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edmontonjournal.com
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.5 b1 ^- P: c; ?! F, K8 D
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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5 o- Z0 s& @9 P7 `* o“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.( R U# L9 o0 y) @ o, l
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers." F8 |5 b9 l2 F3 q
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The expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.
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$ I* f+ A/ L) K; A. u; |An artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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