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edmontonjournal.com
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6 l$ }5 {+ O0 w' l3 ?1 BEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.# z+ I. ?5 _8 W
. r/ K4 O, R+ t5 fThe 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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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.0 x5 [3 p1 e# k* I4 D( M
: @ j3 G7 Q b1 a2 fSouthgate, 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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