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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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# v. [+ p8 ?0 i Q- l/ x“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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' \9 b% ?5 e* L; tIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.0 a, f) f2 d0 s4 O5 U5 l, O
3 r3 X$ t8 I* u9 IThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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' X4 M4 k5 d9 pSouthgate, 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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