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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.+ [3 m# \7 `8 B0 E
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.6 l9 k" g; j4 g* y! O& J+ G
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.( ?, B' {$ o" a( o8 n- {: Q' w' n
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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6 ?6 M, O0 n5 O0 O3 o8 h7 FSouthgate, 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.( T0 |- l1 K. h0 j
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5 g2 P; i6 D9 {/ y( R; qAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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