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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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; y& y+ A5 f0 u7 R* C2 i% MEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.: d4 ?! ^/ p. a$ V" d. s
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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.9 O- |. P5 W# Z
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“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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; c1 F; h3 a0 o% p% {" wIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers./ E( @9 ]% b4 k3 j! l
) \$ L* ]7 {; wThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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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.8 {3 s4 J1 j3 F' \, \, K. n* r
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9 P1 e& h7 e( d: u. y9 V' x; NAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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