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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 10)

                       TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                     COMMON SHARES, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   875465 10 6
                                 (CUSIP Number)




*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosure provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).





                                       13G

CUSIP NO.             875465 10 6
                  -----------------

     1.   Name of Reporting Person:

                  Stanley K. Tanger

     2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

                  (a) |_| (b) |_|

     3.   SEC Use Only

     4.   Citizenship or Place of Organization:

                  United States Citizen

Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person with:

     5.   Sole Voting Power: 3,334,946

     6.   Shared Voting Power: 1,000

     7.   Sole Dispositive Power: 3,334,946

     8.   Shared Dispositive Power: 1,000

     9.   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

                  3,335,946

     10.  Check Box if the Aggregate  Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
          |_|

     11.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9:

                  20.3%

     12.  Type of Reporting Person:

                  IN







Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:

          Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

          3200 Northline Avenue, Suite 360
          Greensboro, North Carolina  27408

Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:

          Stanley K. Tanger

Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:

          Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
          3200 Northline Avenue, Suite 360
          Greensboro, North Carolina  27408

Item 2(c) Citizenship:

          United States

Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:

          Common Shares, $.01 par value

Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:

          875464 10 6

Item 3.   Not applicable

Item 4.   Ownership

          (a) Amount  Beneficially  Owned:  3,335,946.  Stanley K.  Tanger  owns
          93,610 common shares of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., including
          shares  owned by  Stanley K.  Tanger's  wife,  and 70,000  exercisable
          options to buy Units of Tanger Properties  Limited  Partnership (which
          are  convertible  into 70,000 common shares of Tanger  Factory  Outlet
          Centers,  Inc.).  Tanger Family  Limited  Partnership is the holder of
          record of 139,031 common shares of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
          and 3,033,305  Units of Tanger  Properties  Limited  Partnership,  the
          operating  partnership  of Tanger  Factory  Outlet  Centers,  Inc. The
          3,033,305 Units are convertible into 3,033,305 common shares of Tanger
          Factory  Outlet  Centers,  Inc.  Stanley K. Tanger is the sole general
          partner of Tanger  Family  Limited  Partnership  and may be deemed the
          beneficial owner of such partnership's holdings.

          (b) Percent of Class: 20.3%




          (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

               (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 3,334,946

               (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 1,000

               (iii) sole power to  dispose  or to direct  the  disposition  of:
                     3,334,946

               (iv)  shared  power to dispose or to direct the  disposition  of:
                     1,000

Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

         Not applicable

Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

         Not applicable

Item 7.  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
         Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:

         Not applicable

Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

         Not applicable

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group

         Not applicable

Item 10. Certification

         Not applicable

                                    SIGNATURE


         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

February 9, 2004
Date

                                    /s/  Stanley K. Tanger________
                                         Signature

                                         Stanley K. Tanger
                                         Name