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: A9 V4 |3 r. R" MPublished: Thursday, April 12, 20071 \- f& ^. F7 v$ D- L& B9 T: |9 K
5 q) k i0 H" L# W/ TEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.% B, r! H8 d3 g6 l2 G( [
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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! f: p" Y8 v6 N0 d“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.( O( B o3 g: ]9 f- T( @, D
# _) |3 i* ~: D% ~0 YThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.4 Y4 Z0 C7 e( K2 W
1 M$ J5 p. b5 j, {3 ?3 n4 bSouthgate, 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.* J* ~: V6 b9 b2 @5 Z- v G. l! L
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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