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edmontonjournal.com
. s3 q% u( y' C2 T& Y$ b# `. _4 ~Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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, \3 o$ k0 T$ } g- y2 ^EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.# Y$ ~: d1 X- I1 i5 g' c9 n
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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.5 Q7 P; F* J1 D9 k# e7 ]1 Y! Q, Z
% _/ R+ y- s9 {" M* I6 r9 A/ j“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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9 j9 _2 h G3 f$ x0 m8 GIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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; G+ l+ B6 t% [% I; K* y, @& p; C3 }The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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* R, T* }7 h7 eSouthgate, 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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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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