Exhibit 23(a)




            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


     We hereby consent to the  incorporation  by reference in this  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 of our  report  dated  March  14,  2005  relating  to the
financial statements,  management's  assessment of the effectiveness of internal
control over financial  reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting,  which appears in the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.'s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. We also consent
to the  incorporation by reference of our report dated March 14, 2005 related to
the financial statement  schedules,  which appears in such Annual Report on Form
10-K.


                                           PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Raleigh, North Carolina
August 11, 2005