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THE HARRI, CAPE TOWN CBD
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ARAMEX SA, MILNERTON
Atterbury are to develop a new
distribution facility for Aramex
South Africa in Richmond Park,
Milnerton, Cape Town.
Richmond
Park
is
the
prime
business site on Cape Town’s
N7 corridor. It is a multibillion
Rand mixed-use development by
major shareholders Atterbury, Old
Mutual Properties, the Richmond
Park Communal Property Associ-
ation (CPA) as well as Qubic 3
Dimensional
Property,
Bethel
Property and Atlantis.
The new facility will consolidate
Aramex’s two existing Cape Town
Perfectly in pace with Cape Town’s booming co-working office market, The Harri, a
39-unit studio/penthouse apartment development, will go up on Harrington Street in the
thriving East City Precinct between the CBD and District Six. A first of its kind for this
previously gritty industrial-commercial area, The Harri combines residential living under
one roof with co-working offices to create co-living space.
“The East City Precinct and surrounds are undergoing a miraculous revival, and
interest by investors and potential owners in the development so far has been unprece-
dented,” says Jeff Kleu, co-developer with Steven Lampert, both of property-development
company Sepia and Silk. Last year, the Cape Town Central City Improvement District
(CCID) identified the area as having the highest overall occupancy rate (97%) of all four
of its city precincts. A R75-million hotel opened there earlier this year, following three
other commercial and retail developments in 2017. Two further residential mixed-use
developments are planned for 2020.
“Because of our proximity to a fashionable entertainment and retail scene, as well
as how we’ve merged micro-apartment living with pristine co-working office spaces to
create a co-living environment, The Harri is very appealing to many professionals working
for established creative, technology and design firms in the area, as well as visitors
wanting a different inner-city tourism experience,” says Kleu.
Scheduled for completion in October 2020, the 32 studio apartments vary in size
from 24 to 49m 2 . The crown jewels of The Harri are the seven two-storey penthouse
apartments, varying in size from 87 to 117m 2 .
Paul Luck of Lightspace Architects, the principle lead on the development, was
responsible for The Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore, Bombay Brasseries
Restaurant at The Taj Cape Town, and The Everard Read Gallery at the V&A Waterfront.
Dawn Dickerson, Carmel Naude, Juliet Eidelman and Martin Firer of Hot Cocoa Interiors
and Design, who were responsible for the interiors and furnishing, have similarly handled a
number of high-end projects for key clients, including Sir Richard Branson’s hotel and manor
house in Franschhoek, Spier Hotel near Stellenbosch and the Marine Hotel in Hermanus.
facilities into one fit-for-purpose
9,240m 2
facility.
Designed
to
Aramex’s unique specifications, it
will include an 8,000m 2 warehouse
as well as 1,200m 2 of offices.
Earthworks will begin in June and
the building will be completed in
February 2021.
Mia
Kitshoff,
the
head
of
Atterbury’s leasing in Cape Town,
says the new Aramex facility is
designed as a modern and highly-
efficient building, supported by
Richmond Park’s excellent location
and superior transport access.
“We are excited to partner with
Aramex on this development and
to provide it with the platform to
further its business in Cape Town.
The new Aramex building will
undoubtedly become a landmark
for the city with its N7 freeway-
fronting branding,” notes Kitshoff.
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