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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007- B! }/ p7 g6 Q8 b( d+ V) j1 z
( V3 {6 f9 ?# i# l% jEDMONTON — 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.1 H6 ~6 \& r* A. y8 @. S0 K& Q+ B M/ `
9 Z" R, Y* m( {3 R& F% W% w7 a“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.( I) J/ m6 f6 H+ z( o
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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./ l7 z9 _5 ?3 |! }
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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