EDGAR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of James F. Williams and Thomas J. Guerrieri Jr., signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Tanger
Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and Form 144 in
accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, or 144, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of January, 2003.

/s/ Lisa Morrison
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Lisa Morrison
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