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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.5 i1 D8 ^' p* U% b* R
( O E! e. X, V/ lIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.5 \- ~! T7 @; B: `0 s
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.
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; G. [' R$ ?2 L$ J, jAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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