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edmontonjournal.com
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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, h$ z; \% B) C9 H/ x- {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., _; H& l; z' _7 {4 v+ w
H8 i/ I2 H) o2 o“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., C* U4 x- y) {. U! h8 U+ G
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.4 `$ s0 e1 T- V3 x" Y8 v" A$ R
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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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; o5 T1 Z2 S" PAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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