Somerville's mayor, Joseph Curtatone, spoke on WGBH's "Greater Boston" Monday night to discuss Assembly Row, the large development project in Assembly Square that would bring housing, office space, retail space, restaurants and a revitalized riverfront park to the area.

Last week, it was reported that the area's developer, Federal Realty Investment Trust, was planning to target outlet stores in Assembly Square.

Speaking to "Greater Boston's" host, Emily Rooney, Curtatone said the list of outlet stores planned for the area has not been announced yet, but he said they would be "high quality."

Speaking about the retail environment in the development, the mayor said, "[To] get high quality, at value, this close to the urban core is unique. So, the feel would be the pedestrian feel, the street-scape feel, as you do your shopping down Main Street and any neighborhood square … it's not a mall."

In a poll on Somerville Patch about outlet stores in Assembly Square, 81 percent of respondents said they wanted outlet stores there, 18 percent said they didn't (as of Tuesday morning).

Curtatone also spoke about housing in the development, saying, "What we don't want to build is a gated community." He said the area would attract "empty nesters, young hipsters, 22 to 25 … young professionals, people just starting off."

Watch Curtatone on "Greater Boston" here.