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edmontonjournal.com
$ ?& z9 a' M; qPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.# r2 a9 D% ~& l9 M6 u" z7 m; `3 A
\7 e9 b0 H: B9 F( E5 yThe two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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4 ?' f: `$ Z: O) W3 mIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers." }8 B7 D: z, N0 b! B4 M1 X7 Z. S
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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 K% b% m) H3 ] O% {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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) n2 V4 H3 h1 s: xAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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