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edmontonjournal.com
9 s7 [$ `+ r6 m# x4 U/ bPublished: Thursday, April 12, 2007# y/ @5 H4 ~3 q' V# w" F+ R
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EDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.
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“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.1 i: _ C9 W* @% e
% M- c6 X8 |: R, ~It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.
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" J- t. Z% N/ Z1 kThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.5 Q0 M) j' \8 F4 c6 u' w; h
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Southgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.; M$ t% Y& C( `! G; e# s
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6 P+ F4 b0 |( {5 VAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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