Exhibit 10.6A

                         AMENDMENT TO STEVEN B. TANGER
                      JANUARY 1, 1998 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


     THIS  AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT is entered into and made effective
as of January 1, 2001 by and among Tanger Properties Limited Partnership a North
Carolina limited partnership (the "Partnership"), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  a North Carolina  corporation  and Steven B. Tanger (the
"Executive").

                                    RECITALS:

A.   The  Executive is the Chief  Operating  Officer of the  Partnership  and an
     officer  and  director  of the  Company  under the terms of an Amended  and
     Restated  Employment  Agreement  dated as of  January 1, 1998  between  the
     Executive,  the  Partnership  and the  Company  (the  "Existing  Employment
     Contract").

B.   The Company,  the Partnership and the Executive  intend to modify and amend
     the Existing Employment Contract as provided herein.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants  and  agreements  set forth  below the parties  hereto  agree that the
Existing Employment Contract shall be modified and amended as follows:

1.   The  definitions of "Funds from  Operations" or "FFO" in Paragraph 1(h) and
     "Target FFO Per Share" or "Target" in Paragraph 1(k) are amended to read as
     follows:

          "(h) "Funds From  Operations" or "FFO" with respect to a Contract Year
          shall  mean  the   Company's   consolidated   Funds  From   Operations
          (calculated  for these purposes as provided below) before the minority
          interest  of  the  limited  partners  of  the  Partnership  and  after
          deduction of any Annual Bonus paid to the  Executive  pursuant to this
          Agreement  or to Stanley K. Tanger  under  similar  provisions  of his
          employment  agreement  for  such  Contract  Year and  deducted  in the
          calculation  of net income.  Provided  however,  for  purposes of this
          Agreement,  funds from  operations (i) for the Contract Year for which
          the Annual Bonus is being  determined  and (ii) for each Contract Year
          used to determine  the  "Target"  for the Contract  Year for which the
          Annual  Bonus  is  being  determined  shall be  calculated  using  the
          National   Association  of  Real  Estate  Investment  Trusts  (NAREIT)
          definition of "funds from  operations" in effect for the Contract Year
          for  which  the  Annual  Bonus  is  being  calculated   including  the
          application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) used in
          the  preparation  of  the  Company's  financial  statements  for  that
          Contract Year. For example, in the calculation of the Annual Bonus for
          the Contract  Year ending  December  31,  2001,  FFO for 2001 shall be
          determined  using the NAREIT  definition  of FFO for 2001 and,  in the
          calculation of the "Target" FFO for 2001, the FFO for each of Contract
          Years 1995  through  2000 shall  also be  calculated  using the NAREIT
          definition  for 2001 (even though that 2001 NAREIT  definition  of FFO
          may differ from the FFO  definition  actually  used by the Company for
          any of years 1995 through 2000)."

          "(k) The  "Target  FFO Per Share" or "Target"  for any  Contract  Year
          shall be the average FFO Per Share for the previous  five (5) Contract
          Years  determined  for  each  such  Contract  Year  using  the  NAREIT
          definition of "funds from  operations" in effect for the Contract Year
          for  which  the  Annual  Bonus  is being  determined  as  provided  in
          paragraph 1(h) above;  provided however the Target FFO Per Share shall
          not be less than $1.5520."

2.   In first  paragraph  of  Section  7(d),  $100,000.00  shall be  changed  to
     $115,000.00  and the  parenthetical  phrase  "(which shall not exceed 1.0)"
     shall be deleted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Amendment to Employment
of Steven B. Tanger effective as of January 1, 2001 in duplicate originals.



                     TANGER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
                     a North Carolina Limited Partnership,(Company)

                     By: Tanger GP Trust, its sole General Partner

                     By: ___________________________________
                         ROCHELLE G. SIMPSON, Vice President


                         ________________________________ (SEAL)
                         STEVEN B. TANGER, Executive