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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007( ?( o, z! n3 y2 {, a0 T1 Q/ e) O
9 o7 g- }- `0 B0 S% Q( IEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.2 ^0 J/ X( n3 E) q; |2 h
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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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- g. C6 j6 k9 n“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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0 a! O( B: a" N, v5 wIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.1 L; j+ R1 h7 N
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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. T* k, k K1 d" Z% _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.( C* h5 ]% s. H7 H
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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