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' Y+ b, U# K9 P4 `Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007; H: i/ Z# }6 B8 v4 y7 b
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.( b' b: P" R: n8 U; l0 D+ G3 e
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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.' u2 {% @1 T) Y/ F: i# y
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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.6 X f: a* X: f/ U i" ?! K9 l
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, L' s& C8 z+ ~; i4 U' Z: u6 PThe 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.; n% S2 c( c, s3 m3 P) J
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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