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edmontonjournal.com
7 k" @4 K& n2 X% U/ qPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.: e1 i: A, B" K
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.+ ?6 c, m$ \$ R
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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1 h8 _; w, |7 n4 q) c/ `4 g. R+ xThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.
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( x$ H9 U4 |: g1 D AAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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