On the cusp of changing the name of the SuperMall to The Outlet Collection|Seattle, Glimcher Realty Trust recently got the go ahead from the Auburn City Council to rename the surrounding streets.

That means Supermall Way Southwest will become Outlet Collection Way Southwest, Supermall Drive Southwest morph to Outlet Collection Drive SW, and Supermall Access Road will change to Outlet Collection Access Road.

Work had been expected to start Aug. 1, but Glimcher and the Washington State Department of Transportation must first synchronize their efforts to ensure that the signs throughout the city are replaced at the same time they are replaced along the state highways that direct drivers to the mall.

The Planning and Community Development Committee expressed support for the change at its regular committee meeting May 28.

The City has agreed to notify the owners of all the affected properties and Glimcher is to do its own outreach.

“The response we have gotten from police and fire is that not only will this be OK, but that it will work out really well,” Jeff Tate, interim planning director for the City of Auburn said recently. All the surrounding streets were named Supermall Way in the original plans, he said, and the change will allow for finer distinctions.

The cost to the City should be minimal, being limited mainly to administrative costs, Tate said.