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edmontonjournal.com
, @8 b9 G1 B, l7 \1 F- kPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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* w5 q4 ?6 U* [: L! o" x" \* QEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.) H' V0 g/ a, b3 N9 u/ _
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above. v: y8 @9 t+ b5 k4 D3 s3 G- K
1 w& p- F: J: Y7 x3 K“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.1 j+ t; {4 t; w* p# \4 x
5 t r& t3 V5 v) |2 ^It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.3 N* |. I2 ^$ B1 J0 g
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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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* P7 _" O+ q A$ k dAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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