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edmontonjournal.com
2 H& {6 k- w' ~: L% ?' WPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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5 S% k; t: C) v7 f2 E FThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above." x; y1 Y6 S2 T( G0 o- g* B9 x2 K
& M- w0 t" W; Y2 d9 n“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.' u/ X7 u% u/ @
1 u3 H I. T1 i- E OIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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& |6 o- u- x0 [% S0 k/ q. @! zThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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5 w7 d6 O) y) V5 ^Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.) S# B5 H6 l% |$ |* ?
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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