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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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: b, [0 R, a$ AEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.9 x; R# S/ P' t- e! E
! r( H" W2 D& [: J8 cThe 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.( Z; G5 K9 |: s7 ^2 T
) f* @& a' Y; V. p" z3 U S“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.8 }" I3 I7 C9 S. \6 D! ~
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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2 Q/ S" f" V9 X( k9 |0 ?The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.7 |2 Q7 ^# p; c) E
; Z: {3 G! \) Y0 \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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