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edmontonjournal.com
$ v2 J7 K- X2 Z# G) sPublished: Thursday, April 12, 20076 d2 s# _. ]/ R7 k4 W% P$ j
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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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/ r& X. {5 z6 c# T“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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4 |5 w- i& a F( @The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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" \8 p6 y6 r% p6 I C+ ~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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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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