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edmontonjournal.com
6 F* p- q& S& I j aPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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5 _, `$ Z, @* F g6 r5 |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.. m6 n- s5 y% }8 i: L4 v/ ]
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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.
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/ B5 _3 b# c" E# z- SIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.) q) s7 a1 u8 K Q- _7 E: I
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs./ g7 k& g5 o3 a4 g
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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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. D* S& f) {6 z+ vAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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