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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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4 c5 }5 P5 P w5 wEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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( Y2 `0 I0 h o( g2 NThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.0 z* z: @1 m0 p; g8 Y- o! g
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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; Z+ O9 ^5 \6 U) @% e3 z& LIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.2 |/ ? |! S# y7 c& R$ h" U
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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