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edmontonjournal.com
0 q9 ^' x8 ~, T9 w c6 YPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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. I& O+ N. Z k; {3 w) f. ~EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants." ^) \0 O6 i/ } d
7 O0 L9 R. |" VThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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# Z( ?7 a, [. y/ J3 @“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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/ y0 u; I/ D1 a$ v. MIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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# _5 v3 Y, X: @5 u5 S; W( U1 CThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.7 \: N$ R3 Q9 D0 P% l+ l+ o0 s
- V- c- F5 T. R5 c) CSouthgate, 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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: ]* ^( u9 ?" [8 F2 lAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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