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edmontonjournal.com
) H5 Z; ^0 [# W; OPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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; ]/ r ^ z+ K9 s; eThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.8 W4 p+ G3 W+ R5 C. F% k+ F& M; }
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge. l/ K/ X3 ?8 t& E& L) `
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.) h7 u* ^! E! A! d4 N
/ J0 H j |( j6 A$ qThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.! G0 x1 r7 h: D6 r0 e7 M: L4 G+ h- m
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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.
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; |4 R; y9 c" G2 N2 `+ dAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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