MERRIMACK – The holidays have passed, but town residents can start planning for next year’s shopping season as the first round of stores have been revealed at Merrimack Premium Outlets.

Clothing outfitters Nike, Gap, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers and J. Crew top the list of more than 20 stores revealed to be coming to the large-scale outlet center, according to town documents.

Bloomingdale’s also announced plans for an outlet Wednesday in a press release from it’s parent company Macy’s Inc.

The project developer, Premium Outlets of New Jersey, has kept a tight lid on the identities of the center’s 100-plus stores since construction began last year off Exit 10 of the F.E. Everett Turnpike. Only Saks Fifth Avenue had announced plans to bring a store before this week.

But last week, a review of fire and fit-up permits issued by the town revealed the first 22 stores plan to come to the center.

Saks, Reebok, Hanes, Guess, Timberland, OshKosh B’Gosh, Bose and Ecko are also among those planned, according to the town documents. Another 15 retailers still have permits pending through the town building and code division.

Scheduled to open in June, the $100 million project includes 114 retail spaces, including up to four restaurants and a 200-room hotel.

Many neighbors and town residents have long objected to the project, citing increased traffic and effects on groundwater, among other concerns.

But development group officials contend that the project will generate more than $140 million in sales each year, as well as more than $1 million in annual property taxes. It is also projected to create as many as 800 full- and part-time retail jobs when it opens later this year, officials have said.

“We’ll be scheduling a job fair before you know it,” Michele Rothstein, Premium Outlets’ senior vice president of marketing.

“(We’ll be) contacting area businesses to coordinate in terms of cross-marketing,” she said. “That’s where the real (community) benefits will start to show.”

After years of planning, construction began on the project in the summer of 2010. Blasting crews have been forced to halt work four times since then due to noise and water concerns. But developers remain on track to open in June, they have said.

Jake Berry can be reached at 594-6402 or jberry@nashuatelegraph.com.