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edmontonjournal.com
/ R8 ^, e% p1 _# S8 l% q0 w- b8 CPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.3 |: Y: I7 u6 e! f, o8 t
/ |+ h+ r$ L& ]3 W) g5 R+ F. gThe 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." A2 G- A* w7 f9 F7 K- o
{% I7 ~" X5 |! Y. _5 D* j4 F“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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; N% p! S$ J3 ^! T y+ U. uIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.) [5 \ w% ^. b3 K5 [0 s
+ B, P! M' a" C, h6 PThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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" p+ G% ^& \) X1 u+ tSouthgate, 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.) L' z& d" W7 @" I* o% C' m
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: {; K$ \) K. |; OAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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