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edmontonjournal.com
; o% h- K3 K0 m$ ]Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007( }3 G6 G% ]7 Q- W3 B$ r' _
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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+ V* Y/ H0 \4 ~“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.# [) y3 U' e: r" l6 W- M$ d
3 L% u0 O, n3 iIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.; R4 Y m1 i+ i& U( L
. a2 |- U' A( rThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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" f( r6 ]% p! ^3 r1 b8 ESouthgate, 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 J* i: Q! E* f2 X0 T8 t8 n
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8 d7 K: w% P& Z/ A B+ E8 n$ K, E. VAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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