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edmontonjournal.com
. g$ }% [' R/ R0 j$ _# f2 TPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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. c [8 I. D" ~3 K1 eEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.9 n3 L$ q/ f9 r% K) h6 j+ s' b
+ X3 K5 B, r% H3 Z$ n# W“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.; n1 i3 h" a# B: ? }
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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: {6 B" B8 S' k6 Z# B# AThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.2 Q2 ?' A2 |/ Z1 ^4 Y$ Q
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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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/ l4 P! h$ N0 E! l: i" {An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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