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edmontonjournal.com
$ X1 S: P) j4 V9 t4 D7 e( xPublished: 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.
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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 M5 M* Y: _; h: r
$ M" Z+ b6 d, q$ H“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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9 u7 H, F N0 A7 R7 `. Q$ }It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.( ~3 {- \; m2 d7 {: k
" U2 m/ ] _* ?6 c$ t/ LThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.8 w0 V0 X6 R, v4 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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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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