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edmontonjournal.com
1 ]3 m. k, G: Z+ z; |5 pPublished: Thursday, April 12, 20070 `* h( |" X7 T+ Q) b4 ?
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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& D& H/ W+ [' r4 n3 sThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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7 O+ J3 V- m9 pThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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5 {, h2 t' _7 }Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.9 ~& e4 c1 ~# M: R( T6 y" Z) f
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$ n4 j6 s9 H% ]$ J2 M5 LAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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