prior  to such date certain affiliates of the Selling Stockholder have purchased
any of such bonds, and the Company  is required to indemnify such affiliates  of
the  Selling Stockholder for any losses  or expenses incurred in connection with
the bonds and the credit enhancement. The standby credit enhancement  agreements
also  contain certain financial  and performance covenants.  An affiliate of the
Selling Stockholder received a fee of $140,000 from the proceeds of the  Initial
Public  Offering for the  extension of credit enhancement  for bonds relating to
The Shops at Western Plaza.
 
    Other Financings.  An affiliate of the Selling Stockholder provides a  first
mortgage  loan in  the principal  amount of  $16.0 million  secured by Northgate
Plaza and  guaranteed by  the Operating  Partnership. This  mortgage loan  bears
interest  at 8.0% per annum and matures on July 31, 1996. In connection with the
Initial Public Offering, the Company paid this lender $160,000 in fees to modify
the terms of  this loan. An  affiliate of  the Selling Stockholder  also held  a
first mortgage on the Huntley Factory Shops in the principal amount of up to $20
million, which was a direct obligation of the Operating Partnership that matured
and  was repaid in March  1995. In connection with  the Initial Public Offering,
the Company repaid  a $5.0 million  predevelopment loan to  an affiliate of  the
Selling  Stockholder and  entered into a  term loan agreement  for $50.0 million
with one  or more  affiliates of  the Selling  Stockholder. Such  term loan  was
repaid  in June  1994. In  connection with  such term  loan, the  Company paid a
$700,000 fee to an affiliate of the Selling Stockholder.
 
    Other  Initial  Public  Offering  Transactions.    In  connection  with  the
restructuring  of the partnerships that own Warehouse Row Factory Shops Phase I,
the Operating Partnership paid or caused  to be distributed $1.14 million to  an
affiliate  of  the  Selling  Stockholder,  which  owns  98%  of  the partnership
interests in one of  the two partnerships that  own such project. In  connection
with  the  Initial  Public  Offering, the  Company  repaid  approximately $128.0
million to affiliates  of the  Selling Stockholder in  satisfaction of  mortgage
indebtedness ($97.7 million) and other indebtedness ($30.3 million).
 
    Other  Transactions.  Prior to the Initial Public Offering, PGI had provided
property  management,   leasing,   acquisition,  renovation,   development   and
construction  management services for the partnerships  which own certain of the
Company's properties. Since  the Initial  Public Offering,  all such  management
services  have been performed by the Company. In connection with the development
of one of the Company's factory outlet centers completed in 1994, PGI reimbursed
the Company  for $878,813  in  connection with  costs  related to  certain  land
improvements.  Further,  the Company  has  indemnified PGI  for  certain matters
relating to  its  prior  activities.  See  "Business  and  Properties  --  Legal
Proceedings."
 
    Governor  James R. Thompson, a  Director of the Company,  is Chairman of the
law firm of  Winston &  Strawn, which has  provided, and  continues to  provide,
legal services to the Company.
 
    Marvin  Traub Associates, Inc., an affiliate  of Marvin S. Traub, a Director
of the Company, provides consulting  services to the Company. See  "Compensation
of Directors."
 
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                        OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
 
    The  following  summary of  the Agreement  of  Limited Partnership  of Prime
Retail, L.P., as amended (the "Operating Partnership Agreement"), including  the
description  of certain  provisions set forth  elsewhere in  this Prospectus, is
qualified in its entirety  by reference to  the Operating Partnership  Agreement
which  is incorporated by reference to  the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is  a part.  The  amendment of  the Operating  Partnership  Agreement
pursuant  to the Operating Partnership Amendment was a condition to the Exchange
Offer. See "Prospectus Summary -- The Exchange Offer -- Limited Partner  Consent
Condition."
 
MANAGEMENT
    The  Operating Partnership  is organized  as a  Delaware limited partnership
pursuant to  the terms  of the  Operating Partnership  Agreement. The  Operating
Partnership  Agreement generally provides that the  Company, as the sole general
partner  of  the  Operating  Partnership   has  full,  exclusive  and   complete
responsibility  and discretion  in the management  and control  of the Operating
Partnership. The Limited Partners of the Operating Partnership have no authority
to transact  business  for,  or  participate in  the  management  activities  or
decisions of, the Operating Partnership. However, any decision for the Operating
Partnership  to make certain amendments  to the Operating Partnership Agreement,
to take  title  to  any  property  other than  in  the  name  of  the  Operating
Partnership,  or to dissolve prior to December 31, 2050 (which is the expiration
of the Partnership's  term) or prior  to the occurrence  of certain  liquidating
events  would require the consent of a majority in interest of the Common Units.
The Limited Partners have no right to  remove the Company as general partner  of
the Operating Partnership.
 
TRANSFERABILITY OF INTERESTS
    The  Operating  Partnership  Agreement  provides that  the  Company  may not
voluntarily withdraw from the Operating  Partnership, or transfer or assign  its
interest  in the  Operating Partnership,  without the  unanimous consent  of the
Limited Partners.  The Limited  Partners  may transfer  their interests  in  the
Operating  Partnership to a transferee  subject to certain conditions, including
that such transferee assumes all  obligations of the transferor Limited  Partner
and  provided further  that such  transfer does not  cause a  termination of the
Operating Partnership for  federal income tax  purposes and does  not cause  the
Company to cease to comply with requirements under the Code for qualification as
a REIT. Pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Prime Common Units,
as  well as any shares  of Common Stock obtainable  upon exchange of such Common
Units, may not be transferred, assigned, sold, encumbered or otherwise  disposed
of  until March 22, 1997 without the  consent of the Company (exercisable by its
independent directors) and Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc., other than to
their Affiliates  (as defined  in the  Operating Partnership  Agreement),  other
Limited Partners, Affiliates of other Limited Partners and, with respect to PGI,
its  owners  which,  in  each  case, agree  to  assume  the  obligations  of the
transferor under  the Operating  Partnership  Agreement. The  Additional  Common
Units are not subject to such restrictions on transferability. Since the Initial
Public  Offering, the  Company and Friedman,  Billings, Ramsey &  Co., Inc. have
consented to the  pledge of  all of  the Common Units  owned by  PGI to  various
financial  institutions that have agreed to be bound by the various restrictions
and obligations relating to  such Common Units  under the Operating  Partnership
Agreement.  See "Principal Security  Holders and Selling  Security Holder of the
Company."
 
ADDITIONAL FUNDS
    The  Operating  Partnership  Agreement   provides  that  if  the   Operating
Partnership requires additional funds at any time or from time to time in excess
of funds available to the Operating Partnership from operations or prior capital
contributions,  the Company  may borrow  such funds  and lend  the funds  to the
Operating Partnership on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to  the
Company's  borrowing of such funds.  The Operating Partnership Agreement further
provides that  in the  event the  Company issues  additional shares  of  Capital
Stock,  the Company shall be required to contribute to the Operating Partnership
as an additional  capital contribution any  net proceeds from  such issuance  in
exchange  for  additional  partnership  interests  with  preferences  and rights
corresponding to the Capital Stock so issued.
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
    For a  description  of  certain  registration rights  held  by  the  Limited
Partners  and certain of their affiliates, see "Shares Available For Future Sale
- -- Registration Rights."
 
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TAX MATTERS
 
    Pursuant to the  Operating Partnership  Agreement, the Company  is the  "tax
matters  partner" of the Operating Partnership and, as such, does have authority
to make tax elections under the Code on behalf of the Operating Partnership. The
net income  or net  loss of  the Operating  Partnership generally  has and  will
continue  to be allocated to the Company  and the Limited Partners in accordance
with the distribution priority among the  holders of Preferred Units and  Common
Units  in the  Operating Partnership  and in  compliance with  the provisions of
Sections  704(b)  and  704(c)  of  the  Code  and  the  regulations  promulgated
thereunder.
 
OPERATIONS
 
    The  Operating Partnership Agreement requires that the Operating Partnership
be operated in a manner that will enable the Company to satisfy the requirements
for being classified as a  REIT and to avoid  any federal income tax  liability.
Pursuant  to the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Operating Partnership also
will assume and  pay when  due, or  reimburse the  Company for  payment of,  all
administrative  and  operating  expenses  of  the  Property  Partnerships,  will
distribute cash to the Company to enable the Company to pay all of the costs and
expenses relating to  the operations of  the Company to  the extent the  Company
does not otherwise have sufficient funds to satisfy such costs and expenses. The
Operating  Partnership will indemnify  the Company, as  its general partner, for
liabilities incurred  in  connection  with  debt  financing  for  the  Operating
Partnership or as general partner of the Operating Partnership.
 
DISTRIBUTIONS
 
    The  Operating Partnership Agreement sets forth  the manner in which the net
cash flow of the  Operating Partnership (which  includes operating revenues  and
proceeds   from  sales  or  refinancings  less  certain  expenditures)  will  be
distributed with respect to the Preferred  Units and the Common Units.  Pursuant
to  the Operating Partnership Agreement, each  Senior Preferred Unit held by the
Company entitles it to  receive a cash  distribution in an  amount equal to  the
dividend  declared or paid in respect of a share of Senior Preferred Stock prior
to the payment by the Operating  Partnership of any distributions in respect  of
the Convertible Preferred Units and the Common Units. Each Convertible Preferred
Unit  entitles the  Company to  receive, prior to  the payment  by the Operating
Partnership  of  distributions  with  respect  to  the  Common  Units,  a   cash
distribution in an amount equal to the distribution or dividend declared or paid
in  respect of a share of Convertible Preferred Stock. The Operating Partnership
Agreement  further  provides  that  net   cash  revenues  available  after   the
declaration or payment of distributions with respect to the Preferred Units will
be  distributed to the holders  of Common Units from time  to time (but not less
frequently than quarterly) in an aggregate  amount determined by the Company  in
accordance  with certain provisions establishing a Preferential Distribution for
Common Units held by the Company. The purpose of these provisions is to  enhance
the   likelihood  that  holders  of  Common   Stock  will  receive  a  quarterly
distribution of  at least  $0.295 per  share, subject  to availability  of  cash
available  for distribution, after payment of  dividends on the Senior Preferred
Stock and Convertible Preferred Stock. There can be no assurance, however,  that
holders of Common Stock will continue to receive such distributions.
 
    Subject  to payment in full of all  current and any accumulated dividends on
all Preferred  Units,  the  Operating  Partnership  must  pay  the  Preferential
Distribution  of $0.295 in each quarter (plus any preferential distribution that
is unpaid in any previous quarter) for each Common Unit held by the Company (the
total of such  units is  equal to  the number  of outstanding  shares of  Common
Stock)  before any distributions may be paid in respect of the Common Units held
by the Limited Partners of the Operating Partnership. The Operating  Partnership
Agreement  provides  that  any  quarterly distributions  made  by  the Operating
Partnership in excess of the  Preferential Distribution must first be  allocated
pro  rata among the Common  Units held by the Limited  Partners up to $0.295 for
each such Common Unit  and then be  allocated pro rata among  all of the  Common
Units.   The  Operating   Partnership  Agreement   further  provides   that  the
Preferential Distribution will  terminate only after  the Operating  Partnership
has  paid quarterly distributions of at least  $0.295 with respect to all of the
Common Units during four successive quarters without distributing more than  90%
of its Funds from Operations with respect to the Convertible Preferred Units and
Common  Units after  payment in full  of distributions for  the Senior Preferred
Units in any  such quarter.  Once the Preferential  Distribution is  terminated,
distributions  with respect to the Common Units will be allocated pro rata among
 
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all of the holders thereof. Until the Company generates Funds from Operations on
a quarterly basis in excess  of the FFO Threshold  Amount, the Company does  not
intend  to pay distributions per  share of Common Stock  in excess of $0.295 per
quarter (other than the Special Distribution), and any increase in the Operating
Partnership's Funds from Operations up to the FFO Threshold Amount will continue
to inure  solely  to  the benefit  of  the  Limited Partners.  For  purposes  of
determining  whether  the  Company's  Funds  from  Operations  is  sufficient to
terminate  the  Preferential  Distribution,   Funds  from  Operations  will   be
calculated   based  on  the  old  definition   of  Funds  from  Operations.  See
"Management's Discussion  and Analysis  of Financial  Condition and  Results  of
Operations -- Liquidity and Capital Resources -- Funds from Operations."
 
LIMITED PARTNER EXCHANGE RIGHTS
 
    Subject  to certain conditions,  each Common Unit held  by a Limited Partner
may be exchanged for one  share of Common Stock  (subject to adjustment) or,  at
the  option of the  Company, cash equal to  the fair market value  of a share of
Common Stock  at  the time  of  exchange. The  Prime  Common Units  may  not  be
exchanged  until the later of (i) March 22,  1997 or (ii) the termination of the
Preferential Distribution without the consent of the Company (exercisable by its
independent directors) and Friedman,  Billings, Ramsey &  Co., Inc. The  Limited
Partners  have agreed not to exchange their Common Units for Common Stock unless
the Operating Partnership receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Company  that, upon such  exchange, the Operating  Partnership would  not
cease  to qualify as a partnership for  federal income taxes. In connection with
the Offering, the Selling  Stockholder is exchanging 90,328  Common Units for  a
like number of shares of Common Stock; however, since the Selling Stockholder is
exchanging all of its Common Units for Common Stock, which Common Stock is being
sold  in the Offering, the foregoing opinion of counsel is not applicable to the
Selling Stockholder.
 
INDEMNIFICATION
 
    The Operating Partnership Agreement provides for indemnification solely  out
of  the assets of the Operating Partnership of the partners and their affiliates
for losses  incurred because  of  the operations  of the  Operating  Partnership
unless  (i) the partner or other person acted  or failed to act due to bad faith
or through active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) actually received an  improper
personal  benefit, or (iii) in the case  of any criminal proceeding, the partner
or other person had reasonable cause to believe that the action or ommission was
unlawful.
 
    The Company, as general partner of the Operating Partnership, is indemnified
by the Operating Partnership  from any loss incurred  by the Company as  general
partner  by reason of (i) the incurrence  of indebtedness in compliance with the
Operating Partnership  Agreement or  indebtedness of  the Operating  Partnership
that is guaranteed by the Company as general partner or (ii) vicarious liability
by reason of its status as general partner.
 
DUTIES AND CONFLICTS
 
    The Operating Partnership Agreement provides that all business activities of
the  Company,  including  all  activities  pertaining  to  the  acquisition  and
operation of  the  Company's  outlet  centers, must  be  conducted  through  the
Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership Agreement prohibits the Company
from  borrowing for the purpose of  making a distribution to stockholders except
if it arranges such borrowing through the Operating Partnership.
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
    At  the  time   of  the   Initial  Public  Offering,   PGI  made   customary
representations  and warranties in the Operating Partnership Agreement regarding
the Properties in  which it  or its affiliates  contributed an  interest to  the
Operating  Partnership,  including  representations and  warranties  relating to
compliance with laws, environmental matters, title and the absence of liens  and
encumbrances,  tenant  leases, litigation,  contractual obligations,  absence of
undisclosed liabilities, compliance with laws and the existence of insurance.
 
    The Operating Partnership  Agreement provides that  the representations  and
warranties  thereunder  survive,  provided  that  no  claim  for  breach  may be
maintained by the Operating Partnership or the Company unless notice shall  have
been  delivered to the Limited Partners on or before the earlier to occur of (i)
one year after the independent directors of the Company know of such breach,  or
(ii)  March  22,  1997. The  Operating  Partnership's sole  remedy  and recourse
against   the   Limited    Partners   for    any   unpaid    claims   will    be
 
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the  dilution  of  the  interests  of  the  Limited  Partners  in  the Operating
Partnership. Notwithstanding the sale by the  Selling Stockholder of all of  its
shares  of Common  Stock, the  Selling Stockholder will  not be  relieved of its
obligations with respect to the representations and warranties made by it in the
Operating Partnership Agreement. The Selling Stockholder will pledge  marketable
securities  approximately equal  to the  value of  such shares  to the Operating
Partnership to  secure  its  obligations with  respect  to  representations  and
warranties   made  by  it  under   the  Operating  Partnership  Agreement.  Such
obligations of the Selling Stockholder are limited to the value of such  pledged
securities.
 
TERM
 
    The  Operating  Partnership will  continue in  full  force and  effect until
December 31, 2050, unless sooner dissolved and terminated upon the  dissolution,
bankruptcy,  insolvency  or  termination  of  the  Company  (unless  the Limited
Partners elect  to continue  the  Operating Partnership),  the election  of  the
Company with the consent of a majority in interest of the Common Units, the sale
or  other disposition of  all or substantially  all the assets  of the Operating
Partnership or by operation of law.
 
     PRINCIPAL SECURITY HOLDERS AND SELLING SECURITY HOLDER OF THE COMPANY
 
    The following tables set forth certain information regarding the  beneficial
ownership  of  shares of  Common  Stock and  of  Common Units  in  the Operating
Partnership, for (a)  each person who  is a stockholder  of the Company  holding
more  than 5% of the voting securities  of the Company, (b) each named executive
officer listed in  the Summary  Compensation Table presented  in "Management  --
Compensation  of  Executives", (c)  each  director of  the  Company and  (d) the
directors and  officers  of  the  Company  as a  group.  The  number  of  shares
represents  the number of shares of Common  Stock the person holds or the number
of shares into which Common  Units held by the  person are exchangeable (if,  as
discussed  below, the Company elects to issue shares of Common Stock rather than
pay cash upon such exchange). The extent to which a person holds Common Stock as
opposed to Common  Units is set  forth in the  notes. The Operating  Partnership
Agreement  provides  that  Common Units  may  be exchanged,  subject  to certain
limitations, into shares of Common Stock or, at the option of the Company,  cash
equal  to  the fair  market value  of a  share of  Common Stock  at the  time of
exchange. See "Operating Partnership Agreement."
 
    The following sets forth information as to the persons known to the  Company
to  be the beneficial  owner of more  than five percent  of the Company's Common
Stock as of April 10, 1996.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            NUMBER OF SHARES/
                                                               COMMON UNITS                        PERCENT OF
                   NAME AND ADDRESS OF                         BENEFICIALLY       PERCENT OF       ALL SHARES/
                    BENEFICIAL OWNER                            OWNED (1)        ALL SHARES(2)  COMMON UNITS (3)
- ---------------------------------------------------------  --------------------  -------------  -----------------
<S>                                                        <C>                   <C>            <C>
The Prime Group, Inc. (4) ...............................         8,598,292            76.61%           67.91%
 77 West Wacker Drive
 Chicago, Illinois 60601
The Crabbe Huson Special Fund, Inc. (5) .................           286,000             9.95             2.26
 121 S.W. Morrison, Suite 1400
 Portland, OR 97204
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (6) ......................           230,000             8.00             1.82
 100 East Pratt Street
 Baltimore, MD 21202
Boston Group Holdings (7) ...............................           188,000             6.54             1.48
 The Boston Company
 c/o Mellon Bank
 One Mellon Bank Center
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258
Brown Capital Management, Inc. (8) ......................           148,400             5.16             1.17
 809 Cathedral Street
 Baltimore, MD 21201
</TABLE>
 
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NOTES:
 
(1) The  ownership of  shares of  Common  Stock reported  herein is  based  upon
    filings  with the Commission  and is subject to  confirmation by the Company
    that such ownership did not violate the ownership
 
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    restrictions in  the  Company's  Charter.  Information  presented  does  not
    include  shares  of Common  Stock that  may be  acquired upon  conversion of
    Convertible Preferred  Stock.  On  or  after  March  31,  1997,  holders  of
    Convertible  Preferred Stock will  have the right,  subject to ownership and
    transfer restrictions  in  the Charter  intended  to allow  the  Company  to
    maintain  its status  as a REIT,  to convert all  or any of  their shares of
    Convertible Preferred Stock into  shares of Common  Stock at the  conversion
    price  of $20.90 per share of  Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments.
    The ownership of Common Units reported  herein is derived from the  transfer
    records  maintained  by  the  Operating  Partnership  based  on  information
    provided by the Limited Partners.
 
(2) Information presented assumes  exchange only of Common  Units owned by  such
    beneficial owner for shares of Common Stock.
 
(3)  Information presented assumes exchange of  all outstanding Common Units for
    shares of Common  Stock and  also includes  shares of  the Company's  Common
    Stock  issuable upon exercise  of options granted  pursuant to the Company's
    Stock Incentive Plans  which are fully  vested or which  may vest within  60
    days  of April 10,  1996. The Limited  Partners have agreed  not to exchange
    their Common Units for  certain periods without the  consent of the  Company
    and  Friedman,  Billings,  Ramsey  &  Co.,  Inc.,  the  underwriter  for the
    Company's March 1994 initial public offering.
 
(4) Information presented includes 8,348,292 Common Units and 250,000 shares  of
    Common  Stock owned by PGI and  certain limited partnerships affiliated with
    PGI. The  address of  PGI is  77  West Wacker  Drive, Suite  3900,  Chicago,
    Illinois  60601. All of the Common Units  and shares of Common Stock held by
    PGI have  been  pledged to  certain  unaffiliated third  parties  to  secure
    certain   indebtedness  of   PGI  and  its   affiliates  (collectively,  the
    "Pledgees"). Unless and until the  Pledgees foreclose on the pledged  Common
    Units or have given notice of an event of default under the operative pledge
    or  loan agreement, such entities will not have the direct or indirect power
    to vote or  dispose of the  Common Units so  pledged. The Pledgees  disclaim
    beneficial ownership of these pledged Common Units.
 
(5)  Information presented is based on a  Schedule 13G filed with the Commission
    on February 15,  1996 by  The Crabbe Huson  Special Fund,  Inc., The  Crabbe
    Huson Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc. and The Crabbe Huson Group, Inc. The
    Schedule  13G indicates  that The Crabbe  Huson Special  Fund, Inc. directly
    owns 202,000 shares of Common  Stock, representing 7.03% of the  outstanding
    shares, and shares voting and dispositive power with its investment advisor,
    The Crabbe Huson Group, Inc. The Schedule 13G also indicates that The Crabbe
    Huson  Real  Estate Investment  Fund, Inc.  directly  owns 63,000  shares of
    Common Stock,  representing  2.19% of  the  outstanding shares,  and  shares
    voting  and dispositive power with its  investment advisor, The Crabbe Huson
    Group, Inc. The Schedule 13G further indicates that The Crabbe Huson  Group,
    Inc.  does not directly own any shares of the Company, but shares voting and
    dispositive power with the  two investment companies for  whom it serves  as
    investment  advisor. In addition, according to  the Schedule 13G, The Crabbe
    Huson  Group,  Inc.   also  shares   voting  and   dispositive  power   with
    approximately  four investors for whom it serves as investment advisor. Such
    investors directly own,  in the  aggregate, 21,000 shares  of Common  Stock.
    Each  of the foregoing  reporting persons disclaims  beneficial ownership of
    all shares owned by each other reporting person and disclaims that a "group"
    within the  meaning of  Rule 13d-5(b)(1)  has been  formed with  respect  to
    ownership of the Common Stock.
 
(6)  Information presented  is based on  a Schedule  13G filed by  T. Rowe Price
    Associates, Inc. with the Commission on February 14, 1996. The Schedule  13G
    indicates  that T.  Rowe Price Associates,  Inc. has  sole dispositive power
    over 230,000 shares; however, sole voting  power is divided between T.  Rowe
    Price  Associates, Inc.  (30,000) and T.  Rowe Price Over  the Counter Fund,
    Inc. (200,000).
 
(7) Information  presented is  based on  a  Schedule 13G  filed by  Mellon  Bank
    Corporation,  Boston Group Holdings, Inc. and  The Boston Company, Inc. with
    the Commission  as  amended  through  January 18,  1996.  The  Schedule  13G
    indicates that Boston Group Holdings, Inc. and The Boston Company, Inc. each
    has  sole voting power  with respect to  168,000 shares of  Common Stock and
    sole dispositive power with respect to 188,000 shares of Common Stock.
 
(8) Information presented  is based  on a Schedule  13D filed  by Brown  Capital
    Management, Inc. with the Commission on February 21, 1995.
 
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    The  following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of shares of Common
Stock as of April 10, 1996 by the Company's current Directors and Officers.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  NUMBER OF
                                                             SHARES/COMMON UNITS       PERCENT       PERCENT OF ALL
NAME AND ADDRESS OF                                              BENEFICIALLY            OF           SHARES/COMMON
BENEFICIAL OWNER (1)                                              OWNED (2)        ALL SHARES (3)       UNITS (4)
- -----------------------------------------------------------  --------------------  ---------------  -----------------
<S>                                                          <C>                   <C>              <C>
Michael W. Reschke (5).....................................         8,713,292            76.85%            68.82%
Abraham Rosenthal (6)......................................           508,090            15.03              4.01
William H. Carpenter, Jr. (7)..............................           509,690            15.07              4.03
Terence C. Golden..........................................            12,500              (8)               (8)
Kenneth A. Randall.........................................            10,000              (8)               (8)
James R. Thompson..........................................            10,000              (8)               (8)
Marvin S. Traub (9)........................................            26,000              (8)               (8)
Glenn D. Reschke...........................................            41,667             1.43               (8)
R. Bruce Armiger...........................................             7,000              (8)               (8)
David G. Phillips (10).....................................            41,767             1.43               (8)
Directors and officers of the Company as a group (14
 persons)..................................................         9,913,081            82.31             78.29
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NOTES:
 
(1) All of the Directors and executive officers of the Company may be  contacted
    c/o Prime Retail, Inc., 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
 
(2)  The  ownership of  shares of  Common  Stock reported  herein is  based upon
    filings with the Commission  and is subject to  confirmation by the  Company
    that  such  ownership  did not  violate  the ownership  restrictions  in the
    Charter. Shares beneficially owned include shares subject to options granted
    under the Company's Stock  Incentive Plans which are  fully vested or  which
    may  vest  within 60  days  of April  10, 1996  as  follows: Mr.  M. Reschke
    115,000; Mr. Rosenthal  115,000; Mr. Carpenter  115,000; Mr. Golden  10,000;
    Mr. Randall 10,000; Governor Thompson 10,000; Mr. Traub 10,000 (Marvin Traub
    Associates,  Inc. 15,000); Mr.  G. Reschke 41,667;  and Mr. Phillips 41,667.
    Information presented does not  include shares of Common  Stock that may  be
    acquired  upon conversion  of the Convertible  Preferred Stock.  On or after
    March 31, 1997, holders of Convertible Preferred Stock will have the  right,
    subject  to ownership and  transfer restrictions in  the Charter intended to
    allow the Company to maintain its status as a REIT, to convert all or any of
    their shares of Convertible Preferred Stock  into shares of Common Stock  at
    the conversion price of $20.90 per share of Common Stock, subject to certain
    adjustments.  The ownership of Common Units  reported herein is derived from
    transfer  records  maintained   by  the  Operating   Partnership  based   on
    information provided by the Limited Partners.
 
(3)  Information presented assumes  exchange only of Common  Units owned by such
    beneficial owner  for shares  of Common  Stock. Information  presented  also
    includes  shares of Common Stock issuable  upon exercise of those options of
    such beneficial owner which have vested or will vest within 60 days of April
    10, 1996.
 
(4) Information presented assumes exchange  of all outstanding Common Units  for
    shares  of Common Stock.  Information presented also  includes shares of the
    Company's Common  Stock issuable  upon exercise  of options  granted to  the
    Company's  executive officers and Directors which  have vested or which will
    vest within 60 days of April 10, 1996. The Limited Partners have agreed  not
    to  exchange their Common  Units for certain periods  without the consent of
    the Company  and Friedman,  Billings, Ramsey  & Co.,  Inc. Pursuant  to  the
    Operating  Partnership Agreement, without the consent of Friedman, Billings,
    Ramsey & Co., Inc., the Prime Common  Units (as defined therein) may not  be
    exchanged  for Common Stock (or cash) until  the later of (i) March 22, 1997
    or (ii) the termination of the
 
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    Preferential  Distribution  (as   defined  in   the  Operating   Partnership
    Agreement). The remaining Common Units may be exchanged for Common Stock (or
    cash)  at any time. All  of the Common Units  owned by Messrs. Rosenthal and
    Carpenter, and all  but 553,787 of  the Common Units  owned by Prime  Group,
    Inc. ("PGI"), constitute Prime Common Units.
 
(5)  Information presented includes 8,348,292 Common Units and 250,000 shares of
    Common Stock held by PGI (Mr. M. Reschke is the Chairman and Chief Executive
    Officer of PGI)  and certain  affiliated limited  partnerships, and  112,500
    shares  of Common Stock which  Mr. M. Reschke has  the right to acquire upon
    exercise of  certain stock  options. Mr.  M. Reschke's  address is  77  West
    Wacker Drive, Suite 3900, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
 
(6)  Information presented includes  391,090 Common Units,  125,000 of which are
    held by a limited liability company  controlled by Mr. Rosenthal and  44,050
    of  which are held by  Mr. Rosenthal's spouse and  children, 2,000 shares of
    Common Stock owned by Mr. Rosenthal and 112,500 shares of Common Stock which
    Mr. Rosenthal  has the  right  to acquire  upon  exercise of  certain  stock
    options. See Note (4).
 
(7)  Information presented includes  391,090 Common Units,  125,000 of which are
    held by  a limited  liability  company controlled  by Mr.  Carpenter,  3,600
    shares  of Common Stock owned by Mr. Carpenter's children and 112,500 shares
    of Common Stock which Mr. Carpenter  has the right to acquire upon  exercise
    of certain stock options. See Note (4).
 
(8) Amount represents less than 1%.
 
(9)   Includes  15,000  options  held  by  Marvin  Traub  Associates,  Inc.  See
    "Compensation of Directors."
 
(10) Represents 100  shares of  Common Stock owned  by Mr.  Phillips and  40,833
    shares  of Common  Stock which  Mr. Phillips has  the right  to acquire upon
    exercise of certain stock options.
 
    As of April 10, 1996, Messrs. M.  Reschke and Phillips owned 55,000 and  100
shares, respectively, of the Company's Convertible Preferred Stock, representing
1.35%  and less than 1% of the outstanding shares of such class. As a group, the
Directors and  officers  of  the  Company  collectively  own  55,780  shares  of
Convertible Preferred Stock, representing less than 1% of the outstanding shares
of  such class. On and after March 31, 1997, each share of Convertible Preferred
Stock may be converted  into Common Stock  at a conversion  price of $20.90  per
share, subject to certain adjustments.
 
    Except  as described above, no  Director or officer of  the Company owns any
shares of any other class of the Company's equity securities.
 
    KILICO Realty Corporation, as  the Selling Stockholder,  is offering all  of
its  90,328 shares of Common Stock for sale in the Offering at a price per share
equal to the price to the public set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus.
The costs of the offering of  these shares (other than Underwriters'  discounts)
are  being borne by the  Company pursuant to the  terms of a registration rights
agreement  dated  as  of  March  22,  1994  among  the  Company,  the  Operating
Partnership,  the Selling  Stockholder and  certain other  Limited Partners. See
"Shares  Available  for  Future  Sale  --  Registration  Rights."  The   Selling
Stockholder  and certain of its affiliates have provided and continue to provide
financing and credit enhancements to the Company for certain of its  Properties.
Prior to the Initial Public Offering, the Selling Stockholder and its affiliates
had  ownership  interests  in certain  of  the Properties.  Such  interests were
contributed to  the Operating  Partnership for  an aggregate  of 644,125  Common
Units.  See  "Certain Relationships  and Transactions  -- Transactions  with the
Selling Stockholder."
 
                          DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
    The Company is incorporated in the State of Maryland. Rights of stockholders
are governed by the MGCL and by the Company's Charter and Bylaws.
 
AUTHORIZED SHARES
 
    The Company has authorized 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01
per share,  24,315,000 shares  of  preferred stock,  par  value $.01  per  share
("Preferred  Stock"), and 51,000,000 shares of  Excess Stock, par value $.01 per
share ("Excess Stock").  The Charter  designates 2,300,000  shares of  Preferred
Stock
 
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as  10.5% Series  A Senior  Cumulative Preferred  Stock and  7,015,000 shares of
Preferred Stock as 8.5% Series B Cumulative Participating Convertible  Preferred
Stock.  The Board of Directors has  the authority to issue 15,000,000 additional
shares of  Preferred  Stock  in one  or  more  series and  to  fix  the  rights,
preferences,  privileges  and restrictions  thereof, including  dividend rights,
dividend  rates,  conversion  rights,   voting  rights,  terms  of   redemption,
redemption prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting
any  series or the designation of such  series without further vote or action by
the stockholders, subject to the rights  of the holders of the Senior  Preferred
Stock  and  the  Convertible  Preferred  Stock.  The  Board  of  Directors could
authorize the issuance of Preferred Stock with terms and conditions which  could
have the effect of discouraging a takeover or other transaction which holders of
some,  or a majority, of the Common Stock might believe to be in their interests
or in which holders of some, or a majority, of the Common Stock might receive  a
premium  for their shares over  the then market price of  such shares. As of the
date hereof, the Company has  no plans to issue  any Preferred Stock other  than
the Senior Preferred Stock and the Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
    As of March 31, 1996, 2,300,000 shares of Senior Preferred Stock were issued
and outstanding, 7,015,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock were issued and
outstanding,  2,875,000  shares  of  Common Stock  were  issued  and outstanding
(9,220,800 shares of  Common Stock are  reserved for issuance  upon exchange  of
issued  and outstanding  Common Units and  1,185,000 shares of  Common Stock are
reserved for  issuance upon  exercise  of Options  granted  or available  to  be
granted  under Stock Incentive Plans) and no  shares of Excess Stock were issued
and outstanding.
 
    The following  summary of  the  terms of  the  Senior Preferred  Stock,  the
Convertible Preferred Stock and the Common Stock does not purport to be complete
and  is qualified in its entirety by  reference to the pertinent sections of the
Charter,  a  form  of  which  has  been  incorporated  by  reference  into   the
Registration  Statement of  which this  Prospectus is a  part. The  terms of the
Excess Stock related to  the Senior Preferred  Stock, the Convertible  Preferred
Stock and the Common Stock are set forth under "-- Restrictions on Ownership and
Transfer."
 
SENIOR PREFERRED STOCK
 
    DIVIDENDS
 
    Subject  to the preferential rights of any series of Preferred Stock ranking
senior as to dividends to  the Senior Preferred Stock  and to the provisions  of
the  Charter regarding Excess  Stock, holders of shares  of the Senior Preferred
Stock are entitled to receive, when and  as declared by the Board of  Directors,
out  of  funds  legally  available  for  the  payment  of  dividends, cumulative
preferential cash dividends  in an amount  per share of  Senior Preferred  Stock
equal to $2.625 per annum.
 
    Dividends with respect to the Senior Preferred Stock are cumulative from the
date  of original issuance and are payable quarterly in arrears on the fifteenth
day of  each May,  August, November,  and February,  or, if  such day  is not  a
business  day, on  the next succeeding  business day (each,  a "Senior Preferred
Dividend Payment Date"). Such  dividend and any dividend  payable on the  Senior
Preferred  Stock for any partial dividend period  are computed on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends payable on the Senior
Preferred Stock  for each  full dividend  period are  computed by  dividing  the
annual dividend rate by four. Dividends are payable to holders of record as they
appear  in the  stock records  of the Company  at the  close of  business on the
applicable record date, which is  the first day of  the calendar month in  which
the  applicable Senior Preferred Dividend Payment  Date falls or such other date
designated by the Board of Directors of the Company for the payment of dividends
that is no  more than  thirty (30) nor  less than  ten (10) days  prior to  such
Senior  Preferred  Dividend Payment  Date  (each, a  "Senior  Preferred Dividend
Record Date").
 
    No dividends on  shares of Senior  Preferred Stock will  be declared by  the
Board  of Directors  of the  Company or  paid or  set apart  for payment  by the
Company at such time as, and to the extent that, the terms and provisions of any
agreement of the Company, including any agreement relating to its  indebtedness,
or  any provisions  of the  Charter relating  to any  series of  Preferred Stock
ranking senior to  the Senior  Preferred Stock  as to  dividends, prohibit  such
declaration,  payment  or  setting  apart  for  payment  or  provide  that  such
 
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declaration, payment  or setting  apart for  payment would  constitute a  breach
thereof  or a  default thereunder,  or if such  declaration or  payment would be
restricted or prohibited by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends on the
Senior Preferred Stock accrue whether or  not the Company has earnings,  whether
or  not there are funds legally available  for the payment of such dividends and
whether or not  such dividends  are declared.  Holders of  the Senior  Preferred
Stock  are not entitled to any dividends  in excess of full cumulative dividends
as described above.
 
    If any shares of Senior Preferred  Stock are outstanding, no full  dividends
will  be declared or paid or  set apart for payment on  the capital stock of the
Company of any other series ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or junior
to the Senior Preferred  Stock for any period  unless full cumulative  dividends
have  been or  contemporaneously are  declared and  paid or  declared and  a sum
sufficient for the  payment thereof  set apart for  such payment  on the  Senior
Preferred  Stock for  all past  dividend periods  and the  then current dividend
period. When dividends are not paid in  full (or a sum sufficient for such  full
payment  is not so set apart) upon the  shares of the Senior Preferred Stock and
the shares of  any other series  of Preferred Stock  ranking on a  parity as  to
dividends with the Senior Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of
Senior  Preferred Stock  and any  other series of  Preferred Stock  ranking on a
parity as to dividends with the Senior Preferred Stock will be declared pro rata
so that the amount of dividends declared per share on the Senior Preferred Stock
and such other series of  Preferred Stock will in all  cases bear to each  other
the  same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of the
Senior Preferred Stock  and such other  series of Preferred  Stock bear to  each
other.  No interest, or sum of money in  lieu of interest, is payable in respect
of any dividend payment or  payments on Senior Preferred  Stock which may be  in
arrears.
 
    Except  as  provided in  the  immediately preceding  paragraph,  unless full
cumulative  dividends   on   the   Senior   Preferred   Stock   have   been   or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then
current  dividend period, no  dividends (other than  dividends payable in Common
Stock or other capital stock ranking junior to the Senior Preferred Stock as  to
dividends  and upon liquidation, dissolution or  winding up) will be declared or
paid or set aside  for payment, and  no other distribution  or dividend will  be
declared  or  made, upon  the Common  Stock or  any other  capital stock  of the
Company ranking junior to or on a  parity with the Senior Preferred Stock as  to
dividends,  nor will any Common Stock or  any other capital stock of the Company
ranking junior to or on a parity with the Senior Preferred Stock as to dividends
or upon  liquidation,  dissolution  or  winding up  be  redeemed,  purchased  or
otherwise  acquired for  any consideration  (or any  moneys be  paid to  or made
available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such stock)
by the Company (except by conversion into or exchange for other capital stock of
the Company ranking  junior to the  Senior Preferred Stock  as to dividends  and
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up).
 
    Any  dividend  payment made  on shares  of Senior  Preferred Stock  is first
credited against the earliest  accrued but unpaid dividend  due with respect  to
shares of such Senior Preferred Stock which remains payable.
 
    If,  for any taxable year, the Company  elects to designate as "capital gain
dividends" (as defined  in Section 857  of the Code)  any portion (the  "Capital
Gains  Amount") of the dividends  (within the meaning of  the Code) paid or made
available for  the  year  to  holders  of  all  classes  of  stock  (the  "Total
Dividends"), then the portion of the Capital Gains Amount that will be allocable
to  the  holders of  Senior Preferred  Stock  will be  the Capital  Gains Amount
multiplied by a fraction,  the numerator of which  shall be the total  dividends
(within  the meaning of the  Code) paid or made available  to the holders of the
Senior Preferred Stock for the  year and the denominator  of which shall be  the
Total Dividends.
 
    LIQUIDATION RIGHTS
 
    In  the event of any liquidation, dissolution  or winding up of the Company,
subject to the prior rights of any series of capital stock ranking senior to the
Senior Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Senior Preferred Stock will  be
entitled  to be  paid out  of the  assets of  the Company  legally available for
distribution to its stockholders  a liquidation preference equal  to the sum  of
$25.00  per  share plus  an amount  equal  to any  accrued and  unpaid dividends
thereon (whether  or  not  earned or  declared)  to  the date  of  payment  (the
 
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"Senior  Preferred Liquidation  Preference Amount"), before  any distribution of
assets is made to holders of  the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Common  Stock
or any other capital stock that ranks junior to the Senior Preferred Stock as to
liquidation  rights.  After  payment  of  the  full  amount  of  the liquidating
distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Senior Preferred  Stock
will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company.
 
    In  the  event that,  upon any  such  voluntary or  involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or  winding up,  the legally  available assets  of the  Company  are
insufficient  to pay the  Senior Preferred Liquidation  Preference Amount on all
outstanding shares  of  Senior Preferred  Stock  and the  corresponding  amounts
payable on all shares of other classes or series of capital stock of the Company
ranking  on a  parity with  the Senior  Preferred Stock  in the  distribution of
assets upon liquidation,  dissolution or  winding up,  then the  holders of  the
Senior  Preferred Stock and  all other such  classes or series  of capital stock
will share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the  full
liquidating   distributions  to  which  they  would  otherwise  be  respectively
entitled.
 
    If liquidating distributions have been made in full to all holders of shares
of Senior  Preferred  Stock,  the  remaining  assets  of  the  Company  will  be
distributed  among the holders of  any other classes or  series of capital stock
ranking junior to the  Senior Preferred Stock  upon liquidation, dissolution  or
winding  up, according  to their respective  rights and preferences  and in each
case according to their respective number of shares.
 
    The  consolidation  or  merger  of  the  Company  with  or  into  any  other
corporation,  or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially
all of the property or business of the Company, will not be deemed to constitute
a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company for these purposes.
 
    REDEMPTION
 
    The Senior  Preferred Stock  will not  be redeemable  at the  option of  the
Company  prior  to March  31,  1999. On  and after  March  31, 1999,  the Senior
Preferred Stock may be redeemed for cash at the option of the Company, in  whole
or  in part, initially at a redemption  price of $26.75 per share and thereafter
at prices declining ratably  to $25.00 per  share on and  after March 31,  2004,
plus  in each case accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the redemption date.
The Senior Preferred Stock has  no stated maturity and  will not be entitled  to
the benefit of any sinking fund.
 
    VOTING RIGHTS
 
    Holders  of the Senior Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights, except
as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law. Subject to
the provisions in the Charter regarding Excess Stock, in any matter in which the
Senior Preferred Stock may vote, including  any action by written consent,  each
share  of Senior Preferred  Stock is entitled  to one vote.  The holders of each
share of the  Senior Preferred Stock  may separately designate  a proxy for  the
vote to which that share of Senior Preferred Stock is entitled.
 
    Whenever  dividends on any shares of the Senior Preferred Stock have been in
arrears for  six or  more consecutive  quarterly periods,  the holders  of  such
shares  of Senior Preferred Stock  (voting separately as a  class with all other
series of Preferred Stock (including the Convertible Preferred Stock) upon which
rights to  vote  on  such matter  with  the  Senior Preferred  Stock  have  been
conferred and are then exercisable) will be entitled to vote for the election of
two  additional directors  of the  Company at  a special  meeting called  by the
holders of record of at least 10%  of the Senior Preferred Stock and such  other
Preferred  Stock, if  any (unless  such request  is received  less than  90 days
before  the  date  fixed  for  the  next  annual  or  special  meeting  of   the
stockholders)  or  at  the next  annual  meeting  of stockholders,  and  at each
subsequent annual meeting until all dividends accumulated on such shares of  the
Senior  Preferred  Stock for  the  past dividend  periods  and the  then current
dividend period have been fully  paid or declared and  a sum sufficient for  the
payment  thereof  set aside  for payment.  In  such event,  the entire  Board of
Directors of the Company will  be increased by two  directors. Each of such  two
directors  will be elected  to serve until  the earlier of  (i) the election and
qualification of  such director's  successor  or (ii)  payment of  the  dividend
arrearage for the Senior Preferred Stock.
 
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    So  long as any shares of the Senior Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the
Company will not, without the affirmative vote  or consent of the holders of  at
least  a majority of the shares of the Senior Preferred Stock outstanding at the
time, given in  person or  by proxy,  either in writing  or at  a meeting  (such
series  voting separately as a  class), (i) authorize or  create or increase the
authorized or issued  amount of, any  class or series  of capital stock  ranking
senior to or on a parity with the Senior Preferred Stock with respect to payment
of  dividends or  the distribution  of assets  upon liquidation,  dissolution or
winding up or Excess Senior Preferred  Stock with respect to distributions  upon
liquidation,  dissolution or  winding up,  or reclassify  any authorized capital
stock of the Company  into any such  shares, or create,  authorize or issue  any
obligation  or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any
such shares;  or (ii)  amend, alter  or repeal  the provisions  of the  Charter,
whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely
affect  any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Senior Preferred
Stock or the holders thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any increase in the amount
of the  authorized Preferred  Stock or  the creation  or issuance  of any  other
series of Preferred Stock, or any increase in the amount of authorized shares of
the  Convertible Preferred Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock, in each
case ranking junior  to the Senior  Preferred Stock with  respect to payment  of
dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding
up,  will  not  be  deemed  to  materially  and  adversely  affect  such rights,
preferences, privileges or voting powers. In addition, so long as any shares  of
the  Senior Preferred Stock  remain outstanding, the  Company will not terminate
the Company's status as a  REIT without the affirmative  vote or consent of  the
holders  of  at  least a  majority  of  the shares  of  Senior  Preferred Stock,
Convertible Preferred Stock  and Common  Stock outstanding at  the time,  voting
together as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at
a meeting.
 
    The  foregoing voting provisions will not apply  if, at or prior to the time
when the act  with respect to  which such  vote would otherwise  be required  is
effected,  all  outstanding  shares  of the  Senior  Preferred  Stock  have been
redeemed or called for redemption upon  proper notice and sufficient funds  have
been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.
 
    RANK
 
    The   Senior  Preferred   Stock,  with   respect  to   dividend  rights  and
distributions upon liquidation, dissolution, and winding up, ranks (i) senior to
the Common Stock, all other shares of Common Stock of the Company of all classes
and series, all classes of Excess Stock (other than the Excess Senior  Preferred
Stock,  as to which the Senior Preferred  Stock is senior only as to dividends),
the Convertible Preferred Stock, and shares of all other series of capital stock
issued by the Company other than any series of capital stock the terms of  which
specifically  provide that the capital stock of such series rank senior to or on
a parity with  such Senior Preferred  Stock with respect  to dividend rights  or
distributions  upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company; (ii)
on  a  parity  with  the  Excess  Senior  Preferred  Stock  (upon   liquidation,
dissolution  and winding up) and the shares of all other capital stock issued by
the Company the terms of  which specifically provide that  the shares rank on  a
parity   with  the  Senior  Preferred  Stock   with  respect  to  dividends  and
distributions upon liquidation, dissolution, or  winding up of the Company  (the
issuance  of which must have been  approved by a vote of  at least a majority of
the outstanding shares of Senior Preferred Stock); and (iii) junior to all other
capital stock issued by the Company the terms of which specifically provide that
the shares rank senior to the  Senior Preferred Stock with respect to  dividends
and  distributions upon liquidation,  dissolution, or winding  up of the Company
(the issuance of which must have been approved by a vote of at least a  majority
of the outstanding shares of Senior Preferred Stock).
 
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
    DIVIDENDS
 
    Subject  to the  preferential rights of  the Senior Preferred  Stock and any
other  series  of  Preferred  Stock  ranking  senior  as  to  dividends  to  the
Convertible  Preferred  Stock and  to the  provisions  of the  Charter regarding
Excess Stock, holders of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are  entitled
to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally
available   for  the   payment  of   distributions  and   dividends,  cumulative
preferential cash  dividends in  an amount  per share  of Convertible  Preferred
Stock equal to the greater of (i) $2.125 per annum or (ii) the distributions and
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the quarterly Convertible Preferred Dividend Payment Dates referred to below) on
number  of shares of  Common Stock (or  fraction thereof) into  which a share of
Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible on or after March 31, 1997.  The
amount  referred to  in clause  (ii) above  will equal  the number  of shares of
Common Stock, or fraction thereof, into  which a share of Convertible  Preferred
Stock  will  be  convertible on  or  after  March 31,  1997,  multiplied  by the
quarterly distribution declared or paid with respect to a share of Common  Stock
on  or  most recently  prior to  the  applicable Convertible  Preferred Dividend
Payment Date.
 
    Dividends with respect  to the  Convertible Preferred  Stock are  cumulative
from  the date of original issuance and  are payable quarterly in arrears on the
fifteenth day of each May,  August, November, and February,  or, if such day  is
not  a business day, on  the next succeeding business  day (each, a "Convertible
Preferred Dividend  Payment  Date").  Such  distribution  or  dividend  and  any
distribution  or dividend  payable on  the Convertible  Preferred Stock  for any
partial dividend period are computed on  the basis of a 360-day year  consisting
of  twelve 30-day months. Distributions and dividends payable on the Convertible
Preferred Stock  for each  full dividend  period are  computed by  dividing  the
annual dividend rate by four. Distributions and dividends are payable to holders
of  record as they  appear in the stock  records of the Company  at the close of
business on the applicable record date, which  is the first day of the  calendar
month  in which the applicable Convertible Preferred Dividend Payment Date falls
or such other date designated by the  Board of Directors of the Company for  the
payment of distributions and dividends that is no more than thirty (30) nor less
than  ten (10)  days prior to  such Convertible Preferred  Dividend Payment Date
(each, a "Convertible Preferred Dividend Record Date").
 
    No distributions or dividends on shares of Convertible Preferred Stock  will
be  declared by the Board of  Directors of the Company or  paid or set apart for
payment by the Company at  such time as, and to  the extent that, the terms  and
provisions  of any agreement of the Company, including any agreement relating to
its indebtedness, or  any provisions of  the Charter relating  to any series  of
Preferred  Stock  ranking  senior  to  the  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  as to
dividends (including  the Senior  Preferred Stock),  prohibit such  declaration,
payment  or setting apart for payment  or provide that such declaration, payment
or setting apart  for payment  would constitute a  breach thereof  or a  default
thereunder,  or if such declaration or payment would be restricted or prohibited
by law. Notwithstanding  the foregoing, dividends  on the Convertible  Preferred
Stock  accrue whether or not the Company  has earnings, whether or not there are
funds legally available  for the payment  of such dividends  and whether or  not
such dividends are declared. Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock will not
be  entitled  to any  distributions or  dividends in  excess of  full cumulative
dividends as described above.
 
    If any  shares  of Convertible  Preferred  Stock are  outstanding,  no  full
distributions  or dividends will be declared or paid or set apart for payment on
the capital stock of the Company of  any other series ranking, as to  dividends,
on  a parity with  or junior to  the Convertible Preferred  Stock for any period
unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and
paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such
payment on the Convertible Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods and the
then current dividend  period. When dividends  are not  paid in full  (or a  sum
sufficient  for such full  payment is not so  set apart) upon  the shares of the
Convertible Preferred Stock  and the  shares of  any other  series of  Preferred
Stock  ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Convertible Preferred Stock,
all dividends declared upon shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any  other
series  of  Preferred  Stock  ranking  on a  parity  as  to  dividends  with the
Convertible Preferred Stock  will be  declared pro rata  so that  the amount  of
distributions  and  dividends declared  per share  on the  Convertible Preferred
Stock and such other series  of Preferred Stock will in  all cases bear to  each
other  the same  ratio that accrued  and unpaid distributions  and dividends per
share on the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock and such other series  of
Preferred  Stock bear  to each other.  No interest, or  sum of money  in lieu of
interest, is  payable  in  respect  of  any  dividend  payment  or  payments  on
Convertible Preferred Stock which may be in arrears.
 
    Except  as  provided in  the  immediately preceding  paragraph,  unless full
cumulative  dividends  on   the  Convertible  Preferred   Stock  have  been   or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then
current  dividend period,  no distributions  or dividends  (other than dividends
payable in Common Stock or other capital stock ranking junior to the Convertible
Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation,
 
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dissolution or winding up) will  be declared or paid  or set aside for  payment,
and  no other distribution or dividend will be declared or made, upon the Common
Stock or any other capital stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity
with the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends, nor will any Common  Stock
or  any other capital stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with
the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration
(or any  moneys  be paid  to  or  made available  for  a sinking  fund  for  the
redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Company (except by conversion
into  or exchange for other  capital stock of the  Company ranking junior to the
Convertible Preferred Stock  as to dividends  and upon liquidation,  dissolution
and winding up).
 
    Any distribution or dividend payment made on shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock  is first  credited against the  earliest accrued but  unpaid dividend due
with respect  to  shares  of  such Convertible  Preferred  Stock  which  remains
payable.
 
    If,  for any taxable year, the Company  elects to designate as "capital gain
dividends" (as defined  in Section 857  of the Code)  any portion (the  "Capital
Gains  Amount") of the dividends  (within the meaning of  the Code) paid or made
available for  the  year  to  holders  of  all  classes  of  stock  (the  "Total
Dividends"), then the portion of the Capital Gains Amount that will be allocable
to  the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock  will be the Capital Gains Amount
multiplied by a fraction,  the numerator of which  shall be the total  dividends
(within  the meaning of the  Code) paid or made available  to the holders of the
Convertible Preferred Stock for the year  and the denominator of which shall  be
the Total Dividends.
 
    LIQUIDATION RIGHTS
 
    In  the event of any liquidation, dissolution  or winding up of the Company,
subject to the prior rights of any series of capital stock ranking senior to the
Convertible Preferred  Stock, the  holders of  shares of  Convertible  Preferred
Stock  will be  entitled to  be paid out  of the  assets of  the Company legally
available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference equal to
the sum of  $25.00 per  share plus  an amount equal  to any  accrued and  unpaid
dividends  thereon (whether or  not earned or  declared) to the  date of payment
(the  "Convertible  Preferred  Liquidation   Preference  Amount"),  before   any
distribution  of assets is made to holders  of Common Stock or any other capital
stock that ranks  junior to the  Convertible Preferred Stock  as to  liquidation
rights.  After payment  of the full  amount of the  liquidating distributions to
which they are entitled, the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock will have no
right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company.
 
    In the  event that,  upon  any such  voluntary or  involuntary  liquidation,
dissolution  or  winding up,  the legally  available assets  of the  Company are
insufficient to pay the Convertible  Preferred Liquidation Preference Amount  on
all  outstanding  shares of  Convertible Preferred  Stock and  the corresponding
amounts payable on all shares of other classes or series of capital stock of the
Company ranking  on  a  parity  with the  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  in  the
distribution  of assets  upon liquidation, dissolution  or winding  up, then the
holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock and all other such classes or  series
of  capital  stock will  share ratably  in  any such  distribution of  assets in
proportion to the full liquidating  distributions to which they would  otherwise
be respectively entitled.
 
    If liquidating distributions have been made in full to all holders of shares
of  Convertible Preferred  Stock, the  remaining assets  of the  Company will be
distributed among the holders  of any other classes  or series of capital  stock
ranking  junior to the Convertible Preferred Stock upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up, according to their respective rights and preferences and in  each
case according to their respective number of shares.
 
    The  consolidation  or  merger  of  the  Company  with  or  into  any  other
corporation, or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or  substantially
all of the property or business of the Company, will not be deemed to constitute
a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company for these purposes.
 
    REDEMPTION
 
    The  Convertible Preferred Stock will not be redeemable at the option of the
Company prior to March 31,  1999. On and after  March 31, 1999, the  Convertible
Preferred Stock may be redeemed for cash at
 
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the  option of the Company, in whole or in part, initially at a redemption price
of $27.125 per share  and thereafter at prices  declining ratably to $25.00  per
share  on  and  after March  31,  2004, plus  in  each case  accrued  and unpaid
dividends, if any, to the redemption  date. The Convertible Preferred Stock  has
no stated maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
 
    VOTING RIGHTS
 
    Holders  of the Convertible  Preferred Stock do not  have any voting rights,
except as set forth  below or as  otherwise from time to  time required by  law.
Subject  to the provisions in the Charter  regarding Excess Stock, in any matter
in which  the Convertible  Preferred Stock  may vote,  including any  action  by
written  consent, each share  of Convertible Preferred Stock  is entitled to one
vote. The  holders  of  each  share  of  the  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  may
separately  designate a proxy  for the vote  to which that  share of Convertible
Preferred Stock is entitled.
 
    Whenever dividends on  any shares  of the Convertible  Preferred Stock  have
been  in arrears for six  or more consecutive quarterly  periods, the holders of
such shares of Convertible  Preferred Stock (voting separately  as a class  with
all  other series of Preferred Stock (including the Senior Preferred Stock) upon
which rights to vote  on such matter with  the Convertible Preferred Stock  have
been  conferred  and are  then exercisable)  will  be entitled  to vote  for the
election of two additional directors of the Company at a special meeting  called
by  the holders of record of at least 10% of the Convertible Preferred Stock and
such other Preferred Stock, if any (unless such request is received less than 90
days before  the date  fixed  for the  next annual  or  special meeting  of  the
stockholders)  or  at  the next  annual  meeting  of stockholders,  and  at each
subsequent annual meeting until all dividends accumulated on such shares of  the
Convertible  Preferred Stock for the past  dividend periods and the then current
dividend period have been fully  paid or declared and  a sum sufficient for  the
payment  thereof  set aside  for payment.  In  such event,  the entire  Board of
Directors of the Company will  be increased by two  directors. Each of such  two
directors  will be elected  to serve until  the earlier of  (i) the election and
qualification of  such director's  successor  or (ii)  payment of  the  dividend
arrearage for the Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
    So long as any shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding,
the  Company will not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of
at least a majority of the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding
at the time,  given in person  or by proxy,  either in writing  or at a  meeting
(such series voting separately as a class), (i) authorize or create, or increase
the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of capital stock ranking
senior  to the Convertible Preferred Stock  with respect to payment of dividends
or the distribution of  assets upon liquidation, dissolution  or winding up,  or
Excess   Convertible  Preferred   Stock  with  respect   to  distributions  upon
liquidation, dissolution  or winding  up or  reclassify any  authorized  capital
stock  of the Company  into any such  shares, or create,  authorize or issue any
obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase  any
such  shares; or  (ii) amend,  alter or  repeal the  provisions of  the Charter,
whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely
affect any  right, preference,  privilege  or voting  power of  the  Convertible
Preferred  Stock or the holders thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any increase in
the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock or the creation or issuance of  any
other  series of Preferred  Stock, or any  increase in the  amount of authorized
shares of  the Convertible  Preferred Stock  or any  other series  of  Preferred
Stock,  in  each case  ranking on  a parity  with or  junior to  the Convertible
Preferred Stock with  respect to  payment of  dividends or  the distribution  of
assets  upon  liquidation, dissolution  or  winding up,  will  not be  deemed to
materially and adversely affect such  rights, preferences, privileges or  voting
powers.  In addition, so long  as any shares of  the Convertible Preferred Stock
remain outstanding, the  Company will not  terminate the Company's  status as  a
REIT  without  the affirmative  vote or  consent of  the holders  of at  least a
majority of the shares  of Senior Preferred  Stock, Convertible Preferred  Stock
and  Common Stock outstanding  at the time,  voting together as  a single class,
given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting.
 
    The foregoing voting provisions will not apply  if, at or prior to the  time
when  the act  with respect to  which such  vote would otherwise  be required is
effected, all outstanding shares  of the Convertible  Preferred Stock have  been
redeemed  or called for redemption upon  proper notice and sufficient funds have
been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.
 
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    CONVERSION
 
    Subject to the exceptions described  under "Description of Capital Stock  --
Restrictions  on Ownership and  Transfer," holders of  the Convertible Preferred
Stock have the right, as provided in the Charter, exercisable on or after  March
31,  1997,  except  in  the  case  of  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  called for
redemption, to convert all or any of the Convertible Preferred Stock (based upon
the Convertible Preferred Liquidation  Preference Amount determined  immediately
following  the  most recent  Convertible Preferred  Dividend Payment  Date) into
shares of Common Stock  at the conversion  price of $20.90  per share of  Common
Stock, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events, as described
below.  In  the  case  of Convertible  Preferred  Stock  called  for redemption,
conversion rights will expire at the close of business on the third business day
immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption.
 
    Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been  converted
immediately  prior  to  the  close  of business  on  the  date  such  shares are
surrendered for  conversion  and notice  of  election  to convert  the  same  is
received  by the Company.  Upon conversion, no adjustment  or prepayment will be
made for distributions or  dividends, but if  any holder surrenders  Convertible
Preferred  Stock for  conversion after  the close  of business  on a Convertible
Preferred Dividend  Record Date  and prior  to the  opening of  business on  the
related  Convertible Preferred Dividend Payment Date, then, notwithstanding such
conversion, the distribution or dividend  payable on such Convertible  Preferred
Dividend  Payment  Date  will be  paid  on such  Convertible  Preferred Dividend
Payment Date  to  the registered  holder  of  such shares  on  such  Convertible
Preferred   Dividend  Record   Date.  Shares  of   Convertible  Preferred  Stock
surrendered for conversion  during the period  from the close  of business on  a
Convertible Preferred Dividend Record Date to the Convertible Preferred Dividend
Payment  Date must also pay the amount  of the distribution or dividend which is
payable. No fractional  shares of Common  Stock will be  issued upon  conversion
and,  if the conversion results in a fractional interest, an amount will be paid
in cash equal to the value of such fractional interest based on the market price
of the Common Stock on the last trading day prior to the date of conversion.
 
    The number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  or  other  assets  issuable  upon
conversion  and  the  conversion  price  are  subject  to  adjustment  upon  the
occurrence of the following events:
 
    (i) the issuance of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares  of
        Common Stock;
 
    (ii) the  subdivision,  combination or  reclassification of  the outstanding
         shares of Common Stock,
 
   (iii) the issuance to all  holders of Common Stock  of rights or warrants  to
         subscribe  for or purchase Common Stock (or securities convertible into
         Common Stock) at a  price per share less  than the then current  market
         price per share, as determined in accordance with the provisions of the
         Charter;
 
    (iv) the  distribution  to  all  holders of  Common  Stock  of  evidences of
         indebtedness or assets  (including securities,  but excluding  Ordinary
         Cash  Dividends, as defined below,  and those dividends, distributions,
         rights or warrants referred to above); and
 
    (v) the distribution to all holders of Common Stock of rights or warrants to
        subscribe for securities (other than  those referred to in clause  (iii)
        above).
 
    The  adjustments to be made in each such event are set forth in the Charter.
In the event of a distribution of  evidence of indebtedness or other assets  (as
described  in clause (iv)) or  a distribution to all  holders of Common Stock of
rights to subscribe for additional shares of the Company's capital stock  (other
than  those referred  to in  clause (iii)  above), the  Company may,  instead of
making an adjustment of the Conversion Price, make proper provision so that each
holder  who  converts  such  shares  will  be  entitled  to  receive  upon  such
conversion, in addition to shares of Common Stock, an appropriate number of such
rights,  warrants, evidences of indebtedness or other assets. No adjustment will
be made for  Ordinary Cash  Dividends (defined  as distributions  to holders  of
Common  Stock in an amount not exceeding the Operating Partnership's accumulated
FFO since  the  Initial Public  Offering,  after deducting  dividends  or  other
distributions (i) paid in respect of all classes of capital stock of the Company
and  Common Units  held by  persons other  than the  Company or  (ii) accrued in
respect of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Senior Preferred Stock and any other
shares of Preferred Stock of the Company  ranking on a parity with or senior  to
the  Convertible Preferred  Stock as to  dividends). In  addition, no adjustment
 
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of the conversion price will be made until cumulative adjustments amount to  one
percent or more of the conversion price as last adjusted. Any adjustments not so
required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in subsequent
adjustments.
 
    Whenever  the number of shares of Common Stock or other assets issuable upon
conversion and the conversion price are adjusted as herein provided, the Company
(i) will promptly make available at the office of the transfer agent a statement
describing in  reasonable detail  such adjustment,  and (ii)  will cause  to  be
mailed  by first class  mail, postage prepaid,  as soon as  practicable, to each
holder of record of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, a notice stating that
certain adjustments have been made and stating the adjusted conversion price.
 
    In the  event  of any  capital  reorganization or  reclassification  of  the
capital  stock of the  Company, or consolidation  or merger of  the Company with
another corporation, or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially  all
of  its assets to another corporation, is effected in such a way that holders of
Common Stock will be entitled to receive stock, securities or other assets  with
respect  to  or in  exchange  for Common  Stock, then,  as  a condition  of such
reorganization,  reclassification,  consolidation,  merger,  sale,  transfer  or
lease,  the holder of each  share of Convertible Preferred  Stock shall have the
right immediately  to convert  such share  into the  kind and  amount of  stock,
securities  or other assets which the holders of such shares would have owned or
been entitled to receive immediately after  the transaction if such holders  had
converted  such shares immediately before the effective date of the transaction,
subject to further adjustment upon the occurrence of the events described above.
 
    RANK
 
    The Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  with  respect  to  dividend  rights  and
distributions upon liquidation, dissolution, and winding up, ranks (i) senior to
the Common Stock, all other shares of Common Stock of the Company of all classes
and  series, all classes of Excess Stock (other than the Excess Senior Preferred
Stock and  Excess  Convertible Preferred  Stock,  as to  which  the  Convertible
Preferred  Stock is senior only as to dividends), and shares of all other series
of capital stock issued by  the Company other than  any series of capital  stock
the  terms of which specifically  provide that the capital  stock of such series
rank senior to or on a parity with such Convertible Preferred Stock with respect
to dividend rights or distributions upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up
of the Company;  (ii) on a  parity with the  Excess Convertible Preferred  Stock
(upon  liquidation,  dissolution and  winding up)  and the  shares of  all other
capital stock issued by the Company the terms of which specifically provide that
the shares rank on a parity with the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to
dividends and distributions upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of  the
Company  or make no specific provision as  to their ranking; and (iii) junior to
the Senior  Preferred  Stock,  the  Excess Senior  Preferred  Stock  (only  upon
liquidation,  dissolution or winding  up) and all other  capital stock issued by
the Company the terms of which specifically provide that the shares rank  senior
to  the Convertible Preferred Stock with  respect to dividends and distributions
upon liquidation, dissolution,  or winding up  of the Company  (the issuance  of
which  must  have  been  approved by  a  vote  of  at least  a  majority  of the
outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock).
 
COMMON STOCK
 
    All of the Common  Stock offered hereby is  duly authorized, fully paid  and
nonassessable.  Subject to the preferential rights of any other shares or series
of shares  and to  the  provisions of  the  Charter regarding  Preferred  Stock,
including  the Senior Preferred  Stock and the  Convertible Preferred Stock, and
Excess Stock,  holders  of  shares  of Common  Stock  are  entitled  to  receive
distributions  on such  shares if,  as and when  authorized and  declared by the
Board of Directors out of assets legally available therefor and to share ratably
in the  assets  of  the  Company  legally  available  for  distribution  to  the
stockholders  in the event of the  liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Company after  payment  of, or  adequate  provision  for, all  known  debts  and
liabilities  of the  Company. The Company  intends to continue  to pay quarterly
distributions. Subject to the payment in full of all current and any accumulated
dividends in respect of Senior Preferred Units and Convertible Preferred  Units,
the  Preferential Distribution  of $0.295  per share  of Common  Stock (plus any
Preferential Distribution not paid in a previous quarter) will be payable by the
Company for each quarter before any distribution by the Operating Partnership in
respect of the Common Units held by  the Limited Partners. After payment of  the
Preferential   Distribution,   up  to   $0.295  will   be  distributed   by  the
 
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Operating  Partnership  in  respect of  the  Common  Units held  by  the Limited
Partners. Any further amounts  distributed in such  quarter will be  distributed
ratably  among all holders of Common Units. If the Operating Partnership has not
distributed to the Company the amount  specified above in any quarter, then  the
deficit will cumulate and be distributable on a preferential basis in subsequent
quarters.  Distributions not paid  on the Common Units  held by Limited Partners
for any quarter will not cumulate. The Preferential Distribution will  terminate
when distributions of at least $0.295 have been paid with respect to each Common
Unit  (held by the Company and others) during four quarters without distributing
to the Convertible Preferred  Units and the  Common Units more  than 90% of  FFO
after  payment  of the  dividends on  the  Senior Preferred  Units for  any such
quarter. Once  the Preferential  Distribution has  terminated, distributions  in
respect  of the Common Units  will be made pro rata  to the holders thereof. For
purposes  of  determining  whether  the  Company's  Funds  from  Operations   is
sufficient  to terminate  the Preferential  Distribution, Funds  from Operations
will be calculated  based on the  old definition of  Funds from Operations.  See
"Management's  Discussion  and Analysis  of Financial  Condition and  Results of
Operations -- Liquidity and  Capital Resources and  Funds from Operations."  See
"Policies  With  Respect  to  Certain Activities  --  Distribution  and Dividend
Policy."
 
    The Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to payment of distributions  and
dividends  at the rate declared on the Common Stock if such rate is greater than
the stated dividend  rate on  the Convertible Preferred  Stock. Accordingly,  at
such  time as the distribution  or dividend rate on  the Common Stock is greater
than the stated rate on the Convertible Preferred Stock, holders of  Convertible
Preferred  Stock will be  entitled to participate  in any further  growth of FFO
together with the holders of Common Stock.
 
    The Company will not, without the affirmative vote or consent of holders  of
at  least two-thirds of the shares of  the Common Stock outstanding at the time,
amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Operating Partnership Agreement  or
the  Charter so  as to  reduce the  Preferential Distribution.  In addition, the
Company  will  not  terminate  the  Company's  status  as  a  REIT  without  the
affirmative  vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the shares
of  Senior  Preferred  Stock,  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  and  Common  Stock
outstanding  at the time, voting together as  a single class, given in person or
by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting.
 
    Subject to the provisions of the Charter regarding Excess Stock, the  Senior
Preferred  Stock  and Convertible  Preferred  Stock, each  outstanding  share of
Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a  vote
of  stockholders, including the  election of directors  and, except as otherwise
required by law or except as provided with respect to any other class or  series
of shares, the holders of such shares will possess exclusive voting power. There
is  no cumulative  voting in  the election  of directors,  which means  that the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock can elect all of
the directors then standing for election and the holders of the remaining shares
will not be able to elect any directors.
 
    Holders of Common Stock have no conversion, sinking fund, redemption  rights
or preemptive rights to subscribe for any securities of the Company.
 
    Subject to the provisions of the Charter regarding Excess Stock, shares of a
particular  class  of issued  Common  Stock have  equal  dividend, distribution,
liquidation and  other rights,  and have  no preference,  appraisal or  exchange
rights.
 
    The  transfer agent and  registrar for the Common  Stock is Wilmington Trust
Company.
 
    The Common Stock is quoted in  the Nasdaq National Market under the  trading
symbol "PRME."
 
RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER
 
    The Charter contains certain restrictions on the number of shares of Capital
Stock,  defined to include all  classes of capital stock  that the Company shall
have authority to issue, including Senior Preferred Stock, Convertible Preferred
Stock, Preferred Stock  and Common  Stock, that  stockholders may  own. For  the
Company  to continue to qualify as  a REIT under the Code,  not more than 50% in
value of its outstanding capital stock may be owned, directly or  constructively
under the applicable attribution rules of the Code, by five or fewer individuals
(as  defined in the Code  to include certain tax-exempt  entities other than, in
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qualified domestic pension funds) at any time during the last half of a  taxable
year  (other than the first taxable year for which the election to be taxed as a
REIT has been made). The capital stock also must be beneficially owned by 100 or
more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months or during a
proportionate part of  a shorter taxable  year. Because the  Company intends  to
continue  to  qualify  as  a  REIT, the  Charter  contains  restrictions  on the
ownership and transfer of capital stock.
 
    Subject to certain exceptions specified in  the Charter, no holder may  own,
either  directly or constructively under the applicable attribution rules of the
Code, more than  9.9% of  the outstanding shares  of Common  Stock (the  "Common
Ownership  Limit").  The  Common Ownership  Limit  will not  apply,  however, to
holders of shares of Common Stock who  acquire shares of Common Stock in  excess
of  the Common Ownership Limit  solely by reason of  the conversion of shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock owned  by such holder into  shares of Common  Stock;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, that no such holder may  own an interest in any tenant under
any lease of real property owned, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly by
the Company, which exceeds, in the case of a tenant that is a corporation,  9.9%
of  the total voting stock of such tenant  or 9.9% of the total number of shares
of all classes of stock of such tenant, or, in the case of a tenant that is  not
a corporation, a 9.9% interest in the assets or net profits of such tenant.
 
    Subject  to  certain  exceptions specified  in  the Charter,  no  holder may
acquire, either  directly or  constructively  under the  applicable  attribution
rules of the Code, or beneficially own shares of Convertible Preferred Stock if,
as   a  result  of  such  acquisition   or  beneficial  ownership,  such  holder
beneficially owns shares of capital stock (including all classes) of the Company
in excess of 9.9% of the value  of the Company's outstanding capital stock  (the
"Convertible  Preferred  Ownership Limit").  There  are no  restrictions  on the
ability of a  holder of shares  of Convertible Preferred  Stock to convert  such
shares  into shares of Common Stock even if, as a result of such conversion, the
holder will own shares of Common Stock in excess of the Common Ownership  Limit.
However,  no person may acquire or own  shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or
shares of Common Stock to the extent that the aggregate of the shares of  Common
Stock  owned by such holder and the shares  of Common Stock that would be issued
to such holder upon conversion of all the shares of Convertible Preferred  Stock
then  owned  by such  holder, assuming  that  all of  the outstanding  shares of
Convertible Preferred  Stock were  converted  into Common  Stock at  such  time,
exceeds  9.9%  of the  total shares  of Common  Stock on  a fully  diluted basis
(taking into account  the shares of  Common Stock actually  outstanding and  the
shares  of Common Stock that would be issued if all of the outstanding shares of
Convertible Preferred  Stock were  converted into  shares of  Common Stock,  but
without  regard to the  shares of Common  Stock issuable in  exchange for Common
Units).
 
    Subject to certain exceptions specified in  the Charter, no holder may  own,
either  directly or constructively under the applicable attribution rules of the
Code, more than 10.0% of the  outstanding shares of Senior Preferred Stock,  and
no  holder that owns an interest in any  tenant under any lease of real property
owned, in  whole  or in  part,  directly or  indirectly  by the  Company,  which
exceeds, in the case of a tenant that is a corporation, 9.9% of the total voting
stock  of such tenant  or 9.9% of the  total number of shares  of all classes of
stock of such tenant, or in  the case of a tenant  that is not a corporation,  a
9.9%  interest in the assets or net profits of such tenant, may own, directly or
constructively under the  applicable attribution  rules of the  Code, more  than
9.9%  of the outstanding shares of Senior Preferred Stock (the "Senior Preferred
Ownership Limit"). The Senior Preferred Ownership Limit does not apply, however,
to holders who acquired shares of Senior Preferred Stock in excess of the Senior
Preferred Ownership Limit directly from  Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co.,  Inc.
in  connection  with  the  Initial Public  Offering  ("Initial  Senior Preferred
Holders"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that  (i) such holder may  not own an interest  in
any tenant under any lease of real property owned, in whole or in part, directly
or  indirectly by the Company, which exceeds, in  the case of a tenant that is a
corporation, 9.9% of the total voting stock of such tenant or 9.9% of the  total
number  of shares of all classes  of stock of such tenant,  or, in the case of a
tenant that is not a corporation, a  9.9% interest in the assets or net  profits
of  such tenant and (ii) such holder's  ownership of Senior Preferred Stock does
not cause any "individual" (within the  meaning of the Code) to beneficially  or
constructively  own shares  of Senior  Preferred Stock  in excess  of the Senior
Preferred Ownership Limit. Initial Senior Preferred Holders will not be able  to
acquire  additional shares  of Senior  Preferred Stock  in excess  of the Senior
Preferred Ownership Limit.
 
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    Notwithstanding any of the foregoing ownership limits, no holder may own  or
acquire,  either  directly or  constructively  under the  applicable attribution
rules of  the Code,  any shares  of any  class of  the Company's  Stock if  such
ownership or acquisition (i) would cause more than 50% in value of the Company's
outstanding  stock  to be  owned, either  directly  or constructively  under the
applicable attribution  rules of  the Code,  by five  or fewer  individuals  (as
defined  in  the Code  to include  certain tax-exempt  entities, other  than, in
general, qualified domestic pension funds),  (ii) would result in the  Company's
Stock  being beneficially  owned by  less than  100 persons  (determined without
reference to any rules of attribution),  or (iii) would otherwise result in  the
Company failing to qualify as a REIT.
 
    The   Board  of   Directors  may,   subject  to   the  receipt   of  certain
representations as required  by the  Charter and  a ruling  from the  IRS or  an
opinion  of counsel  satisfactory to it,  waive the  ownership restrictions with
respect to a holder if such waiver will not jeopardize the Company's status as a
REIT. In addition, under the Charter, certain parties will not be subject to the
Common Stock  Ownership Limit  in the  event  such parties  (i) deliver  to  the
Company  either a ruling from  the IRS or an  opinion from nationally recognized
tax counsel that such ownership will result in no individual (as defined in  the
Code) beneficially or constructively owning in excess of 9.9% of the outstanding
Common Stock and (ii) represent to the Company that it does not and will not own
more than a 9.9% interest in any tenant of the Company.
 
    If any stockholder purports to transfer capital stock to a person and either
the  transfer would result in the Company failing  to qualify as a REIT, or such
transfer would  cause the  transferee to  hold  capital stock  in excess  of  an
applicable ownership restriction, the purported transfer shall be null and void,
the  intended  transferee will  acquire no  rights or  economic interest  in the
capital stock,  and the  stockholder  will be  deemed  to have  transferred  the
capital  stock to the Company in exchange for  Excess Stock of the same class or
classes as were purportedly transferred, which Excess Stock will be deemed to be
held by the  Company as  trustee of  a trust for  the exclusive  benefit of  the
person  or persons to whom  the shares can be  transferred without violating the
ownership restrictions.  In addition,  if any  person owns,  either directly  or
under  the applicable attribution rules of the  Code, shares of capital stock in
excess of an  applicable ownership restriction,  such person will  be deemed  to
have  exchanged the shares of capital  stock that cause the applicable ownership
restriction to be exceeded for an equal number of shares of Excess Stock of  the
appropriate  class, which will be deemed to be held by the Company as trustee of
a trust for the exclusive  benefit of the person or  persons to whom the  shares
can  be transferred without  violating the ownership  restrictions. A person who
holds or transfers  shares such  that shares of  capital stock  shall have  been
deemed  to be exchanged for Excess Stock will not be entitled to vote the Excess
Stock and will not  be entitled to receive  any dividends or distributions  (any
dividend  or distribution paid on shares of capital stock prior to the discovery
by the Company that such  shares have been exchanged  for Excess Stock shall  be
repaid to the Company upon demand, and any dividend or distribution declared but
unpaid  shall be  rescinded). Such  person shall have  the right  to designate a
transferee  of  such  Excess  Stock  so  long  as  consideration  received   for
designating  such transferee  does not exceed  a price  (the "Limitation Price")
that is equal to the lesser of (i)  in the case of a deemed exchange for  Excess
Stock  resulting from a transfer, the price paid for the shares in such transfer
or, in the case of a deemed exchange for Excess Stock resulting from some  other
event,  the fair market value, on the date of the deemed exchange, of the shares
deemed exchanged, or (ii)  the fair market  value of the  shares for which  such
Excess  Stock will be deemed  to be exchanged on the  date of the designation of
the transferee (or, in the  case of a purchase by  the Company, on the date  the
Company  accepts the offer to sell). For  these purposes, fair market value on a
given date is determined by reference to the average closing price for the  five
preceding  days. The shares of Excess Stock so transferred will automatically be
deemed reexchanged for the appropriate shares of capital stock. In addition, the
Company will have the right to purchase the Excess Stock for a period of 90 days
at a price equal to the Limitation Price.
 
    An  automatic  redemption  will  occur  to  prevent  any  violation  of  the
Convertible  Preferred Ownership  Limit that would  not have occurred  but for a
conversion of  Convertible  Preferred Stock,  or  a redemption  or  open  market
purchase  of Convertible  Preferred Stock  by the  Company (each  a "Corporation
Induced Event"). In the event of  any such automatic redemption, the  redemption
price  of each share  of Convertible Preferred  Stock redeemed will  be (x) if a
purported acquisition of  Convertible Preferred  Stock in which  full value  was
paid  for such Convertible Preferred Stock  caused the redemption, the price per
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Convertible Preferred Stock,  or (y)  if the  transaction that  resulted in  the
redemption  was not  an acquisition in  which the  full value was  paid for such
Convertible Preferred Stock (e.g. a  gift or Corporation Induced Event  relating
to  stock held by  others), a price per  share equal to the  market price on the
date of the purported transfer that resulted in the redemption. Any dividend  or
other  distribution paid to a holder of redeemed shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock (prior  to  the  discovery by  the  Company  that such  shares  have  been
automatically redeemed by the Company as described above) will be required to be
repaid  to the Company upon demand. An automatic redemption also will occur with
respect to Senior Preferred Stock under similar circumstances as those described
above. The Board  of Directors shall  have authority  at any time  to waive  the
requirements  that Excess Stock be issued or be deemed outstanding in accordance
with the provisions  of the  Charter or that  the Corporation  redeem shares  of
Convertible  Preferred  Stock  or  Senior  Preferred  Stock  as  a  result  of a
Corporation Induced Event if the issuance of such Excess Stock or the fact  that
such  Excess Stock is deemed to be  outstanding, or any such redemption would in
the opinion of nationally  recognized tax counsel jeopardize  the status of  the
Corporation as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.
 
    If  the foregoing transfer restrictions are determined to be void or invalid
by virtue of any legal decisions, statute, rule or regulation, then the intended
transferee of any Excess Stock may be  deemed, at the option of the Company,  to
have  acted as an agent on behalf of  the Company in acquiring such Excess Stock
and to hold such Excess Stock on behalf of the Company.
 
    All certificates representing  shares of  capital stock will  bear a  legend
referring to the restrictions described above.
 
    Every  owner of more  than 5% (or  such lower percentage  as required by the
Code or regulations thereunder) of  the issued and outstanding Senior  Preferred
Stock,  Convertible Preferred Stock  or Common Stock must  file a written notice
with the Company containing  the information specified in  the Charter no  later
than January 30 of each year. Furthermore, each stockholder shall upon demand be
required  to disclose to the Company in  writing such information as the Company
may request  in order  to determine  the effect  of such  stockholder's  direct,
indirect  and  constructive ownership  of such  capital  stock on  the Company's
status as a REIT.
 
    The foregoing  ownership  limitations  may have  the  effect  of  precluding
acquisition  of  control of  the Company  without  the consent  of the  Board of
Directors, and, consequently, stockholders  may be unable  to realize a  premium
for  their shares  over the  then prevailing  market price  which is customarily
associated with such acquisitions.
 
            CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF MARYLAND LAW AND OF THE COMPANY'S
                               CHARTER AND BYLAWS
 
    The following paragraphs summarize  certain provisions of  the MGCL and  the
Charter  and the  Bylaws. The  summary does  not purport  to be  complete and is
subject to  and qualified  in its  entirety by  reference to  the MGCL  and  the
Charter and Bylaws for complete information.
 
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
    The Company's Bylaws provide that the number of directors of the Company may
be established by the Board of Directors but in no case shall be less than three
directors.  Subject to the  right of the  holders of Senior  Preferred Stock and
Convertible Preferred Stock to elect directors under certain circumstances,  any
vacancy  will be filled, at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called
for that  purpose, by  a majority  of  the remaining  directors, except  that  a
vacancy  resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be filled by
a majority  of the  entire Board  of Directors.  Pursuant to  the terms  of  the
Charter,  the  directors are  divided into  three classes.  One class  will hold
office for a term expiring at the  annual meeting of stockholders to be held  in
1996,  another class will hold office for  a term expiring at the annual meeting
of stockholders to be held in 1997 and another class will hold office for a term
expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders  to be held in 1998. As the  term
of  each class expires,  directors in that class  will be elected  for a term of
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years and until  their successors are  duly elected and  qualified. The  Company
believes  that classification of the Board of  Directors will help to assure the
continuity and stability of  the Company's business  strategies and policies  as
determined by the Board of Directors.
 
    The  classified  director  provision could  have  the effect  of  making the
removal of incumbent  directors more time-consuming  and difficult, which  could
discourage  a third party from making a  tender offer or otherwise attempting to
obtain control of the Company, even  though such an attempt might be  beneficial
to   the  Company  and  its  stockholders.  At  least  two  annual  meetings  of
stockholders, instead of one, will generally be required to effect a change in a
majority of the Board of Directors.  Thus, the classified board provision  could
increase  the likelihood that  incumbent directors will  retain their positions.
Holders of shares of Common  Stock will have no  right to cumulative voting  for
the election of directors. Consequently, at each annual meeting of stockholders,
the  holders of a majority of  the shares of Common Stock  will be able to elect
all of the  successors of  the class  of directors  whose term  expires at  that
meeting.
 
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
 
    Subject  to  the  right  of  the  holders  of  Senior  Preferred  Stock  and
Convertible Preferred Stock to elect directors under certain circumstances,  the
Charter  provides that a director may be removed  only for cause and only by the
affirmative vote of at  least two-thirds of the  aggregate number of votes  then
entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. This provision, when
coupled  with the provision in the Bylaws  authorizing the Board of Directors to
fill directorships,  precludes stockholders  from removing  incumbent  directors
except  upon  an affirmative  vote  and filling  the  vacancies created  by such
removal with their own nominees.
 
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
 
    Under  the  MGCL,  certain  "business  combinations"  (including  a  merger,
consolidation,  share exchange, or, in  certain circumstances, an asset transfer
or issuance  or  reclassification  of  equity  securities)  between  a  Maryland
corporation and any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power
of  the corporation's shares after the date  on which the corporation had 100 or
more beneficial owners of its stock or an affiliate of the corporation which was
the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power
of the  then  outstanding stock  of  the corporation,  at  any time  within  the
two-year period immediately prior to the date in question, and after the date on
which  the  corporation had  100  or more  beneficial  owners of  its  stock (an
"Interested Stockholder") or an affiliate thereof are prohibited for five  years
after  the  most  recent date  on  which  the Interested  Stockholder  became an
Interested Stockholder.  Thereafter,  any  such  business  combination  must  be
recommended  by the Board of  Directors of such corporation  and approved by the
affirmative vote of at least (a) 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders
of outstanding voting shares of the corporation and (b) two-thirds of the  votes
entitled  to be cast by holders of  outstanding voting shares of the corporation
other than shares  held by  the Interested  Stockholder with  whom the  business
combination  is to  be effected, unless,  among other  things, the corporation's
stockholders receive a minimum price (as  defined in the MGCL) for their  shares
and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid
by  the Interested Stockholder for its  shares. These provisions of Maryland law
do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by
the Board of Directors of the corporation prior to the time that the  Interested
Stockholder  becomes  an  Interested  Stockholder. The  Board  of  Directors has
exempted from these provisions  of the MGCL  any business combination  involving
the issuance of shares of Common Stock to PGI and certain other entities, or any
of  their respective affiliates,  upon the exchange of  Common Units acquired by
such entities in connection with the Initial Public Offering.
 
CONTROL SHARES ACQUISITIONS
 
    The MGCL provides that "control  shares" of a Maryland corporation  acquired
in  a "control shares  acquisition" have no  voting rights except  to the extent
approved by a vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the  matter
excluding  shares of stock owned by the acquiror or by officers or directors who
are employees of the  corporation. "Control Shares" are  voting shares of  stock
which,  if aggregated with all other such shares of stock previously acquired by
the acquiror, or in respect of which the acquiror is able to exercise or  direct
the  exercise of  voting power,  would entitle  the acquiror  to exercise voting
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directors within one of the following  ranges of voting power: (i) one-fifth  or
more  but less than one-third, (ii) one-third  or more but less than a majority,
or (iii) a majority of  all voting power. Control  Shares do not include  shares
the  acquiring person is then entitled to  vote as a result of having previously
obtained  stockholder  approval.  A  "control  shares  acquisition"  means   the
acquisition of Control Shares, subject to certain exceptions.
 
    A  person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, upon
satisfaction of certain conditions (including  an undertaking to pay  expenses),
may  compel the Board of Directors to  call a special meeting of stockholders to
be held within 50 days of demand to consider the voting rights of the shares. If
no request  for  a meeting  is  made, the  corporation  may itself  present  the
question at any stockholders meeting.
 
    If  voting rights are not approved at the meeting or if the acquiring person
does not deliver an acquiring person statement as required by the statute, then,
subject to certain conditions and limitations, the corporation may redeem any or
all of the Control Shares (except those for which voting rights have  previously
been  approved)  for fair  value determined,  without regard  to the  absence of
voting rights for the Control Shares, as of the date of the last control  shares
acquisition  by the  acquiror or  of any  meeting of  stockholders at  which the
voting rights of such shares were considered and not approved. If voting  rights
for  Control Shares  are approved  at a  stockholders' meeting  and the acquiror
becomes entitled to vote a  majority of the shares  entitled to vote, all  other
stockholders  may exercise  appraisal rights.  The fair  value of  the shares as
determined for  purposes of  such appraisal  rights  may not  be less  than  the
highest price per share paid by the acquiror in the control shares acquisition.
 
    The  control shares acquisition statute does not apply to shares acquired in
a merger, consolidation or share exchange if  the corporation is a party to  the
transaction, or to acquisitions approved or exempted by the Charter or Bylaws of
the Company.
 
    The   Charter  contains  a  provision  exempting  from  the  control  shares
acquisition statute any  and all  acquisitions by  any person  of the  Company's
shares  of capital stock. There can be no assurance that such provision will not
be amended or eliminated at any point in the future.
 
    The business  combination statute  and, if  the foregoing  exemption in  the
Charter  is rescinded,  the control  shares acquisition  statute could  have the
effect of  discouraging offers  to acquire  the Company  and of  increasing  the
difficulty of consummating any such offer.
 
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER
 
    The  Charter,  with  certain  limited  exceptions,  may  be  amended  by the
affirmative vote of the  holders of not  less than a  majority of the  aggregate
number of votes then entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors.
The  provisions relating to classification of the Board of Directors, removal of
directors or  any  consent by  the  Company to  an  amendment to  the  Operating
Partnership   Agreement  resulting   in  any   reduction  of   the  Preferential
Distribution may be amended only by the  affirmative vote of the holders of  not
less  than two-thirds of the aggregate number  of votes then entitled to be cast
generally in the election of directors.
 
ADVANCE NOTICE OF DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS
 
    The  Bylaws  provide  that  (a)  with  respect  to  an  annual  meeting   of
stockholders,  nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and
the proposal of business to be considered  by stockholders may be made only  (i)
pursuant to the Company's notice of the meeting, (ii) by the Board of Directors,
or  (iii)  by a  stockholder who  is entitled  to  vote at  the meeting  and has
complied with  the advance  notice procedures  set forth  in the  Charter,  with
respect  to the election of  directors by the holders  of Senior Preferred Stock
and Convertible Preferred Stock in certain circumstances, or the Bylaws, and (b)
with respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in
the  Company's  notice  of  meeting  may  be  brought  before  the  meeting   of
stockholders,  and nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors
may be made only (i)  pursuant to the Company's notice  of the meeting, (ii)  by
the  Board  of Directors,  or (iii)  provided  that the  Board of  Directors has
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is entitled to  vote at the  meeting and  has complied with  the advance  notice
provisions  set forth in the Charter, with  respect to the election of directors
by the holders  of Senior  Preferred Stock  and Convertible  Preferred Stock  in
certain circumstances, or the Bylaws.
 
    The  provisions in the  Charter on classification of  the Board of Directors
and  removal  of  directors,  the  business  combination  statute  and,  if  the
applicable  provision  in  the  Company's  Charter  is  revoked,  control shares
acquisition provisions of  the MGCL, and  the advance notice  provisions of  the
Bylaws  could have the effect of discouraging a takeover or other transaction in
which holders  of some,  or a  majority, of  the shares  of Common  Stock  might
receive  a premium  for their  shares over the  then prevailing  market price or
which such holders might believe to be otherwise in their best interests.
 
                        SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
   
    Upon the  completion of  the  Offering, the  Company will  have  outstanding
2,300,000  shares  of Senior  Preferred Stock,  3,039,542 shares  of Convertible
Preferred Stock and 13,031,058 shares of Common Stock. In addition, the  Company
has  reserved 12,141,288  shares of Common  Stock for issuance  upon exchange of
Common Units or conversion of  Convertible Preferred Stock and 1,185,000  shares
of Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of options granted or available to be
granted under the Stock Incentive Plans. All of the Common Stock to be issued or
sold by the Company or the Selling Stockholder in the Offering will be tradeable
without  restriction under the Securities Act. In addition, all of the 3,635,816
shares of Common  Stock issuable  upon conversion of  the Convertible  Preferred
Stock  other than to affiliates will  be tradeable without restriction under the
Securities Act.
    
 
    In connection with the Initial  Public Offering, PGI, Messrs. Rosenthal  and
Carpenter  and  certain  other  Limited  Partners  entered  into  certain lockup
agreements (the "Lock-up  Agreements"). The Lock-up  Agreements entered into  by
PGI  and  Messrs.  Rosenthal  and  Carpenter  contractually  restrict  PGI,  its
affiliates, and  Messrs. Rosenthal  and Carpenter  from transferring  the  Prime
Common  Units and any  shares of Common  Stock obtainable upon  exchange of such
Common Units, without the consent of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.  and
the Company until March 22, 1997, provided that PGI may transfer Common Units to
certain  Affiliates who are subject to  the Lock-up Agreements. In addition, the
Prime Common Units may not  be exchanged for Common Stock  (or cash) so long  as
the  Preferential Distribution  is in effect.  After expiration  of the relevant
lock-up period and, to the extent applicable, the Preferential Distribution, the
Limited Partners, including  PGI and  Messrs. Rosenthal and  Carpenter, will  be
able  to  sell shares  of Common  Stock  issuable in  exchange for  Common Units
pursuant to  registration  rights that  have  been  granted by  the  Company  or
available  exemptions from registration. The Lock-up Agreement entered into with
respect to the Additional Common Units expired on March 22, 1996. In  connection
with  the Offering, 90,328 shares of Common Stock  will be sold to the public by
the Underwriter on  behalf of  the Selling  Stockholder that  is exchanging  its
Additional  Common Units for Common Stock.  The balance of the Additional Common
Units are  owned by  PGI and  are not  being exchanged  in connection  with  the
Offering.
 
    In  general,  under  Rule  144  under the  Securities  Act  ("Rule  144") as
currently in effect, if two  years have elapsed since the  later of the date  of
acquisition  of restricted securities from the Company or any "affiliate" of the
Company, as  that term  is defined  under the  Securities Act,  the acquiror  or
subsequent  holder thereof is  entitled to sell within  any three-month period a
number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then  outstanding
Common Stock or the average weekly trading volume of the Common Stock during the
four calendar weeks preceding the date on which notice of the sale is filed with
the  Commission. Sales under Rule 144 also are subject to certain manner of sale
provisions,  notice  requirements  and   the  availability  of  current   public
information  about the Company.  If three years  have elapsed since  the date of
acquisition of restricted securities from the Company or from any "affiliate" of
the Company, and the acquiror or subsequent holder thereof is deemed not to have
been an affiliate  of the Company  at any time  during the 90  days preceding  a
sale,  such person would  be entitled to  sell such shares  in the public market
under Rule  144(k) without  regard to  the volume  limitations, manner  of  sale
provisions,  public information  requirements or notice  requirements. Any Stock
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"affiliate"  of  the Company  are not  "restricted securities"  and may  be sold
without regard to the period of beneficial ownership. However, such shares  will
be  subject to the volume limitation described  above and to other conditions of
Rule 144.
 
    No prediction can be  made as to  the effect, if any,  that future sales  of
Common  Stock, or the availability of Common Stock for future sale, will have on
the market prices prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts  of
Common  Stock (including Common Stock issued  upon the exchange of Common Units,
conversion of  Convertible  Preferred Stock  or  exercise of  Options),  or  the
perception  that such sales  could occur, could  adversely affect the prevailing
market prices of the Common Stock.
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
 
    The  Company  has  granted  the   Limited  Partners  certain  "demand"   and
"piggyback"  registration  rights with  respect  to their  respective  shares of
Common Stock acquired by  them upon exchange of  Common Units for shares.  These
registration  rights became effective  on March 22, 1996  with respect to shares
obtained upon exchange of the  Additional Common Units and  on the later of  (i)
March  22, 1997  or (ii) the  termination of the  Preferential Distribution with
respect to shares  obtained upon  the exchange of  the Prime  Common Units.  The
registration  rights further  provide that  the Limited  Partners will  have the
right to  demand  registration  of  all  or  any  portion  of  their  respective
restricted shares of Common Stock up to two times in each calendar year and that
such  parties will have the right to have such shares registered incidentally to
any registration  being conducted  by the  Company  of Common  Stock or  of  any
securities  of the  Company substantially similar  to Common  Stock. The Company
will bear expenses arising from the exercise of registration rights, except that
the Company shall not pay any underwriting discounts or commissions,  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  and Blue  Sky  registration fees  and  transfer taxes
relating to such shares. With regard to the Additional Common Units, the Selling
Stockholder has elected  to convert 90,328  Common Units into  a like number  of
shares  of Common Stock  and exercise its  registration rights relating thereto.
Such shares  of  Common Stock  are  being sold  to  the public  by  the  Selling
Stockholder in connection with the Offering.
 
                   CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
 
    The  following is  a summary of  material federal  income tax considerations
that may be relevant to a prospective holder of shares of Common Stock.  Winston
& Strawn has acted as Tax Counsel to the Company in connection with the Offering
and  has reviewed this summary  and is of the  opinion that it fairly summarizes
the federal income tax considerations that are likely to be material to a holder
of shares of Common Stock. The discussion contained herein does not address  all
aspects   of  federal  income  taxation  that  may  be  relevant  to  particular
stockholders in light of their personal  investment or tax circumstances, or  to
certain   types  of  stockholders  (including  insurance  companies,  tax-exempt
entities, financial institutions or broker-dealers) subject to special treatment
under the federal income tax laws.
 
    The statements in this discussion and  the opinion of Tax Counsel are  based
on  current provisions of the Code,  existing, temporary, and currently proposed
Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, the legislative history of  the
Code,  existing  administrative rulings  and practices  of the  Internal Revenue
Service ("IRS"), and judicial decisions. No  assurance can be given that  future
legislative,  judicial,  or administrative  actions or  decisions, which  may be
retroactive in effect, will  not affect the accuracy  of any statements in  this
Prospectus  with respect to  transactions entered into  or contemplated prior to
the effective date of such changes.
 
    EACH PROSPECTIVE  PURCHASER  IS  ADVISED  TO CONSULT  HIS  OWN  TAX  ADVISOR
REGARDING  THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES TO  HIM OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP, AND
SALE OF SHARES OF COMMON  STOCK AND OF THE COMPANY'S  ELECTION TO BE TAXED AS  A
REAL  ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN, AND
OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF  SUCH PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP, SALE,  AND ELECTION AND  OF
POTENTIAL CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS.
 
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GENERAL
 
    The  Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of
the Code and the applicable  Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder,  which
together  set  forth  the  requirements  for qualifying  as  a  REIT  (the "REIT
Requirements"), commencing with its taxable  year ending December 31, 1994.  The
Company  believes that  it is  organized and  has operated  in such  a manner to
qualify for  taxation as  a REIT  under the  Code, and  the Company  intends  to
continue  to operate in such a manner in  the future. No assurance can be given,
however, that the Company has  operated in a manner to  so qualify as a REIT  or
will continue to operate in a manner so as to remain qualified as a REIT.
 
    The  REIT  Requirements (i.e.,  the Code  sections and  Treasury Regulations
relating to the federal  income tax treatment of  REITs and their  stockholders)
are  highly technical and complex. The  following discussion sets forth only the
material aspects of those provisions. This summary is qualified in its  entirety
by  the applicable  Code sections, Treasury  Regulations promulgated thereunder,
and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof.
 
    Subject to the qualifications stated herein and in its opinion, Tax  Counsel
has  given the Company  an opinion that  the Company is  organized in conformity
with the requirements for qualification as  a REIT, and the Company's method  of
operation has enabled it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation
as  a REIT under the Code and its  method of operation enables it to continue to
meet the requirements for qualification as a REIT. An opinion of counsel is  not
binding on the IRS and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge
the  status of the Company  as a REIT. It must  be emphasized that Tax Counsel's
opinion is  based  on  various  assumptions and  is  conditioned  upon  numerous
representations  made  by the  Company as  to  factual matters,  including those
related to its  business and  properties as set  forth in  this Prospectus.  Tax
Counsel  has not independently verified the Company's representations. Moreover,
the Company's qualification and  taxation as a REIT  depends upon the  Company's
ability  to  meet  on  a continuing  basis,  through  actual  operating results,
distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership, the various  qualification
tests  imposed by  the Code  discussed below.  Tax Counsel  will not  review the
Company's compliance with  these tests  on a continuing  basis. Accordingly,  no
assurance  can be given that the actual  results of the Company's operations for
any given  taxable year  will  satisfy the  requirements for  qualification  and
taxation as a REIT. See "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations -- Failure to
Qualify".
 
TAXATION OF THE COMPANY
 
    If  the Company continues  to qualify for  taxation as a  REIT, it generally
will not be  subject to  federal corporate  income tax  on that  portion of  its
ordinary   income  or  capital  gain  that   is  currently  distributed  to  its
stockholders. The REIT provisions of the  Code generally allow a REIT to  deduct
dividends  paid  to  its  stockholders. This  deduction  for  dividends  paid to
stockholders substantially eliminates the federal "double taxation" on  earnings
(once  at the  corporate level  and once  again at  the stockholder  level) that
generally results from an investment in a corporation.
 
    Even if the Company continues to qualify  for taxation as a REIT, it may  be
subject  to federal income tax in certain circumstances. First, the Company will
be taxed at regular corporate rates  on any undistributed "REIT taxable  income"
and  undistributed net capital  gains. Second, under  certain circumstances, the
Company may be subject to the  corporate "alternative minimum tax" on its  items
of  tax preference, if  any. Third, if the  Company has (i)  net income from the
sale or other disposition of "foreclosure property" which is held primarily  for
sale to customers in the ordinary course of business or (ii) other nonqualifying
income  from foreclosure property,  the Company will  be subject to  tax on such
income at the  highest regular corporate  rate. Fourth, if  the Company has  net
income  from prohibited  transactions (which are,  in general,  certain sales or
other dispositions  of property  held primarily  for sale  to customers  in  the
ordinary  course of business, other than foreclosure property), such income will
be subject to a 100% tax. Fifth, if  the Company should fail to satisfy the  75%
gross  income  test or  the  95% gross  income  test (as  discussed  below), but
nonetheless  maintains  its  qualification  as  a  REIT  because  certain  other
requirements  are met, the Company will be subject  to a 100% tax on the greater
of the amount by which the Company fails the 75% or the 95% test, multiplied  by
a  fraction  intended  to reflect  the  Company's profitability.  Sixth,  if the
Company should fail to distribute for each calendar year at least the sum of (i)
85% of its REIT ordinary income for such year,
 
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(ii) 95%  of its  REIT capital  gain net  income for  such year,  and (iii)  any
undistributed  taxable income from prior periods, the Company will be subject to
a 4% excise tax  on the excess  of such required  distribution over the  amounts
actually  distributed.  Finally, if  the  Company acquires  any  asset from  a C
Corporation (i.e., generally a corporation subject to full corporate level  tax)
in  a transaction  in which  the basis of  the asset  in the  Company's hands is
determined by reference to the basis of the asset (or any other property) in the
hands of the C corporation, and the Company subsequently recognizes gain on  the
disposition  of such asset during the  10-year period (the "Recognition Period")
beginning on the  date on which  the asset  was acquired by  the Company,  then,
pursuant  to guidelines  issued by the  IRS, the  excess of (i)  the fair market
value of the  asset as of  the beginning of  the applicable Recognition  Period,
over (ii) the Company's adjusted basis in such asset as of the beginning of such
Recognition  Period  (i.e., "built-in  gain"),  will be  subject  to tax  at the
highest  regular  corporate  rate.  The  Clinton  Administration  has   proposed
legislation, which if enacted, would alter this rule for assets transferred to a
REIT  by  certain C  corporations after  December 31,  1996. Under  the proposed
legislation, C corporations having  stock with a value  greater than $5  million
would  have to recognize the built-in gain on any assets transferred to the REIT
at the time of the transfer, and the  REIT would have a fair market value  basis
in  the assets. A REIT  that receives such assets  may have transferee liability
for the tax liability on this gain to the extent it inherits this tax  liability
from the transferor.
 
    If  the Company invests in retail properties or other real estate in foreign
countries, the Company's profits from such investments will generally be subject
to tax in the  countries where such properties  are located. The precise  nature
and  amount of any such taxation will depend  on the laws of the countries where
the properties are  located. If  the Company satisfies  the annual  distribution
requirements for qualification as a REIT and is therefore not subject to federal
corporate  income tax on  that portion of  its ordinary income  and capital gain
that is currently distributed  to its stockholders,  the Company will  generally
not  be able to recover the cost of  any foreign tax imposed on profits from its
foreign investments  by  claiming  foreign  tax credits  against  its  U.S.  tax
liability  on such  profits. Moreover, a  REIT is  not able to  pass foreign tax
credits through to its stockholders.
 
    The Company uses the calendar year for both federal income tax purposes  and
for financial reporting purposes.
 
REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFICATION
 
    To  qualify as a  REIT, the Company must  have met and  continue to meet the
requirements, discussed  below,  relating  to the  Company's  organization,  the
sources  of  its  gross income,  the  nature of  its  assets, and  the  level of
distributions to its stockholders.
 
    ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
 
    The Code requires that a REIT be a corporation, trust, or association:
 
        (i) which is managed by one or more trustees or directors;
 
        (ii) the  beneficial ownership  of which  is evidenced  by  transferable
    shares or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest;
 
       (iii) which would be taxable as a domestic corporation but for compliance
    with the REIT Requirements;
 
        (iv)  which is neither a financial  institution nor an insurance company
    subject to certain special provisions of the Code;
 
        (v) the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons;
 
        (vi) at any time during the last half of each taxable year not more than
    50% in  value  of the  outstanding  stock of  which  is owned,  directly  or
    indirectly  through the application of certain  attribution rules, by or for
    five or  fewer  individuals (as  defined  in  the Code  to  include  certain
    tax-exempt  entities  other  than, in  general,  qualified  domestic pension
    funds); and
 
       (vii) which meets  certain other  tests, described  below, regarding  the
    nature of its income and assets.
 
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    The  Code provides that conditions (i)  through (iv), inclusive, must be met
during the entire  taxable year and  that condition  (v) must be  met during  at
least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months, or during a proportionate part of
a taxable year of less than 12 months.
 
    The  Company has issued sufficient shares of Stock in sufficient proportions
to allow the Company to satisfy the requirement set forth in (v) above (the "100
stockholder" requirement).
 
    As set forth in (vi) above, to  qualify as a REIT, the Company must  satisfy
the  requirement  set forth  in Section  856(a)(6) of  the Code  that it  not be
closely held. The  Company will  not be  closely held so  long as  at all  times
during  the last half  of any taxable year  of the Company  other than the first
taxable year for which  the election to be  taxed as a REIT  has been made,  not
more  than  50%  in  value  of  its  outstanding  Stock  is  owned,  directly or
constructively under the applicable  attribution rules of the  Code, by five  or
fewer  individuals  (as  defined  in  the  Code  to  include  certain tax-exempt
entities, other than, in general,  qualified domestic pension funds) (the  "five
or  fewer" requirement).  Although the Charter  of the  Company contains certain
restrictions on the ownership and transfer of the Stock, the restrictions do not
ensure that the Company will be able to satisfy the "five or fewer" requirement.
This risk results primarily, though not exclusively, from potential fluctuations
in values among  the different classes  of the  Stock. If the  Company fails  to
satisfy  the "five or  fewer" requirement, the  Company's status as  a REIT will
terminate, and the  Company will not  be able to  prevent such termination.  See
"Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations -- Failure to Qualify."
 
    OWNERSHIP OF A PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
 
    In  the  case  of  a REIT  that  is  a partner  in  a  partnership, Treasury
Regulations provide that the  REIT is deemed to  own its proportionate share  of
the  assets of the partnership and is deemed to be entitled to the income of the
partnership attributable to such proportionate share. In addition, the character
of the assets and gross income of  the partnership retain the same character  in
the  hands  of  the  REIT  for  purposes  of  the  REIT  Requirements, including
satisfying the  gross  income  tests  and  the  asset  tests.  Accordingly,  the
Company's  proportionate share of the assets, liabilities and items of income of
the Operating Partnership, including  the Operating Partnership's  proportionate
share  of  the  assets,  liabilities  and  items  of  income  of  each  Property
Partnership, are  treated as  assets, liabilities  and items  of income  of  the
Company  for  purposes  of applying  the  REIT Requirements,  provided  that the
Operating Partnership  and each  of  the Property  Partnerships are  treated  as
partnerships  for federal income  tax purposes. See  "Certain Federal Income Tax
Considerations -- Partnership Classification."
 
    INCOME TESTS
 
    To maintain its  qualification as  a REIT,  the Company  must satisfy  three
gross  income requirements annually. First, at  least 75% of the Company's gross
income (excluding gross  income from prohibited  transactions) for each  taxable
year  must be derived  directly or indirectly from  investments relating to real
property or mortgages  on real  property (including "rents  from real  property"
and,  in certain  circumstances, interest)  or from  certain types  of temporary
investments. Second, at least 95% of the Company's gross income (excluding gross
income from prohibited transactions) for each taxable year must be derived  from
such  real property investments and from  dividends, interest, and gain from the
sale or  disposition of  stock or  securities  or from  any combination  of  the
foregoing. Third, short-term gain from the sale or other disposition of stock or
securities,  gain from prohibited transactions, and  gain from the sale or other
disposition of  real  property  held  for  less  than  four  years  (apart  from
involuntary  conversions and sales of  foreclosure property) must represent less
than 30% of the Company's gross  income (including gross income from  prohibited
transactions) for each taxable year.
 
    Rents  received by the Company will qualify as "rents from real property" in
satisfying the gross  income requirements  for a  REIT described  above only  if
several  conditions are met. First, the amount  of rent received or accrued with
respect to any property must not be based  in whole or in part on the income  or
profits derived by any person from such property, although an amount received or
accrued  generally will not be excluded from the term "rents from real property"
solely by reason of being based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts
or sales. Rents received  from a tenant  that are based  on the tenant's  income
from  the property will not  be treated as rents based  on income or profits and
thus excluded from the term "rents
 
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from real property" if the tenant  derives substantially all of its income  with
respect  to such property from the leasing or subleasing of substantially all of
such property, provided that  the tenant receives  from subtenants only  amounts
that  would be  treated as rents  from real  property if received  directly by a
REIT. Second, rents received from a tenant will not qualify as "rents from  real
property"  in satisfying the gross  income tests if the  Company, or an owner of
10% or more of the Company, directly or constructively owns 10% or more of  such
tenant  (a  "Related Party  Tenant"). Third,  if  rent attributable  to personal
property, leased in connection  with a lease of  real property, is greater  than
15%  of  the total  rent  received under  the lease,  then  the portion  of rent
attributable to such  personal property  will not  qualify as  "rents from  real
property."  Finally,  if the  Company provides  services  to its  tenants, rents
received by  the Company  from such  tenants will  qualify as  "rents from  real
property"  only if the services are of a type that a tax-exempt organization can
provide to  its  tenants without  causing  its  rental income  to  be  unrelated
business  taxable income under  the Code. A  tax-exempt organization may provide
services which  are "usually  or customarily  rendered" in  connection with  the
rental of space for occupancy only and are not otherwise considered "rendered to
the  occupant," without  incurring unrelated  business taxable  income. Services
which would give  rise to  unrelated business taxable  income if  provided by  a
tax-exempt  organization must be provided by  an "independent contractor" who is
adequately compensated and from whom the Company does not derive or receive  any
income.  Receipts for services furnished to a tenant (whether or not rendered by
an independent  contractor) which  are not  customarily provided  to tenants  in
properties  of a similar class in the geographic market in which the property is
located will in no event qualify as "rents from real property."
 
    Substantially all  of  the  gross  income of  the  Company  is  attributable
generally to investments in real property and specifically to rents attributable
to and gains from the disposition of real property. The Company does not receive
rents  in excess of a de minimis amount based  on the net income or profits of a
tenant. Moreover, the Company believes that it does not receive any rents from a
Related Party  Tenant,  and  does  not receive  rent  attributable  to  personal
property  leased in connection with a lease of real property that exceeds 15% of
the total rents received under any such lease.
 
    The Operating  Partnership provides  certain services  with respect  to  the
Properties,  but  does  not satisfy  the  "independent  contractor" requirements
described above. To the extent necessary  to preserve the Company's status as  a
REIT,  the  Operating  Partnership will  arrange  to have  services  provided by
independent contractors from  whom the Company  does not derive  or receive  any
income.
 
    The Operating Partnership also receives fees in exchange for the performance
of  certain usual and customary services relating to property not owned entirely
by the Operating Partnership. The ratable portion of these fees attributable  to
the  part  of the  property  not owned  by  the Operating  Partnership  does not
constitute qualifying  income under  the  75% or  95%  gross income  tests.  The
remainder  of these fees is ignored under the 75% and 95% gross income test. The
Company believes that the aggregate amount  of such nonqualifying fees (and  any
other  nonqualifying income) in any  taxable year will not  exceed the limits on
nonqualifying income under the three gross income tests described above.
 
    Should the potential amount of nonqualifying  income in the future create  a
risk  as to the qualification  of the Company as a  REIT, the Company intends to
take action to avoid nonqualification as  a REIT. The Company may for  instance,
as  it has  done with the  Services Corporation,  transfer certain nonqualifying
activities to a taxable  corporation from which it  would receive dividends.  If
this  should  occur,  the Operating  Partnership  would be  entitled  to receive
dividends as a stockholder of the corporation, which dividends generally  should
constitute  qualifying income  for purposes  of the  95% gross  income test. The
amount of dividends available for distribution  to the Company would be  reduced
below  the comparable amount of  fee income that would  otherwise be received by
the Operating  Partnership because  such a  corporation would  be subject  to  a
corporate  level tax on its taxable income,  thereby reducing the amount of cash
available for distribution. Furthermore, the  Company would structure the  stock
interest owned by the Operating Partnership in such a corporation to ensure that
the  various asset tests described below  were not violated (i.e., the Operating
Partnership would  not  own more  than  10% of  the  voting securities  of  such
corporation and the value of the stock interest would not exceed 5% of the value
of the Company's total assets).
 
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    If  the Company fails  to satisfy one  or both of  the 75% or  the 95% gross
income tests for any  taxable year, it  may nevertheless qualify  as a REIT  for
such  year if  it is entitled  to relief  under certain provisions  of the Code.
These relief provisions will be generally available if (i) the Company's failure
to meet such test(s) was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect,
(ii) the Company  reported the  nature and  amount of  each item  of its  income
included  in the  test(s) for such  taxable year  on a schedule  attached to its
return, and (iii) any incorrect information on the schedule was not due to fraud
with intent to evade tax. It is not possible, however, to state whether, in  all
circumstances,  the Company  would be  entitled to  the benefit  of these relief
provisions. For example, if the Company fails to satisfy the gross income  tests
because  nonqualifying income that  the Company intentionally  earns exceeds the
limits on such  income, the  IRS could conclude  that the  Company's failure  to
satisfy  the tests was  not due to  reasonable cause. As  discussed above in "--
Taxation of the  Company," even if  these relief provisions  apply, the  Company
will  still be subject to a  100% tax on the greater  of the amount by which the
Company failed the 75%  or the 95%  test, multiplied by  a fraction intended  to
reflect  the Company's profitability. No similar mitigation provision applies to
provide relief if the Company fails to satisfy the 30% income test, and in  such
case,  the Company will cease to qualify  as a REIT. See "Certain Federal Income
Tax Considerations -- Failure to Qualify."
 
    ASSET TESTS
 
    At the close  of each quarter  of its  taxable year, the  Company also  must
satisfy three tests relating to the nature of its assets. First, at least 75% of
the value of the Company's total assets, including its allocable share of assets
held  by the  Operating Partnership and  each Property Partnership  in which the
Operating Partnership is a  partner, must be represented  by real estate  assets
(which  for this purpose  includes stock or  debt instruments held  for not more
than one year purchased  with proceeds of  a stock offering  or a long-term  (at
least five years) debt offering of the Company), cash, cash items and government
securities.  Second, not  more than  25% of  the Company's  total assets  may be
represented by securities other than those in the 75% asset class. Third, of the
investments included  in the  25% asset  class, the  value of  any one  issuer's
securities  owned by the Company may not exceed 5% of the value of the Company's
total assets, and  the Company may  not own more  than 10% of  any one  issuer's
outstanding  voting securities.  By virtue  of its  partnership interest  in the
Operating Partnership, the  Company will be  deemed to own  for purposes of  the
three asset tests its pro rata share of the assets of the Operating Partnership,
and  the assets of each Property  Partnership in which the Operating Partnership
is a  partner. The  Operating  Partnership owns  100  percent of  the  nonvoting
preferred  stock of the Services Corporation, but  none of its voting stock. The
Company does not  believe that its  pro rata  share of the  stock the  Operating
Partnership  owns in the Services  Corporation exceeds 5% of  the total value of
the Company's assets. The Finance Corporations each constitute a "qualified REIT
subsidiary," which is not treated as  a separate corporation for federal  income
tax  purposes. Instead, the assets, liabilities,  and items of income, deduction
and credit of the  Finance Subsidiaries are treated  as assets, liabilities  and
items of the Company.
 
    After  initially meeting the  asset tests at  the close of  any quarter, the
Company will not lose  its status as a  REIT for failure to  satisfy any of  the
asset  tests at the end of a later  quarter solely by reason of changes in asset
values. If the failure to satisfy the asset tests results from an acquisition of
securities or  other property  during a  quarter, the  failure can  be cured  by
disposition of sufficient nonqualifying assets within 30 days after the close of
that  quarter. The Company intends to maintain  adequate records of the value of
its assets to ensure  compliance with the  asset tests, and  to take such  other
action  within 30 days after the close of any quarter as may be required to cure
any noncompliance.
 
    ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
 
    To continue to  qualify as  a REIT, the  Company is  required to  distribute
dividends  (other than capital gain dividends)  to its stockholders each year in
an amount at  least equal  to (i)  the sum  of (A)  95% of  the Company's  "REIT
taxable income" (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and the
Company's  net capital gain) plus (B) 95% of the net income (after tax), if any,
from foreclosure  property, minus  (ii) the  sum of  certain items  of  non-cash
income.  Such  distributions must  be paid  in  the taxable  year to  which they
relate, or in the following taxable  year if declared before the Company  timely
files  its tax return for such  year and if paid on  or before the first regular
dividend payment after such declaration.
 
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    To  the extent that the  Company does not distribute  all of its net capital
gain or distributes  at least  95%, but  less than  100%, of  its "REIT  taxable
income,"  as adjusted, it will be subject  to tax on the undistributed amount at
regular capital  gains or  ordinary corporate  tax rates,  as the  case may  be.
Furthermore,  if the Company should fail to distribute for each calendar year at
least the sum of (i) 85% of its REIT ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95%  of
its  REIT capital gain  net income for  such year, plus  (iii) any undistributed
taxable income from prior periods,  the Company will be  subject to a 4%  excise
tax  on  the excess  of  such required  distribution  over the  amounts actually
distributed.
 
    The Company  has  and  intends  to continue  to  make  timely  distributions
sufficient  to satisfy all of the  annual distribution requirements. The Company
anticipates that it  will generally  have sufficient  cash or  liquid assets  to
enable  it to satisfy these distribution requirements. It is possible that, from
time to time, the Company may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to
meet the 95% distribution requirement due to the insufficiency of cash flow from
the Operating Partnership in a particular year or to timing differences  between
the  actual receipt of income and actual  payment of deductible expenses, on the
one hand, and the  inclusion of such  income and deduction  of such expenses  in
computing  the Company's "REIT taxable income," on  the other hand. In the event
that such an insufficiency  or such timing differences  occur, in order to  meet
the 95% distribution requirement, the Company may find it necessary to cause the
Operating Partnership to arrange for borrowings, or to pay dividends in the form
of taxable stock dividends.
 
    If the Company fails to meet the 95% distribution requirement as a result of
an adjustment to the Company's tax return by the IRS upon audit, the Company may
retroactively   cure  the  failure  by  paying  "deficiency  dividends"  to  its
stockholders in  a later  year, which  may  then be  included in  the  Company's
deduction  for dividends paid for the earlier year. The Company may thus be able
to avoid being taxed  on amounts distributed  as deficiency dividends;  however,
the Company will be required to pay interest to the IRS based upon the amount of
any deduction taken for deficiency dividends.
 
    PENALTY TAX ON PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS
 
    The Company's share of any gain realized on the sale of any property held as
inventory or otherwise primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of
its  trade or  business generally  will be treated  as income  from a prohibited
transaction that is subject to a  100% penalty tax. Such prohibited  transaction
income  will also have an  adverse effect upon the  Company's ability to satisfy
the income  tests for  qualification  as a  REIT.  Under existing  law,  whether
property is held as inventory or primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary
course  of a trade  or business is  a question of  fact that depends  on all the
facts  and  circumstances  with  respect  to  the  particular  transaction.  The
Operating  Partnership, through the  Property Partnerships, intends  to hold the
Properties for investment with  a view to long-term  appreciation, to engage  in
the  business of acquiring, developing, owning  and operating the Properties and
other retail properties and to make  such occasional sales of the Properties  as
are  consistent  with  the  Company's  investment  objectives.  Based  upon such
investment objectives,  the  Company believes  that  in general  the  Properties
should  not be considered inventory or other property held primarily for sale to
customers in the ordinary course of a  trade or business and that the amount  of
income from prohibited transactions, if any, will not be material. Nevertheless,
the  IRS could contend  otherwise. In particular,  the Property Partnerships own
parcels of  vacant land  which  are located  adjacent  to, or  near,  particular
Properties  that are  not necessarily  required for  use in  connection with the
outlet center located at  a particular Property  (referred to as  "outparcels").
The Company believes that the outparcels, four of which have been sold since the
Initial Public Offering, should not be considered inventory or as held primarily
for sale to customers in the ordinary course of the Company's trade or business,
but  there is a  risk that the IRS  could contend otherwise,  in which event the
profit from such sales allocable to the Company would be subject to a 100%  tax.
In  the event  that the Company  determines that  the level of  such activity is
sufficient to cause such sales to be subject to 100% tax, the Company intends to
hold and  sell such  outparcels  through a  separate  corporation in  which  the
Operating  Partnership would hold a stock  interest. The Company would structure
the stock interest owned by the Operating Partnership in any such corporation to
ensure that the various asset tests described above were not violated (I.E., the
Operating Partnership would not  own more than 10%  of the voting securities  of
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stock  interest would not exceed 5% of the value of the Company's total assets).
See  "Certain   Federal   Income   Tax  Considerations   --   Requirements   for
Qualification."  Such corporation would  be subject to a  corporate level tax on
its  taxable  income,  thereby  reducing  the  amount  of  cash  available   for
distribution.
 
FAILURE TO QUALIFY
 
    If  the Company fails to qualify for taxation  as a REIT in any taxable year
and the relief  provisions do  not apply,  the Company  will be  subject to  tax
(including  any applicable  alternative minimum  tax) on  its taxable  income at
regular corporate rates. Distributions to stockholders in any year in which  the
Company  fails to qualify as a REIT will  not be required and, if made, will not
be deductible by the Company. As a result, the Company's failure to qualify as a
REIT will  reduce the  cash available  for distribution  by the  Company to  its
stockholders.  In  addition, if  the Company  fails  to qualify  as a  REIT, all
distributions to the Company's stockholders will be taxable as ordinary dividend
income to the extent of the Company's then current and accumulated earnings  and
profits, and, subject to certain limitations in the Code, corporate distributees
may  be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. Unless entitled to relief
under specific statutory  provisions, the  Company also will  be ineligible  for
qualification  as a REIT  for the four  taxable years following  the year during
which qualification  was lost.  It  is not  possible  to determine  whether  the
Company would be entitled to such statutory relief in all circumstances.
 
TAXATION OF TAXABLE U.S. STOCKHOLDERS
 
    As  used herein,  the term  "U.S. Stockholder" means  a holder  of shares of
Common Stock  who (for  United States  federal  income tax  purposes) (i)  is  a
citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) is a corporation, partnership, or
other  entity created or organized in or under  the laws of the United States or
of any political subdivision thereof, or (iii) is an estate or trust the  income
of  which is subject to United States  federal income taxation regardless of its
source.
 
    As long as the Company continues to qualify as a REIT, distributions made by
the Company out  of its  current or accumulated  earnings and  profits (and  not
designated  as capital gain dividends) will  constitute dividends taxable to its
taxable U.S. Stockholders  as ordinary  income. Such distributions  will not  be
eligible  for the dividends-received deduction in  the case of U.S. Stockholders
that are corporations. For purposes of determining whether distributions on  the
Common  Stock  are  out of  current  or  accumulated earnings  and  profits, the
earnings and  profits of  the Company  will  be allocated  first to  the  Senior
Preferred  Stock, second to  the Convertible Preferred Stock  and finally to the
Common Stock. There can  be no assurance that  the Company will have  sufficient
earnings  and profits to cover distributions  on the Senior Preferred Stock, the
Convertible Preferred Stock and the Common Stock.
 
    Distributions made  by  the Company  that  are properly  designated  by  the
Company  as capital gain dividends will  be taxable to taxable U.S. Stockholders
as long-term capital gains (to the extent that they do not exceed the  Company's
actual  net capital gain for the taxable  year) without regard to the period for
which a U.S. Stockholder has held his shares of Common Stock. U.S.  Stockholders
that  are corporations may, however,  be required to treat  up to 20% of certain
capital gain dividends as ordinary income. Any capital gain dividends designated
by the Company will be allocated among  the classes of Stock based on the  ratio
of  the total dividends  (distributions out of  earnings and profits)  paid to a
class over total dividends paid to all classes of Stock.
 
    To the  extent  that the  Company  makes distributions  (not  designated  as
capital  gain dividends) in  excess of its current  and accumulated earnings and
profits, such distributions, to the  extent of each U.S. Stockholder's  adjusted
basis in his shares of Common Stock, will be treated for tax purposes first as a
tax-free  return  of  capital  to such  stockholder  (and  thereby  reducing the
adjusted basis which such U.S. Stockholder has in his shares of Common Stock for
tax purposes  by  the  amount  of  such  distribution  (but  not  below  zero)).
Distributions  in excess  of a U.S.  Stockholder's adjusted basis  in his shares
taxable as capital gains (provided that the  shares have been held as a  capital
asset).  Dividends declared by the Company  in October, November, or December of
any year and payable to a stockholder of record on a specified date in any  such
month  shall  be  treated  as both  paid  by  the Company  and  received  by the
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such year, provided  that the dividend  is actually  paid by the  Company on  or
before  January 31 of the following  calendar year. Stockholders may not include
in their own income tax  returns any net operating  losses or capital losses  of
the Company.
 
    Distributions made by the Company and gain arising from the sale or exchange
by  a U.S. Stockholder of shares of Common  Stock will not be treated as passive
activity income, and, as a result, U.S. Stockholders generally will not be  able
to apply any "passive losses" against such income or gain. Distributions made by
the Company (to the extent they do not constitute a return of capital) generally
will  be treated as  investment income for purposes  of computing the investment
income limitation. Gain arising from the sale or other disposition of shares  of
Common  Stock, however, will not be treated as investment income unless the U.S.
Stockholder elects to  reduce the amount  of such U.S.  Stockholder's total  net
capital  gain eligible for the maximum capital  gains rate by the amount of such
gain with respect to the shares.
 
    Upon any  sale  or other  disposition  of shares  of  Common Stock,  a  U.S.
Stockholder  will recognize gain or  loss for federal income  tax purposes in an
amount equal to  the difference  between (i)  the amount  of cash  and the  fair
market  value of any  property received on  such sale or  other disposition, and
(ii) the holder's adjusted basis in the shares of Common Stock for tax purposes.
Such gain or loss  will be capital gain  or loss if the  shares of Common  Stock
have been held by the U.S. Stockholder as a capital asset, and will be long-term
gain  or loss if such shares have been  held for more than one year. In general,
any loss recognized by a U.S. Stockholder upon the sale or other disposition  of
shares  of  Common Stock  that  have been  held for  six  months or  less (after
applying certain holding period  rules) will be treated  as a long-term  capital
loss,  to the extent of distributions received by such U.S. Stockholder from the
Company which were required to be treated as long-term capital gains.
 
TAXATION OF TAX-EXEMPT STOCKHOLDERS
 
    The IRS  has  issued  a  revenue  ruling  in  which  it  held  that  amounts
distributed by a REIT to a tax-exempt employees' pension trust do not constitute
"unrelated  business taxable income" even if  the REIT has incurred indebtedness
in connection with the  acquisition of an  investment. Although revenue  rulings
are  interpretive in nature and are subject to revocation or modification by the
IRS, based upon the revenue ruling and the analysis therein, distributions  made
by  the Company to  a U.S. Stockholder that  is a tax-exempt  entity (such as an
individual retirement  account (IRA)  or a  401(k) plan)  should not  constitute
unrelated  business taxable income  unless such tax-exempt  U.S. Stockholder has
financed the  acquisition  of  its  shares of  Common  Stock  with  "acquisition
indebtedness"  within the meaning of the Code, or the shares of Common Stock are
otherwise used  in  an  unrelated  trade or  business  conducted  by  such  U.S.
Stockholder.
 
    Special  rules apply to  certain tax-exempt pension  funds (including 401(k)
plans but excluding  IRAs or government  pension plans) that  own more than  10%
(measured  by value) of a "pension held REIT"  at any time during a taxable year
beginning after December  31, 1993.  Such a pension  fund must  treat a  certain
percentage  of all dividends received from the REIT during the year as unrelated
business taxable income.  The percentage  is equal to  the ratio  of the  REIT's
gross  income (less direct expenses related thereto) derived from the conduct of
unrelated trades  or businesses  determined as  if the  REIT were  a  tax-exempt
pension  fund, to the REIT's gross income (less direct expenses related thereto)
from all sources. The special rules will not apply to require a pension fund  to
recharacterize  a portion of its dividends  as unrelated business taxable income
unless the percentage computed is at least 5%.
 
    A REIT will be treated as a "pension held REIT" if the REIT is predominantly
held by tax-exempt pension funds and if the REIT would otherwise fail to satisfy
the "five or fewer" ownership requirements discussed above, see "Certain Federal
Income Tax Considerations  -- Requirements for  Qualification --  Organizational
Requirements,"  if the stock of  the REIT held by  such tax-exempt pension funds
were not treated as held directly  by their respective beneficiaries. A REIT  is
predominantly  held  by  tax-exempt pension  funds  if at  least  one tax-exempt
pension fund holds more than 25% (measured by value) of the REIT's stock, or  if
one or more tax-exempt pension funds (each of which owns more than 10% (measured
by  value) of the REIT's stock) own in  the aggregate more than 50% (measured by
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The Company  believes  that it  will  not be  treated  as a  pension-held  REIT.
However, because the shares of the Company are publicly traded, no assurance can
be given that this Company is not and will not become a pension-held REIT.
 
TAXATION OF NON-U.S. STOCKHOLDERS
 
    The  rules governing  United States  federal income  taxation of nonresident
alien individuals, foreign  corporations, foreign  partnerships, foreign  trusts
and   estates   and   other   foreign   stockholders   (collectively,  "Non-U.S.
Stockholders") are highly complex, and the following discussion is intended only
as a summary  of such  rules. Prospective Non-U.S.  Stockholders should  consult
with  their own tax advisors  to determine the impact  of United States federal,
state, and local income  tax laws on  an investment in  shares of Common  Stock,
including any reporting requirements.
 
    In  general,  Non-U.S. Stockholders  are  subject to  regular  United States
income tax with respect  to their investment  in shares of  Common Stock in  the
same  manner as a U.S. Stockholder if such investment is "effectively connected"
with the Non-U.S.  Stockholder's conduct of  a trade or  business in the  United
States.  A corporate Non-U.S.  Stockholder that receives  income with respect to
its investment in shares of Common Stock that is (or is treated as)  effectively
connected  with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States also may
be subject to the 30% branch profits  tax imposed by the Code, which is  payable
in  addition  to  regular  United States  corporate  income  tax.  The following
discussion addresses only  the United States  taxation of Non-U.S.  Stockholders
whose investment in shares of Common Stock is not effectively connected with the
conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
 
    Distributions made by the Company that are not attributable to gain from the
sale  or exchange by  the Company of  United States real  property interests and
that are not designated by the Company as capital gain dividends will be treated
as ordinary income dividends  to the extent made  out of current or  accumulated
earnings  and profits of the Company.  Generally, such ordinary income dividends
will be subject to United States withholding tax at the rate of 30% on the gross
amount of the dividend paid unless reduced or eliminated by an applicable United
States income tax treaty. The Company  expects to withhold United States  income
tax  at the  rate of 30%  on the gross  amount of  any such dividends  paid to a
Non-U.S. Stockholder  unless  a  lower  treaty rate  applies  and  the  Non-U.S.
Stockholder has filed an IRS Form 1001 with the Company, certifying the Non-U.S.
Stockholder's entitlement to treaty benefits.
 
    Distributions  made by the Company in  excess of its current and accumulated
earnings and profits will be  treated first as a  tax-free return of capital  to
each  Non-U.S.  Stockholder, reducing  the  adjusted basis  which  such Non-U.S.
Stockholder has in  his shares  of Common  Stock for  U.S. tax  purposes by  the
amount  of such distribution (but not  below zero), with distributions in excess
of a Non-U.S. Stockholder's adjusted basis  in his shares being treated as  gain
from  the  sale  or exchange  of  such shares,  the  tax treatment  of  which is
described below. If it cannot be determined  at the time a distribution is  made
whether  or not such distribution will be in excess of the Company's current and
accumulated  earnings  and  profits,  the   distribution  will  be  subject   to
withholding  at the  rate applicable  to a  dividend distribution.  However, the
Non-U.S. Stockholder may seek a refund from the IRS of any amount withheld if it
is subsequently determined that such distribution was, in fact, in excess of the
Company's then current and accumulated earnings and profits.
 
    As long as the Company continues to qualify as a REIT, distributions made by
the Company that  are attributable  to gain  from the  sale or  exchange by  the
Company  of United States  real property interests  will be taxed  to a Non-U.S.
Stockholder under  the Foreign  Investment  in Real  Property  Tax Act  of  1980
("FIRPTA"). Under FIRPTA, such distributions are taxed to a Non-U.S. Stockholder
as  if such distributions were gains "effectively connected" with the conduct of
a trade or business  in the United States.  Accordingly, a Non-U.S.  Stockholder
will be taxed on such distributions at the same capital gain rates applicable to
U.S.  Stockholders  (subject to  any applicable  alternative  minimum tax  and a
special alternative minimum tax in the case of non-resident alien  individuals).
Distributions  subject to FIRPTA also  may be subject to  the 30% branch profits
tax in the  case of a  corporate Non-U.S.  Stockholder that is  not entitled  to
treaty  relief or exemption. The  Company will be required  to withhold tax from
any distribution  to a  Non-U.S. Stockholder  that could  be designated  by  the
Company  as a  capital gain  dividend in  an amount  equal to  35% of  the gross
distribution. The  amount  of  tax  withheld is  fully  creditable  against  the
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liability,  and if such amount exceeds the Non-U.S. Stockholder's federal income
tax liability for the applicable taxable year, the Non-U.S. Stockholder may seek
a refund of  the excess from  the IRS.  In addition, if  the Company  designates
prior  distributions as capital gain  dividends, subsequent distributions, up to
the amount  of  such  prior  distributions, will  be  treated  as  capital  gain
dividends for purposes of withholding.
 
    Gain  recognized  by a  Non-U.S. Stockholder  upon the  sale or  exchange of
shares of Common Stock generally will  not be subject to United States  taxation
unless  the Common  Stock constitutes a  "United States  real property interest"
within the meaning  of FIRPTA. The  Common Stock will  not constitute a  "United
States  real  property  interest" so  long  as  the Company  is  a "domestically
controlled REIT." A  "domestically controlled REIT"  is a REIT  in which at  all
times  during a specified testing period less than  50% in value of its stock is
held directly or indirectly by Non-U.S. Stockholders. The Company believes  that
it  is and will continue  to be a "domestically  controlled REIT," and therefore
that the sale of shares  of Common Stock will not  be subject to taxation  under
FIRPTA.  However,  because  the shares  of  Stock  will be  publicly  traded, no
assurance  can  be  given  that  the  Company  is  or  will  continue  to  be  a
"domestically-controlled  REIT."  Notwithstanding the  foregoing, gain  from the
sale or exchange of shares of Common Stock not otherwise subject to FIRPTA  will
be  taxable  to  a  Non-U.S.  Stockholder  if  the  Non-U.S.  Stockholder  is  a
nonresident alien individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or
more during the taxable year and has a "tax home" in the United States. In  such
case,  the nonresident alien individual  will be subject to  a 30% United States
withholding tax on the amount of such individual's gain.
 
    If the Company  did not  constitute a  "domestically-controlled REIT,"  gain
arising  from the sale or exchange by a Non-U.S. Stockholder of shares of Common
Stock would be subject  to United States  taxation under FIRPTA as  a sale of  a
"United   States  real   property  interest"   only  if   the  selling  Non-U.S.
Stockholder's interest in the Company exceeded 5% at any time during the 5 years
preceding the sale or  exchange. If gain  on the sale or  exchange of shares  of
Common  Stock were  subject to taxation  under FIRPTA,  the Non-U.S. Stockholder
would be subject to regular United States  income tax with respect to such  gain
in  the same manner as a U.S. Stockholder (subject to any applicable alternative
minimum tax, a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident  alien
individuals  and the possible application  of the 30% branch  profits tax in the
case of foreign corporations),  and the purchaser of  the Common Stock would  be
required to withhold and remit to the IRS 10% of the purchase price.
 
INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING TAX
 
    The  Company reports to its  U.S. Stockholders and to  the IRS the amount of
dividends paid during each calendar year and the amount of tax withheld, if any,
with respect thereto. Under the backup withholding rules, a U.S. Stockholder may
be subject to backup  withholding at the  rate of 31%  on dividends paid  unless
such  U.S. Stockholder (i) is a corporation or falls within certain other exempt
categories and, when  required, can demonstrate  this fact, or  (ii) provides  a
taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup
withholding,  and otherwise complies with  applicable requirements of the backup
withholding rules. A U.S. Stockholder who does not provide the Company with  his
correct  taxpayer identification number also may be subject to penalties imposed
by the IRS. Any amount paid as backup withholding will be creditable against the
U.S. Stockholder's federal income tax liability. In addition, the Company may be
required to withhold a  portion of any capital  gain distributions made to  U.S.
Stockholders  who fail  to certify their  nonforeign status to  the Company. See
"Certain  Federal   Income   Tax   Considerations  --   Taxation   of   Non-U.S.
Stockholders."
 
    Additional  issues may arise pertaining  to information reporting and backup
withholding with  respect to  Non-U.S. Stockholders,  and Non-U.S.  Stockholders
should consult their tax advisors with respect to any such information reporting
and backup withholding requirements.
 
TAX ASPECTS OF THE COMPANY'S INVESTMENTS IN PARTNERSHIPS
 
    The  Company holds direct or indirect interests in the Operating Partnership
and each of the  Property Partnerships (each  individually a "Partnership"  and,
collectively,  the "Partnerships"). The  following discussion summarizes certain
federal income tax considerations applicable solely to the Company's investments
in the Partnerships. The discussion does not address state or local tax laws  or
any federal tax laws other than income tax laws.
 
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PARTNERSHIP CLASSIFICATION
 
    The  Company is entitled to include in  its income its distributive share of
the income, and to deduct its distributive  share of the losses, of each of  the
Partnerships  only if each such Partnership is classified for federal income tax
purposes  as  a  partnership  rather  than  as  an  association  taxable  as   a
corporation.
 
    The  Company  has not  requested  a ruling  from the  IRS  that each  of the
Partnerships is  or will  be treated  as a  partnership for  federal income  tax
purposes.  Instead,  Tax Counsel  has delivered  an opinion  that, based  on the
provisions of the partnership agreements  for each of the Partnerships,  certain
factual  assumptions, and certain representations described in the opinion, each
of the Partnerships constitutes  a partnership for  federal income tax  purposes
(and  not as  an association  taxable as  a corporation  and not  as a "publicly
traded partnership"). Unlike a tax ruling, however, an opinion of counsel is not
binding on  the IRS,  and  no assurance  can  be given  that  the IRS  will  not
challenge  the status of the Partnerships as partnerships for federal income tax
purposes. In addition, the  opinions of Tax Counsel  are based on existing  law,
which   to  a  great  extent  is  the  result  of  administrative  and  judicial
interpretation. No  assurance  can  be given  that  administrative  or  judicial
changes would not modify the conclusions expressed in these opinions.
 
    If  for any  reason any  of the Partnerships  were taxable  as a corporation
rather than as a partnership for  federal income tax purposes, the character  of
the  Company's assets and items of gross  income would change, and, as a result,
the Company would most likely be unable  to satisfy the income and asset  tests,
which would thus prevent the Company from qualifying as a REIT. In addition, any
change  in  the status  for tax  purposes of  any of  the Partnerships  might be
treated as  a  taxable event,  in  which case  the  Company could  incur  a  tax
liability  without  any  related  cash  distribution.  Further,  if  any  of the
Partnerships were to  be treated  as an  association taxable  as a  corporation,
items  of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of such Partnership would not
pass through to  its partners; instead,  the Partnership would  be taxable as  a
corporation,  subject  to entity-level  taxation on  its  net income  at regular
corporate tax rates. The partners of  any such Partnership would be treated  for
federal income tax purposes as stockholders, with distributions to such partners
being  treated as dividends.  See "Certain Federal  Income Tax Considerations --
Requirements for Qualification -- Income Tests, Asset Tests."
 
INCOME TAXATION OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THEIR PARTNERS
 
    PARTNERS, NOT PARTNERSHIPS, SUBJECT TO TAX
 
    A partnership  is not  a  separate taxable  entity  for federal  income  tax
purposes.  Rather, partners are allocated their proportionate share of the items
of income,  gain,  loss,  deduction  and credit  of  the  partnership,  and  are
potentially  subject  to tax  thereon, without  regard  to whether  the partners
receive any distributions from the partnership. The Company will be required  to
take into account its allocable share of the foregoing items of the Partnerships
for  purposes of  the various REIT  income tests  and in the  computation of its
"REIT taxable  income."  See  "Certain  Federal  Income  Tax  Considerations  --
Requirements for Qualification -- Income Tests."
 
    PARTNERSHIP ALLOCATIONS
 
    Although  a partnership agreement will generally determine the allocation of
a partnership's income and losses among  the partners, such allocations will  be
disregarded  for tax purposes  under Section 704(b)  of the Code  if they do not
comply with  the  provisions of  Section  704(b) and  the  Treasury  Regulations
promulgated thereunder.
 
    If an allocation is not recognized for federal income tax purposes, the item
subject  to the allocation will be  reallocated in accordance with the partners'
interests in the partnership,  which will be determined  by taking into  account
all  of the facts and circumstances relating  to the economic arrangement of the
partners with respect to such item.  The allocations of taxable income and  loss
contained  in the partnership  agreements for each  of the existing Partnerships
generally are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 704(b) of  the
Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
    TAX ALLOCATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTIES
 
    Pursuant  to Section 704(c)  of the Code, income,  gain, loss, and deduction
attributable to appreciated  or depreciated  property that is  contributed to  a
partnership   (such   as   interests   in   the   Property   Partnerships   that
 
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own the  Properties) in  exchange for  an interest  in the  partnership must  be
allocated for federal income tax purposes in a manner such that the contributing
partner  is charged with, or benefits from, respectively, the unrealized gain or
unrealized loss associated with  the property at the  time of the  contribution.
The  amount of such unrealized gain or unrealized loss is generally equal to the
difference between the fair market value of the contributed property at the time
of contribution and  the adjusted  tax basis  of such  property at  the time  of
contribution  (a "Book-Tax Difference"). Such allocations are solely for federal
income tax  purposes  and do  not  affect the  book  capital accounts  or  other
economic or legal arrangements among the partners. The Operating Partnership was
formed  by way of contributions of  appreciated property (including interests in
the Property Partnerships that own the Properties). Consequently the Partnership
agreements require allocations of income, gain, loss, and deduction attributable
to such contributed  property to be  made in  a manner that  is consistent  with
Section 704(c) of the Code.
 
    In general, the Limited Partners of the Operating Partnership are allocated,
solely  for tax purposes, lower amounts of depreciation deductions and increased
taxable income  and  gain  on the  sale  by  the Property  Partnerships  of  the
Properties than would ordinarily be the case for economic or book purposes. This
will   tend  to  eliminate  the  Book-Tax  Differences  over  the  life  of  the
Partnerships. However, the  special allocation  rules of Section  704(c) do  not
always entirely rectify a Book-Tax Difference on an annual basis or with respect
to  a specific taxable transaction such as  a sale. Moreover, the application of
Section 704(c) principles  in tiered  partnership arrangements  is not  entirely
clear.  Accordingly,  variations  from normal  Section  704(c)  principles could
arise.
 
    The  Operating  Partnership  and  the  Company  have  elected  to  use   the
traditional   method  with   curative  allocations   under  Treasury  Regulation
1.704-3(c) as the  method of  accounting for the  Book --  Tax Differences  with
respect to properties contributed to the Partnerships.
 
    With  respect to any property purchased  by any of the Property Partnerships
subsequent to the formation of the Company, such property will initially have  a
tax basis equal to its fair market value and Section 704(c) of the Code will not
apply.
 
    BASIS IN PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
 
    The  Company's  adjusted  tax  basis  in  its  partnership  interest  in the
Operating Partnership is generally (i) equal to the amount of cash and the basis
of any other property contributed to  the Operating Partnership by the  Company,
(ii)   increased  by  (A)  the  Company's   allocable  share  of  the  Operating
Partnership's income and (B)  the Company's allocable  share of indebtedness  of
the  Operating Partnership, and  (iii) reduced, but  not below zero,  by (A) the
Company's allocable  share of  the Operating  Partnership's losses  and (B)  the
amount  of cash and the basis of any other property distributed by the Operating
Partnership to  the  Company,  including  any  constructive  cash  distributions
resulting  from a reduction in the  Company's allocable share of indebtedness of
the Operating Partnership.
 
    If the allocation to the  Company of its distributive  share of any loss  of
the Operating Partnership would reduce the adjusted tax basis in its partnership
interest in the Operating Partnership below zero, the recognition of such excess
loss  will be deferred  until such time and  to the extent  that the Company has
sufficient tax basis in its partnership interest so that the recognition of such
loss would not reduce  the amount of  such tax basis below  zero. To the  extent
that the Operating Partnership's distributions, or any decrease in the Company's
share of the indebtedness of the Operating Partnership (each such decrease being
considered  a constructive cash  distribution to the  Company), would reduce the
Company's adjusted tax basis in its partnership interest below zero, such excess
distributions  (including  such  constructive  distributions)  would  constitute
taxable income to the Company. Such distributions and constructive distributions
will  normally be characterized as  a capital gain, and  if the Company has held
its partnership  interest  in the  Operating  Partnership for  longer  than  the
long-term  capital gain holding  period (currently one  year), the distributions
and constructive distributions will constitute long-term capital gains.
 
    The rules  described  above with  respect  to  basis apply  equally  to  the
Operating  Partnership in its capacity as a partner in any Property Partnership,
as well  as  to the  Company  in  its capacity  as  a partner  in  any  Property
Partnership.
 
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OTHER TAX CONSIDERATIONS
 
    POSSIBLE LEGISLATIVE OR OTHER ACTIONS AFFECTING TAX CONSEQUENCES
 
    Prospective  stockholders should  recognize that the  present federal income
tax treatment of the Company may be modified by future legislative, judicial  or
administrative  actions or  decisions at any  time, which may  be retroactive in
effect, and, as a result, any such action or decision may affect investments and
commitments previously made. The rules dealing with federal income taxation  are
constantly  under review by  persons involved in the  legislative process and by
the IRS and the Treasury Department,  resulting in statutory changes as well  as
promulgation   of  new,  or  revisions  to  existing,  regulations  and  revised
interpretations of established  concepts. No prediction  can be made  as to  the
likelihood  of passage  of any  new tax legislation,  such as  the C corporation
asset transfer  proposal,  or other  provisions  either directly  or  indirectly
affecting  the Company or its stockholders. Revisions in federal income tax laws
and interpretations thereof could  adversely affect the  tax consequences of  an
investment in shares of Common Stock.
 
    STATE AND LOCAL TAXES
 
    The  Company and its stockholders may be  subject to state or local taxation
in various state  or local jurisdictions,  including those in  which it or  they
transact  business or reside. The  state and local tax  treatment of the Company
and its stockholders  may not  conform to  the federal  income tax  consequences
discussed above. Consequently, prospective stockholders should consult their own
tax  advisors regarding the effect of state  and local tax laws on an investment
in shares of Common Stock.
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
    Certain legal  matters will  be passed  upon for  the Company  by Winston  &
Strawn,  Chicago, Illinois,  for the Selling  Stockholder by  D'Ancona & Pflaum,
Chicago,  Illinois  and  for  the  Underwriters  by  Hogan  &  Hartson   L.L.P.,
Washington, D.C. The Honorable James R. Thompson, a partner in Winston & Strawn,
is a director of the Company.
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
    The consolidated balance sheets of the Company at December 31, 1995 and 1994
and  the consolidated financial statements for  the year ended December 31, 1995
and for  the period  from March  22, 1994  to December  31, 1994,  the  combined
financial  statements of the Predecessor for the  period from January 1, 1994 to
March 21, 1994  and for  the year  ended December  31, 1993,  appearing in  this
Prospectus  and Registration Statement  have been audited by  Ernst & Young LLP,
independent auditors, as set forth  in their report thereon appearing  elsewhere
herein,  and are included in reliance upon  such report given upon the authority
of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
    The Company has filed with the  Commission a Registration Statement on  Form
S-11  under the Securities Act with respect  to the Common Stock offered by this
Prospectus. For the purposes hereof, the term "Registration Statement" means the
original Registration  Statement  and  any  and  all  amendments  thereto.  This
Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration
Statement  and the schedules and exhibits  thereto, to which reference hereby is
made. Each statement made in this  Prospectus concerning a document filed as  an
exhibit  to the Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such exhibit for a complete statement of its provisions.
 
    The Company  is  subject to  the  financial reporting  requirements  of  the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as  amended, and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements  and other information  with the Commission.  Reports,
proxy statements and other information filed by the Company may be inspected and
copied  at prescribed rates at the public reference facilities of the Commission
at its principal office at Judiciary  Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room  1024,
Washington,  D.C. 20549, and  at its regional offices  at Citicorp Center, Suite
1400, 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661, and at Seven World Trade
Center, 13th Floor, New  York, New York 10048.  Any interested party may  obtain
copies  of all or any portion of  the Registration Statement and its exhibits at
prescribed rates from  the Public  Reference Section  of the  Commission at  its
principal  office  at  Judiciary  Plaza,  450  Fifth  Street,  N.W.,  Room 1024,
Washington, D.C. 20549.
 
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<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                         INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                          REFERENCE
                                                                                                         -----------
<S>                                                                                                      <C>
UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company as of March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995..................         F-2
Consolidated Statements of Operations of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 1996 and
 1995..................................................................................................         F-3
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 1996 and
 1995..................................................................................................         F-4
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company......................................         F-5
 
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Auditors.........................................................................         F-8
Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company as of December 31, 1995 and December 31, 1994...............         F-9
Consolidated Statements of Operations of the Company for the year ended December 31, 1995 and for the
 period from March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994 and Combined Statements of Operations of the
 Predecessor for the period from January 1, 1994 to March 21, 1994 and the year ended December 31,
 1993..................................................................................................        F-10
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of the Company for the year ended December 31, 1995 and for the
 period from March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994 and Combined Statements of Cash Flows of the
 Predecessor for the period from January 1, 1994 to March 21, 1994 and the year ended December 31,
 1993..................................................................................................        F-11
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity of the Company and Combined Statements of Predecessor
 Owners' Deficit.......................................................................................        F-13
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and Combined Financial Statements of the
 Predecessor...........................................................................................        F-14
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-1
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE INFORMATION)
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                MARCH 31, 1996  DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                                                                --------------  -----------------
<S>                                                                             <C>             <C>
ASSETS:
Investment in rental property:
  Land........................................................................    $   35,370       $    35,370
  Buildings and improvements..................................................       405,252           403,542
  Property under development..................................................        19,384            12,165
  Furniture and equipment.....................................................         3,452             3,403
                                                                                --------------        --------
                                                                                     463,458           454,480
  Accumulated depreciation....................................................       (44,139)          (40,190)
                                                                                --------------        --------
                                                                                     419,319           414,290
Cash and cash equivalents.....................................................         2,589            14,927
Restricted cash...............................................................         2,358             2,230
Accounts receivable, net......................................................         8,772            10,070
Deferred charges, net.........................................................        18,302            18,136
Due from affiliates, net......................................................         1,150             1,194
Investment in partnerships....................................................         2,572             2,258
Other assets..................................................................           644               619
                                                                                --------------        --------
      Total assets............................................................    $  455,706       $   463,724
                                                                                --------------        --------
                                                                                --------------        --------
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Bonds payable.................................................................    $   32,900       $    32,900
Notes payable.................................................................       273,120           273,054
Accrued interest..............................................................         3,121             3,034
Real estate taxes payable.....................................................         3,191             3,142
Construction costs payable....................................................         3,153             5,796
Accounts payable and other liabilities........................................         9,420             9,858
                                                                                --------------        --------
      Total liabilities.......................................................       324,905           327,784
                                                                                --------------        --------
Minority interests............................................................        10,867            14,456
 
Shareholders' equity:
  Shares of preferred stock, 24,315,000 shares authorized:
    2,300,000 shares of 10.5% Series A Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock,
     $0.01 par value (liquidation preference of $57,500), issued and
     outstanding..............................................................            23                23
    7,015,000 shares of 8.5% Series B Cumulative Participating Convertible
     Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (liquidation preference of $175,375),
     issued and outstanding...................................................            70                70
  Shares of common stock, 75,000,000 shares authorized:
    2,875,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, issued and
     outstanding..............................................................            29                29
  Additional paid-in capital..................................................       128,275           128,275
  Distributions in excess of net income.......................................        (8,463)           (6,913)
                                                                                --------------        --------
      Total shareholders' equity..............................................       119,934           121,484
                                                                                --------------        --------
      Total liabilities and shareholders' equity..............................    $  455,706       $   463,724
                                                                                --------------        --------
                                                                                --------------        --------
</TABLE>
 
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                                      F-2
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                  (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE INFORMATION)
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                          MARCH 31,
                                                                                     --------------------
                                                                                       1996       1995
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                                  <C>        <C>
REVENUES:
Base rents.........................................................................  $  12,744  $  10,672
Percentage rents...................................................................        443        401
Tenant reimbursements..............................................................      6,139      4,873
Income from investment partnerships................................................        441        130
Interest and other.................................................................      1,364      1,198
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
    Total revenues.................................................................     21,131     17,274
EXPENSES:
Property operating.................................................................      4,619      3,770
Real estate taxes..................................................................      1,473      1,234
Depreciation and amortization......................................................      4,387      3,605
Corporate general and administrative...............................................        893        844
Interest...........................................................................      6,056      4,456
Other charges......................................................................        646        223
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
    Total expenses.................................................................     18,074     14,132
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
Income before minority interests...................................................      3,057      3,142
Loss allocated to minority interests...............................................      1,477      1,466
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
Net income.........................................................................      4,534      4,608
Income allocated to preferred shareholders.........................................      5,236      5,236
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
Net loss applicable to common shares...............................................  $    (702) $    (628)
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
Net loss per common share outstanding..............................................  $   (0.24) $   (0.22)
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
Weighted average shares outstanding................................................      2,875      2,875
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
                                                                                     ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
                SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
                                      F-3
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                         MARCH 31,
                                                                                   ----------------------
                                                                                      1996        1995
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
<S>                                                                                <C>         <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income.......................................................................  $    4,534  $    4,608
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
  Loss allocated to minority interests...........................................      (1,477)     (1,466)
  Depreciation and amortization..................................................       4,387       3,605
  Amortization of deferred financing costs and interest rate protection
   contracts.....................................................................       1,112       1,068
  Equity earnings in excess of cash distributions from joint ventures............        (282)        (26)
  Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable................................         224          57
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
  Decrease in accounts receivable................................................       1,074         206
  (Increase) decrease in other assets............................................        (224)         20
  Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities..................        (260)        267
  Increase in accrued interest...................................................          87         203
  Increase (decrease) in due to affiliates, net..................................          44        (809)
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
    Net cash provided by operating activities....................................       9,219       7,733
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of buildings and improvements...........................................      (1,779)     (1,263)
Increase in property under development...........................................      (9,952)    (18,956)
Deferred leasing commissions.....................................................         (17)        (15)
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
    Cash used in investing activities............................................     (11,748)    (20,234)
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from notes payable......................................................         500      41,850
Principal repayments on notes payable............................................        (434)    (22,396)
Deferred financing fees..........................................................      (1,679)       (843)
Distributions and dividends paid.................................................      (6,084)     (6,084)
Distributions to minority interests..............................................      (2,112)     (1,026)
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
    Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities..........................      (9,809)     11,501
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents............................................     (12,338)     (1,000)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period.................................      14,927       2,959
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.......................................  $    2,589  $    1,959
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
                                                                                   ----------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
                SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
                                      F-4
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
               NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
           (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND UNIT INFORMATION)
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
NOTE 1 -- INTERIM FINANCIAL PRESENTATION
    The  accompanying  unaudited  consolidated  financial  statements  have been
prepared in accordance  with generally accepted  accounting principles  ("GAAP")
for interim financial information and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly,
they  do not include all  of the information and  footnotes required by GAAP for
complete financial statements.  In the  opinion of  management, all  adjustments
consisting   only  of  recurring  accruals   considered  necessary  for  a  fair
presentation have been included. Operating results for such interim periods  are
not  necessarily indicative  of the  results which  may be  expected for  a full
fiscal year.  For  further  information, refer  to  the  consolidated  financial
statements  for  the year  ended December  31, 1995  and notes  thereto included
elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
    Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to the Company  herein
mean  Prime Retail, Inc. and those entities owned or controlled by Prime Retail,
Inc.,  including  Prime   Retail,  L.P.  (the   "Operating  Partnership").   The
consolidated  financial  statements include  the  accounts of  the  Company, the
Operating Partnership and  the partnerships  in which the  Company has  majority
interest  or control.  Profits and losses  are allocated in  accordance with the
terms of  the agreement  of limited  partnership of  the Operating  Partnership.
Investments  in  partnerships in  which the  Company  does not  have operational
control or a  majority interest  are accounted for  under the  equity method  of
accounting.  Income (loss) applicable to minority interests and common shares as
presented in the  consolidated statements  of operations is  allocated based  on
income  (loss)  before minority  interests after  income allocated  to preferred
shareholders.
 
    The preparation of  financial statements  in conformity  with GAAP  requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets  and liabilities and  disclosure of contingent  assets and liabilities at
the date of the  financial statements and the  reported amounts of revenues  and
expenses  during the  reporting period. Actual  results could  differ from those
estimates.  Significant  intercompany  accounts   and  transactions  have   been
eliminated  in consolidation.  Certain financial  statement amounts  and related
footnote  information  have  been  reclassified  to  conform  with  the  current
presentation.  These  reclassifications  have  not  changed  previously reported
results or shareholders' equity.
 
NOTE 2 -- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
 
    In March  1995, the  Financial Accounting  Standards Board  ("FASB")  issued
Statement  of Financial Accounting  Standards ("SFAS") No.  121, "ACCOUNTING FOR
THE IMPAIRMENT OF  LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND  FOR LONG-LIVED ASSETS  TO BE  DISPOSED
OF",  which requires impairment losses to  be recorded on long-lived assets used
in operations when  indicators of  impairment are present  and the  undiscounted
cash  flows estimated to be generated by  those assets are less than the assets'
carrying amount.  SFAS No.  121  also addresses  the accounting  for  long-lived
assets  that are expected to be disposed of. The Company adopted SFAS No. 121 in
the first quarter of  1996 and the  adoption had no  effect on the  consolidated
financial statements of the Company.
 
NOTE 3 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE
    On January 30, 1996, the Company obtained from a commercial mortgage company
a  commitment for  a mortgage  loan in  an amount  not to  exceed $7,000  for an
eight-year term (the "Refinancing Loan"). The Refinancing Loan will bear a fixed
interest rate based on  eight-year Treasury notes  plus 2.60%, requires  monthly
principal  and interest  payments based on  a 16-year  amortization schedule and
will be  collateralized by  property  in Lombard,  IL.  The commitment  for  the
Refinancing Loan expires on August 1, 1996.
 
    The   Company  has  accepted  a  loan  commitment  (the  "1996  Nomura  Loan
Commitment") with  Nomura Asset  Capital Corporation  ("Nomura") which  provides
for,  among other  things, (i)  a variable-rate  seven-year cross-collateralized
first mortgage  loan (the  "First Mortgage  Loan") in  the principal  amount  of
$226.5  million and (ii) a  variable-rate seven-year cross-collateralized second
mortgage loan (the "Mezzanine Mortgage Loan")  in the principal amount of  $33.5
million. The Company expects to close the First Mortgage
 
                                      F-5
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
         NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 3 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
Loan  and  the  Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan  in  July 1996.  The  1996  Nomura Loan
Commitment is subject to Nomura's customary real estate due diligence review  of
the thirteen factory outlet centers comprising the collateral and the completion
of   appropriate  documentation.  In  connection   with  the  1996  Nomura  Loan
Commitment, the  Company will  pay Nomura  a commitment  fee at  closing in  the
amount  of $3.5  million. There  can be  no assurance  that the  Company will be
successful in consummating such refinancing.
 
    The First Mortgage Loan will bear a  variable rate of interest equal to  the
London  Interbank  offered rate  for thirty  (30) day  deposits in  U.S. dollars
("30-day LIBOR") plus 1.24% (plus trustee and servicing fees, which are expected
to be 0.07% in the aggregate). The Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will bear a  variable
rate  of interest equal to 30-day LIBOR  plus 3.25%. The First Mortgage Loan and
the Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan  are expected  to be  securitized by  Nomura on  or
before  September 30, 1996 (the "Securitization Closing Date"). In the event the
Securitization Closing Date does not occur by September 30, 1996 or in the event
the Company elects to terminate the  securitization and repay the loans  because
the  terms of the  securitization are unacceptable to  the Company, the interest
rate on the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will  increase to a variable rate per  annum
equal  to 30-day  LIBOR plus  5.20%. Until  the Securitization  Closing Date, no
payments of principal  will be required  under the First  Mortgage Loan and  the
Mezzanine  Mortgage  Loan.  After  the Securitization  Closing  Date,  the First
Mortgage Loan will require monthly payments of principal and interest based on a
thirty-year amortization  of  principal and  the  Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan  will
require   monthly  payments  of  principal  and   interest  based  on  the  full
amortization of principal within  seven years. The First  Mortgage Loan and  the
Mezzanine  Mortgage  Loan  will  be cross-collateralized  by  senior  and junior
mortgages, respectively, encumbering thirteen of the Company's existing  factory
outlet centers. The proceeds from the closing of the First Mortgage Loan and the
Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan will be used  to repay outstanding borrowings under the
Agreement dated March  2, 1995  relating to a  loan in  the aggregate  principal
amount of $160.0 million (the "Revolving Loan"), the Open-End Mortgage Agreement
Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing dated June 30, 1994 relating to a loan in
the  principal amount of $100.0 million (which  may not be prepaid prior to July
1, 1996) (the "1994 Mortgage Loan"),  the Interim Loan entered into on  December
18,  1995 in the  principal amount of  $35.0 million (the  "Interim Loan") and a
portion of the Company's  $16.0 million fixed rate  mortage loan. The  remaining
proceeds  will be used  for the purchase of  interest rate protection contracts,
the costs and expenses of the refinancing and for working capital purposes.
 
    In connection with the commitment to provide the First Mortgage Loan and the
Mezzanine Mortgage Loan,  the Company and  Nomura have agreed  that, subject  to
certain  conditions, the Company and Nomura will  share the risks or rewards, as
the case may be, with regard to  the securitization of the First Mortgage  Loan.
If the actual interest rate spread over 30-day LIBOR deviates from 1.24% for the
Senior  Certificates  (as  defined below),  the  appropriate party  will  make a
payment to  the other  based on  the  present value  of such  deviation  applied
against  the principal balance of the Senior Certificates. If the Securitization
Closing Date  does not  occur within  six months  of the  closing of  the  First
Mortgage Loan and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan, Nomura may demand payment of such
loans in full six months after delivery of such demand notice. It is anticipated
that  the First  Mortgage Loan  will be  securitized at  investment grade levels
through the  issuance  of  Real Estate  Mortgage  Investment  Company  ("REMIC")
certificates (the "Senior Certificates") and the Mezzanine Mortgage Loan will be
securitized  through the  issuance of  REMIC certificates  or another acceptable
securitization vehicle (the "Junior Certificates"). In addition, the 1996 Nomura
Loan Commitment requires that, prior to the securitization, the Company purchase
interest rate protection contracts  with regard to the  First Mortgage Loan  and
the  Mezzanine  Mortgage Loan  when  and if  30-day  LIBOR exceeds  6.50%. After
securitization,  the  Company  will  be  required  to  purchase  interest   rate
protection contracts for the seven-year term of such loans and for the principal
amount  of the Senior Certificates.  It is estimated that  the proceeds from the
sale of the  Senior Certificates and  the Junior Certificates  and the  proceeds
from  the cash flow  loan (described below) will  approximate $260.0 million. In
the event that  loan proceeds  available from  the Senior  Certificates and  the
Junior  Certificates are less than $260.0 million, Nomura has agreed to provide,
subject   to    certain   conditions    (including    the   consent    of    the
 
                                      F-6
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
         NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 3 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
applicable  rating agencies),  a loan  based on  the cash  flow of  the Property
Partnerships which  own the  thirteen factory  outlet centers  in the  principal
amount  of the difference between $260.0 million  and such loan proceeds. In the
event that the net  cash flow from  the thirteen outlet centers  is less than  a
mutually  agreed upon amount and the  securitization results in less than $260.0
million in  proceeds,  the  Company will  be  required  to pay  to  Nomura  such
difference at the closing of the securitization. The Company intends to purchase
the Junior Certificates with the proceeds of financing provided through a Nomura
repurchase  agreement (the  "Repo Financing").  The Repo  Financing will require
monthly payments of interest only and will be  for a term of two years and  will
be  recourse to the Operating Partnership. The Repo Financing will be subject to
daily mark-to-market and margin calls. Interest  will be payable for 75% of  the
market value of the Junior Certificates (which at date of inception shall be par
value)  at the rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 1.95% and for the balance of the market
value of the Junior Certificates (which at date of inception shall be par value)
at the rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 7.0%. The weighted average annual interest rate
(including  the  estimated  annual  amortization  of  interest  rate  protection
contracts)  on the $260.0 million of  securitized loans is initially expected to
be approximately 7.66%.

   
    The Company will account for the payment/receipt with respect to the 
sharing of the risks and rewards associated with the interest rate spread on 
the Senior Certificates as a deferred asset/liability.  The deferred 
asset/liability will be amortized as a component of interest expense as an 
adjustment to the cost of the borrowings over the term of the Senior 
Certificates.
    

    The existing Revolving Loan with Nomura  will not be terminated as a  result
of  the transactions contemplated  by the 1996  Nomura Loan Commitment; however,
the collateral  currently pledged  thereunder will  be released  and pledged  to
Nomura  under  the First  Mortgage  Loan and  the  Mezzanine Mortgage  Loan. The
Revolving Loan will be available, subject to sufficient collateral being pledged
to Nomura, for acquisitions, expansions and new outlet centers.
 
    Upon terms acceptable to the Company and the rating agencies involved in the
securitization, an amount between $25.0 million to $50.0 million in addition  to
the $260.0 million of securitized loans may be raised by the securitization and,
if  so, will be held in  escrow by Nomura. These funds  may be drawn upon by the
Company, subject to the satisfaction  of certain objective standards  acceptable
to  the  Company and  such  rating agencies,  for  the cost  of  construction of
expansions at the thirteen mortgaged outlet centers.
 
    In connection with  the execution of  the 1996 Nomura  Loan Commitment,  the
Company  expects to  incur a non-recurring  loss of  approximately $10.1 million
that will be recorded during  the three months ending  June 30, 1996. This  loss
results  from the expected  prepayment of the Revolving  Loan, the 1994 Mortgage
Loan, the anticipated termination  of previously obtained financing  commitments
from  Nomura for which the Company  paid $3.3 million in nonrefundable financing
fees and  the repayment  in full  of the  Interim Loan.  The loss  includes  the
estimated unamortized cost of certain interest rate protection contracts of $3.7
million  as of July 31, 1996 that will  be terminated upon repayment of the debt
underlying the contracts, debt  prepayment penalties of  $0.8 million and  other
deferred  financing costs of $4.5 million,  less the estimated fair market value
of the interest rate protection contracts of approximately $2.2 million based on
their fair  market value  at May  30, 1996.  Upon termination  and sale  of  the
interest  rate protection contracts, the Company  will receive proceeds based on
the then fair market value  of such contracts. The  future fair market value  of
interest  rate  protection contracts  is  susceptible to  valuation fluctuations
based on  market  changes  in  interest  rates and  the  maturity  date  of  the
underlying contracts.
 
NOTE 4 -- LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
    In  the ordinary course of business, the Company is subject to certain legal
actions. While any  litigation contains  an element  of uncertainty,  management
believes  that losses, if any, resulting from such matters, including the matter
described below, will  not have a  material adverse effect  on the  consolidated
financial statements of the Company.
 
    The  Company is a defendant in a lawsuit  filed on June 14, 1995 in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia whereby the plaintiffs
allege that the Company breached a confidentiality agreement entered into by the
Predecessor and the  plaintiffs in connection  with the proposed  purchase of  a
factory  outlet  center  in  Martinsburg, West  Virginia.  The  outcome  and the
ultimate liability of the Company, if  any, of this lawsuit cannot currently  be
predicted.  Management believes, however, that it has acted properly and intends
to defend this lawsuit vigorously.

   
NOTE 5 -- SUBSEQUENT EVENT
    
   
    On May 6,  1996, the Company  and the  Grove City Partner  entered into  
the Grove  City Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company has agreed, 
subject to certain conditions,  to purchase   on or  before February  28, 
1997 all of  the Grove City Partner's  ownership interest in Grove City 
Factory Shops Partnership,  the Property Partnership  which owns the  Grove 
City  Factory Shops. Following  the completion of  such transaction, the 
Company will own 100% of Grove City Factory Shops Partnership. As 
consideration for  the Grove  City Partner's partnership interest, the  
Company has agreed, at closing, to pay $8.0 million in cash  to the Grove 
City Partner  and to repay all of  the then  outstanding  indebtedness  
secured  by  Grove  City  Factory  Shops  which indebtedness is owed to the 
Grove City  Partner by the Grove City Factory  Shops Partnership.
    
   
    Under  the  Grove  City  Purchase Agreement,  if  the  Company  breaches 
any material representation,  warranty,  covenant or  agreement  or if  the  
Company defaults  under the Grove  City Purchase Agreement, the  Company is 
obligated to pay liquidated damages to the Grove City Partner in the amount 
of $2.0  million. In the event the Grove City Purchase Agreement is 
terminated for any reason of the Grove City Partner's default thereunder or a 
condemnation of or casualty to this property, the Grove City Partner will be 
entitled to the first $8.0 million of the proceeds of any subsequent sale of 
the property (after payment of outstanding indebtedness and return of capital 
contributions with respect to Phase IV). The Company will be entitled to 
receive the next $8.0 million of such proceeds and the balance of such 
proceeds, if any, will be distributed pro rata between the Company and the 
Grove City Partner based on their respective ownership interests in the 
Partnership.  No assurance can be given that conditions to the  Grove City 
Purchase  will be met  or that such  purchase will  be  completed.  
Specifically,  because the  Company  has  not  yet secured commitments to 
finance such transaction, management does not believe that the consummation  
of the  Grove City  Purchase is currently probable.
    

                                      F-7
<PAGE>
                         REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Prime Retail, Inc.
 
    We have  audited  the  accompanying consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Prime
Retail,  Inc. (the "Company") as  of December 31, 1995  and 1994 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders'  equity and cash flows  for
the  year ended  December 31,  1995 and for  the period  from March  22, 1994 to
December 31, 1994. We have also audited the accompanying combined statements  of
operations,   predecessor  owners'  deficit  and  cash  flows  of  Prime  Retail
Properties (the "Predecessor") for the period from January 1, 1994 to March  21,
1994  and for the year  ended December 31, 1993.  These financial statements are
the  responsibility  of   the  Company's  and   Predecessor's  management.   Our
responsibility  is to express an opinion  on these financial statements based on
our audits.
 
    We conducted  our  audits in  accordance  with generally  accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence  supporting
the  amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles used  and  significant estimates  made  by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
    In our opinion, the financial  statements referred to above present  fairly,
in  all material respects, the consolidated  financial position of Prime Retail,
Inc. at December 31,  1995 and 1994, the  consolidated results of the  Company's
operations  and its cash flows for the year  ended December 31, 1995 and for the
period from March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994 and the combined results of  the
Predecessor's  operations and its cash flows for the period from January 1, 1994
to March  21, 1994  and the  year ended  December 31,  1993 in  conformity  with
generally accepted accounting principles.
 
                                                    Ernst & Young LLP
 
Baltimore, Maryland
January 30, 1996
 
                                      F-8
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                   CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS OF THE COMPANY
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE INFORMATION)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                           ----------------------
                                                                                              1995        1994
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
<S>                                                                                        <C>         <C>
ASSETS:
Investment in rental property:
  Land...................................................................................  $   35,370  $   31,183
  Buildings and improvements.............................................................     403,542     334,099
  Property under development.............................................................      12,165       8,589
  Furniture and equipment................................................................       3,403       2,310
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
                                                                                              454,480     376,181
  Accumulated depreciation...............................................................     (40,190)    (26,668)
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
                                                                                              414,290     349,513
Cash and cash equivalents................................................................      14,927       2,959
Restricted cash..........................................................................       2,230       2,445
Accounts receivable, net.................................................................      10,070       7,408
Deferred charges, net....................................................................      18,136      19,550
Due from affiliates, net.................................................................       1,194       1,654
Investment in partnerships...............................................................       2,258       1,872
Other assets.............................................................................         619         529
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
      Total assets.......................................................................  $  463,724  $  385,930
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Bonds payable............................................................................  $   32,900  $   32,900
Notes payable............................................................................     273,054     181,125
Accrued interest.........................................................................       3,034       1,975
Real estate taxes payable................................................................       3,142       1,417
Construction costs payable...............................................................       5,796       8,099
Accounts payable and other liabilities...................................................       9,858       7,720
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
      Total liabilities..................................................................     327,784     233,236
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
Minority interests.......................................................................      14,456      25,043
 
Shareholders' equity:
  Shares of preferred stock, 24,315,000 shares authorized:
    2,300,000 shares of 10.5% Series A Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock,
     $.01 par value (liquidation preference of $57,500), issued and outstanding..........          23          23
    7,015,000 shares of 8.5% Series B Cumulative Participating Convertible Preferred
     Stock, $.01 par value (liquidation preference of $175,375), issued and
     outstanding.........................................................................          70          70
  Shares of common stock, 75,000,000 shares authorized:
   2,875,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value, issued and outstanding..............          29          29
  Additional paid-in capital.............................................................     128,275     128,275
  Distributions in excess of net income..................................................      (6,913)       (746)
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
      Total shareholders' equity.........................................................     121,484     127,651
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
      Total liabilities and shareholders' equity.........................................  $  463,724  $  385,930
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
                                                                                           ----------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
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                                      F-9
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY
            AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS OF THE PREDECESSOR
                  (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE INFORMATION)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      PRIME RETAIL, INC.             PRIME RETAIL PROPERTIES
                               --------------------------------  --------------------------------
                                                  PERIOD FROM
                                                MARCH 22, 1994     PERIOD FROM
                                 YEAR ENDED           TO         JANUARY 1, 1994    YEAR ENDED
                                DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,          TO          DECEMBER 31,
                                    1995             1994        MARCH 21, 1994        1993
                               ---------------  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------
<S>                            <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
REVENUES
Base rents...................     $  46,368        $  28,657        $   3,670        $  14,298
Percentage rents.............         1,520            1,404              187              709
Tenant reimbursements........        22,283           11,858            2,113            5,370
Income from investment
 partnerships................         1,729              453              336              821
Interest and other...........         5,498            2,997               24              602
                                    -------          -------          -------          -------
    Total revenues...........        77,398           45,369            6,330           21,800
EXPENSES
Property operating...........        17,389            9,952            1,927            5,046
Real estate taxes............         4,977            2,462              497            1,558
Depreciation and
 amortization................        15,438            9,803            2,173            7,632
Corporate general and
 administrative..............         3,878            2,710               --               --
Interest.....................        20,821            9,485            3,280            8,928
Property management fees.....            --               --              299              777
Other charges................         2,089            1,503              562            1,732
                                    -------          -------          -------          -------
    Total expenses...........        64,592           35,915            8,738           25,673
                                    -------          -------          -------          -------
Income (loss) before minority
 interests...................        12,806            9,454           (2,408)          (3,873)
Loss allocated to minority
 interests...................         5,364            5,204               --               --
                                    -------          -------          -------          -------
Net income (loss)............        18,170           14,658        $  (2,408)       $  (3,873)
                                                                      -------          -------
                                                                      -------          -------
Income allocated to preferred
 shareholders................        20,944           16,290
                                    -------          -------
Net loss applicable to common
 shares......................     $  (2,774)       $  (1,632)
                                    -------          -------
                                    -------          -------
Net loss per common share
 outstanding.................     $   (0.96)       $   (0.57)
                                    -------          -------
                                    -------          -------
Weighted average shares
 outstanding.................         2,875            2,850
                                    -------          -------
                                    -------          -------
</TABLE>
 
                SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
                                      F-10
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
            CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS OF THE COMPANY AND
              COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS OF THE PREDECESSOR
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  PRIME RETAIL, INC.                  PRIME RETAIL PROPERTIES
                                         ------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
                                                               PERIOD FROM         PERIOD FROM
                                            YEAR ENDED      MARCH 22, 1994 TO  JANUARY 1, 1994 TO      YEAR ENDED
                                         DECEMBER 31, 1995  DECEMBER 31, 1994    MARCH 21, 1994     DECEMBER 31, 1993
                                         -----------------  -----------------  -------------------  -----------------
<S>                                      <C>                <C>                <C>                  <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss)......................      $  18,170          $  14,658           $  (2,408)          $  (3,873)
Adjustments to reconcile net income
 (loss) to net cash provided by (used
 in) operating activities:
  Loss allocated to minority
   interests...........................         (5,364)            (5,204)                 --                  --
  Depreciation and amortization........         15,438              9,803               2,173               7,632
  Amortization of deferred financing
   costs and interest rate protection
   contracts...........................          4,524              2,945                 695                 362
  Equity earnings in excess of cash
   distributions from joint ventures...         (1,281)                --                (336)               (821)
  Provision for uncollectible accounts
   receivable..........................            346                527                  87                 292
  Gain on sale of land.................           (106)                --                  --                  --
Changes in operating assets and
 liabilities:
  (Increase) decrease in accounts
   receivable..........................         (2,941)            (3,669)              1,285              (2,473)
  (Increase) decrease in other
   assets..............................             47                (60)                (81)              7,374
  Increase (decrease) in other
   liabilities.........................          6,047                173              (2,310)              7,057
  Increase (decrease) in accrued
   interest............................          1,059             (1,047)                718               1,329
  (Increase) decrease in due to/from
   affiliates, net.....................            460               (668)             (1,696)             (2,429)
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
  Net cash provided by (used in)
   operating activities................         36,399             17,458              (1,873)             14,450
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of land.......................         (4,765)           (13,614)                 --              (5,384)
Purchase of buildings and
 improvements..........................        (70,716)          (140,969)               (278)            (55,763)
(Increase) decrease in property under
 development...........................         (7,056)               658                (859)              8,709
Proceeds from sale of land.............            624                 --                  --                  --
Cash from contributed net assets.......             --              4,177                  --                  --
Cash distributions in excess of equity
 in earnings of joint ventures.........             --              2,761                  --                  --
Deferred leasing commissions...........            (65)            (2,448)               (102)             (1,772)
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
  Net cash used in investing
   activities..........................        (81,978)          (149,435)             (1,239)            (54,210)
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from offerings............             --            253,823                  --                  --
Distributions to predecessor owners....             --            (12,245)                 --                  --
Distributions in satisfaction of
 mortgage indebtedness.................             --            (77,782)                 --                  --
Proceeds from notes payable............        185,078            217,932               4,676              62,596
Principal repayments on notes
 payable...............................        (93,149)          (211,130)               (334)            (20,564)
Deferred financing fees................         (4,822)           (14,084)                 --                (955)
Distribution and dividends paid........        (24,337)           (15,404)                 --                  --
Distributions to minority interests....         (5,223)            (7,078)                 --                  --
Partners' capital contributions........             --                 --                 461                 162
Contributions from minority
 interests.............................             --                904                  --                  --
Distributions to partners..............             --                 --                (716)             (1,332)
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
Net cash provided by financing
 activities............................         57,547            134,936               4,087              39,907
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
Increase in cash and cash
 equivalents...........................         11,968              2,959                 975                 147
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
 of period.............................          2,959                 --               2,869               2,722
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of
 period................................      $  14,927          $   2,959           $   3,844           $   2,869
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
                                              --------      -----------------         -------            --------
</TABLE>
 
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                                      F-11
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
            CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS OF THE COMPANY AND
        COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
 
    The  following assets and  liabilities were contributed  by certain minority
interest partners to the Company on March 22, 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                 <C>
Rental property, net..............................................................  $ 205,983
Cash and cash equivalents.........................................................      4,177
Accounts receivable, net..........................................................      4,266
Deferred charges, net.............................................................      7,348
Due from affiliates, net..........................................................        986
Other assets......................................................................      2,397
                                                                                    ---------
    Total assets..................................................................    225,157
 
Bonds payable.....................................................................     32,900
Notes payable.....................................................................    174,323
Accrued interest..................................................................      3,021
Real estate taxes payable.........................................................        734
Accounts payable and other liabilities............................................     14,305
                                                                                    ---------
    Total liabilities.............................................................    225,283
 
Minority interests................................................................     11,091
                                                                                    ---------
    Predecessor owners' deficit contributed.......................................  $ (11,217)
                                                                                    ---------
                                                                                    ---------
</TABLE>
 
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                                      F-12
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
         CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY OF THE COMPANY
             AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF PREDECESSOR OWNERS' DEFICIT
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE INFORMATION)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          SERIES A       SERIES B                    ADDITIONAL   DISTRIBUTIONS  PREDECESSOR
                                          PREFERRED      PREFERRED       COMMON        PAID-IN    IN EXCESS OF     OWNERS'
                                            STOCK          STOCK          STOCK        CAPITAL     NET INCOME      DEFICIT
                                        -------------  -------------  -------------  -----------  -------------  -----------
<S>                                     <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>            <C>
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1993                                                                                          $  (3,422)
 
Net loss..............................                                                                               (3,873)
Contributions.........................                                                                                1,912
Distributions.........................                                                                               (1,332)
                                                                                                                 -----------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1993............                                                                               (6,715)
 
Net loss for the period from January
 1, 1994 through March 21, 1994.......                                                                               (2,408)
Contributions.........................                                                                                  461
Distributions.........................                                                                               (2,555)
                                                                                                                 -----------
Predecessor owners' deficit
 contributed at March 22, 1994........                                                                              (11,217)
Reclassification adjustment...........                                                $ (11,217)                     11,217
Issuance of 2,300,000 shares of Series
 A preferred stock, net of issuance
 costs................................    $      23                                      50,742                          --
Issuance of 7,015,000 shares of Series
 B preferred stock, net of issuance
 costs................................           --      $      70                      154,762                          --
Issuance of 2,875,000 shares of common
 stock, net of issuance costs.........           --             --      $      29        48,197                          --
Additional paid-in capital allocated
 to minority interests................           --             --             --       (24,182)                         --
Distributions to predecessor owners...           --             --             --       (90,027)                         --
Net income............................           --             --             --            --     $  14,658            --
Common distributions declared ($0.623
 per share)...........................           --             --             --            --        (1,790)           --
Preferred distributions and dividends
 declared:
  Series A ($1.706 per share).........           --             --             --            --        (3,924)           --
  Series B ($1.381 per share).........           --             --             --            --        (9,690)           --
                                                ---            ---            ---    -----------  -------------  -----------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1994............           23             70             29       128,275          (746)           --
 
Net income............................           --             --             --            --        18,170            --
Common distributions declared ($1.18
 per share)...........................           --             --             --            --        (3,393)           --
Preferred distributions and dividends
 declared:
  Series A ($2.625 per share).........           --             --             --            --        (6,037)           --
  Series B ($2.125 per share).........           --             --             --            --       (14,907)           --
                                                ---            ---            ---    -----------  -------------  -----------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1995............    $      23      $      70      $      29     $ 128,275     $  (6,913)    $      --
                                                ---            ---            ---    -----------  -------------  -----------
                                                ---            ---            ---    -----------  -------------  -----------
 
<CAPTION>
                                             TOTAL
                                         SHAREHOLDERS'
                                            EQUITY
                                           (DEFICIT)
                                        ---------------
<S>                                     <C>
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1993                   $  (3,422)
Net loss..............................        (3,873)
Contributions.........................         1,912
Distributions.........................        (1,332)
                                        ---------------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1993............        (6,715)
Net loss for the period from January
 1, 1994 through March 21, 1994.......        (2,408)
Contributions.........................           461
Distributions.........................        (2,555)
                                        ---------------
Predecessor owners' deficit
 contributed at March 22, 1994........       (11,217)
Reclassification adjustment...........            --
Issuance of 2,300,000 shares of Series
 A preferred stock, net of issuance
 costs................................        50,765
Issuance of 7,015,000 shares of Series
 B preferred stock, net of issuance
 costs................................       154,832
Issuance of 2,875,000 shares of common
 stock, net of issuance costs.........        48,226
Additional paid-in capital allocated
 to minority interests................       (24,182)
Distributions to predecessor owners...       (90,027)
Net income............................        14,658
Common distributions declared ($0.623
 per share)...........................        (1,790)
Preferred distributions and dividends
 declared:
  Series A ($1.706 per share).........        (3,924)
  Series B ($1.381 per share).........        (9,690)
                                        ---------------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1994............       127,651
Net income............................        18,170
Common distributions declared ($1.18
 per share)...........................        (3,393)
Preferred distributions and dividends
 declared:
  Series A ($2.625 per share).........        (6,037)
  Series B ($2.125 per share).........       (14,907)
                                        ---------------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1995............     $ 121,484
                                        ---------------
                                        ---------------
</TABLE>
 
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                                      F-13
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
              AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR
           (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND UNIT INFORMATION)
 
NOTE 1 -- ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC STOCK OFFERING
 
    Prime  Retail, Inc. (the "Company") was  organized as a Maryland corporation
on July 16, 1993. The Company  is a self-administered, self-managed real  estate
investment  trust engaged in  ownership, development, construction, acquisition,
leasing, marketing  and  management of  factory  outlet centers.  The  Company's
factory  outlet center  portfolio, including  four factory  outlet centers owned
through joint venture partnerships, consists of 17 factory outlet centers in  14
states,  which total approximately 4,331,000 square  feet of gross leasable area
at December 31, 1995.
 
    The Company commenced operations on March  22, 1994, upon completion of  its
initial  public  offerings (the  "Offerings") of  2,300,000  shares of  Series A
Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock ("Senior  Preferred Stock") at $25 per  share,
7,015,000  shares  of Series  B  Cumulative Participating  Convertible Preferred
Stock ("Convertible Preferred Stock") at $25 per share, and 2,500,000 shares  of
Common  Stock  at $19  per  share. On  April 11,  1994,  the underwriter  of the
Offerings exercised its overallotment option  to purchase 375,000 shares of  the
Company's  Common  Stock at  $19 per  share. Net  of underwriting  discounts and
expenses, the  Company  received approximately  $253,823  in proceeds  from  the
Offerings, including proceeds from the overallotment option. As described below,
such  proceeds  were  contributed by  the  Company  to Prime  Retail,  L.P. (the
"Operating Partnership") in exchange for certain partnership interests therein.
 
    Upon consummation of the Offerings and in exchange for the proceeds thereon,
the  Company  acquired  2,300,000  Senior  Preferred  Units  of  the   Operating
Partnership  (the  "Senior  Preferred Units"),  7,015,000  Convertible Preferred
Units of  the  Operating Partnership  (the  "Convertible Preferred  Units"  and,
together  with the Senior Preferred Units,  the "Preferred Units") and 2,875,000
Common Units of partnership interest  in the Operating Partnership (the  "Common
Units").  Each Preferred Unit entitles the Company to receive distributions from
the Operating Partnership in  an amount equal to  the dividend declared or  paid
with  respect to  a share  of Senior  Preferred Stock  and Convertible Preferred
Stock, respectively,  prior  to the  payment  by the  Operating  Partnership  of
distributions with respect to the Common Units. Convertible Preferred Units will
be  automatically converted into Common Units to the extent of any conversion of
Convertible Preferred  Stock into  Common  Stock. The  Preferred Units  will  be
redeemed  by the Operating Partnership as and to the extent of any redemption of
Senior Preferred Stock or Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
    Upon consummation of the Offerings, The Prime Group, Inc. and certain of its
affiliates (collectively "PGI") contributed to the Operating Partnership certain
assets and interests in properties and joint ventures in exchange for  7,794,495
Common  Units and cash of approximately  $10,212. The Operating Partnership paid
approximately $157,384  in satisfaction  of  certain mortgage  indebtedness  and
other  indebtedness of PGI that was collateralized in part by certain properties
of Prime Retail Properties and PGI's interests therein.
 
                                      F-14
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 1 -- ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (CONTINUED)
Certain other parties contributed their interests in Prime Retail Properties  to
the  Operating Partnership  in exchange for  1,426,305 Common Units  and cash of
$1,686. A summary  of the  holders of  the Senior  Preferred Units,  Convertible
Preferred Units and Common Units at December 31, 1995 follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  NUMBER OF UNITS
                                                        ------------------------------------
HOLDER                                                   SERIES A    SERIES B      COMMON
- ------------------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------  ------------
<S>                                                     <C>         <C>         <C>
Prime Retail, Inc.....................................   2,300,000   7,015,000     2,875,000
PGI and management (1)................................          --          --     9,130,472
Other party...........................................          --          --        90,328
                                                        ----------  ----------  ------------
                                                         2,300,000   7,015,000    12,095,800
                                                        ----------  ----------  ------------
                                                        ----------  ----------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
NOTE:
(1)  Includes 782,180 units beneficially owned by management and 4,399,550 units
    owned by certain executive  officers based on  their ownership interests  in
    PGI.
 
    As  of  December  31, 1995,  the  Company  has a  23.8%  general partnership
interest in the Operating  Partnership with full and  complete control over  the
management of the Operating Partnership as the sole general partner which cannot
be removed by the limited partners.
 
    On  November 1, 1994,  the Operating Partnership became  the 1% sole general
partner  of   Prime  Retail   Services   Limited  Partnership   (the   "Services
Partnership").  The Operating Partnership owns  100% of the non-voting preferred
stock of  Prime Retail  Services, Inc.  (the "Services  Corporation") which,  in
turn, is the 99% limited partner of the Services Partnership. Certain members of
management  own 100% of the voting common  stock of the Services Corporation and
no cash distributions  were made during  the years ended  December 31, 1995  and
1994. The Services Partnership was formed primarily to operate business lines of
the  Company that are not directly associated  with the collection of rents. The
Services Corporation is subject to federal, state and local taxes.
 
    Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Company  herein
mean  Prime Retail, Inc. and those entities owned or controlled by Prime Retail,
Inc., including  the Operating  Partnership and  the Services  Partnership.  The
combined  financial statements  of Prime  Retail Properties  (the "Predecessor")
include the accounts of eleven  property partnerships, which were considered  to
be entities under common ownership and management, and the ownership interest in
two previously non-controlled property partnerships, which were accounted for on
the equity method of accounting.
 
                                      F-15
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 1 -- ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (CONTINUED)
    The  Predecessor,  the  New  Partnerships  (formed  simultaneously  with, or
subsequent to,  the  acquisition  of properties  and  partnership  interests  in
connection  with  the Offerings)  and  Joint Venture  Partnerships (collectively
referred to  as the  "Property  Partnerships") represent  the interests  of  the
Company. The Property Partnerships at December 31, 1995 were as follows:
 
THE PREDECESSOR
- -  Gainesville Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Gulf Coast Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Market Street, Ltd.
- -  Melrose Place, Ltd.
- -  Prime Northgate Plaza Limited Partnership
- -  Prime Warehouse Row Limited Partnership
- -  San Marcos Factory Stores, Ltd.
- -  Triangle Factory Stores Limited Partnership
- -  Warehouse Row, Ltd.
- -  Warehouse Row II Limited Partnership
- -  Weisgarber Partners, Ltd.
 
NEW PARTNERSHIPS
- -  Arizona Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Buckeye Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Carolina Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Castle Rock Factory Shops Partnership
- -  Coral Isle Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Florida Keys Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Gulfport Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Huntley Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Indianapolis Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Nebraska Crossing Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Nebraska Crossing Factory Shops Limited Partnership II
- -  Ohio Factory Shops Partnership
- -  Ohio Factory Shops Limited Partnership II
- -  Puerto Rico Factory Shops Limited Partnership
- -  Sun Coast Factory Shops Limited Partnership
 
JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIPS
- -  Arizona Factory Shops Partnership
    (50% ownership interest)
- -  Grove City Factory Shops Partnership
    (50% ownership interest)
- -  Oxnard Factory Outlet Partners
    (30% ownership interest)
 
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
    The  consolidated financial statements include  the accounts of the Company,
the Operating Partnership and the partnerships in which the Company has majority
interest or control.  Profits and losses  are allocated in  accordance with  the
terms  of the agreement of limited partnership of the Operating Partnership. The
preparation of  financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally  accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
 
                                      F-16
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 1 -- ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (CONTINUED)
and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements  and  the  reported  amounts  of  revenues  and  expenses  during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
    Investments in partnerships in which  the Company does not have  operational
control  or  a majority  interest  are accounted  for  on the  equity  method of
accounting. Income (loss) applicable to minority interests and common shares  as
presented  in the  consolidated statements of  operations is  allocated based on
income (loss)  before minority  interests after  income allocated  to  preferred
shareholders.
 
    Significant  intercompany accounts and transactions  have been eliminated in
consolidation and combination.
 
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
 
    The Company's  results  of operations  are  significantly dependent  on  the
overall  health of the  retail industry. The Company's  tenant base is comprised
almost exclusively of merchants in the  retail industry. The retail industry  is
subject to external factors such as inflation, consumer confidence, unemployment
rates  and consumer  tastes and  preferences. A  decline in  the retail industry
could reduce merchant sales, which could adversely affect the operating  results
of  the Company. A number of the merchants  have occupied space in more than one
of the Company's factory  outlet centers; however,  no single merchant  accounts
for more than 10% of the Company's revenues.
 
NOTE 2 -- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
RENTAL PROPERTY
 
    Depreciation  is calculated  on the  straight-line basis  over the estimated
useful lives of the assets which are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                        <C>
Land improvements          20 years
Buildings and              Principally 40
 improvements              years
Tenant improvements        Term of related
                           lease
Furniture and equipment    5 years
</TABLE>
 
    Rental property  is  carried  at  the  lower  of  depreciated  cost  or  net
realizable  value. Development costs,  which include fees  and costs incurred in
developing new  properties,  are capitalized  as  incurred. Upon  completion  of
construction,  development  costs are  amortized over  the  useful lives  of the
respective properties on a straight-line basis.
 
    Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed to operations
as incurred.  Significant  renovations  and improvements  which  improve  and/or
extend  the useful  life of  assets are  capitalized and  depreciated over their
estimated useful lives.
 
    The Company evaluates its rental  properties periodically to assess  whether
any impairment indications are present, including recurring operating losses and
significant  adverse changes in the business climate that affect the recovery of
recorded asset value. If any rental  property is considered impaired, a loss  is
provided  to  reduce  the carrying  value  of  the asset  to  its  estimated net
realizable value. No impairment losses have been recorded in any of the  periods
presented.
 
    Effective April 1, 1994, the Company changed the estimated useful lives used
to  compute depreciation  for certain  buildings and  improvements from  5 to 10
years to useful  lives ranging  from 10  to 40 years.  This change  was made  to
better  reflect the  estimated periods during  which such assets  will remain in
service. The  change  had  the  effect  of  reducing  depreciation  expense  and
increasing net income by $657 for the year ended
 
                                      F-17
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 2 -- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
December  31, 1995 by $2,040 for the period  from March 22, 1994 to December 31,
1994. The change had  the effect of  reducing the net loss  per common share  by
$0.05  and $0.17 for  the year ended December  31, 1995 and  for the period from
March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994, respectively.
 
CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
    The Company considers  highly liquid  investments with a  maturity of  three
months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
 
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
 
    Management   regularly  reviews   accounts  receivable   and  determines  an
appropriate range for the allowance for doubtful accounts based upon the  impact
of  economic  conditions  on  the merchants'  ability  to  pay,  past collection
experience and  such  other factors  which,  in management's  judgment,  deserve
current  recognition. In turn, a provision  is charged against earnings in order
to maintain the allowance  level within this range.  The allowance for  doubtful
accounts at December 31, 1995 and 1994 was $819 and $1,071, respectively.
 
    Accounts  receivable due after one year primarily representing straight-line
rents were $4,274 and $3,121 at December 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
 
DEFERRED CHARGES
 
    Deferred  charges  consist  of  leasing  commissions  and  financing  costs.
Deferred  leasing commissions incurred  to originate and  renew operating leases
are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease.  Fees
and costs incurred to obtain financing are deferred and are being amortized as a
component  of interest expense over the terms of the respective loans on a basis
that approximates the interest method.
 
REVENUE RECOGNITION
 
    Leases with tenants are  accounted for as  operating leases. Minimum  rental
income  is recognized on  a straight-line basis  over the term  of the lease and
unpaid rents are  included in  accounts receivable in  the accompanying  balance
sheet. Certain lease agreements contain provisions which provide for rents based
on  a percentage  of sales  or based  on a  percentage of  sales volume  above a
specified threshold. In addition, the lease agreements generally provide for the
reimbursement of real  estate taxes, insurance,  advertising and certain  common
area  maintenance costs.  These additional  rents and  tenant reimbursements are
accounted for on the accrual basis.
 
INTEREST RATE PROTECTION CONTRACTS
 
    The Company uses interest rate protection contracts, including interest rate
caps and corridors, to manage interest  rate risk associated with floating  rate
debt.  These contracts generally  involve limiting the  Company's interest costs
with an upper limit  or specified range on  the underlying interest rate  index.
The  costs of  such contracts  are included  in deferred  charges and  are being
amortized on a straight-line basis as  a component of interest expense over  the
life  of the contracts.  Amounts earned from  interest rate protection contracts
are recorded  as a  reduction of  interest expense.  The Company  is exposed  to
credit  losses  in  the  event  of  counterparty  nonperformance,  but  does not
anticipate any such losses based on the creditworthiness of the counterparties.
 
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
 
    The Company grants stock options for a fixed number of shares to  directors,
executive  officers and other  key employees with  an option price  equal to the
fair value of the shares  at the date of grant.  The Company accounts for  stock
option grants in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") No.
25,  "ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK ISSUED TO  EMPLOYEES" and, accordingly, recognizes no
compensation expense for the stock option grants.
 
                                      F-18
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 2 -- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
    In October 1995,  the Financial Accounting  Standards Board ("FASB")  issued
Statement  of Financial Accounting  Standards ("SFAS") No.  123, "Accounting for
Stock-Based  Compensation",  which  provides  an  alternative  to  APB  No.  25,
"Accounting  for  Stock  Issued  to Employees",  in  accounting  for stock-based
compensation issued to employees. The Company will continue to account for stock
option grants in accordance with APB No. 25.
 
INCOME TAXES
 
    The Company  has elected  to be  taxed  as a  real estate  investment  trust
("REIT") under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.  As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income
tax at the corporate level on income it distributes to its shareholders so  long
as  it distributes at least 95% of its taxable income (excluding any net capital
gain) each year. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable  year,
the  Company will  be subject  to federal  income tax  (including any applicable
alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate rates.  Even
if  the Company qualifies as a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain state
and local taxes on its income and property. The Company accrued $90 and $128 for
state and local taxes for  the year ended December 31,  1995 and for the  period
from  March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994, respectively. The Company paid $80 of
state and  local income  taxes during  the  year ended  December 31,  1995.  The
Company  did not  pay any state  and local  income taxes during  the period from
March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994.
 
IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
 
    In March 1995, the FASB issued SFAS No. 121, "ACCOUNTING FOR THE  IMPAIRMENT
OF  LONG-LIVED  ASSETS  AND FOR  LONG-LIVED  ASSETS  TO BE  DISPOSED  OF", which
requires  impairment  losses  to  be  recorded  on  long-lived  assets  used  in
operations  when indicators of impairment are  present and the undiscounted cash
flows estimated  to be  generated by  those  assets are  less than  the  assets'
carrying  amount.  SFAS No.  121 also  addresses  the accounting  for long-lived
assets that are expected to be disposed of. The Company will adopt SFAS No.  121
in  the first  quarter of 1996  and, based on  current circumstances, management
does not believe  the effect of  adoption will be  material to the  consolidated
financial statements of the Company.
 
NOTE 3 -- RESTRICTED CASH
    At   December  31,  1995  and  1994,   the  Company  had  placed  in  escrow
approximately $2,230 and $2,445,  respectively, to be  used to complete  certain
development  projects, to  fund real estate  taxes and debt  service and certain
operating costs under a mortgage loan agreement.
 
NOTE 4 -- DEFERRED CHARGES
    Deferred charges were as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,                                                                1995       1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>
Leasing commissions.....................................................  $   9,971  $  10,225
Financing costs.........................................................     19,472     15,027
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                             29,443     25,252
Accumulated amortization................................................    (11,307)    (5,702)
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          $  18,136  $  19,550
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    During the periods from March 22, 1994  to December 31, 1994 and January  1,
1994 to March 21, 1994, deferred financing costs of $618 and $695, respectively,
were written off as a result of debt refinancings. These amounts are included in
interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
 
                                      F-19
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 5 -- INVESTMENT IN PARTNERSHIPS
    The  Company  holds  interests  in certain  real  estate  ventures  that are
accounted for using the equity method  of accounting. The Company manages  these
ventures  and earns a  property management fee based  on the ventures' revenues.
The condensed  combined balance  sheets of  these ventures  and their  condensed
statements of operations are summarized as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,                                                                1995       1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>
Total assets, primarily rental property.................................  $  90,252  $  53,224
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Liabilities, primarily long-term debt...................................  $  91,126  $  53,920
Partners' deficit.......................................................       (874)      (696)
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Total liabilities and partners' deficit.................................  $  90,252  $  53,224
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                PERIOD FROM
                                                             PERIOD FROM      JANUARY 1, 1994
                                          YEAR ENDED      MARCH 22, 1994 TO         TO             YEAR ENDED
                                       DECEMBER 31,1995   DECEMBER 31,1994    MARCH 21, 1994    DECEMBER 31, 1993
                                       -----------------  -----------------  -----------------  -----------------
<S>                                    <C>                <C>                <C>                <C>
Revenues.............................      $  12,671          $   3,456          $   3,591          $   7,724
Operating expense....................          4,504              1,308              1,233              2,343
Interest expense.....................          3,923                850                584              1,413
Depreciation and amortization........          2,298                637                934              1,916
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
Net income...........................      $   1,946          $     661          $     840          $   2,052
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
</TABLE>
 
    As  of December  31, 1995,  the Company  guaranteed long-term  debt of joint
venture partnerships of $38,596.
 
    During the year ended December 31, 1995  and the period from March 22,  1994
through December 31, 1994, the Company collected preferential distributions from
a  joint venture  partnership in  the amount  of $162  and $2,863, respectively.
These distributions exceeded the Company's initial capital contribution and  its
allocation  of  net  earnings  of  the  partnership.  Under  the  terms  of  the
partnership agreement, the Company  is required to  restore its capital  account
upon  liquidation of the partnership  or sale of its  partnership interest to an
amount equal to the lesser of the amount of the deficit or the aggregate  amount
of  the  preferential distributions.  At December  31, 1995  and 1994,  $856 and
$2,025, respectively,  is included  in accounts  payable and  other  liabilities
representing  the balance of  preferential distributions collected  in excess of
the initial capital contribution and allocation of net earnings.
 
NOTE 6 -- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
    At December 31, 1995, the net  amount due from affiliates consisted of  $890
due primarily from joint venture partnerships relating to reimbursement of costs
paid by the Company on behalf of the joint venture partnerships and $304 of fees
due  from joint venture  partnerships in connection with  the development of one
new factory  outlet center  and  the expansion  of  an existing  factory  outlet
center.  At December 31, 1994,  the net amount due  from affiliates consisted of
$806 due  from  PGI  for  costs  to  be  reimbursed  relating  to  certain  land
improvements  at one of the  Company's factory outlet centers  and $848 due from
joint  venture  partnerships  relating  to  costs  to  be  reimbursed  for   the
development of future phases of certain factory outlet centers.
 
    Prior  to the formation  of the Company,  the Predecessor paid  PGI fees for
certain  development,  construction  management,  administrative,  leasing   and
management services.
 
                                      F-20
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 6 -- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
    Summary  information regarding fees  paid to PGI by  the Predecessor were as
follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              PERIOD FROM
                                                          JANUARY 1, 1994 TO      YEAR ENDED
                                                            MARCH 21, 1994     DECEMBER 31, 1993
                                                          -------------------  -----------------
<S>                                                       <C>                  <C>
Development fees (A)....................................       $      26           $     579
Construction management fees(A).........................              12                 416
Administrative/support fees.............................              17                  51
Leasing commissions(B)..................................              76               1,058
Other leasing costs(A)..................................              27                 142
Property management fees................................             299                 777
Other...................................................              --                  45
                                                                   -----              ------
                                                               $     457           $   3,068
                                                                   -----              ------
                                                                   -----              ------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
(A) Amounts paid were capitalized to rental property
 
(B) Amounts paid were capitalized to deferred charges
 
    During 1993 and through March 21,  1994, the Predecessor reimbursed PGI  for
legal,  accounting and other miscellaneous costs. For the period from January 1,
1994 to March 21, 1994  and for the year ended  December 31, 1993, such  amounts
were $95 and $319, respectively.
 
NOTE 7 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE
    Bonds payable consisted of the following at December 31, 1995 and 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,                                                                                    1995       1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                                           <C>        <C>
Variable rate tax-exempt revenue bonds (the "Bonds"), rate determined by remarketing agents,
 3.80% to 5.30% at December 31, 1995, interest-only payments, due 2012 to 2014,
 collateralized by properties in Chattanooga, TN and Knoxville, TN..........................  $  28,250  $  28,250
Urban Development Action Grant Loans, 3% through August 31, 1997 and 6% thereafter,
 interest-only payments, due 2016 to 2019, collateralized by property in Chattanooga, TN....      4,650      4,650
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
                                                                                              $  32,900  $  32,900
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
                                                                                              ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Under  the terms of the  loan agreements relating to  the Bonds, the issuing
partnerships are  required to  make interest-only  payments calculated  using  a
variable  rate determined by  the remarketing agents of  the Bonds. The interest
rates ranged from 2.65% to 5.30% in 1995, 1.65% to 5.9% in 1994 and 1.5% to 3.4%
in 1993.  Under  certain conditions,  the  interest rate  on  the Bonds  may  be
converted  to a fixed rate  at the request of  the partnership. A bondholder may
tender bonds during  the variable  interest rate period  and receive  principal,
plus  accrued interest  through the  tender date.  Upon tender,  the remarketing
agents are  required  to  immediately  remarket the  Bonds.  In  the  event  the
remarketing  agents fail to remarket any  bonds, the remarketing agents may draw
on certain  liquidity  facilities as  described  below. The  remarketing  agents
receive  fees varying  from 0.1%  to 0.125%  per annum  on the  outstanding bond
balance, payable quarterly in arrears.
 
    At December 31, 1995, the Bonds are collateralized by letters of credit (the
"Letters of Credit") issued by a  group of financial institutions pursuant to  a
master letter of credit agreement. A letter of credit fee of 0.925% per annum of
the  stated amount of the  Letters of Credit is  payable quarterly in advance to
such financial  institutions. The  Letters  of Credit  are collateralized  by  a
reimbursement agreement under the
 
                                      F-21
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 7 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
master   letter  of  credit  agreement  (the  "Reimbursement  Agreement")  which
obligates an insurance company to  reimburse the financial institutions for  any
funds  drawn on the Letters  of Credit. In addition,  in March 1994, the issuing
partnerships, the Operating  Partnership and an  insurance company entered  into
standby  bond purchase  and indemnity  agreements (the  "Standby Agreements") in
order to  address  the scheduled  expirations  of various  credit  enhancements,
including the Letters of Credit, through March 21, 1999.
 
    Pursuant to the Standby Agreements, the insurance company agreed that in the
event  that any  of the issuing  partnerships are unable  to arrange replacement
credit enhancement facilities as necessary, the insurance company will  purchase
the  applicable Bonds and hold the same until  March 21, 1999, at which time the
issuing partnership  and  the  Operating Partnership  will  purchase  the  Bonds
pursuant to the terms of the related Standby Agreement.
 
    The  Letters of  Credit are  scheduled to expire  on December  31, 1996. The
total commitments outstanding  under the  Letters of  Credit, the  Reimbursement
Agreement  and the Standby Agreements as of December 31, 1995, were $28,909. The
due date of the Bonds accelerates upon  the expiration of the Letters of  Credit
unless the Letters of Credit are extended or replaced.
 
    Notes payable consisted of the following at December 31, 1995 and 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,                                                                                   1995        1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                                                         <C>         <C>
Revolving line of credit, LIBOR plus 2.25%, 8.19% at December 31, 1995, monthly
 interest-only payments, due December 31, 1996, collateralized by seven properties located
 throughout the United States.............................................................  $  145,478
Mortgage, LIBOR plus 2.235%, 8.21% at December 31, 1995 and 8.235% at December 31, 1994,
 monthly installments of $694 including interest, due July 1, 2000, collateralized by six
 properties located throughout the United States..........................................      97,732  $   99,355
Mortgage, 8.00% at December 31, 1995 and 5.25% at December 31, 1994, interest-only
 payments, due July 31, 1996, collateralized by property in Lombard, IL...................      16,000      16,000
Second mortgage, LIBOR plus 2.25%, 8.19% at December 31, 1995, interest-only payments, due
 July 31, 1996, collateralized by properties in Castle Rock, CO and Huntley, IL...........      10,000          --
Mortgage, 7.50%, monthly installments of $29 including interest, due June 22, 2000,
 collateralized by property in Knoxville, TN..............................................       3,844       3,870
Mortgage, LIBOR plus 2.25%, 8.38% at December 31, 1994, interest only payments, due April
 1, 1995, collateralized by property in Gainesville, TX...................................          --      15,000
Revolving line of credit, LIBOR plus 2.25%, weighted average rate of 8.29% at December 31,
 1994, interest-only payments, due September 22, 1995, collateralized by property in
 Castle Rock, CO..........................................................................          --      26,900
Construction line of credit, LIBOR plus 2.50%, 8.63% at December 31, 1994, interest-only
 payments, due September 30, 1995, collateralized by property in Huntley, IL..............          --      20,000
Unsecured line of credit, $10,000 available at December 31, 1995, LIBOR plus 2.50%,
 interest-only payments, due July 11, 1996................................................          --          --
                                                                                            ----------  ----------
                                                                                            $  273,054  $  181,125
                                                                                            ----------  ----------
                                                                                            ----------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-22
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 7 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
    At  December 31, 1995,  unused commitments were  $10,000. Interest costs are
summarized as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             PERIOD FROM        PERIOD FROM
                                          YEAR ENDED      MARCH 22, 1994 TO   JANUARY 1, 1994      YEAR ENDED
                                       DECEMBER 31, 1995  DECEMBER 31, 1994  TO MARCH 21, 1994  DECEMBER 31, 1993
                                       -----------------  -----------------  -----------------  -----------------
<S>                                    <C>                <C>                <C>                <C>
Interest incurred....................      $  19,354          $   7,728          $   2,585          $   9,277
Interest capitalized.................         (2,336)              (964)                --               (711)
Interest earned on interest rate
 protection contracts................           (721)              (224)                --                 --
Amortization of deferred financing
 costs and interest rate protection
 contracts...........................          4,524              2,945                695                362
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
Interest expense.....................      $  20,821          $   9,485          $   3,280          $   8,928
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
Interest paid........................      $  18,295          $   8,803          $   1,868          $   5,131
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
                                             -------             ------             ------             ------
</TABLE>
 
    The scheduled maturities  of bonds and  notes payable at  December 31,  1995
were as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,                                                                           1995
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ----------
<S>                                                                                 <C>
1996..............................................................................  $  173,271
1997..............................................................................       1,961
1998..............................................................................       2,187
1999..............................................................................       2,340
2000..............................................................................      90,244
Thereafter........................................................................      35,951
                                                                                    ----------
                                                                                    $  305,954
                                                                                    ----------
                                                                                    ----------
</TABLE>
 
    The  aggregate carrying  amount of bonds  and notes payable  at December 31,
1995 approximated their fair value. At December 31, 1995, the aggregate carrying
amount of rental property collateralizing bonds and notes payable was $396,473.
 
    At December 31, 1995, the Company held interest rate protection contracts on
$28,250 of floating rate tax-exempt  indebtedness and $97,732 of other  floating
rate  indebtedness. These  contracts expire in  1999 and  2000, respectively. In
addition, the Company purchased additional interest rate protection contracts on
$43,900 of  the  $97,732  floating  rate  indebtedness  to  further  reduce  the
Company's  exposure  to  increases in  interest  rates. These  contracts  have a
weighted average maturity of approximately 3.9 years.
 
                                      F-23
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 7 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
    The following  table summarizes  the  material terms  of the  interest  rate
protection contracts held for purposes other than trading and related borrowings
at December 31, 1995 and 1994:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 BORROWINGS                         INTEREST RATE PROTECTION CONTRACTS
 OUTSTANDING   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AT DECEMBER     NOTIONAL
  31, 1995        AMOUNT         DATE
(IN MILLIONS)  (IN MILLIONS)   PURCHASED     TERM       INDEX     MAXIMUM INDEX     RATE
- -------------  -------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  ---------
<S>            <C>            <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>              <C>        <C>
  $    97.7      $    97.7        6/30/94    6 years      LIBOR      Years 1-5          7.0%
                                                                        Year 6          8.0%
       28.3           28.3        3/21/94    5 years      Kenny         Year 1          3.0%
                                                          Index         Year 2          3.5%
                                                                        Year 3          4.0%
                                                                        Year 4          4.5%
                                                                        Year 5          5.0%
     ------         ------
  $   126.0      $   126.0
     ------         ------
     ------         ------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                        ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE PROTECTION ON $97.7 MILLION FLOATING RATE INDEBTEDNESS
               -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                               MAXIMUM SPREAD
                 NOTIONAL                                                                          BETWEEN
                  AMOUNT         DATE                                                           MAXIMUM INDEX
               (IN MILLIONS)   PURCHASED     TERM       INDEX     MAXIMUM INDEX     RATE       RATE AND INDEX
               -------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  ---------  -------------------
<S>            <C>            <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>              <C>        <C>
                 $    22.0         7/1/94    4 years      LIBOR         Year 1          5.0%            2.0%
                                                                        Year 2          5.5%            1.5%
                                                                        Year 3          6.0%            1.0%
                                                                        Year 4          6.5%            0.5%
                      21.9       3/31/94,    5 years      LIBOR         Year 1         3.75%           3.25%
                                  Amended                               Year 2         4.25%           2.75%
                                   7/1/94                               Year 3         4.75%           2.25%
                                                                        Year 4         5.25%           1.75%
                                                                        Year 5         5.75%           1.25%
                    ------
                 $    43.9
                    ------
                    ------
</TABLE>
 
    The  net carrying amount  of interest rate  protection contracts at December
31, 1995  was $5,064.  The  estimated fair  value  of interest  rate  protection
contracts based on quoted market rates at December 31, 1995 was $1,612.
 
    On  March 2,  1995, the  Company closed  on a  $160,000 Revolving  Loan (the
"Revolving Loan")  with  a financial  institution.  At December  31,  1995,  the
Revolving  Loan had an outstanding principal  balance of $145,478. The Revolving
Loan is guaranteed by the Operating Partnership and seven property partnerships,
and is cross-collateralized by first  mortgages on seven factory outlet  centers
and   certain   related  assets.   The   Revolving  Loan   prohibits  additional
collateralized indebtedness  on  the  properties and  requires  compliance  with
certain  financial  loan covenants  related to  earnings, debt  service coverage
ratios, payment  of dividends,  market capitalization  and certain  non-monetary
covenants such as changes in control and the taxation of the Company. The amount
available to be drawn by the Company under the Revolving Loan at any time during
the  term of  the facility  is calculated based  upon the  net cash  flow of the
collateral, as  defined.  The collateral  pool  of  the Revolving  Loan  can  be
expanded by adding properties including properties under development, subject to
certain  limitations such  as the  level of  executed leases  and the  amount of
projected net cash flow.
 
                                      F-24
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 7 -- BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
    On December 18, 1995,  the Company obtained from  a financial institution  a
commitment  for a  ten-year $233,000  first mortgage  loan (the  "First Mortgage
Loan"). The First Mortgage Loan will bear  a fixed rate of interest at a  spread
over  10-year Treasury notes,  depending on the  level of proceeds  drawn on the
facility, and will require monthly principal and interest payments pursuant to a
25-year amortization schedule. Management can elect to fix the interest rate  on
the  loan facility at any time prior to the expected loan closing in July, 1996.
The First Mortgage  Loan will be  cross-collateralized by mortgages  encumbering
nine  existing factory outlet centers. Approximately $91,000 of the net proceeds
from the First Mortgage  Loan will be  used to pay down  the Revolving Loan.  In
addition, approximately $97,000 will be used to repay the six-year variable-rate
loan  facility closed in June, 1994 that had an outstanding principal balance of
$97,732 at December 31, 1995.
 
    On December 18, 1995, the Company also obtained from a financial institution
a $35,000 interim loan (the  "Interim Loan") collateralized by second  mortgages
on  two existing  factory outlet centers.  The principal  balance outstanding at
December 31, 1995 was $10,000. The Interim Loan will be repaid from proceeds  of
the First Mortgage Loan. In addition, on December 18, 1995, the Company obtained
a  commitment  for a  five-year $22,500  term  loan (the  "Term Loan")  which is
expected to close  simultaneously with the  First Mortgage Loan.  The Term  Loan
will  bear  interest at  LIBOR plus  5.00%  and requires  interest-only payments
during the  first twelve  months and  then  will be  fully amortizing  over  the
balance  of the term.  The Term Loan will  be collateralized by  a pledge of the
excess cash flow from the  nine existing factory outlet centers  collateralizing
the First Mortgage Loan.
 
    Upon  closing of the First Mortgage Loan and the Term Loan, the Company will
incur a loss of approximately  $6,550, including $5,728 relating to  unamortized
financing  and interest rate protection costs. Management intends to redesignate
a portion of the interest rate protection contracts in July 1996 to hedge  other
long-term variable-rate indebtedness. The estimated loss of approximately $6,550
includes  the  estimated  unamortized  cost  of  the  interest  rate  protection
contracts as of  July 31, 1996,  including debt prepayment  penalties and  other
deferred  financing costs, less  the fair value of  the interest rate protection
contracts based on their fair value at December 31, 1995. The future fair  value
of  interest rate protection contracts  is susceptible to valuation fluctuations
based on  market  changes  in  interest  rates and  the  maturity  date  of  the
underlying  contracts. In the event the First Mortgage Loan and Term Loan do not
close prior  to July  31, 1996,  the Company  will incur  a charge  to  earnings
relating   to  non-refundable   financing  fees.   As  of   December  31,  1995,
non-refundable financing fees paid to the financial institution were $1,973.  In
addition,  the Company  is required to  pay $1,277  of additional non-refundable
financing fees prior to the First Mortgage Loan closing date.
 
    On January 30, 1996, the Company obtained from a commercial mortgage company
a commitment  for a  mortgage loan  in an  amount not  to exceed  $7,000 for  an
eight-year term (the "Refinancing Loan"). The Refinancing Loan will bear a fixed
interest  rate based  on eight-year Treasury  notes plus  2.60%, require monthly
principal and interest  payments based  on a 16-year  amortization schedule  and
will  be  collateralized by  property  in Lombard,  IL.  The commitment  for the
Refinancing Loan expires on August 1, 1996.
 
NOTE 8 -- MINORITY INTERESTS
    In  conjunction  with  the  formation  of  the  Company  and  the  Operating
Partnership,  the predecessor owners contributed interests in certain properties
to the  Operating Partnership  and, in  exchange, received  limited  partnership
interests  in  the Operating  Partnership.  In accordance  with  its partnership
agreement, the Operating  Partnership will  pay a  preferential distribution  of
$0.295  in each quarter for  each Common Unit held by  the Company (the total of
such units is equal to the number  of outstanding common shares of the  Company)
before  any  distribution is  paid  for the  Common  Units held  by  the limited
partners. After payment of the preferential  distribution to the Company, up  to
$0.295  will be distributed for  each Common Unit held  by the limited partners.
Any further  amounts distributed  in such  quarter will  be distributed  ratably
among all
 
                                      F-25
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 8 -- MINORITY INTERESTS (CONTINUED)
Common Units. The preferential distribution for Common Units held by the Company
will  terminate after the Operating Partnership has paid quarterly distributions
of at least  $0.295 on all  Common Units  (12,095,800 as of  December 31,  1995)
during  four successive  quarters without distributing  to Convertible Preferred
Units and Common  Units more  than 90% of  Funds from  Operations ("FFO")  after
payment of distributions on the Senior Preferred Units in any such quarter. Once
the  preferential distribution is terminated,  distributions with respect to the
Common Units held by the  Company and the limited partners  will be pro rata  to
the  holders thereof. Accordingly, FFO must equal at least $9,615 (or $0.362 per
common share equivalent-primary) for four  successive quarters to terminate  the
preferential  distribution  to  the  Company. For  purposes  of  terminating the
preferential distribution, FFO means net  income (loss) (computed in  accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles "GAAP"), excluding gains or losses
from  debt  restructuring  and sales  of  real property,  plus  depreciation and
amortization and  after adjustments  for unconsolidated  partnerships and  joint
ventures.  In addition, PGI,  certain members of  executive management and other
parties have agreed not to exchange their Common Units for common shares of  the
Company (subject to certain conditions as defined in the Operating Partnership's
partnership  agreement) for a period of two  to three years after the completion
of the Offerings.
 
    At December 31, 1995 and 1994,  loans to certain limited partners, who  also
are  executive officers  of the Company,  aggregating $4,750 were  reported as a
reduction in minority interests in the consolidated balance sheets.
 
    Minority interests also includes limited partners owning interests in  three
Property  Partnerships that are not wholly owned by the Company. During the year
ended December  31,  1995,  expenses  totaling  $1,049  related  solely  to  the
operation  of the Company  were allocated only to  the common shareholders. Such
allocation is  consistent with  the federal  and state  tax treatment  of  these
expenses.
 
NOTE 9 -- PREFERRED STOCK
    The  Company is authorized to issue up to 24,315,000 of non-voting preferred
stock in one or  more series. At  December 31, 1995,  2,300,000 shares of  10.5%
Series  A Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock ($0.01 par value) ("Senior Preferred
Stock") and 7,015,000  shares of Series  B Cumulative Participating  Convertible
Preferred   Stock  ($0.01  par  value)   ("Convertible  Preferred  Stock")  were
outstanding. The Senior Preferred  Stock and Cumulative  Preferred Stock have  a
liquidation  preference equivalent to $25 per share plus the amount equal to any
accrued and unpaid dividends thereon.
 
    Dividends on the Senior Preferred Stock are payable quarterly in the  amount
of  $2.625 per share per annum. Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock are
payable quarterly at the greater  of (1) $2.125 per share  per annum or (2)  the
dividends  on  the  number of  shares  of Common  Stock  into which  a  share of
Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible on or after March 31, 1997.  The
Convertible  Preferred Stock  is convertible into  shares of Common  Stock on or
after March 31,  1997, at the  conversion price  of $20.90 per  share of  Common
Stock.
 
    The  Company has  the right  to redeem  the Senior  Preferred Stock  and the
Convertible Preferred Stock beginning on and after March 31, 1999 at $26.75  and
$27.125  per share,  respectively. The redemption  price decreases incrementally
each year thereafter through March 31, 2004, at which date the redemption  price
is fixed at $25.00 per share.
 
    The  holders of the  Senior Preferred Stock  and Cumulative Preferred Stock,
each series voting separately as a class, have the right to elect two additional
members to the Company's Board of  Directors if the equivalent of six  quarterly
dividends on these series of preferred stock of the Company are in arrears. Each
of  such two  directors will be  elected to serve  until the earlier  of (1) the
election and qualification of such directors'  successor, or (2) payment of  the
dividend arrearage.
 
                                      F-26
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 10 -- STOCK OPTION PLANS
    On  March 22, 1994, the  Company established a stock  option plan (the "1994
Plan") for the purpose of attracting and retaining directors, executive officers
and other key  employees. Under  the 1994 Plan,  the Company  issued options  to
purchase  585,000 shares of common stock at  $19.00 per share which was equal to
the initial  public offering  price of  such  shares. The  grant date  of  these
options  was  March 22,  1994. Options  aggregating  550,000 common  shares were
granted to key executive officers and vest at  a rate of 20% per year over  five
years  (20% on  the first  anniversary of the  Offerings and  one-twelfth of 20%
monthly thereafter)  and will  have a  term  of ten  years. Options  granted  to
outside  directors and consultants of 35,000  common shares were fully vested at
the grant date and have a term of ten years.
 
    On May 18,  1995, the  Company adopted the  1995 Stock  Incentive Plan  (the
"1995  Plan"). The 1995 Plan provides for  awards of stock options not to exceed
600,000 shares in the aggregate to  directors, executive officers and other  key
employees.  On  May  18, 1995,  options  aggregating 20,000  common  shares were
granted to outside directors and consultants. Such stock options have an  option
price  of $12.45, were  fully vested at  the grant date  and have a  term of ten
years. No additional options were granted during 1995.
 
    There were no  stock options  exercised or  canceled during  the year  ended
December 31, 1995 and for the period from March 22, 1994 to December 31, 1994.
 
NOTE 11 -- LEASE AGREEMENTS
    The  Company is the lessor of retail and office space under operating leases
with initial  lease  terms  that expire  from  1996  to 2013.  Most  leases  are
renewable  for five years at the lessee's option. Future minimum base rent to be
received under noncancelable operating leases were as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,                                                                           1995
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ----------
<S>                                                                                 <C>
1996..............................................................................  $   48,349
1997..............................................................................      44,776
1998..............................................................................      39,827
1999..............................................................................      31,948
2000..............................................................................      22,660
Thereafter........................................................................      41,627
                                                                                    ----------
                                                                                    $  229,187
                                                                                    ----------
                                                                                    ----------
</TABLE>
 
    The Company  leases  certain land,  buildings  and equipment  under  various
noncancelable  operating lease  agreements. Rental expense  for operating leases
was $961, $720, $47 and  $131 for the year ended  December 31, 1995 and for  the
periods  from March 22, 1994 to December 31,  1994, January 1, 1994 to March 21,
1994 and for  the year  ended December  31, 1993,  respectively. Future  minimum
rental payments, by year and in the aggregate, payable under these noncancelable
operating  leases with initial or remaining terms  of one year or more consisted
of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,                                                                           1995
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------
<S>                                                                                  <C>
1996...............................................................................  $     949
1997...............................................................................        903
1998...............................................................................        836
1999...............................................................................        804
2000...............................................................................        790
Thereafter.........................................................................      9,070
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     $  13,352
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     ---------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-27
<PAGE>
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
        AND COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PREDECESSOR (CONTINUED)
 
NOTE 12 -- LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
    In the ordinary course of business, the Company is subject to certain  legal
actions.  While any  litigation contains  an element  of uncertainty, management
believes that losses, if any, resulting from such matters, including the  matter
described  below, will  not have a  material adverse effect  on the consolidated
financial statements of the Company.
 
    The Company is a defendant in a lawsuit  filed on June 14, 1995 in the  U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia whereby the plaintiffs
allege that the Company breached a confidentiality agreement entered into by the
Predecessor  and the  plaintiffs in connection  with the proposed  purchase of a
factory outlet  center  in  Martinsburg,  West Virginia.  The  outcome  and  the
ultimate  liability of the Company, if any,  of this lawsuit cannot currently be
predicted. Management believes, however, that it has acted properly and  intends
to defend this lawsuit vigorously.
 
                                      F-28
<PAGE>
                         REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Prime Retail, Inc.
 
    We  have audited the consolidated financial statements of Prime Retail, Inc.
as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and  for the year ended December 31, 1995  and
for  the period from March  22, 1994 to December 31,  1994. We have also audited
the combined financial statements of Prime Retail Properties for the period from
January 1, 1994 to March 21, 1994 and  for the year ended December 31, 1993.  We
have  issued our  report thereon dated  January 30, 1996  (included elsewhere in
this Registration Statement). Our audits  also included the financial  statement
schedule  listed in Item 35(b) of  this Registration Statement. This schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion based on our audits.
 
    In our opinion,  the financial  statement schedule referred  to above,  when
considered  in  relation to  the basic  financial statements  taken as  a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
 
                                          Ernst & Young LLP
 
Baltimore, Maryland
January 30, 1996
 
                                      S-1
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
            SCHEDULE III -- REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        GROSS AMOUNT AT WHICH
                                                                                COSTS CAPITALIZED
                                                                                  SUBSEQUENT TO          CARRIED AT CLOSE OF
                                                   INITIAL COST TO COMPANY
                                                                                   ACQUISITION                  PERIOD
                                                   ------------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------
                                                               BUILDINGS &               BUILDINGS &               BUILDINGS &
DESCRIPTION                         ENCUMBRANCES     LAND     IMPROVEMENTS     LAND     IMPROVEMENTS     LAND     IMPROVEMENTS
- ----------------------------------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------
<S>                                 <C>            <C>        <C>            <C>        <C>            <C>        <C>
Warehouse Row.....................    $  23,900    $      --    $      --    $     537    $  31,996    $     537    $  31,996
Warehouse Row II..................           --           --           --          350        2,566          350        2,566
San Marcos Factory Shops..........       29,808           --           --        1,626       38,224        1,626       38,224
Triangle Factory Shops............        7,330           --           --        2,502       19,753        2,502       19,753
Gulf Coast Factory Shops..........       22,283           --           --        3,873       25,375        3,873       25,375
Gainsville Factory Shops..........       22,639           --           --          737       29,542          737       29,542
Castle Rock Factory Shops.........       40,167        4,424       47,200           --          310        4,424       47,510
Ohio Factory Shops................       20,622          843       31,084           --        1,340          843       32,424
Coral Isle Factory Shops..........        7,916        2,753       15,602           --          200        2,753       15,802
Nebraska Crossing Factory Shops...        9,773        2,904       16,614           --          197        2,904       16,811
Huntley Factory Shops.............       23,900           --           --        1,827       33,380        1,827       33,380
Florida Keys Factory Shops........       17,682           --           --        2,875       21,183        2,875       21,183
Indiana Factory Shops.............       15,007           --           --          516       20,697          516       20,697
Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops......       18,007           --           --        3,073       26,267        3,073       26,267
Gulfport Factory Shops............       18,076           --           --          405       23,457          405       23,457
Northgate Plaza...................       16,000        3,626       11,630           --          119        3,626       11,749
Melrose Place.....................        2,000           --           --          499        1,928          499        1,928
Western Plaza.....................       10,844           --           --        2,000        6,990        2,000        6,990
Property Under Development........           --           --           --           --       12,165           --       12,165
Other Property....................           --           --        1,291           --           --           --        1,291
                                    -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------
                                      $ 305,954    $  14,550    $ 123,421    $  20,820    $ 295,689    $  35,370    $ 419,110
                                    -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------
                                    -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                ACCUMULATED    CONSTRUCTED (C)
DESCRIPTION                           TOTAL    DEPRECIATION      ACQUIRED (A)
- ----------------------------------  ---------  -------------  ------------------
<S>                                 <C>        <C>            <C>
Warehouse Row.....................  $  32,533    $   8,091    Nov 1989(C)
Warehouse Row II..................      2,916          162    Dec 1993(A)
San Marcos Factory Shops..........     39,850        7,237    Aug 1990(C)
Triangle Factory Shops............     22,255        3,592    Oct 1991(C)
Gulf Coast Factory Shops..........     29,248        4,161    Oct 1991(C)
Gainsville Factory Shops..........     30,279        2,570    Aug 1993(C)
Castle Rock Factory Shops.........     51,934        4,240    Mar 1994(A)
Ohio Factory Shops................     33,267        2,767    Mar 1994(A)
Coral Isle Factory Shops..........     18,555          708    Mar 1994(A)
Nebraska Crossing Factory Shops...     19,715          732    Mar 1994(A)
Huntley Factory Shops.............     35,207        1,252    Sep 1994(C)
Florida Keys Factory Shops........     24,058        1,159    Sep 1994(C)
Indiana Factory Shops.............     21,213          873    Nov 1994(C)
Magnolia Bluff Factory Shops......     29,340          482    July 1995(C)
Gulfport Factory Shops............     23,862          114    Oct 1995(C)
Northgate Plaza...................     15,375          592    Mar 1994(A)
Melrose Place.....................      2,427          619    Aug 1987(C)
Western Plaza.....................      8,990          532    Jun 1993(A)
Property Under Development........     12,165           --    Under
                                                              Construction
Other Property....................      1,291          307    Mar 1994 -
                                                              Dec 1995(A)
                                    ---------  -------------
                                    $ 454,480    $  40,190
                                    ---------  -------------
                                    ---------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      S-2
<PAGE>
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
       NOTES TO SCHEDULE III -- REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
    Depreciation on building and improvements  is calculated on a  straight-line
basis over the estimated useful lives of the asset as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                 <C>
Land improvements.................................  20 years
Buildings and improvements........................  Principally 40 years
Tenant improvements...............................  Term of related lease
Furniture and equipment...........................  5 years
</TABLE>
 
    The  aggregate  cost  for  federal  income  tax  purposes  was approximately
$531,145 at December 31, 1995.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             INVESTMENT IN RENTAL PROPERTY
                                                           ----------------------------------
                                                                 YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
                                                           ----------------------------------
                                                              1995        1994        1993
                                                           ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                        <C>         <C>         <C>
Balance, beginning of period.............................  $  376,181  $  185,394  $  131,413
Retirements..............................................        (258)       (238)       (206)
Improvements.............................................      79,075     191,025      54,187
Cost of real estate sold.................................        (518)         --          --
                                                           ----------  ----------  ----------
Balance, end of period...................................  $  454,480  $  376,181  $  185,394
                                                           ----------  ----------  ----------
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</TABLE>
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                  ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                                                               -------------------------------
                                                                   YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
                                                               -------------------------------
                                                                 1995       1994       1993
                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
Balance, beginning of period.................................  $  26,668  $  15,720  $   9,261
Retirements..................................................       (258)      (238)      (206)
Depreciation for the period..................................     13,780     11,186      6,665
                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Balance, end of period.......................................  $  40,190  $  26,668  $  15,720
                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
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                                      S-4
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                                  UNDERWRITING
 
    Subject  to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement
among  the  Company,  the  Operating  Partnership  and  the  Underwriters   (the
"Underwriting  Agreement"), the Company and  the Selling Stockholder have agreed
to sell to each of  the Underwriters named below,  and each of the  Underwriters
for  whom Friedman,  Billings, Ramsey &  Co., Inc., is  acting as representative
(the "Representative") has severally  agreed to purchase  from the Company,  the
respective  number  of shares  of Common  Stock set  forth below  opposite their
respective  names.  Under  the  Underwriting  Agreement,  the  Underwriters  are
obligated to purchase all of the 3,795,328 shares of Common Stock offered hereby
if any are purchased.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               NUMBER OF SHARES
                UNDERWRITERS                   OF COMMON STOCK
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<S>                                            <C>
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc........
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.................
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated.....
                                               ----------------
    Total....................................     3,795,328
</TABLE>
 
   
    The  Underwriters have advised the Company  and the Selling Stockholder that
they propose to initially offer the Common  Stock to the public at the  Offering
price  set forth on the cover page of  this Prospectus and to certain dealers at
such price less a concession not in excess of  $    per share. After the  shares
of  Common Stock have been  released for sale to  the public, the offering price
and concession may be changed.
    
 
    The Company has granted  to the Underwriters an  option, exercisable for  30
days  after the date  of this Prospectus,  to purchase up  to 555,750 additional
shares of Common Stock  solely to cover over-allotments,  if any, at the  public
offering  price, less the underwriting discount, set  forth on the cover page of
this Prospectus.
 
    The Representative has reserved up to  5,000 shares of Common Stock  offered
hereby  for  sale  at  the  public offering  price  to  directors,  officers and
employees of  the Company  who have  expressed an  interest in  purchasing  such
shares.  Such purchases will be made on the same terms and conditions as will be
initially offered  by the  Underwriters  to others  in  the Offering,  and  such
purchasers  will, prior to acquiring any shares, be required to represent to the
Representative and  the  Company  that  they  are  purchasing  such  shares  for
investment purposes only with no present intention to resell the shares.
 
    The  Company and  the executive officers  and directors of  the Company have
agreed that for a period of 90 days  from the date of this Prospectus they  will
not,  without the  prior written consent  of the Representative,  offer, sell or
otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into
or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, except for any Common Stock issued by
the Company upon  exchange of  Common Units  or upon  conversion of  Convertible
Preferred Stock or pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plans.
 
    In  the Underwriting Agreement, the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the
Operating Partnership  have  agreed, jointly  and  severally, to  indemnify  the
Underwriters  against certain liabilities, including civil liabilities under the
Securities Act. Each of  the Underwriters may be  deemed to be an  "underwriter"
for  purposes of the Securities Act in connection with the Offering. The Company
will  reimburse  the  Underwriters  for  up  to  $200,000  of  their  reasonable
out-of-pocket   expenses  (including  legal  fees   and  expenses)  incurred  in
connection with the Offering.
 
    The Common Stock is listed  on the Nasdaq National  Market. There can be  no
assurance,  however, that the Company will be  able to maintain the inclusion of
the Common Stock in the Nasdaq National Market or that an active trading  market
will be maintained in such stock.
 
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                                      U-2
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NO  PERSON  HAS  BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO  GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION  OR  TO  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE OFFERING COVERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS.  IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION  OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY
OR THE UNDERWRITERS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONTSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL, OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, ANY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO
ANY  PERSON TO WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL  TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER
THE DELIVERY OF  THIS PROSPECTUS  NOR ANY SALE  MADE HEREUNDER  SHALL UNDER  ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES  CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT  THERE HAS NOT BEEN  ANY CHANGE IN THE
FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS  PROSPECTUS OR IN THE AFFAIRS  OF THE COMPANY SINCE  THE
DATE THEREOF.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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<CAPTION>
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<S>                                              <C>
Prospectus Summary.............................          1
Risk Factors...................................         18
The Company....................................         29
Price Range of Common Stock and Distribution
 History.......................................         35
Use of Proceeds................................         36
Capitalization.................................         37
Dilution.......................................         40
Selected Financial Data........................         41
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
 Financial Condition and Results of
 Operations....................................         45
Business and Properties........................         62
Policies With Respect to Certain Activities....         87
Management.....................................         91
Certain Relationships and Transactions.........        101
Operating Partnership Agreement................        104
Principal Security Holders and Selling Security
 Holder of the Company.........................        107
Description of Capital Stock...................        110
Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of the
 Company's Charter and Bylaws..................        123
Shares Available for Future Sale...............        126
Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations......        127
Legal Matters..................................        140
Experts........................................        140
Available Information..........................        140
Index of Financial Statements..................        F-1
Underwriting...................................        U-1
</TABLE>
 
                                3,795,328 SHARES
 
                           [PRIME RETAIL, INC. LOGO]
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
 
                             ---------------------
 
                                   PROSPECTUS
 
                             ---------------------
 
                              FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS,
                               RAMSEY & CO., INC.
 
                                MORGAN KEEGAN &
                                 COMPANY, INC.
 
                           STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY
                                  INCORPORATED
 
                                        , 1996
 
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                                    PART II.
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 30.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
    Set  forth below are the expenses payable  by the Company in connection with
the issuance and  distribution of the  shares of Common  Stock. All amounts  are
estimated other than the Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee and
the NASD Fee.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>
Securities and Exchange Commission Fee........................................  $  17,776.24
NASD Fee......................................................................      5,655.11
Printing and Engraving Expenses...............................................    125,000.00
Legal Fees and Expenses.......................................................    750,000.00
Accounting Fees and Expenses..................................................    175,000.00
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses....................................................     21,000.00
Transfer Agent's and Registrar's Fees and Expenses............................      1,500.00
Miscellaneous Expenses........................................................      4,068.65
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    Total.....................................................................  $1,100,000.00
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</TABLE>
 
ITEM 31.  SALES TO SPECIAL PARTIES.
 
    Not applicable.
 
ITEM 32.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
 
    The  following sets forth  certain information as to  all securities sold by
the Company  within the  last three  years that  were not  registered under  the
Securities  Act. As to such transactions,  an exemption is claimed under Section
4(2) and/or Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
 
    On July 16, 1993, the Company issued  100 shares of Common Stock to  Michael
W.  Reschke for  $10 per  share, or an  aggregate consideration  of $1,000. This
Common Stock  was purchased  solely for  investment purposes  to facilitate  the
organization of the Company. Upon completion of the Initial Public Offering, all
of  the shares so  acquired by Mr. Reschke  were redeemed by  the Company for an
aggregate redemption price of $1,000.
 
    In addition, at the time of the Initial Public Offering, the Company  caused
the  Operating  Partnership  to  issue 9,200,800  Common  Units  to  the Limited
Partners in exchange for  their respective interests in  the Properties and  the
Management  and Development Operations.  Also at the time  of the Initial Public
Offering, the Operating Partnership loaned, on a recourse basis, $2.5 million to
each of Messrs. Rosenthal and  Carpenter who used the  proceeds of such loan  to
each purchase 125,000 additional Common Units. The Company has issued options to
purchase  a total of 585,000  shares of Common Stock  pursuant to the 1994 Stock
Incentive Plan and options to purchase a total of 600,000 shares of Common Stock
pursuant to  the  1995  Stock  Incentive Plan  to  certain  executives  and  the
Company's independent directors.
 
ITEM 33.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
    The  Charter and Bylaws  authorize the Company to  indemnify its present and
former directors  and  officers  and  to pay  or  reimburse  expenses  for  such
individuals  in advance of the final disposition  of a proceeding to the maximum
extent permitted from time  to time under Maryland  law. The MGCL provides  that
indemnification of a person who is a party, or threatened to be made a party, to
legal proceedings by reason of the fact that such a person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of a corporation, or is or was serving as a director,
officer,  employee or agent of  a corporation or other firm  at the request of a
corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in  settlement,
is  mandatory  in certain  circumstances and  permissive  in others,  subject to
authorization  by  the  board  of  directors,  so  long  as  a  person   seeking
indemnification acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in
or  not opposed to  the best interests  of the corporation  and, with respect to
criminal proceedings,  had no  reason to  believe that  his or  her conduct  was
unlawful.
 
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    The  Company's officers and  directors are also  indemnified pursuant to the
Operation Partnership  Agreement  and their  respective  employment  agreements,
which  agreements  were  filed  in connection  with  the  Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-11 pursuant to the Initial Public Offering.
 
    The Company has purchased an insurance  policy which purports to insure  the
officers  and directors of  the Company against  certain liabilities incurred by
them in the discharge of their  functions as such officers and directors  except
for liabilities resulting from their own malfeasance.
 
ITEM 34.  TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK BEING REGISTERED.
 
    Not applicable.
 
ITEM 35.  EXHIBITS.
 
    (a) Financial Statements
 
        Unaudited  Consolidated Balance  Sheets of the  Company as  of March 31,
       1996 and December 31, 1995
 
        Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations  of the Company for  the
       three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995
 
        Unaudited  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows  of the Company for the
       three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995
 
        Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company
 
        Report of Independent Auditors
 
        Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company  as of December 31, 1995  and
       December 31, 1994
 
        Consolidated  Statements of Operations of the Company for the year ended
       December 31, 1995 and for the period from March 22, 1994 to December  31,
       1994  and Combined  Statements of Operations  of the  Predecessor for the
       period from January 1, 1994 to March 21, 1994 and the year ended December
       31, 1993
 
        Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of the Company for the year  ended
       December  31, 1995 and for the period from March 22, 1994 to December 31,
       1994 and Combined  Statements of Cash  Flows of the  Predecessor for  the
       period from January 1, 1994 to March 21, 1994 and the year ended December
       31, 1993
 
        Consolidated  Statements  of  Shareholders' Equity  of  the  Company and
       Combined Statements of Predecessor Owners' Deficit
 
        Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  of the Company and  Combined
       Financial Statements of the Predecessor
 
    (b) Financial Statement Schedules
 
        Report of Independent Auditors
 
        Schedule III -- Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
 
    All other schedules have been omitted either because they are not applicable
or  because  the  required  information  has  been  disclosed  in  the Financial
Statements and related notes included in the Prospectus.
 
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    (c) Exhibits
 
   
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                                    DESCRIPTION
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<S>           <C>
 1.1*         Form of Underwriting Agreement among the Company, the Operating
               Partnership, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters
 3.1*         Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Prime Retail, Inc., as
               amended [Restated to incorporate amendment dated May 29, 1996 for
               purposes of Regulation ST Section 232.102(c) only]
 3.2          Amended and Restated By-Laws of Prime Retail, Inc. [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 (File No.
               0-23616).]
 4            Form of Stock Certificate [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's registration statement on Form S-11
               (Registration No. 33-68536).]
 5.1*         Opinion of Winston & Strawn regarding the validity of the securities
               registered
 8.1*         Opinion of Winston & Strawn regarding tax matters
10.1          Agreement of Limited Partnership of Prime Retail, L.P. [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.1A*        First Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Prime Retail, L.P.
10.1B*        Common Unit Contribution Agreement
10.2          1994 Stock Incentive Plan [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's registration statement on Form S-11
               (Registration No. 33-68536).]
10.3*         1995 Stock Incentive Plan
10.4          Executive Employment Agreement (Michael W. Reschke) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.5          Combined Service and Special Distribution and Allocation Agreement
               (Abraham Rosenthal) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit
               in the Company's registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.
               333-1784).]
10.5A         Special Distribution and Allocation Agreement by and between the Company,
               the Operating Partnership and the Rosenthal Family LLC [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.5B         Indemnification and Option Agreement by and between the Prime Group, Inc.,
               the Rosenthal Family LLC and Abraham Rosenthal [Incorporated by reference
               to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration statement on
               Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.6          Combined Service and Special Distribution and Allocation Agreement
               (William H. Carpenter, Jr.) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration
               No. 333-1784).]
10.6A         Special Distribution and Allocation Agreement by and between the Company,
               the Operating Partnership and the Carpenter Family Associates LLC
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.6B         Indemnification and Option Agreement by and between the Prime Group, Inc.,
               William H. Carpenter, Jr. and the Carpenter Family Associates LLC
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.7          Form of Executive Employment Agreement (David G. Phillips) [Incorporated
               by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
</TABLE>
    
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                                    DESCRIPTION
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<S>           <C>
10.8          Letter Agreement with R. Bruce Armiger [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.9          Right of First Refusal Agreement (Northgate Plaza-Improved Parcel)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
               as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.10         Right of First Refusal Agreement (Northgate Plaza - Vacant Parcel)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
               as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.11         Right of First Refusal Agreement (Huntley Factory Shops) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
10.12         Right of First Refusal Agreement (San Marcos Factory Shops) [Incorporated
               by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.13         Purchase Option Agreement (Northgate Plaza - Excluded Parcel)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
               as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.14A        Purchase and Option Agreement (Huntley Factory Shops) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
10.14B*       First Amendment to Purchase and Option Agreement (Huntley Factory Shops)
10.15         Purchase Agreement (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.16         Registration Rights Agreement [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.17         Agreement of Partnership of Grove City Factory Shops Partnership by and
               between Pittsburgh Factory Shops Limited Partnership and Fru-Con
               Development of Pennsylvania, Inc. as amended by Amendments One through
               Four [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
               33-68536).]
10.18         Assignment, Assumption and Indemnification Agreement (Northgate Plaza)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
               as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.19         Form of Property Level General Partnership Agreement [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
10.20         Form of Property Level Limited Partnership Agreement [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
10.21         Noncompetition Agreement with PGI [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                                    DESCRIPTION
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<S>           <C>
10.22         Form of Standby Bond Purchase and Indemnity Agreement [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
10.23         Second Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement of Abraham Rosenthal
               regarding Common Units of Prime Retail, L.P. [Incorporated by reference
               to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
               for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No.
               0-23616).]
10.24         Second Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement of William H.
               Carpenter, Jr. regarding Common Units of Prime Retail, L.P. [Incorporated
               by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.25         Amended and Restated Promissory Note (Northgate Plaza) with respect to
               Northgate Plaza [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in
               the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
               December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.26         Loan Modification and Assumption Agreement and Partial Release of Mortgage
               (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit
               in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
               December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.27         Environmental Remediation and Indemnity Agreement (Northgate Plaza)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
               as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.28         Guaranty (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.29         ADA Indemnity Agreement (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to
               the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
               the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.30         Consulting Agreement between the Company and Marvin Traub Associates, Inc.
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
               as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.31         Secured Promissory Note of Rosenthal Family LLC with respect to the
               purchase of the Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.31A        Allonge related to the Secured Promissory Note of Rosenthal Family LLC
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.32         Secured Promissory Note of Carpenter Family Associates LLC with respect to
               the purchase of the Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by reference to
               the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
               the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.32A        Allonge related to the Secured Promissory Note of Carpenter Family
               Associates LLC [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in
               the Company's registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.
               333-1784).]
10.33         Pledge and Security Agreement of Rosenthal Family LLC with respect to the
               purchase of the Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                                    DESCRIPTION
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>           <C>
10.34         Pledge and Security Agreement of Carpenter Family Associates LLC with
               respect to the purchase of the Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.35         Guaranty of Abraham Rosenthal with respect to the purchase of the
               Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.35A        Reaffirmation of Pledge and Guaranty with respect to the Restricted Common
               Units of Rosenthal Family LLC and Abraham Rosenthal [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.36         Guaranty of William H. Carpenter, Jr. with respect to the purchase of the
               Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.36A        Reaffirmation of Pledge and Guaranty with respect to the Restricted Common
               Units of Carpenter Family Associates LLC and William H. Carpenter, Jr.
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.37         Waiver, Recontribution and Indemnity Agreement by the Limited Partners
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
               as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.38         Lock-Up Agreement (PGI) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.39         Lock-Up Agreement (Kemper Companies) [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.40         Lock-Up Agreement (Abraham Rosenthal) [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.41         Lock-Up Agreement (William H. Carpenter, Jr.) [Incorporated by reference
               to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
               for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No.
               0-23616).]
10.42         Promissory Note dated June 30, 1994 by and among Prime Retail, L.P. and
               Nomura Asset Capital Corporation [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.43         Open-End Mortgage Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing dated
               June 30, 1994, by and among Ohio Factory Shops Partnership and Nomura
               Asset Capital Corporation [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.44         Revolving Loan Agreement dated March 2, 1995 between Gainesville Factory
               Shops Limited Partnership, Florida Keys Factory Shops Limited
               Partnership, Indianapolis Factory Shops Limited Partnership and Nomura
               Asset Capital Corporation [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
</TABLE>
 
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
   NUMBER                                    DESCRIPTION
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>           <C>
10.45         Commitment Letter dated December 18, 1995 between the Company and Nomura
               Asset Capital Corporation [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 18,
               1995 (File No. 0-23616).]
10.46*        Indemnity Agreement made by the Company in favor of Prime Group, Inc. and
               Prime Group Limited Partnership
10.47*        Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement Grove City Factory Shops
               Partnership by and between Prime Retail, L.P. and The Fru-Con Projects,
               Inc. dated as of May 6, 1996.
10.48         Commitment Letter dated June 5, 1996, as amended and restated as of June
               26, 1996, between the Company and Nomura Asset Capital Corporation
12.1          Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
               and Preferred Stock Dividends
12.2          Statement re Computation of Ratio of Funds from Operations to Combined
               Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
22            Subsidiaries of Prime Retail, Inc. [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's registration statement on Form S-4
               (Registration No. 333-1784).]
24.1          Consent of Winston & Strawn (included in their opinions filed as Exhibits
               5.1 and 8.1)
24.2          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
25*           Power of Attorney
27*           Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE>
    
 
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+  To be filed by amendment.
*  Previously filed.
 
ITEM 36.  UNDERTAKINGS.
 
    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the Underwriters,
at the closing  specified in  the Underwriting Agreement,  certificates in  such
denominations  and registered in  such names as required  by the Underwriters to
permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
 
    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
 
    (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,  the
information  omitted  from  the  form  of  prospectus  filed  as  part  of  this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule  430A and contained in the form  of
prospectus  filed by the Registrant pursuant to  Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h)
under the  Securities  Act shall  be  deemed to  be  part of  this  Registration
Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
    (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933,  each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be
deemed to be  a new registration  statement relating to  the securities  offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
                                      II-7
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    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities  Act
may  be permitted to  directors and officers  of the Registrant  pursuant to the
provisions referred to in  Item 33 above or  otherwise, the Registrant has  been
informed  that in  the opinion  of the  Securities and  Exchange Commission such
indemnification is  against  public policy  as  expressed  in the  Act  and  is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses  incurred
or  paid by a director, officer, or  controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of  any action,  suit or  proceedings), is  asserted by  such
director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has  been settled  by controlling  precedent, submit  to a  court of appropriate
jurisdiction the  question of  whether  such indemnification  by it  is  against
public  policy as expressed  in the Securities  Act and will  be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
 
                                      II-8
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
   
    Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of  the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-11  and  has  duly  caused  this
Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland, on June 27, 1996.
    
 
                                          PRIME RETAIL, INC.
 
                                          By:        /s/ C. ALAN SCHROEDER
 
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                      C. Alan Schroeder
                                                  Senior Vice President and
                                                       General Counsel
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
   
             SIGNATURE                         TITLE                  DATE
- -----------------------------------  -------------------------  ----------------
 
                     *
- -----------------------------------  Chairman of the Board and   June 27, 1996
        Michael W. Reschke            Director
 
                     *               Chief Executive Officer
- -----------------------------------   (Principal Executive       June 27, 1996
         Abraham Rosenthal            Officer) and Director
 
                     *               President, Chief
- -----------------------------------   Operating Officer and      June 27, 1996
     William H. Carpenter, Jr.        Director
 
                                     Executive Vice President
                                      -- Chief Financial
      /s/ ROBERT P. MULREANEY         Officer and Treasurer
- -----------------------------------   (Principal Financial       June 27, 1996
        Robert P. Mulreaney           Officer and Principal
                                      Accounting Officer)
 
                     *
- -----------------------------------  Director                    June 27, 1996
         Terence C. Golden
 
                     *
- -----------------------------------  Director                    June 27, 1996
        Kenneth A. Randall
 
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<C>                                  <S>                        <C>
                     *
- -----------------------------------  Director                    June 27, 1996
         James R. Thompson
 
                     *
- -----------------------------------  Director                    June 27, 1996
          Marvin S. Traub
 
    *By: /s/  C. ALAN SCHROEDER
- -----------------------------------  as Attorney-in-Fact
         C. Alan Schroeder
</TABLE>
    
 
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 
   
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT                                                                       SEQUENTIAL
   NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION                              PAGE NUMBER
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>           <C>                                                             <C>
 1.1*         Form of Underwriting Agreement among the Company, the
               Operating Partnership, the Selling Stockholder and the
               Underwriters
 3.1*         Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Prime
               Retail, Inc., as amended [Restated to incorporate amendment
               dated May 29, 1996 for purposes of Regulation ST Section
               232.102(c) only]
 3.2          Amended and Restated By-Laws of Prime Retail, Inc.
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1995 (File No. 0-23616).]
 4            Form of Stock Certificate [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's registration statement
               on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
 5.1*         Opinion of Winston & Strawn regarding the validity of the
               securities registered
 8.1*         Opinion of Winston & Strawn regarding tax matters
10.1          Agreement of Limited Partnership of Prime Retail, L.P.
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.1A*        First Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Prime
               Retail, L.P.
10.1B*        Common Unit Contribution Agreement
10.2          1994 Stock Incentive Plan [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's registration statement
               on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-68536).]
10.3*         1995 Stock Incentive Plan
10.4          Executive Employment Agreement (Michael W. Reschke)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.5          Combined Service and Special Distribution and Allocation
               Agreement (Abraham Rosenthal) [Incorporated by reference to
               the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.5A         Special Distribution and Allocation Agreement by and between
               the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Rosenthal
               Family LLC [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's registration statement on Form S-4
               (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.5B         Indemnification and Option Agreement by and between the Prime
               Group, Inc., the Rosenthal Family LLC and Abraham Rosenthal
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration
               No. 333-1784).]
10.6          Combined Service and Special Distribution and Allocation
               Agreement (William H. Carpenter, Jr.) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.
               333-1784).]
</TABLE>
    
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT                                                                       SEQUENTIAL
   NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION                              PAGE NUMBER
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>           <C>                                                             <C>
10.6A         Special Distribution and Allocation Agreement by and between
               the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Carpenter
               Family Associates LLC [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's registration statement on
               Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.6B         Indemnification and Option Agreement by and between the Prime
               Group, Inc., William H. Carpenter, Jr. and the Carpenter
               Family Associates LLC [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's registration statement on
               Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.7          Form of Executive Employment Agreement (David G. Phillips)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration
               No. 33-68536).]
10.8          Letter Agreement with R. Bruce Armiger [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.9          Right of First Refusal Agreement (Northgate Plaza-Improved
               Parcel) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit
               in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.10         Right of First Refusal Agreement (Northgate Plaza - Vacant
               Parcel) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit
               in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.11         Right of First Refusal Agreement (Huntley Factory Shops)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration
               No. 33-68536).]
10.12         Right of First Refusal Agreement (San Marcos Factory Shops)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.13         Purchase Option Agreement (Northgate Plaza - Excluded Parcel)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.14A        Purchase and Option Agreement (Huntley Factory Shops)
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration
               No. 33-68536).]
10.14B*       First Amendment to Purchase and Option Agreement (Huntley
               Factory Shops)
10.15         Purchase Agreement (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT                                                                       SEQUENTIAL
   NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION                              PAGE NUMBER
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>           <C>                                                             <C>
10.16         Registration Rights Agreement [Incorporated by reference to
               the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as
               amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.17         Agreement of Partnership of Grove City Factory Shops
               Partnership by and between Pittsburgh Factory Shops Limited
               Partnership and Fru-Con Development of Pennsylvania, Inc. as
               amended by Amendments One through Four [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
               33-68536).]
10.18         Assignment, Assumption and Indemnification Agreement
               (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
               for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.19         Form of Property Level General Partnership Agreement
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration
               No. 33-68536).]
10.20         Form of Property Level Limited Partnership Agreement
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration
               No. 33-68536).]
10.21         Noncompetition Agreement with PGI [Incorporated by reference
               to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as
               amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.22         Form of Standby Bond Purchase and Indemnity Agreement
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration
               No. 33-68536).]
10.23         Second Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement of Abraham
               Rosenthal regarding Common Units of Prime Retail, L.P.
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.24         Second Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement of William
               H. Carpenter, Jr. regarding Common Units of Prime Retail,
               L.P. [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in
               the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.25         Amended and Restated Promissory Note (Northgate Plaza) with
               respect to Northgate Plaza [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form
               10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended
               (File No. 0-23616).]
10.26         Loan Modification and Assumption Agreement and Partial Release
               of Mortgage (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to
               the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on
               Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as
               amended (File No. 0-23616).]
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT                                                                       SEQUENTIAL
   NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION                              PAGE NUMBER
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>           <C>                                                             <C>
10.27         Environmental Remediation and Indemnity Agreement (Northgate
               Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit
               in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.28         Guaranty (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form
               10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended
               (File No. 0-23616).]
10.29         ADA Indemnity Agreement (Northgate Plaza) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.30         Consulting Agreement between the Company and Marvin Traub
               Associates, Inc. [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
               for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.31         Secured Promissory Note of Rosenthal Family LLC with respect
               to the purchase of the Restricted Common Units [Incorporated
               by reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
               31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.31A        Allonge related to the Secured Promissory Note of Rosenthal
               Family LLC [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's registration statement on Form S-4
               (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.32         Secured Promissory Note of Carpenter Family Associates LLC
               with respect to the purchase of the Restricted Common Units
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.32A        Allonge related to the Secured Promissory Note of Carpenter
               Family Associates LLC [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's registration statement on
               Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.33         Pledge and Security Agreement of Rosenthal Family LLC with
               respect to the purchase of the Restricted Common Units
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.34         Pledge and Security Agreement of Carpenter Family Associates
               LLC with respect to the purchase of the Restricted Common
               Units [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit
               in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.35         Guaranty of Abraham Rosenthal with respect to the purchase of
               the Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by reference to the
               same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form
               10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended
               (File No. 0-23616).]
</TABLE>
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT                                                                       SEQUENTIAL
   NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION                              PAGE NUMBER
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>           <C>                                                             <C>
10.35A        Reaffirmation of Pledge and Guaranty with respect to the
               Restricted Common Units of Rosenthal Family LLC and Abraham
               Rosenthal [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's registration statement on Form S-4
               (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.36         Guaranty of William H. Carpenter, Jr. with respect to the
               purchase of the Restricted Common Units [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.36A        Reaffirmation of Pledge and Guaranty with respect to the
               Restricted Common Units of Carpenter Family Associates LLC
               and William H. Carpenter, Jr. [Incorporated by reference to
               the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
10.37         Waiver, Recontribution and Indemnity Agreement by the Limited
               Partners [Incorporated by reference to the same titled
               exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No.
               0-23616).]
10.38         Lock-Up Agreement (PGI) [Incorporated by reference to the same
               titled exhibit in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
               for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File
               No. 0-23616).]
10.39         Lock-Up Agreement (Kemper Companies) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.40         Lock-Up Agreement (Abraham Rosenthal) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.41         Lock-Up Agreement (William H. Carpenter, Jr.) [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.42         Promissory Note dated June 30, 1994 by and among Prime Retail,
               L.P. and Nomura Asset Capital Corporation [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Annual
               Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.43         Open-End Mortgage Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture
               Filing dated June 30, 1994, by and among Ohio Factory Shops
               Partnership and Nomura Asset Capital Corporation
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
</TABLE>
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT                                                                       SEQUENTIAL
   NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION                              PAGE NUMBER
- ------------  --------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------
<S>           <C>                                                             <C>
10.44         Revolving Loan Agreement dated March 2, 1995 between
               Gainesville Factory Shops Limited Partnership, Florida Keys
               Factory Shops Limited Partnership, Indianapolis Factory Shops
               Limited Partnership and Nomura Asset Capital Corporation
               [Incorporated by reference to the same titled exhibit in the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 31, 1994, as amended (File No. 0-23616).]
10.45         Commitment Letter dated December 18, 1995 between the Company
               and Nomura Asset Capital Corporation [Incorporated by
               reference to the same titled exhibit in the Company's Current
               Report on Form 8-K dated December 18, 1995 (File No.
               0-23616).]
10.46*        Indemnity Agreement made by the Company in favor of Prime
               Group, Inc. and Prime Group Limited Partnership
10.47*        Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement Grove City Factory
               Shops Partnership by and between Prime Retail, L.P. and the
               Fru-Con Projects, Inc. dated as of May 6, 1996.
10.48         Commitment Letter dated June 5, 1996, as amended and restated
               as of June 26, 1996, between the Company and Nomura Asset
               Capital Corporation
12.1          Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined
               Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
12.2          Statement re Computation of Ratio of Funds from Operations to
               Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
22            Subsidiaries of Prime Retail, Inc. [Incorporated by reference
               to the same titled exhibit in the Company's registration
               statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-1784).]
24.1          Consent of Winston & Strawn (included in their opinions filed
               as Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1)
24.2          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
25*           Power of Attorney
27*           Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE>
    
 
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*  Previously filed.

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June 5, 1996
(Amended & Restated as of June 26, 1996)

Prime Retail, L.P.
100 East Pratt Street, 19th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Attn: Mr. Michael Reschke

      Re:  Amended & Restated Commitment Letter dated May 24,
           1996, as amended May 31, 1996 and June 5, 1996
           (the "Commitment Letter")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The undersigned, Nomura Asset Capital Corporation ("Nomura"), hereby 
agrees to provide the financing and otherwise perform the obligations of the 
party described as "Lender" in the attached Commitment Letter upon the terms 
and conditions set forth therein.

      Please sign below to indicate your agreement to perform the obligations 
of the party described as "Borrower" in the Commitment Letter upon the terms 
and conditions  set forth therein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT (i) you will not 
be required to pay a repayment fee  to Nomura under the existing revolving 
loan credit facility with Nomura to  the extent such repayment is made to 
Nomura by application of proceeds of the  loans described in the Commitment 
Letter pursuant to this letter and (ii) the fees that are otherwise due and 
payable to the Lender shall be paid at the closing of the Mortgage Loans, 
scheduled for July 1, 1996.

                              Sincerely,

                              NOMURA ASSET CAPITAL CORPORATION

                              By: /s/ Boyd Fellows
                                 --------------------------------
                               Title:
AGREED TO BY:

PRIME RETAIL, L.P.

By:  Prime Retail, Inc.,
     general partner

     By:  /s/ Michael W. Reschke
        --------------------------------
     Title:    Chairman
           -----------------------------



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                            May 24, 1996
              (Amended & Restated as of June 26, 1996)


Prime Retail, L.P.
100 East Pratt Street, 19th floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: Mr. Michael Reschke

         Re: Mortgage Loans and Mezzanine Financing and Preferred Equity on
Thirteen Factory Outlet Centers


Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We are pleased to advise you that we, or an entity affiliated with 
us or acting on our behalf (the "LENDER"), agree (i) to make a mortgage loan 
(the "LOAN") to Borrowers (as hereinafter defined) secured by the Mortgaged  
Premises (as hereinafter defined) and other collateral, (ii) to make 
available certain mezzanine financing (the "MEZZANINE LOAN") to Borrowers and 
(iii) under certain circumstances described herein to make available certain  
additional financing to Borrowers or an Affiliate thereof (such financing,  
the "PREFERRED EQUITY") available to Prime Retail, L.P. ("PRIME RETAIL"), in  
each case on the terms, and subject to the conditions, hereinafter set forth:

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                      A.     MORTGAGE LOAN TERMS

1.  SECURITIZATION.

    (a)  It is intended that the Loan will be assigned to a trust to be 
formed by an affiliate of Lender, as depositor, (the "TRUST") which will 
issue one or more classes of mortgage pass-through certificates  (the "SENIOR 
CERTIFICATES") which will be rated at an acceptable investment grade rating 
by one, or, if the parties hereto both agree, two, of the following: Standard 
& Poor's Rating Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies ("S&P"), 
Moody's Investors Services, Inc., Fitch Investors Services, L.P. ("FITCH") 
and Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (collectively, the "RATING AGENCIES").  
The Senior Certificates will represent beneficial ownership interests in the 
Loan and certain other assets of the Trust.

    (b)  It is also intended that the Mezzanine Loan will be assigned to the 
Trust or another trust to be formed by an affiliate of Lender, as depositor, 
and such trust will issue mortgage pass-through certificates (the "JUNIOR 
CERTIFICATES," and, together with the Senior Certificates, the 
"CERTIFICATES") which will be rated at an acceptable minimum rating (the 
"MINIMUM RATING") by one, or, if the parties hereto both agree, two, of the 
Rating Agencies and will represent beneficial interests in the Mezzanine Loan 
and certain other assets of such trust. It is anticipated that the Senior 
Certificates will be offered to investors in a Rule 144A offering and/or 
other private placement and that the Junior Certificates will be purchased by 
Prime Retail or an affiliate of Prime Retail.

    (c)  It is further anticipated that Preferred Equity may be issued by 
Borrowers or an affiliate thereof and purchased by Lender under the terms and 
conditions set forth herein.

    (d) Lender or an affiliate will be the sole placement agent for the 
offerings of the Certificates and the Preferred Equity.

    (e)  The parties intend that the date of issuance of the Certificates, 
and if applicable, the Preferred Equity (such issuances, the 
"SECURITIZATION," and such date, the "SECURITIZATION CLOSING DATE") shall be 
not later than September 30, 1996.  Both parties agree to cooperate in good 
faith to achieve such timing; provided that the foregoing shall not be 
construed to limit Lender's terms and conditions or approval rights hereunder.

    (f)  In the event that the Securitization does not occur by September 30, 
1996, notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment, the per annum 
interest rate on the Mezzanine Loan shall be increased to LIBOR (as 
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commencing on October 1, 1996. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest 
rate on the Mezzanine Loan shall be increased to such rate prior to October 
1, 1996 under the circumstances set forth in Paragraph 19 of this Part A. In 
the event that the securitization does not occur by the date that is six 
months after the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) of the Loan and   
Mezzanine Loan (the "SIX MONTH DATE"), except as otherwise provided in the 
following sentence, notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment, 
at any time after the Six Month Date Lender shall have the right to notify 
Borrower demanding repayment of the Loan and Mezzanine Loan on the date that 
is six months from the date of such notice (the "NOTICE DUE DATE"), and 
Borrower shall be required to repay the Loan and Mezzanine Loan on the Notice 
Due Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender may give a Termination Notice 
(as defined in Paragraph 19 of this Part A) prior to the Six Month Date, in 
which event Borrower shall be required to repay the Loan and Mezzanine Loan 
one year thereafter; and if at any time on or after the Six Month Date Lender 
has not yet given notice under this clause (f), and Borrower refuses to enter 
into a Construction Related Amendment pursuant to Paragraph 19 of this Part 
A, any notice to Borrower to repay the Loan and Mezzanine Loan given under 
this clause (f) by Lender shall be deemed to constitute a Termination Notice 
and shall comply with the provisions of Paragraph 19 of this Part A with 
respect to Termination Notices.

    (g)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment, Borrowers 
shall have the right to prepay the Loan or Mezzanine Loan without payment of 
a prepayment fee at any time prior to the Securitization Closing Date; 
provided that (i) prepayment of the Loan may not be made unless the Mezzanine 
Loan is also prepaid (provided, however, that Borrower shall have the right 
to prepay the Mezzanine Loan without prepaying the Loan), (ii) each of the 
Loan and the Mezzanine Loan may be prepaid in whole only and (iii) Borrowers 
pay all other amounts due to Lender under the Loan, the Mezzanine Loan and 
this Commitment.

2.  PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.  The aggregate initial principal amount of the Loan 
(net of the amount in the Expansion Escrow (as hereinafter defined)) (such 
net amount of the Loan, the "NET LOAN") shall be $226,500,000 (the 
"ANTICIPATED SENIOR SIZE"). The actual principal amount of the Net Loan will 
be determined (or if pricing of the Certificates occurs after the origination 
of the Loan, adjusted) at the time of the initial pricing of the Certificates 
to equal the principal amount of Senior Certificates which may be issued with 
an Investment Grade rating by each of the Selected Rating Agencies under the 
Selected Structure (as such terms are hereinafter defined).

3.  LOAN COMPONENTS.  Each class of Senior Certificates will represent a 
particular rating level.  The initial principal amount of the Loan will be 
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(collectively "COMPONENTS," and each individually a "COMPONENT"), each of 
which will correspond to a class of the Senior Certificates, and will have 
the same principal amount and payment terms as its corresponding Senior 
Certificate class.  If origination of the Loan occurs prior to pricing of the 
Senior Certificates, Lender will determine the amounts of the Components 
based on its best estimate of the final Senior Certificates, and such amounts 
will be adjusted at the time of the initial pricing of the Certificates to 
equal the initial principal amount of the corresponding class of Senior 
Certificates.

4.  INTEREST RATE.

    (a)  The initial weighted average interest rate per annum on the Loan 
will equal the London Interbank offered rate for thirty (30) day deposits in 
U.S. dollars ("LIBOR") plus a margin equal to one and twenty four one 
hundredths percent (1.24%) (the "ANTICIPATED MARGIN") plus seven one 
hundredths percent (.07%), which represents the anticipated per annum fees 
payable to the trustee and servicer for the Senior Certificates (the 
"ANTICIPATED SERVICING FEE RATE"). LIBOR shall be determined by  Lender on 
the basis of Telerate Page 3750, or if at any time LIBOR cannot be determined 
from Telerate Page 3750, on the basis of standard backup methods for LIBOR 
determination.

         The interest rate for each Component will be set at the time of the 
initial pricing of the Senior Certificates to equal LIBOR plus the margin on 
the corresponding class of Senior Certificates plus the per annum fees 
payable to the trustee and servicer for the Senior Certificates (the per 
annum amount of such fees, the "SERVICING FEE RATE").  Interest on the Loan 
and each Component thereof will be calculated based on the actual number of 
days in each interest accrual period and a three hundred sixty (360) day 
year.  The interest accrual period for the Loan will be the period from each 
payment date to the day preceding the next payment date.  LIBOR for each 
interest accrual period will be determined as described in the preceding 
paragraph on the second London banking day preceding the commencement of such 
interest accrual period.

         The interest rate on the Loan (the "INTEREST RATE") will at all 
times equal the weighted average of the interest rates on the Components; 
provided, however that prior to the Securitization Closing Date the per annum 
interest rate on the Loan shall at all times equal LIBOR plus 1.31%.

    (b)  From and after the Increased Amortization Date (as hereinafter
defined), the per annum margin over LIBOR at which interest accrues on each
component will be increased by two percent (2%) (the per annum interest rate on
each Component, as increased by such increase in margin, the "INCREASED
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the "INCREASED INTEREST RATE").

    (c)  The "INCREASED AMORTIZATION DATE" is the date that is seven years 
from first payment date after the Closing Date; provided that the Increased 
Amortization Date will be adjusted at the time of pricing of the Senior 
Certificates to be the date that is seven years from the first payment date 
after the Securitization Closing Date.

5.  TERM.  The Loan shall initially have a term of thirty (30) years, subject 
to clause (f) of Paragraph 1 of this Part A. The term of the Loan shall be 
adjusted at the time of pricing of the Certificates to be 30 years from the 
Securitization Closing Date.

6.  PAYMENTS.  Borrower shall make monthly payments under the Loan on account 
of interest and principal monthly in arrears on the eleventh day of each 
month, or if such eleventh day is not a business day, on the next business 
day, as follows:

    (a)  From the Closing Date to the Securitization Closing Date a variable 
amount equal to interest at the Interest Rate (or if applicable, the 
Increased Interest Rate) in effect from time to time.

    (b)  From the Securitization Closing Date until the Increased 
Amortization Date (as hereinafter defined), a variable amount equal to the 
sum of (i) interest at the Initial Interest Rate in effect from time to time 
plus (ii) a payment (the "AMORTIZATION PAYMENT") on account of principal 
determined on a fixed amortization schedule over a thirty year period 
assuming interest is paid at a rate equal to the initial weighted average 
interest rate under the Loan throughout such thirty (30) year period.

    (c)  From and after the Increased Amortization Date (if after the 
Securitization Closing Date), interest and principal in an amount equal to 
(i) the Amortization Payment plus (ii) accrued interest at the Increased 
Interest Rate in effect from time to time, provided that, unless the Lender 
requires Borrower to purchase a replacement Cap (as hereinafter defined) 
after the Increased Amortization Date any portion of such accrued interest in 
excess of the amount that would have accrued if the Increased Interest Rate 
equaled the Derived Constant Rate (as hereinafter defined) and interest shall 
accrue on such deferred amount at the Increased Interest Rate (such accrued 
and deferred interest, and interest thereon, the "DEFERRED INTEREST") until 
the principal amount of the Loan shall have been paid in full, plus (iii) the 
Excess Cash Flow (as hereinafter defined under "LOCKBOX AGREEMENT") for the 
preceding month, which Excess Cash Flow  shall be applied to reduction of the 
outstanding principal balance of the Loan.

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with all accrued and unpaid interest, including, without limitation, the   
Deferred Interest, shall be due and payable at maturity.

     (e)  Payments of principal on the Loan shall be applied to the 
Components of the Loan in the order of the rating level of the corresponding 
class of Certificates, so that no Component will receive a payment of 
principal unless all Components corresponding to a class of Certificates 
having a higher rating level than the Certificates corresponding to such 
Component have been paid in full; provided, however, that if such feature is 
acceptable to the Rating Agencies (without causing any Rating Agency to 
decrease its proposed rating of any class of Certificates or the principal 
amount of such class that is permitted to obtain such rating) and either (i) 
such feature would not increase the weighted average margin on the Senior 
Certificates, or (ii) Borrower agrees that Lender shall not bear any 
additional cost related to such feature that Lender would otherwise bear 
hereunder.

7.   INTEREST RATE CAP.  At the initial pricing of the Senior 
Certificates, Borrower will be required to purchase an interest rate 
cap (the "CAP") from a counterparty (the "CAP COUNTERPARTY") which has 
a long term unsecured debt rating from each Rating Agency of "AAA" or 
itsequivalent or if acceptable to the Rating Agencies (without causing 
any Rating Agency to decrease its proposed rating of any class of 
Certificates or the principal amount of such class that is permitted to 
obtain such rating) of not less than "AA" or its equivalent and which 
is otherwise acceptable to Lender (provided that Lender shall not 
require a rating of greater than "AA" or its equivalent if an "AA" or 
equivalent rating is acceptable to the Rating Agencies as aforesaid).  
Lender hereby confirms that the counterparties set forth in the 
memorandum dated May 21, 1996 entitled "Potential Cap Counterparties" 
from Michael Bontrager and Dave Hall of Chatham Financial Corporation 
to Steven S. Gothelf (attached as Exhibit A hereto) are acceptable to 
Lender for so long as they are rated not less than "AA" or its 
equivalent.  The Cap shall mature on the Increased Amortization Date.  
The Cap shall require the Counterparty to make monthly payments on each 
payment date under the Loan through the Increased Amortization Date in 
an amount at least equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of 
LIBOR for the related interest accrual period over the Required Cap 
Strike Rate (as hereinafter defined), (ii) the principal amount of the 
Loan during such interest accrual period, and (iii) the actual number 
of days in such interest accrual period divided by three hundred and 
sixty (360).  The "REQUIRED CAP STRIKE RATE" as of any date is equal to 
the interest rate derived from the Rating Agency Senior Constant (after 
giving effect to the actual amortization schedule of the Loan) (such 
interest rate, the "DERIVED CONSTANT 

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RATE") less the weighted average margin on the Loan in effect from time to 
time, assuming the Loan amortizes in accordance with its amortization 
schedule and there are no prepayments or defaults, or if so required by any 
Selected Rating Agency, less such higher margin as such Rating Agency may 
require.  Borrower at its option may purchase a Cap that requires payments to 
be made in accordance with the preceding formula except that the LIBOR rate 
at which the Counterparty is required to make payments is lower at all times 
than the Required Cap Strike Rate   (such lower rate, the "ACTUAL CAP STRIKE 
RATE").  The Cap shall have such other terms and conditions as shall be 
acceptable to Lender.

     All fees payable to the Cap Counterparty under the Cap shall be paid by 
Borrower on the origination date of the Securitization.

     In the event that the rating of the Cap Counterparty shall be downgraded 
below "AA" or its equivalent, or shall be qualified or withdrawn, by any 
Rating Agency, or there shall be a breach or default by the Cap Counterparty 
under the Cap, Borrower shall be obligated, at Lender's direction, to 
terminate such Cap and to purchase another interest rate cap having identical 
payment terms and maturity and otherwise acceptable to Lender in its sole 
discretion from a counterparty rated "AAA" or its equivalent or if acceptable 
to the Selected Rating Agencies (and would not cause any such Rating Agency 
to downgrade from its initial rating, qualify or withdraw its ratings of the 
Senior Certificates) of not less than "AA" or its equivalent; provided, that 
if Borrower obtains a written confirmation from each Selected Rating Agency 
that such failure to terminate and replace such Cap will not cause such 
Rating Agency to downgrade from their initial ratings, qualify or withdraw 
the ratings of the Certificates Borrower shall not be required to terminate 
and replace such Cap for so long as such letter is effective.  Any such 
replacement cap shall be subject to replacement on the same terms and under 
the same conditions as the original Cap. The counterparty for any replacement 
Cap shall be selected by Borrower from a list of counterparties reasonably 
agreed to by Borrower and Lender, or if Borrower and Lender are unable to 
agree upon a list, shall be selected by Lender in its reasonable discretion; 
provided that such counterparty shall have the required rating described 
above.

     In the event that the Loan is not repaid on the Increased Amortization 
Date, if required by Lender, Borrower will be obligated on the Increased 
Amortization Date and/or thereafter to purchase an additional cap or caps on 
such terms as such Lender shall require.

     In the event that at any time after the Closing Date and prior to the 
Securitization Closing Date LIBOR shall be six and one half percent (6.50%) 
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to purchase one or more interest rate caps (the "PRE-SECURITIZATION CAPS") 
for each of the Loan and Mezzanine Loan within five business days after LIBOR 
shall equal or exceed such rate on the same terms and conditions as the 
initial Cap, except that (i) the term of such Pre-Securitization Caps shall 
be for one year (unless Lender has given Borrower notice of a Notice Due Date 
or has given a Termination Notice for the Loan and Mezzanine Loan or Borrower 
has given Lender notice of prepayment of the Loan and/or Mezzanine Loan, in 
each case such that the maturity of the Loan and/or Mezzanine Loan, as 
applicable, occurs prior to one year, in which event the term for the 
applicable Pre-Securitization Cap may end on the applicable maturity date); 
provided, further, that Borrower, in its sole discretion, may purchase a 
Pre-Securitization Cap for a period which expires after such maturity date, 
(ii) the "strike rate" over LIBOR at which payments are required to be made 
by the counterparty shall be eight and one half percent (8.50%), in the case 
of the Pre-Securitization Cap for the Loan, and seven and one half percent 
(7.50%) in the case of the Pre-Securitization Cap for the Mezzanine Loan or 
in each case, such other strike rate as shall be mutually acceptable to the 
parties, both acting reasonably, and (iii) the principal amount on which 
payments are calculated shall be the principal amount of the Loan, in the 
case of the Pre-Securitization Cap for the Loan, and the principal amount of 
the Mezzanine Loan, in the case of the Pre-Securitization Cap for the 
Mezzanine Loan.  In the event that following the expiration of the initial 
Pre-Securitization Cap the Loan or Mezzanine Loan shall remain outstanding 
and the Securitization Closing Date shall not have occurred, if at any time 
thereafter LIBOR shall be six and one half percent (6.50%) or higher, Lender 
shall have the right to require Borrower to purchase an additional 
Pre-Securitization Cap for the Loan and/or Mezzanine Loan, as the case may 
be, for the remaining term that the Loan and/or Mezzanine Loan, as the case 
may be, is outstanding.

     Borrowers may elect in lieu of purchasing any interest rate cap required 
under this paragraph to purchase an interest rate swap that would result in 
the same payments being made to Borrowers; provided however, that in all 
cases, including a swap purchased prior to the Securitization, (i) the use of 
a swap is acceptable to the Rating Agencies (without causing any Rating 
Agency to decrease its proposed rating of any class of Certificates or the 
principal amount of such class that is permitted to obtain such rating) and 
(ii) the use of a swap would not compromise the single-purpose 
bankruptcy-remote status of the Borrowers.

     Each cap or swap shall be pledged to secure the Loan and payments on 
each cap shall be paid directly into the account maintained under the Lockbox 
Agreement (as hereinafter defined) or into a collection account maintained 
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the Senior Certificates.

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8.   [RESERVED]

9.   [RESERVED]

10. PREPAYMENT PRIVILEGE.  The Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part, on 
sixty (60) days prior written notice to Lender, by paying the portion of the 
outstanding principal balance being prepaid together with interest to the 
date of such payment (or, if such payment is on a date other than a payment 
date under the Loan, interest to the next succeeding payment date following 
such payment) and any other amounts which may be owing under the terms of the 
Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined), including a prepayment fee equal to 
(a) two percent (2%) of the outstanding principal balance of the Loan, if 
such prepayment occurs in the first (1st) Loan year, or (b) one percent (1%) 
of the outstanding principal balance of the Loan, if such prepayment occurs 
in the second (2nd) Loan year (except as otherwise permitted under Paragraph 
1 of this Part A). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prepayment fee shall be 
payable in connection with the application by Lender of insurance proceeds or 
condemnation awards to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Loan. 
In addition, notwithstanding the   foregoing, Lender shall use its best 
efforts to obtain market pricing of the Senior Certificates assuming that 
there is no prepayment fee in the second year of the Loan, and if such 
feature does not increase the weighted average margin on the Senior 
Certificates or Borrower agrees to bear the full cost of any such increase, 
there will be no prepayment fee in the second year of the Loan.

    If Lender exercises its right to accelerate the maturity date following 
any default (beyond applicable notice and/or grace period) by Borrower, any 
tender of payment, whether made by Borrower, its successors or assigns or by 
anyone on behalf of Borrower, of the amount necessary to satisfy the entire   
indebtedness remaining at any time prior to a foreclosure sale, shall be 
deemed (a) to constitute an evasion of the prepayment privilege and (b) to be 
a voluntary prepayment, which shall require payment of the prepayment fee set 
forth herein.

11. SECURITY.  The Loan shall be (a) evidenced by thirteen (13) promissory 
notes each of which shall have the same number of Component notes as the 
number of classes of Senior Certificates (individually and collectively, the 
"NOTE") made by the respective Borrowers in favor of Lender, each in an 
original    principal amount to be allocated by Lender (each such amount, an 
"ALLOCATED AMOUNT"), which Allocated Amounts shall, in the aggregate, equal 
the original principal amount of the Net Loan and (b) secured by, among other 
things, (i) a separate first mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, 
leasehold mortgage or leasehold deed of trust (individually and collectively, 
the "MORTGAGE") executed by each Borrower in favor of Lender covering such 
Borrower's fee simple estate in one of those eleven (11)     

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parcels of real property identified by project name on SCHEDULE B attached 
hereto and all right, title and interest of the applicable Borrowers in, to 
and under those two (2) leases (the "GROUND LEASES") affecting the projects 
identified by name on SCHEDULE B-1 attached hereto and all of the applicable 
Borrowers' right, title and interest in, to and under such Leases (including, 
without limitation, all right, title and interest of the applicable Borrower 
in, to and under the purchase option contained in the Ground Lease 
encumbering Land in MacIntosh County, Georgia (the "MAGNOLIA BLUFFS LEASE"), 
and the leasehold estates created by the Ground Leases in those two (2) 
parcels of real property identified by project name on SCHEDULE B-1 (such fee 
and leasehold parcels are hereinafter referred to, individually and 
collectively, as the "LAND"), the factory outlet centers and all other 
buildings and improvements constructed on the Land (the "IMPROVEMENTS" and, 
together with the Land and all right, title and interest of Borrower in, to 
and under the Ground Leases and the leasehold estates created thereby, 
individually and collectively, as the context requires, the "MORTGAGED 
PREMISES"), (ii) a first priority, perfected, present and absolute assignment 
(individually and collectively, the "ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS") by each 
Borrower each in favor of Lender of all leases, rents, profits and other 
income ("RENTS") arising from or related to the Mortgaged Premises, (iii) a 
guarantee of payment (individually and collectively, the "GUARANTEE") by each 
Borrower, guaranteeing payment of each Note executed by the other Borrowers, 
(iv) a separate second mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secured debt, 
leasehold mortgage or leasehold deed of trust (individually and collectively, 
the    "SECOND MORTGAGE") executed by each Borrower in favor of Lender as 
security for the Guarantee executed by such Borrower, covering such 
Borrower's fee simple estate, or leasehold estate, as applicable, in each 
Mortgaged Premises, (v) a separate second priority, perfected assignment 
(collectively, the "SECOND ASSIGNMENT") by each Borrower in favor of Lender 
as security for the Guaranty executed by such Borrower, covering all Rents    
arising from or relating to the Mortgaged Premises, (vi) a lockbox agreement 
(the "LOCKBOX AGREEMENT") between each Borrower and Lender pursuant to which 
all Rents shall be (A) paid by the tenants of the Mortgaged Premises directly 
into the Lockbox Account (as hereinafter defined) and (B) allocated by Lender 
to separate subaccounts to create Reserves (as hereinafter defined), (vii) a 
first priority, perfected security interest in all Reserves and Escrows (as 
hereinafter defined), and each interest rate cap and the Expansion Escrow (as 
hereinafter defined), including any investments in which any of the foregoing 
is permitted to be invested, (viii) a first priority, perfected security 
interest in all furniture, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment now or 
hereafter installed in, affixed to, placed upon, or used in connection with 
the Mortgaged Premises, except for any such items of property which are owned 
by tenants or other parties which are not affiliated with Borrowers, and (ix) 
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priority, perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of 
Prime Retail, L.P. in, to and under that certain Loan Agreement dated as of 
February 28, 1995, as amended (the "LOAN AGREEMENT"), between Prime Retail, 
L.P., as lender, and MacIntosh County Industrial Development Authority, as 
borrower, in the amount of $22,730,000, entered into in connection with the   
Magnolia Bluff Lease.  If the proposed security structure causes Borrowers to 
incur unreasonable expenses for mortgage recording taxes and/or title 
insurance premiums, Lender and Borrower shall in good faith consider 
alternative structures to provide Lender with equivalent security at reduced 
expense.  The Expansion Escrow shall be evidenced by a promissory note by all 
Borrowers in favor of Lender in the principal amount of the Expansion    
Escrow and secured by Mortgages on all the Mortgaged Premises.

12. BORROWER.  "BORROWER" means each of those thirteen general or limited 
partnerships listed on SCHEDULE A attached hereto, each of which shall be a 
single-purpose, bankruptcy-remote limited partnership wholly owned, directly 
or indirectly, by Prime Retail.  Each Borrower's organizational documents 
shall be satisfactory to Lender and to the Rating Agencies and shall not be 
amended during the term of the Loan without Lender's prior written 
consent.  No Borrower shall own any assets other than its Mortgaged Premises 
nor conduct any business other than the ownership and operation of its 
Mortgaged Premises. During the term of the Loan, no Borrower shall incur any 
debt (including debt to related parties) other than the Loan and the 
Mezzanine Loan and the Preferred Equity.  The Loan Documents and each 
Borrower's organizational documents shall require such Borrower to comply 
with all of the Rating Agencies' standards for bankruptcy-remote status, 
including, without limitation, (a) maintaining its separate status and 
identity, (b) not commingling assets with those of any other entity 
(including related parties), (c) not guaranteeing or otherwise becoming 
liable for the obligations of any other entity (including related parties), 
except pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Mezzanine Loan Documents and (d) 
having a corporate general partner that is itself a single-purpose bankruptcy 
remote entity and has an "independent director" on its board of directors.

13.  MANAGER.  Each Mortgaged Premises shall be managed by Prime Retail, L.P. 
(in such capacity, "MANAGER") pursuant to the provisions of such Borrower's 
partnership agreement.  The fees, expenses and reimbursements payable to 
Manager for such management services shall not exceed four percent (4%) or 
such other percentage as is used by the Selected Rating Agencies in 
determining Loan Net Cash Flow of the Rents (as hereinafter defined).  On the 
Closing Date, each Borrower shall deliver to Lender an agreement executed by 
such Borrower and Manager that will provide, among other things, that 
(a) payment of Manager's fees and expenses shall be subject and subordinate 
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Documents, provided, however, that after the occurrence of an event of 
default, Manager shall be entitled to receive from the Rents (in the priority 
provided for Operating expenses in the Lockbox) reimbursement of its actual 
expenses of operating the Mortgage Premises up to three percent (3%) of the 
Rents until such time as Lender may elect to have Manager replaced as 
hereinafter provided, (b) the provisions of such Borrower's partnership 
agreement relating to the management of its Mortgaged Premises may not be 
amended or terminated, nor any other entity engaged to manage the Mortgaged 
Premises, without the prior written consent of Lender and the Rating 
Agencies, (c) Manager shall operate the Mortgaged Premises in compliance with 
the Loan Documents and (d) Lender may cause Borrower to replace Manager with 
a third-party manager approved by Lender (i) upon the occurrence of a 
default, beyond any applicable notice and/or grace period under the Loan 
Documents, (ii) if the Loan DSCR shall be less than 1.20/1.00, (iii) for 
cause, including, without limitation, Manager's gross negligence, willful 
misconduct, fraud or default beyond applicable notice or grace under the 
Management Agreement or (iv), if such provision is required by the Selected 
Rating Agencies, upon (A) acquisition of more than fifty percent (50%) of the 
ownership interest in, or of control of, Prime Retail, Inc. by any party or 
group of related parties that does not hold such interest or such control 
(either through ownership of stock of Prime Retail, Inc. or ownership of 
limited partnership units in Prime Retail, L.P.) on the Closing Date or (B) 
Prime Retail, Inc. ceasing to own one hundred percent (100%) of the general 
partnership interest in, and to have sole control of, Manager (to the same 
extent as Prime Retail Inc. has control over Prime Retail under the existing 
terms of the partnership agreement of Prime Retail), unless, with respect to 
each of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), (x) the Rating Agencies shall 
have delivered written confirmation that any rating issued by such Rating 
Agencies in connection with the Loan will not, as a result of such 
occurrence, be downgraded, qualified or withdrawn and (y) the holder of the 
Mezzanine Loan shall have consented in writing to the retention of Manager.  
As used in this letter, the term "CONTROL" means the possession, directly or 
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management 
and policies of an entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, by 
contract or otherwise.

14.  REPLACEMENT PROPERTIES.  At any time prior to the occurrence of the 
Increased Amortization Date, any Borrower shall have the right to obtain the 
release of any Mortgaged Premises from the lien of the related Mortgage, 
provided that simultaneously with such release, such Borrower shall either 
(i) execute and deliver to Lender, as security for the Note, a mortgage (a 
"REPLACEMENT MORTGAGE") encumbering a factory outlet center (a "REPLACEMENT 
PREMISES") and such other documents (together with the Replacement Mortgage, 
the "REPLACEMENT DOCUMENTS"), including, without limitation, documents 
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Documents, Mezzanine Loan Documents and Preferred Equity Documents (as 
hereinafter defined) required to be delivered hereunder with respect to the 
Mortgaged Premises, as Lender may require in order to grant Lender a first 
priority, perfected lien on and security interest in such Replacement 
Premises and all related Rents, personal property, Reserves and Escrows on 
the same terms and conditions as the liens and security interests granted to 
Lender in the Mortgaged Premises and the related Rents, personal property, 
Reserves and Escrows on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) under the 
Loan and Mezzanine Loan or (ii) (provided that the Rating Agencies shall have 
permitted the following actions in connection with their ratings of the 
Certificates (without causing any Rating Agency to decrease its proposed 
rating of any class of Certificates or the principal amount of such class 
that is permitted to obtain such rating)) Borrower shall cause an affiliate, 
wholly owned directly or indirectly by Prime Retail and meeting all the 
objective criteria, terms, conditions and requirements for Borrowers 
hereunder, including without limitation the requirements under Paragraph 12 
of this Part A of this Commitment (a "REPLACEMENT BORROWER"), to execute and 
deliver to Lender a Note in the original principal amount of the outstanding 
Allocated Amount of the Mortgaged Premises to be released (plus any increase 
thereto), a Replacement Mortgage encumbering Replacement Premises and 
Replacement Documents.  All Replacement Premises and Replacement Documents 
shall be subject to the same objective criteria, terms, conditions and 
requirements as are imposed with respect to the Mortgaged Premises and the 
Loan hereunder.  Each Borrower's right to obtain such release of a Mortgaged 
Premises shall also be subject to the following conditions and restrictions:

     (a)  No default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Loan 
Documents.

     (b)  Borrowers shall not be entitled to obtain the release of more than 
TWO (2) individual Mortgaged Premises in any calendar year.

     (c)  At least sixty (60) days prior to the proposed date of such 
release, the applicable Borrower shall have delivered to Lendcr appraisals, 
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and prepared by a 
third-party real estate professional reasonably approved by, Lender, 
indicating the market value for the proposed Replacement Premises is at least 
equal to the fair market value of the Mortgaged Premises proposed to be 
released, as of the date of such proposed release.

     (d)  Borrower shall have delivered a Phase I environmental report and, 
if suggested by such Phase I report, a Phase II environmental report 
(collectively, an "ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT") in form and substance reasonably 
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environmental consultant reasonably approved by, Lender, stating that the 
Replacement Premises comply with all applicable environmental laws, or if 
remedial steps are required to effect such compliance, identifying such steps 
and projecting the cost thereof, in which case Borrower shall be required to 
deposit into the Environmental Escrow (as hereinafter defined) an amount 
equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of such projected costs.

     (e)  Borrower shall have delivered an engineering report (an 
"ENGINEERING REPORT"), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and 
prepared by a consulting engineer reasonably approved by, Lender, stating 
that the Replacement Premises comply with all applicable building laws and do 
not require performance of deferred maintenance or if remedial steps are 
required to effect such compliance or such deferred maintenance, identifying 
such steps and projecting the cost thereof, in which case Borrower shall be 
required to deposit into the Engineering Escrow (as hereinafter defined) an 
amount equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of such projected costs.

     (f)  Borrower shall have caused to be delivered all leases, title 
commitments, title insurance policies, surveys, hazard and liability 
insurance, evidence of compliance with zoning and other laws and other items 
of due diligence with respect to the Replacement Premises as were required to 
be delivered by Borrower with respect to the Mortgaged Premises pursuant to 
the terms hereof.

     (g)  The Net Cash Flow of the Replacement Premises as of the time of 
such release shall be at least equal to the Net Cash Flow of the Mortgaged 
Premises to be released.

     (h)  The person transferring the Replacement Premises to Borrower, or 
the Replacement Borrower, as the case may be (i) shall be solvent and (ii) 
shall be making such transfer or agreeing to act as Replacement Borrower and 
issuing the Replacement Note on an arm's length basis and for fair 
consideration, and the Borrower and such person or Replacement Borrower shall 
deliver certifications and evidence to such effect and such other 
certifications as Lender shall reasonably require to assure itself that the 
substitution does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance on the part of any 
person (assuming such person were insolvent at the time of substitution).

     (i)  Such other terms and conditions as the Rating Agencies shall 
require in connection with such substitution shall be met.

     (j)  The Rating Agencies shall have delivered written confirmation that 
any rating issued by such Rating Agencies in connection with the Certificates 
will not, as a result of the proposed release and the substitution of the 
Replacement Premises or the substitution of the Replacement Borrower, be 
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from their initial ratings thereof, qualified or withdrawn.

     (k)  In connection with a substitution of a Replacement Borrower, (i) 
such method of substitution shall be expressly described in the 
nonconsolidation opinion to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to 
Paragraph 16, which nonconsolidation opinion shall be in form and substance, 
and from counsel, acceptable to Lender, (ii) the same nonconsolidation 
opinion shall be delivered with respect to such Replacement Borrower prior to 
the substitution and (iii) such substitution shall be made in accordance with 
all facts and assumptions relating thereto set forth in such nonconsolidation 
opinions, and the Borrower and Replacement Borrower shall provide Lender with 
evidence and certifications to such effect.

15.  EXPANSION ESCROWS.  Lender shall use its good faith commercially 
reasonable efforts to persuade the Rating Agencies to permit (i) the 
structure of the Senior Certificates to include an escrow ("EXPANSION 
ESCROW") to be used to reflect the anticipated increase in Net Cash Flow 
resulting from the completion of certain proposed expansions at the various 
Mortgaged Premises and (ii) for the Expansion Escrow to be released from time 
to time upon Borrower's satisfaction of certain objective standards, which 
objective standards shall be mutually acceptable to Borrower and the Rating 
Agencies.  The Expansion Escrow shall have such other terms as shall be 
acceptable to Borrower and the Rating Agencies.  It is currently intended 
that the size of the Expansion Escrow shall be between twenty-five to fifty 
million dollars, to the extent permitted by the Rating Agencies without 
impairing the ratings that would otherwise obtain on the Certificates.

16.  NON-CONSOLIDATION 0PINION.  At the closing, the Borrowers shall deliver 
to Lender an opinion of counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender 
and its counsel, to the effect that in the event of a bankruptcy of Manager 
or any other entity that, together with any related parties, directly or 
indirectly owns more than forty-nine percent (49%) of (i) the partnership 
interests of any Borrower or (ii) the stock of any general partner of 
Borrower, the assets of Borrower and/or such general partner will not be 
consolidated into the bankruptcy estate. Such opinion shall, among other 
things, expressly consider the effect on such consolidation risk of 
Borrowers' right to substitute Replacement Premises as collateral for the 
Loan or to substitute a Replacement Borrower, as described in Paragraph 13 
above, the Guaranty executed by each Borrower, the funding of expansions of 
the properties, and such other matters as Lender shall request.  A draft of 
such opinion must be submitted to Lender at least one month prior to the 
Closing Date.

17.  LOCKBOX AGREEMENT.  Each Borrower shall enter into the Lockbox 
Agreement, pursuant to which all rental income, including 

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expense reimbursements by tenant ("RENTS") and other income from the property 
(together with Rents, "INCOME") shall be deposited in an account (the 
"PROPERTY ACCOUNT") in a bank approved by Lender, which Property Account 
shall be swept daily and all funds transferred into an account (the "LOCKBOX 
ACCOUNT") under the sole dominion and control of Lender and allocated by 
Lender into subaccounts to provide reserves ("RESERVES") for the payment of 
debt service, taxes and insurance premiums, provided that in any calendar 
month, when all amounts required to be deposited in the Reserves on the next 
payment date shall have been received, Lender shall notify the bank in which 
the Property Account is held to discontinue daily sweeps until such payment 
date has occurred.  After the occurrence of the Increased Amortization Date, 
Income shall also be allocated to Reserves to provide for the payment of 
operating expenses, costs of capital improvements and repairs, tenant 
improvement costs and leasing commissions. Any amount of Income received in 
the Lockbox Account after allocation to all applicable Reserves ("EXCESS CASH 
FLOW") shall be paid over to Borrower (subject to the payment requirements 
under the Mezzanine Loan and to the provisions set forth in clause (j) of 
Paragraph 7 of Part E of this commitment) or, if the Increased Amortization 
Date has occurred, applied in reduction of the outstanding principal balance 
of the Loan. Borrower will be responsible for paying all fees and expenses of 
the bank at which the Lockbox Account is maintained. The banks maintaining 
the Lockbox Account and each Property Account shall have such short term and 
long term unsecured debt ratings, and such accounts shall be invested in such 
permitted investments, as shall be required by the Rating Agencies for 
lockbox accounts for mortgaged properties underlying commercial mortgage 
pass-through certificates having a rating of "AA" or its equivalent or for 
investments in such accounts, as the case may be.

18.  ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING ESCROWS.  On the closing date, each 
Borrower shall deposit with Lender an amount equal to one hundred fifty 
percent (150%) of (a) the projected costs for remedying any environmental 
conditions on its Mortgaged Premises as recommended in the Environmental 
Report delivered by Borrower to Lender in connection with its application for 
the Loan (the "ENVIRONMENTAL ESCROW") and (b) the projected costs of 
remedying any physical defects or items of deferred maintenance as 
recommended in the Engineering Report delivered by Borrower to Lender in 
connection with its application for the Loan (the "ENGINEERING ESCROW" and, 
together with the Environmental Escrow, the "ESCROWS").

19.  COOPERATION WITH SECURITIZATION.  Borrowers shall cooperate in all 
respects with the securitization of the Loan and Mezzanine Loan, the 
issuance, sale and initial rating of the Certificates and the issuance and 
sale of the Preferred Equity (collectively, the "SECURITIZATION").  Without 
limitation, Borrowers shall, at the sole cost and expense of Borrowers:

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    (a) Draft and/or amend any and all Loan Documents and Mezzanine Loan 
Documents (as hereinafter defined) and organizational documents and contracts 
of Borrower and its affiliates to comply with requirements of the Rating 
Agencies.

    (b) Cooperate with Lender in preparing a private placement memorandum for 
the Certificates, provide all information requested by Lender or its 
investors in preparation of such memorandums (subject to the agreement of 
Lender regarding confidential information set forth in Paragraph 24 of this 
Part A), and deliver to Lender and each affiliate involved in the offering of 
the Certificates an indemnity agreement indemnifying Lender and each such 
affiliate for any loss, claim, liability or damage, including legal fees and 
expenses, arising from any misstatement of a material fact or omission to 
state a material fact in the memorandums (provided that such indemnity shall 
not cover  information included in the memorandums that was provided in 
writing  for inclusion therein by persons other than Borrower and its 
affiliates  and was not delivered or approved by Borrowers or any affiliate) 
or in  any other material prepared, delivered or approved by Borrower and  
provided to investors;

    (c) In connection with the initial offering of the Certificates and the 
Mezzanine Loan and on an ongoing basis following their issuance (subject to 
the agreement of Lender regarding confidential information set forth in 
Paragraph 24 of this Part A), provide all financial and statistical 
information, together with audits thereof and accountants' consents to the 
use thereof in the memorandum and in other materials provided to investors as 
shall be required by the Rating Agencies or by securities or other laws 
applicable to the Certificates or shall be requested by Lender;

    (d) Provide to investors ongoing information regarding the Mortgaged 
Premises, the Borrower and its affiliates, and the Loan (subject to the 
agreement of Lender regarding confidential information set forth in Paragraph 
24 of this Part A)  including without limitation the information required by 
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

    (e) Provide such legal opinions, in form and substance and from counsel 
acceptable to Lender and each Rating Agency, as shall be required by  the 
Rating Agencies or requested by Lender in connection with the  issuance of 
the Certificates and the making of the Mezzanine Loan, including without 
limitation a nonconsolidation opinion with respect to Borrowers and such of 
their affiliates as shall be requested by Lender, opinions regarding the tax 
status of Borrowers and their affiliates and the Certificates and Mezzanine 
Loan, a "10b-5" opinion regarding the memorandum (other than financial and 
statistical information included therein and the legal aspects of the tax and 
ERISA treatment of the Certificates) and first priority perfected 


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security interest opinions with respect to the security for the Loan;

    (f) Provide such appraisals, environmental reports, engineering reports, 
insurance reports and other similar information, and updates thereto (except 
to the extent provided within the prior six months of the date of delivery 
which shall be no earlier than June 1), as shall be  required by the Rating 
Agencies or requested by Lender;

    (g) Obtain and maintain such insurance as shall be required by the Rating 
Agencies in order for each class of Certificates to achieve its rating level 
at its anticipated initial principal amount;

    (h) Provide for any Certificates that represent a residual interest in a 
REMIC to be held by an affiliate of Prime Retail or an assignee  thereof that 
(i) has sufficient resources to pay the tax liability associated with such 
Certificates, (ii) can and does make the  representations required in a 
standard affidavit for REMIC residual holders and (iii) can and does 
otherwise comply with all laws applicable to the holder of a residual 
interest in a REMIC; and

    (i) Provide such representations and warranties as are typically required 
by Rating Agencies and investors in securitizations and financings similar to 
the transactions contemplated hereby.

    Lender will to the extent practicable and permitted by the Rating 
Agencies permit the Borrower to participate in conversations regarding major  
decisions in the Rating Agency process; provided that all Borrower  contacts 
and conversations with the Rating Agencies regarding the transactions 
contemplated hereby shall be initiated through and participated in by Lender.

20. RELEASE OF MORTGAGED PREMISES.  A Borrower may obtain (x) the release (in 
whole but not in part) of any individual Mortgaged Premises from the lien  of 
the related Mortgage and Second Mortgage and (y) the release of such Borrower 
from obligations thereafter arising under the Loan Documents, at such 
Borrower's cost, upon satisfaction of each of the following  conditions:

    (a) Lender shall receive payment of an amount (the "RELEASE AMOUNT") 
equal to the sum of (i) one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the then 
current Allocated Amount for such Mortgaged Premises plus (ii) such 
additional amount, to be applied in reduction of the principal balance of the 
Loan, as may be necessary so that, immediately after the release of the 
Mortgaged Premises, the Loan DSCR for the Loan shall be at least equal to the 
greater of  (I) the Loan DSCR for the Loan on the Closing Date and (II) the 
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release of the Mortgaged  Premises, or if permitted by the Rating Agencies 
(without causing any Rating Agency to decrease its proposed rating of any 
class of  Certificates or the principal amount of such class that is 
permitted  to obtain such rating) the Loan DSCR for the Loan on the Closing 
Date;

    (b) Lender shall receive payment of all other amounts then due and 
payable under the Loan, including, without limitation, any prepayment fee 
described in Paragraph 10 of this Part A payable in connection with  the 
Release Amount;

    (c) no default shall have occurred and be continuing either before or 
after giving effect to such release;

    (d) Lender shall have received the payment required under the Mezzanine 
Loan as discussed in Paragraph 7 of Part B of this Commitment; and

    (e) Unless the property being released is the sole Mortgaged Premises  
owned by the applicable Borrower and such Borrower is being released under 
the Loan and Mezzanine Loan, the Mortgaged Premises being  released shall be 
transferred by the related Borrower to a third  party, whether affiliated 
with Prime Retail or otherwise.

21. BUDGET APPROVAL.  From and after the Increased Amortization Date, 
Borrower must obtain the approval of the Lender for each annual budget for 
the Mortgaged Premises, operating expenses for the Mortgaged Premises will be 
disbursed periodically in accordance with the approved annual budget, and 
expenses that arise for which amounts have not previously been budgeted     
must be approved separately.

22. MAGNOLIA BLUFF LEASE LOAN DOCUMENTS.  The Lender shall have received and 
approved a true and complete copy of all documents executed and delivered in 
connection with the issuance of the Magnolia Bluff Lease and the Loan 
Agreement, including, without limitation, copies of the Loan Agreement and a 
policy of title insurance issued in connection with the execution of the Loan 
Agreement and the related transactions encumbering the fee estate of the 
property subject to the Magnolia Bluff Lease and any subsequent amendments to 
such documents including such amendments and/or other comfort as Lender or 
the Rating Agencies may require in order to protect, secure and enhance 
Lender's security in the Loan Agreement, the Magnolia Bluff Lease and the 
property encumbered thereby.

23. GROUND LEASE DOCUMENTS.  Lender shall have received and approved a true 
and correct copy of each Ground Lease, and such related documents, including 
estoppel certificates and nondisturbance agreements with any Landlord or fee 
mortgagee as Lender or the Rating Agencies may require to protect a 


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mortgagee's interest in such Ground Leases.

24. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN BORROWER INFORMATION.  Lender agrees that (i) 
information furnished by Borrower to it regarding tenant sales and property 
figures and rent rolls and individual lease terms, and (ii) any information 
that (A) is not contained or required to be contained in the financial 
statements, and is not specifically described and required to be delivered to 
Lender pursuant to Part E, Paragraph 7, clause (b) or clause (d) (other than 
the first sentence and last three sentences thereof) but (B) is reasonably 
requested by the Lender pursuant to the Loan that Borrower reasonably 
considers confidential, shall be kept confidential; provided that:

    (a)  Lender may include information regarding sales on a Mortgaged 
Premises basis for the year ended December 31, 1995 and a table of lease 
expirations in the aggregate in any disclosure document regarding the 
Certificates;

    (b)  Lender may provide information regarding sales on a Mortgaged 
Premises basis, trends in sales on a Mortgaged Premises basis, rent rolls 
showing such information as is reasonably acceptable to Lender and any other 
information received by it from Borrower to any investor or prospective 
investor in Certificates that signs an agreement to keep such information 
confidential (provided that each such investor may use such information in a 
resale of its Certificates provided that the     transferee signs the same 
confidentiality agreement);

    (c)  The servicer of the Certificates shall provide (i) to all 
Certificateholders quarterly information regarding Loan DSCR, Loan Net Cash 
Flow, and occupancy rates of the Mortgaged Premises, and (ii) upon request, 
to Certificateholders that sign an agreement to keep such information 
confidential (provided that each such Certificateholder may use such 
information in a resale of its Certificates provided that the transferee 
signs the same confidentiality agreement) quarterly information regarding 
sales on a Mortgaged Premises basis, trends in sales on a Mortgaged Premises 
basis and rent rolls showing such information as is reasonably acceptable to 
Lender.  In the event that there is an event of default under the Loan or 
Mezzanine Loan, or the Loan DSCR under the Loan or Mezzanine Loan shall 
decline to below 1.20, the foregoing information shall be provided on a 
monthly basis to any Senior Certificateholder (or in the case of an event of 
default or Loan DSCR decline under the Mezzanine Loan, any Junior 
Certificateholder) that signs an agreement to keep the information 
confidential (provided that each such certificate holder may use such 
information in a resale of its Certificates provided that the transferee 
signs the same confidentiality agreement).

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of Paragraph 19 of this Part A, each Borrower shall have the right to 
construct expansions to the improvements on its Mortgaged Premises, provided 
that (i) such construction shall increase the value of such Mortgaged 
Premises, (ii) such construction shall be performed in compliance with all 
applicable laws, (iii) such construction shall be funded solely by equity 
contributions by a direct or indirect parent company of the Borrowers and 
(iv) the method of such funding shall be addressed in the nonconsolidation 
opinion to be rendered with respect to Borrowers and shall not adversely 
affect the conclusion of such opinion.

26. DENOMINATIONS.  The Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations 
of $200,000 and shall be sold in minimum lots of $500,000 to any buyer or 
group of buyers under common control.

                            B. MEZZANINE LOAN TERMS

1.  MEZZANINE BORROWER.  The borrowers of the Mezzanine Loan will be the 
Borrowers.

2.  FORM OF FINANCING.  The Mezzanine Loan will be issued in the form of a 
junior mortgage loan to each Borrower.  Each such junior mortgage loan shall 
be secured by substantially the same documents as are described in Paragraph 
11 of Part A hereof with respect to the Loan (subject to the subordination 
thereof to the Loan and to the rights of the Lender under the Mezzanine Loan 
set forth in this Part B). The Mezzanine Loan will be securitized in the form 
of the Junior Certificates.

3.  PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.  The initial principal amount of the Mezzanine Loan 
shall be $33,500,000 (the "Anticipated Junior Size").  The actual initial 
principal amount of the Mezzanine Loan will be determined (or, if pricing of 
the Junior Certificates occurs subsequent to the origination date of the 
Mezzanine Loan, adjusted) at the time of the initial pricing of the Junior 
Certificates to be not greater than the Selected Rating Agency Junior Size; 
provided that if the Lender Junior     Size exceeds the Selected Rating 
Agency Junior Size, the excess shall be originated as Preferred Equity, 
subject to the conditions set forth in Part C of this Commitment.  In 
addition, in the event that any of the Selected Rating Agencies does not 
permit there to be a class of Certificates rated "BB" or its equivalent, then 
the Mezzanine Loan shall not be made (or shall be repaid, if made) and in 
lieu of the Mezzanine Loan, the Preferred Equity will be originated, subject 
to the conditions set forth in Part C of this Commitment.

4.  INTEREST.  Subject to increase as provided in Paragraphs 1 and 19 of Part 
A of this Commitment, the interest rate on the Mezzanine Loan prior to the 
Securitization Closing Date will initially be a per annum rate equal to LIBOR 
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quarter percent (3.25%).  At the pricing of the Junior Certificates, the per 
annum rate will be adjusted to be equal to the interpolated four year U.S. 
Treasury Securities rate plus five and one half percent (5.50%) plus a per 
annum rate equal to the per annum fees of the Servicer and Trustee for the 
Mezzanine Loan.  Interest will be calculated on a 30/360 basis, and will be 
payable on the same payment dates as the Loan.

    Interest, to the extent not paid on a current basis, shall accrue and 
compound monthly at the Mezzanine Default Rate (as hereinafter defined) in 
effect from time to time.  Upon the occurrence of a breach of the Mezzanine 
Loan Documents and until all breaches are cured, the yield on the rate on the 
Mezzanine Loan will be increased by 300 basis points (the "MEZZANINE DEFAULT 
RATE").

5.  TERM.  The Mezzanine Loan will have a seven (7) year term. At the pricing 
of the Junior Certificates such term will be adjusted to be seven (7) years 
from the Securitization Closing Date.

6.  AMORTIZATION.  From the Closing Date to the Securitization Closing Date, 
the Mezzanine Loan shall be an interest only loan with principal payable at 
maturity.  From and after the Securitization Closing Date, the Mezzanine Loan 
will be amortized monthly over its seven year term.  Principal and interest 
shall be paid on a level pay basis over such seven (7) year period, with 
interest on the declining principal balance.

7.  PREPAYMENT.  The Mezzanine Loan may be prepaid in whole or part, on 
thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender, by paying the portion of the 
outstanding principal balance being prepaid together with interest to the 
date of such payment (or, if such payment is on a date other than a payment 
date under the Mezzanine Loan, interest to the next succeeding payment date 
following such payment) and any other amounts which may be owing under the 
terms of the Mezzanine Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined), including a 
prepayment fee equal to (a) two percent (2%) of the outstanding principal 
balance of the Mezzanine Loan, if such prepayment occurs in the first (1st) 
Mezzanine Loan year, or (b) one percent (1%) of the outstanding principal 
balance of the Mezzanine Loan, if such prepayment occurs in the second (2nd) 
Mezzanine Loan year, except as otherwise permitted under Paragraph 1 of Part 
A hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prepayment fee shall be payable 
in connection with the application by Lender of insurance proceeds or 
condemnation awards to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the 
Mezzanine Loan.

    If Lender exercises its right to accelerate the maturity date following 
any default (beyond any applicable notice and/or grace period) by Borrower, 
any tender of payment, whether made by 


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Borrower, its successors or assigns or by anyone on behalf of Borrower, of 
the amount necessary to satisfy the entire indebtedness remaining at any time 
prior to a foreclosure sale, shall be deemed (a) to constitute an evasion of 
the prepayment privilege and (b) to be a voluntary prepayment, which shall 
require payment of the prepayment fee set forth herein.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall prepay the Mezzanine Loan 
in part simultaneously with any release of a Mortgaged Premises from the lien 
of the Mortgage as discussed under Paragraph 20 of Part A of this Commitment, 
at which time:

     (a)  Lender shall receive payment of an amount (the "MEZZANINE RELEASE 
AMOUNT") equal to the sum of (i) one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of 
the then current Mezzanine Allocated Amount for such Mortgaged Premises plus 
(ii) such additional amount, to be applied in reduction of the principal 
balance of the Mezzanine Loan, as may be necessary so that, immediately after 
the release of the Mortgaged Premises, the combined Loan DSCR for the Loan 
and the Mezzanine Loan shall at least equal the greater of (I) the combined 
Loan DSCR for the Loan and the Mezzanine Loan on the Closing Date and (II) 
the combined Loan DSCR for the Loan and the Mezzanine Loan immediately prior 
to release of the Mortgaged Premises or, if permitted by the Rating Agencies 
(without causing any Rating Agency to decrease its proposed rating of any 
class of Certificates or the principal amount of such class that is permitted 
to obtain such rating) the combined Loan DSCR for the   Loan and the 
Mezzanine Loan on the Closing Date; and

     (b)  Lender shall receive payment of all other amounts then due and 
payable under the Mezzanine Loan, including, without limitation, any 
prepayment fee described above payable in connection with the Mezzanine 
Release Amount.

8.   NET EXCESS CASH FLOW.  All Excess Cash Flow less the operating expenses 
of Borrower ("NET EXCESS CASH FLOW") will be transferred from the Lockbox 
Account under the Loan to a sweep account under the Mezzanine Loan to be 
applied to payment of amounts due under the Mezzanine Loan.  Any amounts of 
Net Excess Cash Flow remaining after payment of all amounts then due under 
the Mezzanine Loan, subject to Paragraph 11 of this Part B, will be released 
to Borrower.

9.   LENDER RIGHTS.  Under the Mezzanine Loan, Lender will be entitled to the 
following consent rights with respect to the operation of Borrower.  Without 
the consent of Lender under the Mezzanine Loan, Borrower shall not merge, 
consolidate, or acquire assets (except in connection with a permitted 
substitution or a permitted expansion of Mortgaged Premises under the Loan 
and Mezzanine Loan), amend its organizational documents, amend or refinance 
the Loan, sell or transfer any of the Mortgaged 


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Premises (except in connection with a permitted substitution or release under 
the Loan and Mezzanine Loan), permit any transfers of ownership of Borrower 
to occur, incur indebtedness other than the Loan and the Mezzanine Loan or 
enter into contracts with or make payments to affiliates (except on a 
commercially reasonable arm's length basis), other than the Management 
Agreement approved by the Lender or replace the Manager or amend the 
Management Agreement (in either case, except if directed by Lender under the 
Loan).

10.  TRANSFERS.  The Mezzanine Loan and the Junior Certificates will be 
freely transferable by Lender.  Prime Retail agrees that it (or one of its 
affiliates) shall be the initial purchaser of the Junior Certificates from 
Lender at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest 
thereon.

11.  DEFAULT REMEDY.  In the event that payments under the Mezzanine Loan are 
not made when due, or there is any other default under the Mezzanine Loan 
Documents beyond any applicable notice and/or grace period, Lender shall have 
standard remedies, including acceleration and realization on its security. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as the Loan is outstanding, the 
remedies of Lender under the Mezzanine Loan shall be limited to the 
following: (a) Lender may cause the removal of the existing property manager 
and designate a replacement property manager, and (b) all Net Excess Cash 
Flow in excess of be applied to the prepayment of the Mezzanine Loan.  In 
addition, Lender will have the right to put the Mezzanine Loan to Prime 
Retail at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and 
unpaid interest thereon on the maturity date of the Mezzanine Loan or to 
terminate and replace the existing Property Manager in the event that there 
is (i) a change in control of the applicable Borrower, (ii) the acquisition 
of more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership in, or control of, Prime 
Retail, Inc. by any party or group of related parties that does not hold such 
interest or such control (either through stock ownership in Prime Retail, 
Inc. or limited partnership unit ownership in Prime Retail) on the Closing 
Date, or (iii) Prime Retail, Inc. ceasing to own one hundred percent (100%) 
of the general partnership interest in, and to have sole control of Prime 
Retail (to the same extent as Prime Retail Inc. has control over Prime Retail 
under the existing terms of the partnership agreement of Prime Retail).  The 
holder of the Mezzanine Loan will have the right to cure any default under 
the Loan, unless the Mezzanine Loan is held by Borrower or an affiliate. 
Lender will also have the right to exercise the foregoing remedies in clauses 
(a) and (b) of the second sentence of this paragraph in the event that the 
combined Loan DSCR is less than 1.15 for the trailing twelve (12) month 
period (unless the Selected Rating Agencies shall require a higher coverage 
test to rate the Junior Certificates the Minimum Rating); provided that the 
right to receive Net Excess Cash Flow in excess of the 

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scheduled payments on the Mezzanine Loan upon a decline in Loan DSCR will 
terminate in the event that the combined Loan DSCR shall increase to 1.45 for 
four successive calendar quarters and the right to receive such Net Cash Flow 
upon a default will terminate if the default is cured.

12.  CROSS-DEFAULT.  A default under the Loan shall also constitute a default 
under the Mezzanine Loan.

13.  SUBORDINATION OF AFFILIATE FEES.  Any fees payable by Borrowers to 
affiliates, including management fees, shall be subordinate to the Mezzanine 
Loan, to the same extent as under the Loan.

14.  REPURCHASE OF JUNIOR CERTIFICATES.  Lender agrees (by itself or 
one of its affiliates) to enter into a standard Public Securities 
Association Repurchase Agreement with Prime Retail with respect to the 
Junior Certificates, for a two year period following the purchase of 
the Junior Certificates by Prime Retail pursuant to the terms of a 
letter agreement dated May 24, 1996 between Borrower and a third party, 
a copy of which has previously been delivered to Lender (the 
"Repurchase Commitment"). Pursuant to such letter, 75% of the fair 
market value of the Junior  Certificates will be financed under such 
Repurchase Agreement.  If so elected by Borrower by notice given not 
less than five business days prior to the Securitization Closing Date, 
Lender agrees that it or an affiliate will finance the remaining 25% of 
the fair market value of the Junior Certificates (provided, however, 
that on the Securitization Closing Date the amount of the repurchase 
financing provided by Lender on the Junior Certificates shall be such 
that the total amount of repurchase agreement financing as of such date 
shall be not less than the principal amount of the Junior Certificates; 
provided further that at all times after the Securitization Closing 
Date Lender shall not provide financing in an amount in excess of 25% 
of the fair market value of the Junior Certificates, and Prime Retail 
shall be required to repay or collateralize any amount of financing in 
excess thereof) on the same terms as set forth in the Repurchase 
Agreement and the Repurchase Commitment (including, without limitation, 
recourse to Prime Retail Inc., solely in its capacity as general 
partner of Prime Retail), except that the interest rate on such 
additional financing will be equal to LIBOR plus a margin of seven 
percent (7.00%).

                           C. PREFERRED EQUITY TERMS

1.   TERMS OF PREFERRED EQUITY. Preferred Equity means financing in the form 
of subordinate debt or preferred equity and secured by the Preferred Equity 
Excess Cash Flow.  The "PREFERRED EQUITY EXCESS CASH FLOW" means the Net 
Excess Cash Flow of all the Borrowers less any required payments on the 
Mezzanine Loan. Preferred Equity may be issued either by the Borrowers or by 
a parent of the Borrowers, which shall, if elected by Lender, be a special 
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of issuing the Preferred Equity.  Preferred Equity shall be issued only if 
the legal structure and rights of the Preferred Equity and the legal 
structure of the Preferred Equity issuer are acceptable to Lender and the 
Rating Agencies; provided that such structure shall not require a pledge of 
the existing 98% general partnership interest of Prime Retail in the 
Borrowers.

2.   AMOUNT.  Subject to the conditions in the preceding Paragraph 1 of 
this Part C, Preferred Equity will be issued if either (i) the Lender 
Junior Size exceeds the Selected Rating Agency Junior Size (a 
"Sub-Mezzanine Issuance" of Preferred Equity), in which case Preferred 
Equity will be issued in the amount of the excess or (ii) in the event 
that any of the Selected Rating Agencies does not permit there to be a 
class of Certificates rated an acceptable rating (a "Mezzanine 
Substitute Issuance" of Preferred Equity), in which case Preferred 
Equity will be issued in the amount that can meet the Preferred Equity 
DSCR; provided that in either event, the amount of the Preferred Equity 
shall not be greater than that permitted by the Selected Rating 
Agencies under the Selected Structure.

3.   RATE.  The interest rate or preferred yield on the Preferred Equity 
shall equal (i) in the case of a Sub-Mezzanine Issuance, LIBOR plus seven 
percent (7.00%), and (ii) in the case of a Mezzanine Substitute Issuance, 
LIBOR plus six percent (6.00%).

4.   TERM.  The Preferred Equity shall have a four year term or a five year 
term with the first year being interest only, if a Mezzanine Substitute 
Issuance and a three year term if a Sub-Mezzanine Issuance.  The Preferred 
Equity shall be issued on the Securitization Closing Date.

5.   AMORTIZATION.  Except as otherwise provided in the preceding Paragraph 
4, the Preferred Equity shall amortize over its term based on level payments 
of principal and interest, with interest on the declining principal balance.

6.   CERTAIN RIGHTS.  Without limiting the condition in Paragraph 1 of this 
Part C, the Preferred Equity shall, unless otherwise elected by Lender, have 
the same rights as those of the Mezzanine Loan set forth in Paragraphs 4 
(second paragraph), 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 of Part B of this Commitment.

7.   TRANSFER.  The Preferred Equity shall be freely transferable by Lender.

8.   DELAYED ISSUANCE.  If so elected by Borrower, the Preferred Equity 
issued in a Mezzanine Substitute Issuance may provide that rather than being 
purchased immediately it shall be purchasable in not more than two (2) 
installments during the first year of its term (in which event there shall be 
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such first year).

9.   INTEREST RATE CAP.  Prior to the issuance of the Preferred Equity in a 
Mezzanine Substitute Issuance, Borrower shall purchase an interest rate cap 
from a counterparty rated "AA" or better and included in the list of 
permitted counterparties for the Cap with respect to the Loan, and having 
terms reasonably acceptable to Lender.  Such interest rate cap shall provide 
for monthly payments on the payment dates for the Preferred Equity based on 
the initial principal amount of the Preferred Equity, an actual/360 day count 
fraction and the excess of LIBOR over the Preferred Equity Cap Required 
Strike Rate (as hereinafter defined) and shall have a term equal to the term 
of the Preferred Equity.  The Preferred Equity Cap Required Strike Rate is 
seven percent (7.00%). Borrower may at its option purchase an interest rate 
cap that requires payments to be made in accordance with the preceding 
formula except that the LIBOR rate at which the counterparty is required to 
make payments is lower at all times than the Preferred Equity Required Cap 
Strike Rate (such lower rate the "PREFERRED EQUITY ACTUAL CAP STRIKE RATE").  
Borrower shall be obligated to replace any interest rate cap for the 
Preferred Equity in the event that the rating of the counterparty shall be 
downgraded below "AA" or its equivalent, qualified or withdrawn by any Rating 
Agency or there shall be a breach or default thereunder. The counterparty for 
any replacement cap for the Preferred Equity shall be selected by Borrower 
from a list of counterparties reasonably agreed to by Borrower and Lender, or 
if Borrower and Lender are unable to agree upon a list, shall be selected by 
Lender in its reasonable discretion; provided that such counterparty shall 
have the required rating set forth above.

                       D.     [RESERVED]


                       E.     CONDITIONS

     The Lender's obligation to make the Loan and the Mezzanine Loan to 
Borrowers to purchase the Preferred Equity is subject to satisfaction of each 
of the following conditions:

1.   LOAN DOCUMENTS, MEZZANINE LOAN DOCUMENTS.  Borrowers shall have executed 
and delivered to Lender (i) the Note, (ii) the Mortgage, (iii) the Assignment 
of Leases and Rents, (iv) the Guaranty, (v) the Second Mortgage, (vi) the 
Second Assignment, (vii) the Lockbox Agreement, (viii) all other documents 
required by Lender to be executed and/or delivered by or on behalf of 
Borrowers in connection with the Loan (collectively, the "LOAN DOCUMENTS"), 
(ix) all documents required by Lender to be executed and/or delivered by or 
on behalf of Borrowers in connection with the Mezzanine Loan (the "MEZZANINE 
LOAN DOCUMENTS"), and (x) all documents required by Lender to be executed and 
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Borrowers in connection with the Preferred Equity (the "PREFERRED EQUITY 
DOCUMENTS").

2.   TITLE.  Title to the fee simple estate or leasehold estate, as 
applicable, in each Mortgaged Premises shall be vested in the pplicable 
Borrower and shall be free, clear and unencumbered, except for taxes not yet 
due and payable and such other matters as Lender's legal counsel determines 
to be acceptable.

3.   TITLE INSURANCE.  A fully paid ALTA policy of title insurance (1970 Form 
B) (the "TITLE POLICY") shall be issued in form and by a company acceptable 
to Lender, in an amount not less than the original principal balance of the 
Loan. The Title Policy shall insure that the Loan is a valid first lien on 
Borrowers' fee simple estate or leasehold estate, as applicable, in the 
Mortgaged Premises, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except as 
Lender and its counsel have approved in writing, which Title Policy shall be 
assignable without additional cost.  The Title Policy shall, to the extent 
reasonably available in the applicable jurisdiction, include:

     (a)  Coverage against mechanics' liens throughout the term of the Loan;
     (b)  comprehensive endorsement (Form 100);
     (c)  tie-in endorsement;
     (d)  usury endorsement;
     (e)  zoning endorsement;
     (f)  environmental lien endorsement;
     (g)  contiguity endorsement;
     (h)  access endorsement;
     (i)  survey endorsement;
     (j)  mineral rights endorsement;
     (k)  first loss endorsement;
     (l)  last dollar endorsement;
     (m)  no exclusion for creditors' rights;
     (n)  doing business endorsement; and
     (o)  such other affirmative insurance and endorsements as may be required
by Lender.

4.   INGRESS, EGRESS AND EASEMENTS.

     (a)  Ingress and egress to the Mortgaged Premises shall be by public 
road or by a deeded right-of-way easement included as part of the Mortgaged 
Premises and insured under the Title Policy.

     (b)  All easements, servitude's, and other agreements, if any, regarding 
the mutual use and/or maintenance of any access roads, drainage and retention 
facilities, parking garages, parking areas, recreation areas, party walls, 
common areas or otherwise in any way affecting or appurtenant to the 
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appurtenant easements or servitude's shall be insured under the Title Policy.

5.   REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO CLOSING.  Prior to the Closing Date, each Borrower 
shall provide Lender with the following:

     (a)  SURVEY.  A current or updated title survey of the Mortgaged 
Premises prepared by a licensed or registered land surveyor acceptable to 
Lender in accordance with the 1992 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for 
ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys for the classification of an "Urban Survey" and 
including items from the list of "Optional Survey Responsibilities and 
Specifications" (Table A) as reasonably required by Lender.  Such survey must 
(i) be certified to Lender and the title insurance company issuing the Title 
Policy, (ii) delineate all improvements in place, including parking areas, 
driveways, walkways, exits and entrances, all easements, adjoining public 
streets and alleys and access thereto, encroachments and utilities, including 
water and sewer lines to the point of connection with the public system and 
(iii) set forth the complete legal description of the Mortgaged Premises. The 
survey must show a state of facts acceptable to Lender and the title company 
issuing the Title Policy, including all improvements within lot lines, no 
encroachments by adjoining property owners, and no utility lines running 
under buildings in the survey area, and be prepared and certified to by a 
duly registered land surveyor or engineer.

     (b)  OWNER'S AFFIDAVIT.  An Owner's Affidavit affirming, among other 
things: (i) that all costs for labor and material for the constructionof the 
Improvements have been paid in full or will be paid when due,unless being 
contested as permitted in the Loan Documents, (ii) thatBorrower has paid for 
and is the owner of all furnishings, fixtures,and equipment free of any 
security interests or liens, except for suchitems as are yet to be paid for 
in the ordinary course of business, (iii) that no bankruptcy or insolvency 
proceedings have been instituted by or against Borrower or an entity related 
to Borrower, and (iv) such other matters as Lender or its legal counsel shall 
require.

     (c)  OPINION OF COUNSEL.  An opinion from counsel satisfactory to Lender 
that:

          (i)   Borrower is a duly organized limited or general partnership 
in good standing with authority to do business in each state where a 
Mortgaged Premises is located;

          (ii)  Borrower has the power to acquire, and grant a lien on and a 
security interest in, the Mortgaged Premises and the other property securing 
the Loan and Mezzanine Loan, and to engage in the transaction contemplated by 
this commitment;

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have been duly executed and are valid and binding obligations of Borrower and 
enforceable in accordance with their terms;

           (iv)  the Loan Documents and Mezzanine Loan Documents create a 
valid, perfected security interest in favor of Lender in the Reserves and the 
Escrows, the Expansion Escrow, the interest rate cap, and any collateral 
securing the Mezzanine Loan;

          (v)   Neither the Loan transaction nor the Mezzanine Loan transaction
is usurious; and

          (vi)  such other matters as Lender may reasonably require, 
including with respect to the Preferred Equity and opinions for the 
Securitization.

    (d)   INSURANCE.  Subject to such greater requirements as shall be 
imposed by the Rating Agencies in connection with the Securitization, Lender 
shall be furnished insurance coverage on each Mortgaged Premises (i) issued 
by (A) U.S.F.&G. (if acceptable to the Rating Agencies) or (B) a company or 
companies licensed to do business in each state where such Mortgaged Premises 
is located and rated at least within the top three (3) ratings categories by 
Standard & Poor's Rating Services and (ii) on forms satisfactory to Lender. 
Such coverage shall be in the following forms and amounts and shall be 
submitted to Lender for approval twenty (20) days prior to the Closing Date.

          (i)   Fire and Extended Coverage insurance, and Boiler and 
Machinery insurance (if applicable), with Full Replacement Cost endorsement 
and Mortgagee Clause naming Lender as loss payee.

          (ii)  Comprehensive General Liability insurance with Broadened 
Coverage endorsement which, together with Umbrella or Excess Coverage, 
provides Combined Single Limits Coverage in amounts approved by Lender and 
Rating Agencies at all times.

          (iii) Flood insurance, if the Mortgaged Premises are located in a 
flood plain, for the maximum amount available.

          (iv)  Rent Loss insurance in an amount equal to the greater of (x) 
twelve (12) (or, if required by the Rating Agencies, eighteen (18)) months 
gross rental income from the Mortgaged Premises or (y) twelve (12) (or, if 
required by the Rating Agencies, eighteen (18)) months of operating expenses 
for the Mortgaged Premises, including debt service on the applicable 
Allocated Amount.

Lender must be furnished with the original policy or policies  prior to 
closing.

    (e)  LEASES.  Duplicate originals or certified copies of such leases as
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used at its Mortgaged Premises, the form and substance of which shall be 
subject to the approval of Lender.

         All existing leases and all future leases, and any amendments or 
modifications thereto, or terminations thereof, shall be entered into on 
commercially reasonable, arms length terms for the market in which the 
applicable Mortgaged Premises is located; provided that the term of such 
leases shall not exceed fifteen (15) years.

    (f)  TENANT ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES.  A written certification by the tenant 
under (a) leases generating (i) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the 
Rents at each Mortgaged Premises or (ii) with respect to up to two (2) 
Mortgaged Premises, leases generating at least sixty percent (60%) of the 
Rents, provided that Borrower shall provide a satisfactory certification with 
respect to the remainder of the leases of such Mortgaged Premises plus (b) 
such other leases as the Rating Agencies may require, setting forth the 
commencement date of the lease term and confirming (except as otherwise 
stated therein) that: (A) the tenant has accepted the premises, has made no 
advancements for or on behalf of Borrower as landlord for which tenant has 
the right to deduct from or offset against future rentals as of the date of 
certification and has not paid rent for more than the current month during 
which certification is made, (B) the lease is in full force and effect, free 
from any default by either party, and has not been changed, modified or 
amended except as stated in the certification of the tenant, (C) all 
improvements required to be made by landlord under the lease have been 
completed in accordance with plans and specifications approved by tenant, 
tenant is in full and complete possession thereof, and all of landlord's 
obligations under the lease have been performed, (D) the term, monthly 
rental, square feet of leased area, and a listing of any rental concession or 
inducements granted to tenant as part of the lease transaction, (E) tenant 
agrees not to pay rent more than one month in advance, (F) tenant currently 
has no right to terminate the lease under any "kick-out clause" and (G) such 
other matters as Lender may reasonably request.  The information provided in 
such certifications must be reasonably satisfactory to Lender. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Borrowers, using their best 
efforts, are not able to obtain the required estoppel certificates by the 
Closing Date, Borrowers shall be deemed to have complied with the first 
sentence of this paragraph if they provide (i) estoppel certificates by the 
tenant under leases generating at least fifty percent (50%) of the Rents at 
each Mortgaged Premises on the Closing Date, and (ii) the remaining estoppel 
certificates required by such sentence on the earlier of September 1, 1996 
and the Securitization Closing Date.  Failure to provide such remaining 
estoppel certificates shall constitute a default under the Loan.

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that all installments of special taxes or assessments, service charges, water 
and sewer charges, private maintenance charges, and other prior lien charges 
by whatever name called, whether then due on the Closing Date or payable 
thereafter, and all installments of general real estate taxes due and 
payable, have been paid in full on or before the Closing Date.

    (h)  COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING, BUILDING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER LAWS. 
Evidence satisfactory to Lender that (i)(A) any required certificate of 
occupancy has been validly issued for the Mortgaged Premises (ii) the Loan 
and the Mortgaged Premises and the actual use thereof comply with all laws, 
ordinances, rules and regulations of all governmental authorities having 
jurisdiction over the same and (iii) is no action or proceeding pending 
before any court, quasi-judicial body or administrative agency at the time of 
any disbursement by Lender relating to the validity of the Loan or actual use 
of the Mortgaged Premises. All rights to appeal any decision rendered must 
have expired prior to the Closing Date.

    (i)  APPRAISALS.  An appraisal prepared by a third-party real estate 
appraiser, and in form and substance, satisfactory to Lender.  Lender hereby 
approves Cushman & Wakefield as an appraiser.

    (j)  ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT.  An Environmental Report dated within six (6) 
months of the Closing Date, in form and substance, and prepared by a 
qualified environmental consultant, acceptable to Lender with respect to an 
investigation and audit of the Mortgaged Premises to determine whether the 
Mortgaged Premises has been contaminated by any toxic waste or hazardous 
materials (as such contaminants are defined by federal and state 
environmental protection, "Superfund" and hazardous waste legislation and 
regulations), as well as whether the Mortgaged Premises contains any asbestos 
containing material in friable form.  The Environmental Report must be based 
on a review of past and present uses of the Mortgaged Premises, and adjacent 
properties, as well as onsite inspections, test boring reports and other 
investigative methods deemed advisable or necessary by the consultant to 
permit a conclusion as to any apparent or likely contamination of the 
Mortgaged Premises by any toxic or hazardous materials, including the 
presence of asbestos containing material in friable form.  Borrower shall pay 
all costs, including laboratory analysis charges.  If friable asbestos 
containing material or any toxic or hazardous wastes are found to exist on 
the Mortgaged Premises, then Lender shall have the option of requiring a 
complete clean-up or removal of such material prior to the Closing Date or of 
excluding the affected Mortgaged Premises from this transaction and reducing 
the principal amount of the Loan by the Allocated Amount for such Mortgaged 
Premises.  With respect to any Environmental Report that was not originally 
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provide on the Closing Date a reliance letter for the benefit of Lender with 
respect to such Environmental Report, in form and substance acceptable to 
Lender.

    (k)  ENGINEERING REPORT.  An Engineering Report dated within six (6) 
months of the Closing Date, in form and substance, and prepared by a 
consulting engineer, acceptable to Lender with respect to an inspection of 
the Mortgaged Premises to determine its compliance with applicable building 
codes and the existence of any deferred maintenance and physical defects at 
such Mortgaged Premises.  Lender hereby approves Merritt & Harris as the 
consulting engineer for preparation of the Engineering Report.

    (l)  SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT.  To the extent 
reasonably required by Lender, a Subordination, Non-Disturbance and 
Attormnent Agreement executed by each tenant that is not by its terms 
subordinate to the Mortgage providing that, among other things, (i) the 
applicable lease and all of tenants rights thereunder shall be subject and 
subordinate to the liens, terms, covenants and provisions of the Mortgage and 
the Second Mortgage and Lender's rights thereunder, provided that, for so 
long as a tenant is not in default under its lease, Lender, shall not name 
tenant as a party defendant or seek to terminate tenant's lease in connection 
with a foreclosure of the Mortgage, (ii) upon Lender or its nominee or 
designee taking title to the Mortgaged Premises, such tenant shall recognize 
Lender as its landlord under the applicable lease and (iii) if Lender or its 
nominee or designee shall take title to the Mortgaged Premises, it shall not 
be liable for any damages resulting from defaults by Borrower under the 
applicable lease that occurred prior to taking such title.

    (m)  RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENTS. Copies of all reciprocal easement 
agreements and other documents recorded against, or affecting operation of, 
the Mortgaged Premises.

    (n)  RENT ROLL.  A statement, in affidavit form and in such reasonable 
detail as Lender may require, of all Leases on the Mortgaged Premises as of a 
date not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date.

    (o)  FINANCIAL INFORMATION.  Audited financial statements for Prime 
Retail for the fiscal years 1994 and 1995, audited financial statements for 
each Mortgaged Premises for each fiscal year from commencement of its 
operation by the applicable Borrower through 1995, and forecasted pro forma 
statements for fiscal year 1996 of each Mortgaged Premises.

    (p)  ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS.  Copies, certified as true and correct, of 
the organizational documents of Borrower and, if Borrower is a limited 
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of Borrower's general partner or managing member.

     (q)  ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT.  The consent of Borrowers' accountants for 
use of Borrowers' financial statements in disclosure documents in connection 
with the securitization.

6.   APPROVAL AND RECORDING OF DOCUMENTS, CHANGE OF STANDARDS. The form and 
substance of all existing or proposed Loan Documents, Mezzanine Loan 
Documents, Preferred Equity Documents, agreements, contracts, leases, plans, 
surveys, insurance policies, and other documents which are necessary to 
satisfy any condition of the Commitment shall be satisfactory in form and 
substance in all respects to Lender and its counsel.  Lender reserves the 
right to require recording or filing of any document or memorandum thereof 
executed or delivered in connection with the Loan or the Mezzanine Loan.  Any 
documents, policies conditions or any other matters relating this Commitment 
shall be subject to Lender's approval.

7.   SPECIAL MORTGAGE PROVISIONS.  The Mortgage and other applicable 
documents shall contain, in addition to other provisions that may be required 
hereby, the following provisions binding on each Borrower and all successive 
owners of the Mortgaged Premises:

     (a)  MAINTENANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS.  Borrower shall constantly maintain, 
and shall not diminish in any respect, the Mortgaged  Premises including any 
on-site paved parking areas during the existence of the Mortgage.

     (b)  RENT ROLL.  Borrower shall furnish to Lender a quarterly statement, 
in affidavit form and containing such information and in such detail as 
Lender may reasonably require, of all leases affecting the Mortgaged Premises 
and, on demand, executed counterparts of any and all such leases.

     (c)  SUBORDINATE FINANCING.  Borrower shall not be permitted to place 
any subordinate mortgage against the Mortgaged Premises, except a subordinate 
mortgage in favor of Lender to secure the Mezzanine Loan.

     (d)  INSPECTION OF RECORDS AND ANNUAL STATEMENT.  Lender shall have the 
right, at all reasonable times, to inspect the Mortgaged Premises and all 
books, records, plans, drawings or  other documents regarding the operation 
of or describing the Mortgaged Premises and make copies thereof during normal 
business hours and upon reasonable notice to Borrower.  Borrower will furnish 
Lender detailed financial and operating statements (which shall, in the case 
of annual statements, be audited by a "Big Six" accounting firm), setting 
forth the income and expenses of the operation of the Mortgaged Premises in 
such detail as Lender may reasonably require, within forty-five (45) days 
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close of each calendar quarter and within ninety (90) days after the close of 
each calendar year.  Such operating statements shall be prepared on an 
accrual basis and shall attach a schedule showing actual cash receipts.  Each 
statement shall be accompanied by the certification of (i) a certified public 
accountant approved by Lender (with respect to annual statements) or (ii) 
Borrower (with respect to quarterly statements) to the effect that the 
statement has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles consistently applied throughout the period involved.  In addition, 
Borrower will provide Lender, within forty-five (45) days after each calendar 
quarter, updated occupancy statements and tenants sales reports for each 
property.  If there is an event of default under the Loan or Mezzanine Loan, 
or the Loan DSCR under the Loan or Mezzanine Loan shall decline below 1.20, 
Borrower shall provide all the foregoing information on a monthly basis, 
within fifteen (15) days after the end of each month.  Borrower shall also 
provide any other information specifically required to be disseminated by it 
pursuant to Paragraph 24 of Part A. Information required to be delivered 
under this clause (d) (and the preceding clause (b)) shall be subject to the 
provisions of such Paragraph 24 to the extent provided in such Paragraph 24. 
Borrower will also provide, within fifteen (15) days after request, such 
other information as Lender shall reasonably request.

     (e)  TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.  In the event Borrower, by mortgage, 
conveyance or encumbrance, grants to any other party a security interest in 
the Mortgaged Premises or any part thereof or in any interest in Borrower, 
directly or indirectly, without the written consent of Lender in its sole 
discretion, except in connection with the Mezzanine Loan, or in the event 
Borrower shall sell or otherwisetransfer the Mortgaged Premises or any part 
thereof, or agree to do the same, by purchase agreement, land contract or 
otherwise (unless Borrower's obligations under any such agreement or contract 
shall be subject to the fulfillment of all conditions to such transaction 
imposed by the Loan Documents), without the written consent of Lender in its 
sole discretion, or in the event of a transfer of an interest in Borrower 
without the written consent of Lender in its sole discretion, then Lender 
may, at its election, declare the entire indebtedness to be immediately due 
and payable without notice to Borrower.

     (f)  NO COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM.  Borrower shall not operate the 
Mortgaged Premises or permit same to be operated as a cooperative or 
condominium building or buildings in which the tenants or occupants 
participate in the ownership, control, or management of the Mortgaged 
Premises or any part thereof as tenant, stockholder or otherwise.

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its rights,if any, to require that the Mortgaged Premises be sold as separate 
tracts or units in the event of foreclosure.

     (h)  NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.  Lender will provide Borrower with 
written notice of non-monetary defaults and an opportunity to cure such 
defaults for thirty (30) days from such notice, provided that in the case of 
any such default which is susceptible to cure within ninety (90) days but 
cannot be cured within thirty (30) days through the exercise of reasonable 
diligence, so long as Borrower commences such cure within thirty (30) days, 
such default remains susceptible to cure within ninety (90) days and Borrower 
diligently pursues such cure, such default shall not constitute an event of 
default under the Loan documents.

     (i)  SURVEILLANCE FEES.  Borrower will pay the surveillance fees of the 
Rating Agencies for so long as the Loan or (if interests therein are rated) 
the Mezzanine Loan is outstanding.

     (j)  APPLICATION OF EXCESS CASH FLOW UPON DEFAULT.  If (i) an event of 
default under the Loan has occurred and shall be continuing or (ii) the Loan 
DSCR shall be less than 1.20, all Excess Cash Flow will be retained in 
Lender's cash collateral account and may be applied to payment of amounts due 
under the Loan at Lender's discretion.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, 
Lender's rights upon a default will terminate if such default is cured and 
Lender's rights upon a decline in Loan DSCR will terminate in the event that 
the Loan DSCR shall increase to 1.45 for four successive calendar quarters.

     (k)  ACCEPTANCE OF "BIG SIX" ACCOUNTING FIRM.  Lender agrees that it will 
accept any "Big Six" accounting firm chosen by Borrower as the accounting 
firm to deliver and/or perform all accountants' certifications or audits 
required under the Loan Documents, or Mezzanine Loan Documents or requested 
by Lender pursuant to this commitment.

     (l)  AMENDMENTS.  The applicable documents shall contain provisions 
regarding the adjustments of and amendments to the Loan, the Mezzanine Loan, 
the Preferred Equity and related documents, and the returns of proceeds, 
provided for in this Commitment.

     (m)  VOTING RIGHTS.  No Certificates owned by Borrower, Prime Retail or 
any affiliate shall have any voting rights.

     (n)  SECURITIZATION EXPENSES. The Loan Documents shall permit Lender to 
withdraw funds for payment of the reasonable expenses of the Securitization 
(as approved by Borrowers, acting reasonably) and the Preferred Equity 
issuance from funds available in the Lockbox prior to any disbursement of 
funds to Borrower or any affiliate if Borrower has not paid such expenses 
within 30 days after notice. 

8.   OBLIGATION TO CLOSE.  Lender's obligation to disburse the 


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Loan and the Mezzanine Loan and the Preferred Equity and to enter into the 
Credit Facility is contingent upon the following:

     (a)  COMPLIANCE.  Each condition of this Commitment has been satisfied 
in a manner acceptable to Lender.

     (b)  DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.  If the Mortgaged Premises shall have 
suffered any damage or destruction affecting more than twenty percent (20%) 
of the net rentable floor space of such Mortgaged Premises, Lender may cancel 
this Commitment with respect to such Mortgaged Premises and reduce the 
principal amount of the Loan by the applicable Allocated Amount unless the 
damaged or destroyed portion of the Mortgaged Premises has been restored or 
replaced in a manner acceptable to Lender.

     (c)  MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE.  If there is a change affecting any 
Borrower or Prime Retail which would materially adversely effect the ability 
of such Borrower or Prime Retail to perform its obligations under the Loan, 
the Mezzanine Loan or the Credit Facility, as applicable, or a change that 
would materially, adversely, affect the value of any Mortgaged Premises as 
collateral for the Loan, Lender may cancel this Commitment with respect to 
such Borrower or Mortgaged Premises, and reduce the principal amount of the 
Loan by the applicable Allocated Amount or, if such material adverse change 
affects Prime Retail or affects more than three (3) Mortgaged Premises, 
cancel this Commitment.

     (d)  DUE DILIGENCE INVESTIGATION.  This commitment is subject to the 
satisfactory completion by Lender of its due diligence investigation of the 
Mortgaged Premises, the Borrowers and Prime Retail.

     (e)  CLOSING DATE.  "CLOSING DATE" shall mean the date upon which the 
Loan and the Mezzanine Loan and related transactions close, which will be 
July 1, 1996 or as soon thereafter as all conditions herein are met to 
Lender's satisfaction and a closing is practicable.  The parties agree to 
cooperate in good faith to meet such timing; provided that the foregoing 
shall not be deemed in any way to diminish Lender's conditions and approval 
rights hereunder.

     (f)  ADDITIONAL FINANCING.  The Mortgaged Premises shall not be 
encumbered by any superior or subordinate mortgages.

     (g)  INSPECTION.  Disbursement of the Loan and the Mezzanine Loan is 
subject to a satisfactory on-site inspection of the Mortgaged Premises by a 
representative of Lender.  Lender will cause such inspections to be performed 
by July 1, 1996 and Borrowers shall cooperate with and facilitate such 
inspections.

     (h) [RESERVED]

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9.   GOVERNING LAW.  The rights and obligations of the parties with respect 
to this commitment issued by Lender shall be determined in accordance with 
the laws of the State of New York.

10.  MORTGAGE/DEED OF TRUST.  As used herein, Mortgage shall also mean Deed 
of Trust or Deed to Secure Debt, as applicable, Borrower shall also mean 
Trustor, and Mortgaged Premises shall also mean Premises encumbered by a Deed 
of Trust or Deed to secure Debt in favor of Lender.

11.  PROHIBITION AGAINST ASSIGNMENT OF LOAN COMMITMENT.  Neither this 
Commitment nor any rights hereunder are assignable by Borrowers or by Prime 
Retail or Manager.  Neither this Commitment nor any rights hereunder are 
assignable by Lender except to an affiliate of Lender.  No change in the 
terms and conditions of this Commitment may be made unless in writing and 
signed by the parties.

12.  LOAN COMMISSION.  Lender shall not be obligated to pay any loan 
commissions in connection with the Loan, the Mezzanine Loan or the Credit 
Facility, or the application therefor.

13.  CLOSING COSTS.  Whether or not the Loan, the Mezzanine Loan, the 
Securitization or the Credit Facility closes, Borrowers shall pay all of 
Lender's closing costs, title insurance premiums and charges, survey costs, 
market study costs, recording fees and taxes, attorneys' fees and expenses, 
accountants fees and expenses, consultants fees and expenses, fees and 
expenses of third party due diligence contractors, trustee and servicer fees 
and expenses, Rating Agencies fees and expenses and all other expenses in 
connection with the preparation and closing of this letter, the Loan, the 
Mezzanine Loan, the Securitization and the Credit Facility.

14. [RESERVED]

15.  NO UNDERWRITING FEE.  Borrowers shall not be required to pay any 
underwriting or placement agency fee to Lender or any affiliate thereof in 
connection with the offering and sale of the Certificates, the Mezzanine Loan 
or the Preferred Equity.

16.  LIABILITY AND EXCULPATORY CONDITIONS.  Lender will agree that, subject 
to certain customary exceptions to be determined by Lender (e.g., fraud, 
hazardous substances, misapplication of rents, insurance proceeds or 
condemnation awards, damage to Mortgaged Premises caused by Borrower's gross 
negligence or willful misconduct), in the event of a default under any of the 
instruments evidencing or securing the Loan or the Mezzanine Loan, Lender 
shall look solely to the Mortgaged Premises and the security given with 
respect to the Mezzanine Loan as security for Borrowers' obligations under 
the Loan and Mezzanine Loan and not to any partners of Borrower; provided 
that the Repurchase 

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Agreement and the provisions of this letter relating thereto shall be full 
recourse to Prime Retail and Prime Retail Inc., solely in its capacity as 
general partner of Prime Retail.

17.  LATE PAYMENT PENALTY.  The Note and any note or other Mezzanine Loan 
Documents evidencing the Mezzanine Loan shall include language providing that 
any payment not made within five (5) days of the due date shall be subject to 
a late payment charge equal to four percent (4%) of the monthly payment due. 
This late payment charge shall apply individually to all payments past due 
and there will be no daily pro rata adjustment.  All late charges shall 
accrue to the benefit of Lender. Notwithstanding the above, should any 
payment not be made when due, then the entire principal sum of the Loan or 
the Mezzanine Loan, as applicable, with accrued interest and late payment 
charges, shall, at the election of Lender, become due and payable.  In 
addition, if an event of default shall have occurred and be continuing the 
entire amount of the Loan shall bear interest at a rate of three percent (3%) 
more than the Initial Interest Rate or the Increased Interest Rate, as 
applicable, or, in either case, the applicable usury limit, whichever is 
less. Any rate payment charges or any other charges under the Loan that are 
in EXCESS of the applicable usury rate will be deemed to be penalty-free 
prepayments of principal.


[RESERVED]


19.  ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BORROWER AND PRIME RETAIL.  Borrower and Prime Retail 
acknowledge that Lender is not a fiduciary to Borrower, Prime Retail or its 
affiliates, and Prime Retail has determined to enter into this Commitment 
based on its independent judgment and advice.

20.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Prime Retail and Borrower will keep the terms of 
this letter and the transactions described herein confidential from any 
third parties, except (i) as required by law, (ii) in connection with 
its permitted actions under the second paragraph of Paragraph 14 of 
this Part E and (iii) to the extent necessary to describe the basic 
economic terms hereof in any registration statement, offering document 
or press release issued by Prime Retail.

21.  PRIME RETAIL OBLIGATIONS.  All obligations of Borrowers under this 
Commitment are also obligations of Prime Retail; provided that such 
obligations of Prime Retail (other than those 

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in Paragraph 23 below and Paragraph 14 of Part B) will terminate following 
the Securitization Closing Date.

22.  LENDER SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.  All references to Lender in the context 
of actions of Lender to be taken under the Loan or Mezzanine Loan shall be 
deemed to include Lender's successors and assigns as holders of the Loan or 
Mezzanine Loan, as applicable, including any trustee or servicer for the 
Certificates.

23.  INDEMNITY.  Prime Retail and Borrower will indemnify and hold harmless 
Lender, its parent companies and affiliates, and their respective officers, 
employees, agents, counsel and controlling persons (each an "Indemnified 
Party") from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and 
expenses, joint or several ("Losses"), to which any Indemnified Party may 
become subject in connection with, arising out of or relating to third party 
claims arising out of or relating to (i) any misstatement or omission or 
alleged misstatement or omission in any prospectus, private placement 
memorandum relating to the Certificates or (ii) this Commitment and any 
transactions contemplated thereby (other than, in the case of clause (i) any 
misstatement or omission that was made therein or omitted therefrom in 
reliance upon and in conformity with information that was provided by a 
person other than Borrower or Prime Retail or any of their affiliates or 
agents and was not delivered or approved by any of the foregoing) and in the 
case of clause (ii), any Losses that are finally adjudicated to be caused by 
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Lender.

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<PAGE>


24.  DEFINITION REGARDING DOWNGRADING.  All references herein to a 
downgrading or qualification of the ratings of the Certificates shall be 
construed to refer to a downgrading or qualification of their initial ratings.

                               Very truly yours,
                                NOMURA ASSET CAPITAL CORPORATION

                                By:
                                    --------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:


Agreed and accepted this ___ day of
May, 1996.

PRIME RETAIL, L.P.

By:  Prime Retail, Inc., general partner

By:
   ------------------------------   
   Name:
   Title:

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1
 
                     PRIME RETAIL, INC. AND THE PREDECESSOR
                 EXHIBIT 12.1: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS
            TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
              (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR RATIO INFORMATION)
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                                                      -----------------------------------------------
                                                         AS ADJUSTED
                                                                                                             THE PREDECESSOR
                                                                                                       ----------------------------
                                                                                                 HISTORICAL
                                                      -----------------  ----------------------------------------------------------
                                                      58.1% CONVERSION                   PERIOD FROM    PERIOD FROM
                                                         YEAR ENDED       YEAR ENDED    MARCH 22, TO   JANUARY 1, TO   YEAR ENDED
                                                        DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31,     MARCH 21,    DECEMBER 31,
                                                            1995             1995           1994           1994           1993
                                                      -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
<S>                                                   <C>                <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Income (loss) before minority interests.............      $  15,885        $  12,806      $   9,454      $  (2,408)     $  (3,873)
Interest incurred...................................         19,315           22,394          8,491          2,585          9,277
Amortization of capitalized interest................            222              222            152             42            161
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          3,309            3,309          2,160            695            362
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................          1,276            1,276            797             --             --
Less interest earned on interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           (721)            (721)          (224)            --             --
Less capitalized interest...........................         (2,675)          (2,675)        (1,277)            --           (711)
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
  Earnings..........................................         36,611           36,611         19,553            914          5,216
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
Interest incurred...................................         19,315           22,394          8,491          2,585          9,277
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          3,309            3,309          2,160            695            362
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................          1,276            1,276            797             --             --
Preferred stock dividends...........................         12,496           20,944         16,290             --             --
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
  Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
   Dividends........................................         36,396           47,923         27,738          3,280          9,639
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
 Dividends over Earnings............................      $      --        $ (11,312)     $  (8,185)     $  (2,366)     $  (4,423)
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and
 Preferred Stock Dividends..........................           1.01x              --             --             --             --
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                       YEAR ENDED     YEAR ENDED
                                                      DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31,
                                                          1992           1991
                                                      -------------  -------------
<S>                                                   <C>            <C>
Income (loss) before minority interests.............    $  (7,057)     $  (4,577)
Interest incurred...................................        9,373          8,130
Amortization of capitalized interest................          130             78
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          192             47
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           --             --
Less interest earned on interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           --             --
Less capitalized interest...........................         (573)        (2,829)
                                                      -------------  -------------
  Earnings..........................................        2,065            849
                                                      -------------  -------------
Interest incurred...................................        9,373          8,130
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          192             47
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           --             --
Preferred stock dividends...........................           --             --
                                                      -------------  -------------
  Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
   Dividends........................................        9,565          8,177
                                                      -------------  -------------
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
 Dividends over Earnings............................    $  (7,500)     $  (7,328)
                                                      -------------  -------------
                                                      -------------  -------------
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and
 Preferred Stock Dividends..........................           --             --
                                                      -------------  -------------
                                                      -------------  -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1
 
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                 EXHIBIT 12.1: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS
            TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
              (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR RATIO INFORMATION)
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               AS ADJUSTED
                                                                            -----------------       HISTORICAL
                                                                                               --------------------
                                                                              THREE MONTHS
                                                                             ENDED MARCH 31,    THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                  1996              MARCH 31,
                                                                            -----------------  --------------------
                                                                            58.1% CONVERSION     1996       1995
                                                                            -----------------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                         <C>                <C>        <C>
Income before minority interests..........................................      $   3,827      $   3,057  $   3,142
Interest incurred.........................................................          5,617          6,387      4,753
Amortization of capitalized interest......................................             63             63         56
Amortization of debt issuance costs.......................................            823            823        758
Amortization of interest rate protection contracts........................            319            319        319
Less interest earned on interest rate protection contracts................            (84)           (84)      (243)
Less capitalized interest.................................................           (613)          (613)      (581)
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
  Earnings................................................................          9,952          9,952      8,204
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
Interest incurred.........................................................          5,617          6,387      4,753
Amortization of debt issuance costs.......................................            823            823        758
Amortization of interest rate protection contracts........................            319            319        319
Preferred stock distributions and dividends...............................          3,124          5,236      5,236
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
  Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Distributions and
   Dividends..............................................................          9,883         12,765     11,066
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Distributions and
 Dividends over Earnings..................................................      $      --      $  (2,813) $  (2,862)
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
 Distributions and Dividends..............................................           1.01x            --         --
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
                                                                                   ------      ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    

<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.2
                     PRIME RETAIL, INC. AND THE PREDECESSOR
 
          EXHIBIT 12.2: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS
            TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
 
              (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR RATIO INFORMATION)
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    PRIME RETAIL, INC.
                                                      -----------------------------------------------
                                                         AS ADJUSTED                                   THE PREDECESSOR
                                                                                                       ---------------
                                                                                          HISTORICAL
                                                      -----------------  ---------------------------------------------
                                                      58.1% CONVERSION                   PERIOD FROM     PERIOD FROM
                                                         YEAR ENDED       YEAR ENDED    MARCH 22, TO    JANUARY 1, TO
                                                        DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31,      MARCH 21,
                                                            1995             1995           1994            1994
                                                      -----------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                   <C>                <C>            <C>            <C>
Funds from operations...............................      $  36,212        $  33,133      $  24,762       $     834
Interest incurred...................................         17,982           21,061          8,109           2,585
Amortization of capitalized interest................            217              217            150              42
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          3,281            3,281          2,154             695
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................          1,276            1,276            797              --
Less interest earned on interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           (721)            (721)          (224)             --
Less capitalized interest...........................         (2,602)          (2,602)        (1,121)             --
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
  Funds from Operations, adjusted...................         55,645           55,645         34,627           4,156
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
Interest incurred...................................         17,982           21,061          8,109           2,585
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          3,281            3,281          2,154             695
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................          1,276            1,276            797              --
Preferred stock dividends...........................         12,496           20,944         16,290              --
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
  Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
   Dividends........................................         35,035           46,562         27,350           3,280
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
 Dividends over Funds from Operations...............      $      --        $      --      $      --       $      --
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
Ratio of Funds from Operations to Combined Fixed
 Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends..............          1.59x            1.20x          1.27x           1.27x
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
                                                            -------      -------------  -------------        ------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                       YEAR ENDED      YEAR ENDED      YEAR ENDED
                                                      DECEMBER 31,    DECEMBER 31,    DECEMBER 31,
                                                          1993            1992            1991
                                                      -------------  ---------------  -------------
<S>                                                   <C>            <C>              <C>
Funds from operations...............................    $   4,887       $    (436)      $  (1,043)
Interest incurred...................................        9,277           9,373           8,130
Amortization of capitalized interest................          161             130              78
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          362             192              47
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           --              --              --
Less interest earned on interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           --              --              --
Less capitalized interest...........................         (711)           (573)         (2,829)
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
  Funds from Operations, adjusted...................       13,976           8,686           4,383
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
Interest incurred...................................        9,277           9,373           8,130
Amortization of debt issuance costs.................          362             192              47
Amortization of interest rate protection
 contracts..........................................           --              --              --
Preferred stock dividends...........................           --              --              --
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
  Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
   Dividends........................................        9,639           9,565           8,177
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
 Dividends over Funds from Operations...............    $      --       $    (879)      $  (3,794)
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
Ratio of Funds from Operations to Combined Fixed
 Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends..............        1.45x              --              --
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
                                                      -------------        ------     -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.2
                               PRIME RETAIL, INC.
 
          EXHIBIT 12.2: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS
            TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
 
              (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR RATIO INFORMATION)
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             AS ADJUSTED           HISTORICAL
                                                                         -------------------  --------------------
                                                                         THREE MONTHS ENDED    THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                           MARCH 31, 1996          MARCH 31,
                                                                         -------------------  --------------------
                                                                          58.1% CONVERSION      1996       1995
                                                                         -------------------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                      <C>                  <C>        <C>
Funds from operations..................................................       $   9,686       $   8,916  $   8,033
Interest incurred......................................................           5,466           6,236      4,484
Amortization of capitalized interest...................................              63              63         54
Amortization of debt issuance costs....................................             816             816        754
Amortization of interest rate protection contracts.....................             319             319        319
Less interest earned on interest rate protection contracts.............             (84)            (84)      (243)
Less capitalized interest..............................................            (613)           (613)      (581)
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
  Funds from Operations, adjusted......................................          15,653          15,653     12,820
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
Interest incurred......................................................           5,466           6,236      4,484
Amortization of debt issuance costs....................................             816             816        754
Amortization of interest rate protection contracts.....................             319             319        319
Preferred stock distributions and dividends............................           3,124           5,236      5,236
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
  Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Distributions and
   Dividends...........................................................           9,725          12,607     10,793
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
Excess of Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Distributions and
 Dividends over Funds from Operations..................................       $      --       $      --  $      --
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
Ratio of Funds from Operations to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
 Stock Distributions and Dividends.....................................           1.61x           1.24x      1.19x
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
                                                                                 ------       ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    

<PAGE>
                                                                    Exhibit 24.2
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
   
    We  consent to the reference to our  firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use  of our  reports dated  January  30, 1996,  in Amendment  No. 5  to  the
Registration  Statement (Form S-11 No. 333-1666) and related Prospectus of Prime
Retail, Inc., for the registration of 4,351,078 shares of its common stock.
    
 
                                                    Ernst & Young LLP
 
   
Baltimore, Maryland
June 27, 1996
    


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