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edmontonjournal.com
9 |% U0 r" Y/ R' B# sPublished: Thursday, April 12, 20071 V: W$ }7 j* Z6 r% U
& ?5 p0 d- ]8 @" l6 HEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.& z1 v3 {3 m& V+ e" O3 i
! E# e: i" |8 ~7 }% b! Y- QThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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- \0 E$ F9 K: c& X2 v% f“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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, B( ~0 j, j3 p3 H O! R4 aIt 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.' T% v% P* D3 ]" i9 J, D
6 E" n+ X4 [/ x& w0 uSouthgate, 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.! U) P+ u/ e) S$ g
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9 T2 U0 I* w+ ]5 HAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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