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edmontonjournal.com
9 g3 R& H i- |. Q2 EPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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( O' \" v g4 |. C9 }( f9 ?% jEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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& e& s& ]# y6 BThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.0 A, A. ~2 @4 B- l
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.2 ~' F) d4 M7 s+ n9 s$ }
9 x3 ]6 U' }8 }* B PSouthgate, 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.% U" Q" @, ?, C9 p' p# ~8 q5 M+ s
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' m: \1 T. ?. IAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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