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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.4 ?. Y0 ^* U& d6 J& n
9 H% y, r. C" e9 N* A2 [The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge. i' z- g" w4 Z/ U" s. T0 c
2 t; E% }* x$ t) R9 b QIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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2 H/ K$ M# v5 ?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./ P% N6 d1 c. M
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( D1 L M9 D* o* kAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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