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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007" B. |1 x6 N+ x1 g7 W3 M3 w# o
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.3 H+ J( D: f& b4 J/ R
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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.. v( l X( |1 ]; n+ z% X
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It 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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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./ l% j' n6 j* ~0 Y
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: [! R: V" Y" |3 `' W8 b; h5 v, [An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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