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edmontonjournal.com
2 _, n$ e2 |4 S$ C' e& h- [2 v+ fPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007; l6 I, ]: G1 M* D: G
1 C- W6 G5 e% C- TEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.2 u! {" P3 s% c" T3 P6 K: T9 k
$ I1 G$ F& [, C9 cThe 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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3 g% K5 n7 m3 p8 v! H0 i“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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0 L! ^6 z; [9 x9 f0 D1 f" p5 MIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.) V3 a" e8 i/ K) U: h
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.. V) n) G; ]5 H+ z# R! V6 b
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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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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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