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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007% N2 J6 b1 b1 i1 O' l! ?
?3 t+ `0 I3 _9 a# c. Q% k4 T; dEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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' r3 o' N" X6 n' Q0 V" }3 X“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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5 O8 V: l( p. e, k. zIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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- O3 ^; P1 v) }5 C7 XThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.) F# v6 z8 O$ g. W! X. X% L7 D
/ `" Q+ i" H5 @2 ?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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