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edmontonjournal.com
: l U# q& A& I. }2 j! v. VPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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! \1 p4 `" d0 n; |EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.; e. b5 l+ X7 }) a, |: O
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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.4 L; q& E! I* A) J
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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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3 j; @- S6 h. SIt also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.2 J* q# E; @, \- m/ s" J5 j* X1 o
( a/ u! y% |5 Y8 c) v2 B( {5 wThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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}7 V* Y( x8 w- z) k0 K7 q" @3 |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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, O. H ~; V5 I, w- \# a) PAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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