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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007, i" D2 t& ~/ Y4 |3 w$ h
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.' c; W+ d% A) K* e8 M' p
' K/ N. v( }- t) w“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.- d# ~" N! R: r8 n& X/ v# N0 N
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.0 O/ a5 ]7 L7 c+ }5 [
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.2 p) m) K2 h0 ]2 k6 O5 @5 ^; C/ J
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Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal., Q1 [- z$ ?) V
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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