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Developed by Bentel Group, the mall
brings top quality shopping under one
roof to serve not only the Carletonville
community, but the neighbouring township
of Khutsong and a regional market that
includes Westonaria, Fochville and people trav-
elling to Potchefstroom.
Mayor of the Merafong City Local Munic-
ipality, Mogale-Letsie, and directors of Bentel
Group officially opened Carletonville Mall, ahead
of the month-end weekend and in time for the
December holidays. Festivities continued into
the weekend with a carnival and other activities.
“Carletonville Mall is a landmark development
for us and we are thrilled to open the mall, which
the community can be proud of. With more than
80 retail stores, eateries and service outlets,
Carletonville Mall will offer the best shopping
variety and experience in the area,” says Selwyn
Bentel, director of Bentel Group.
He adds: “This major development has not
only created much needed jobs, but will see
spend being retained in Carletonville, with
locals not having to travel out of town or to
multiple retail stores to fulfil their shopping
needs. Carletonville Mall has been designed
with the shopper in mind, with ample parking,
three entrances and an easy-to-negotiate layout.
All this will make shopping at the mall a conve-
nient and pleasurable experience.”
The mall is on a prime site in gold-rich
Carletonville on Station Road, which has direct
access to the R501 primary provincial road to
Potchefstroom in North West Province. With
a new railway bridge, road interchange and
pedestrian access bridge being built near the
new Carletonville Mall, access to the centre for
shoppers will be significantly improved and travel
time reduced. A new road – the extension to
Grundling Street – has been constructed linking
to the mall and giving easy vehicle access to the
suburbs of Carletonville.
Bentel comments: “Carletonville’s current
retail offering is widely spread through the
CBD. The new mall provides a centralised and
convenient shopping experience for all and
increases the variety and quality of shopping
for the region.”
Bentel Group, based in East Rand, is one of
Gauteng’s leading privately-owned property
investment and development companies.
Carletonville Mall is just one of the commercial
Thousands of shoppers and curious locals descended on the brand
new, 15 000 m² retail destination, which provides top-quality
shopping for the first time on this scale under one roof in this part
of the Ghanaian capital.
Roux Gerber, West Africa head of developments of Atterbury Property,
comments: “After 18 months of construction, we are thrilled to open the
Achimota Retail Centre, which takes shopping to whole new level in this
region of Ghana.”
Achimota Retail Centre is anchored by South Africa’s Shoprite and local
Ghanaian food and general merchandise retail chain, Palace. South African
and local Ghanaian retail brands part of the tenant mix include Jet, Mr Price,
MTN, Nallem, Foods Inn, CompuGhana and KFC, among others.
The centre – a single level mall – is home to 51 line stores, offering
convenience, retail and fashion brands, as well as a restaurant and food court.
It has basement parking for 250 cars and a further 335 open air parking bays.
Says Gerber: “This is a leading edge retail development in north-eastern
Accra, with the mall offering a comprehensive tenant mix and top-notch
shopping experience. But, what’s even better is that it has a very strong
local constituent, with more than half of the stores being local Ghanaian
retail brands and offerings.
“In fact, Achimota Retail Centre is the first shopping mall in Ghana to
have a traditional ‘chop bar’, offering local delicacies in a modern mall
environment. This is sure be a hit with locals and visitors alike. The mall’s
food court is certainly going to become a place to meet and enjoy good
food, with nine fast food and restaurant outlets. Children’s games and other
recreational activities are also part of the mix at the mall.”
ACHIMOTA RETAIL CENTRE IN GHANA OPEN
Atterbury Property’s latest shopping mall
development to be completed in Ghana – the
R800-million Achimota Retail Centre located
in north-eastern Accra – opened its doors
recently to the delight of locals.
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Located on a prime 4 ha site in the town Dome and alongside the Accra-
Nsawam Highway, Achimota Retail Centre boasts a contemporary design.
Its design includes sustainability features such as grey water harvesting,
environmentally conscious landscaping and a buildingmanagement system.
Local Ghanaian architecture firm, Multi Card Consult, designed the mall in
a joint venture with South Africa’s Boogertman + Partners.
Gerber says: “Atterbury is proud to have delivered yet another world-
class shopping centre to the people of Ghana. Atterbury, as a shareholder in
AttAfrica, has been involved in the development of the new West Hill Mall,
the redevelopment and expansion of the Accra Mall, and now are happy to
open the Achimota Retail Centre. We are also currently developing the new
Kumasi City Mall in the city of Kumasi, which is our fourth mall project in
Ghana and is scheduled to open in April 2017.”
Selwyn Bentel, director of Bentel Group,
centre, at the opening of the new R330-million
Carletonville Mall, with his brother, Bentel Group
director, Aubrey Bentel, right, and Rene Blankers,
portfolio manager at Bentel Group.
LANDMARK CARLETONVILLE MALL
Carletonville Mall – the new R330-million 26 000 m2 shopping
destination in the famous gold-mining town on Gauteng’s West Rand
opened its doors on Thursday, 29 October 2015.
property projects by Bentel Group. There are
several other developments underway or on the
drawing board for the group.
The group is led by Selwyn and Aubrey
Bentel, who have a number of well-known
developments behind their name such as East
Rand Retail Park in Boksburg, Retail Crossing on
the West Rand, and the Dis-Chem Head Office
and Distribution Centre in Midrand.
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