Construction World January 2016

LANDMARK CARLETONVILLE MALL Carletonville Mall – the new R330-million 26 000 m 2 shopping destination in the famous gold-mining town on Gauteng’s West Rand opened its doors on Thursday, 29 October 2015.

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

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. 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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ACHIMOTA RETAIL CENTRE IN GHANA OPEN

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.” 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. >

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.”

CONSTRUCTION WORLD JANUARY 2016