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edmontonjournal.com
: Q& n0 v8 W, g9 c. tPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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( m/ C: A: W9 i' r* q, ` 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.6 X3 K0 |2 `3 `5 c3 A8 J
7 I9 Y; e# w4 \“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.# a3 A& j* S9 |4 F
4 r4 P, w% ?+ L* ~) X' c5 x% }It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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* ^3 M! V% x& L! H) ~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.
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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