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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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) h8 ~, Z$ R: I' ?/ k+ k3 L“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.( N5 A& s, t5 ]6 x3 X6 h+ O: l
7 m& S9 u' f" ?: \! ^( o" FIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.9 D% ]: U6 Q% u5 l+ X
0 T, k6 A) Z9 {The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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$ g, v0 v0 U; }1 H- a. q- n$ }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.1 @4 L% [8 G, d+ V1 c
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2 ?; a+ J2 C/ q6 z4 z9 GAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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