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edmontonjournal.com
J7 T6 f/ u5 l, T" FPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007) v7 ?3 N# Y: m7 u; h
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.8 q* F% S5 m+ y$ \
- A& \ b& d6 C7 ]3 X6 r$ x7 u6 s. ^: [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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“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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/ ~( \) G1 n _It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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" S( S; |: L1 ?+ C$ _% jThe 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.
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An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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