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edmontonjournal.com
0 g# o7 ~. Y* o* g, oPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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, h: Z8 H0 ?. `5 B+ i+ P' sEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.; z/ q8 s! \: e. T8 B, c& l! t
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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/ }$ m' j, p+ v( b3 M; JIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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$ g' [' h7 f( {. p% GThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs. Z v8 U u/ |
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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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8 O; x- Q# x/ g, G8 |( ?2 lAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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