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edmontonjournal.com
7 O/ f) s! u7 m2 jPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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6 v! A/ a+ Q. l* r u9 d$ I$ K“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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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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1 `6 c0 _: G) Y; N5 ~The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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: S# u# Q+ @+ } a1 }+ fSouthgate, 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.! P. P: d% T, @2 l
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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