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edmontonjournal.com
( z7 b( T6 \2 UPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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- e6 c4 I3 X( x) w5 c9 PEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.( ?4 a& H, Z( L/ g( Y
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above., J& q d) u. r$ y2 b/ n( Q$ B" N
6 i: ^7 l! w, w/ {3 i/ C: y“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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; L* P) t& l- i6 z) [It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.3 v" z- m1 X. Q
6 E' A4 i& t) M% K `" P5 a0 nThe 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.
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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