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edmontonjournal.com
3 c' g+ i* {4 x) qPublished: Thursday, April 12, 20075 s: _5 J# c0 b4 O0 H
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.3 V3 r& B5 S; o3 B1 N
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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# G& h! z! F( H“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.9 Y+ G8 |# Y7 Y: H( L2 O: q
3 Y/ S9 G: y& l! {4 H" p( G% RIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.) \* O8 B# Y& T/ B; j4 I
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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2 ^7 I6 P* o6 C- ^$ x, TSouthgate, 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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