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Published: Thursday, April 12, 20078 [0 B3 J3 e( H+ q! o) ?
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.& H$ t3 H t% i5 p
* ^/ R) x' j! ^4 Q; f8 p T N“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.2 ^' j- w& K' G4 i; P' I9 e8 [
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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1 u& z* i- I' gThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.( ~( n& Q* v, b
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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.1 w9 q# g- @, `( x5 d* p
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6 R1 g+ C+ P/ v) I9 XAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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