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edmontonjournal.com
2 }5 i+ P/ A& ^7 b& u4 S9 k3 LPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007: l3 `; I: f- ]8 B% O7 b& g/ R. f
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.4 ?2 P) F( b! o1 M
! |3 }& d8 n6 ~! S4 Z7 B“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.# v7 _% [; Q# G6 s1 {; @2 @
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.* r t6 t7 b4 k7 t V
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs./ y& r8 r. c. j) @+ }% E4 r
4 P) E6 k$ ~2 X( JSouthgate, 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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