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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
JUNE
2017
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PROPERTY
This is the brainchild of Abland known
for its sustainable property developments.
The Atlantic Hills Business Park is set to
evolve into a long-term value creation for its
owners and tenants, the first of whom will
take occupation in January 2018.
Access and convenience
The Atlantic Hills Business Park is also
well positioned for future city growth.
Situated on the Potsdam interchange with
direct access onto the M12 and immediate
access onto the N7 and M13, the Atlantic
Hills Business Park provides easy access
to the V&A Harbour, Montague Gardens,
Killarney Gardens, Atlantis, Durbanville,
Parklands and Plattekloof. Atlantic Hills
will also be integrated into the City of Cape
Town’s transport system, providing public
transport access from Milnerton, Parklands,
Plattekloof and Durbanville.
The 72-hectare site is ideal for
distribution, warehousing and cold storage
businesses. State of the art fibre-optic
telecons will also be installed on all sites.
The Master Property Owners Associa-
tion will control security within the Atlantic
Hills Business Park using an up-to-date
camera surveillance system. Rapid
response security personnel will respond to
all issues identified by the security system.
Cameras will be located at entrances and
other appropriate positions.
The size of the stands is flexible
and can be custom designed from
1 000 m² to 100 000 m² with sufficient
power available for low and high use
purchasers or tenants. Abland offers
tenants an all-inclusive, completely
integrated service, to suit their specific
requirements. Premises on each stand will
be purpose-built with the infrastructure
planned for maximum flexibility.
A portion of the precinct will be developed
for mixed use, offering tenants
a retail component, including a petrol station
with convenience shopping and
fast food outlets.
Holistic development
The Atlantic Hills Business Park will be a
holistic development and promises to be
visually striking. Strict design guidelines
will be adhered to with each building
complementing the surrounding buildings
and the environment, with a view to
contributing positively to the immediate
neighbourhood rather than standing
in isolation.
The design guidelines encourage
simplicity, scale and vertical proportions,
refined details and the use of a prescribed
colour palette, establishing a recognisable
and notable node.
Tenants are encouraged to ensure that
their warehouse façades are not bland
and featureless, but rather include design
elements that break the monotony. The
office or showroom components will also
be designed as a coherent part of the
warehouses with the use of colour and
materials creating a holistic aesthetic.
All boundaries will be suitably
landscaped as an integral part of the overall
landscape design and only indigenous
plants will be planted.
Earthworks and services installation
are currently underway at Atlantic Hills for
all infrastructure on the first phase of the
development. Construction of premises for
the first tenants is expected to commence in
the fourth quarter of 2018.
Atlantic Hills Business Park is the ideal
location for three categories of tenants.
These include the larger user who needs
convenient access to the harbour, just 22km
away on a direct route. Those tenants who
want easy access to the Namibian route will
also find the Atlantic Hills precinct ideal.
Thirdly, tenants who would like to be
closer to home or move their existing
premises from the more traffic-congested
areas will be perfectly placed within the
development. The fact that Abland will
extend the M12 to the entrance of
Atlantic Hills is also a major advantage
for all tenants.
In his welcome address Morné Wilken, CEO
of Attacq explained that Attacq regards
the Mall of Africa as one of its most valuable
assets in the Attacq property portfolio.
“This mall is the realisation of a very
significant vision and a long-term business
journey. We identified a gap in the market
to develop something extraordinary in the
Waterfall area in the centre of Gauteng, the
financial hub of South Africa,” says Wilken.
The idea behind the Mall of Africa was
to create something unique. “Given the
great location, we wanted to create the
benchmark Mall for Africa and therefore we
aptly named it Mall of Africa,” notes Wilken.
“The Mall of Africa is conveniently located
MAKING BUSINESS SENSE
Abland and its partners have commenced work on a new Industrial
Precinct situated on the slopes of the historic Durbanville Hills estate
on the N7 near Cape Town, which will have easy access to major
highways and arterial routes.
To celebrate its first birthday, the
Mall of Africa hosted a ‘Safari of
the Senses’ tour through the mall
for members of the media. They
were treated to a sensory journey
through the Mall of Africa where
they could experience all that is
on offer and interact with some
of the leading brands, including
Woolworths, Starbucks, Jo
Malone, Sorbet Man and Lucky
Bread to name a few.