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edmontonjournal.com
g! {" Q9 ?4 G& u# g# Z" G. EPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007! v2 z2 N( b% `0 L4 V b
; t3 }1 q/ D! E4 yEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants., R/ K1 I7 M& t9 x
% h7 A$ Z) z d) dThe 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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“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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. q* c, u5 T- Q/ VIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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7 @7 L' }! g$ _The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.; K" j# _) h( ?1 y8 h1 a6 a
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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.0 K( A! X+ O f& w4 S
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' }- B- }, }, S* j2 d' eAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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