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Pam Golding on Main
Other retail tenants include the dynamic Bootlegger Coffee Company on
the ground floor with a vibrant pavement café ambience, and catering for
the morning breakfast trade through to lunch, late afternoon and al fresco
dinners.
Occupying office space on the second and third levels, other tenants include
Realfin – Realtime Financial Solutions, which is a market leader in alternative
asset management, advisory and structured financial solutions catering for
the institutional market and independent financial advisors. Hitch Digital is a
media innovations agency specialising in digital media strategy and campaign
management for a host of top local and global brands, and Zestcor Eleven is
an established petrochemical sales, marketing, procurement and supply chain
management company. In addition, Busii Business Intelligence Integrators,
IT practitioners with significant experience in business intelligence and data
warehouse applications, now occupy premises in the office component of Pam
Golding on Main.
“Importantly, Pam Golding on Main is designed to incorporate a number of
green building features, with a focus on energy and water efficiency in order
to reduce operating costs and improve the working environment for tenants,
shoppers and visitors,” says Golding.
These include low-flow water fittings, insulation for heat reduction or
retention in accordance with exterior climatic conditions, the provision of
carbon dioxide monitors in the basement for greater energy-efficiency in
regard to the ventilation fans, internal blinds for glare control, split-unit air
conditioning with low-ozone depleting refrigerants, a general waste area for
storage and sorting of waste for recycling and individual tenant operation of
air conditioners for economic efficiency.
In addition, commissioning of all the building systems (ie mechanical,
electrical, water and lift) will be carried out in accordance with Chartered
Institution of Building Services Engineers standards – a key component of
an energy-efficient building, while power factor correction – to optimise the
balancing of the electrical system for increased energy efficiency, is included
in the design.
The professional team on the Pam Golding on Main redevelopment project
were Vivid Architects, Alan Chandler & Associates – quantity surveyor, de
Villiers Sheard – structural and civil engineers, Solution Station – electrical
and mechanical engineers, Planning Partnership – town planners, and Isipani
Construction – building contractors. Peter Golding expressed thanks for
support for the project from the City, including the local councillor Ian Iversen
and South Peninsula planning officials. AD
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