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The Growthpoint App Lords View Industrial Estate, Midrand
his app places Growthpoint’s entire office, retail and
industrial property portfolio at anyone’s fingertips.
Users are able to filter the information according to
various criteria, including location, building size and green star
rating. This enables them to find the exact type of property
or vacant space they require. The app allows users to view
multimedia such as videos, as well as access marketing
material such as brochures and blueprints. Parking ratios and
vacancy rates are also visible per building. A unique feature
of the app – and available to the public for the first time in
South Africa – gives users access to information about water
and electricity savings, on a building to building to basis.
These utility savings are displayed on graphs and are based
on the EWP benchmark, as set out by the Green Building
Council of South Africa. Growthpoint has implemented this
unique feature in the hope that it will lead to industry wide
change and transparency. A valuable tool for brokers, this
app will provide them with everything they need to know
about the building. he estate is the end product of rehabilitating an old quarry
into a world class 1.3 million square metre industrial and
logistics estate with the emphasis on sustainability. Today’s
importers, distributors and manufacturers require considerably
larger facilities, higher clear heights, greater parking and storage
capacity, while still maintaining a focus on security and an
environmentally sustainable design. Understanding these key
development and transportation elements are the very reason for
the establishment of Lords View Industrial Park.
Built adjacent to a municipal landfill site, Lords View opens the
door to green energy production and heat generation through bio
gas and Waste to Energy means. Dams are sustainably designed
and built to function as a wetland that promotes multiple species of
fauna and flora. Lords View is truly a park – a park where productive
industry takes place. It will have beautiful green landscapes that
give it a sense of place. ‘Green’ was combined with aesthetics
and the boundaries between boundaries and work spaces have
been softened, introducing to the market an attractive product
and work conducive environment.
Methane will be converted into energy and Enviroserv will
build a Waste to Energy plant of 3ha on the estate. This plant will
produce up to 27MVA of renewable energy.
Greening and landscaping are visible upon entering at the
entrance from Allandale Road, all the way along the private
open spaces made to be attractive common areas. Landscaping
is planned in unison with the outdoor furnishing to accentuate
the natural concept of the park and promote association
with sustainability.
As an industrial Park, Lords View is designed to be fit for
purpose, with widened road infrastructure and turning circles able
to accommodate super-link vehicles, ensuring quick vehicle flow
through the development.
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Developer: Lord Trust Developers
Architects: The Creative Axis Architects
Project Managers: Lord Trust Developers
Civil Engineering: Knight Piesold
Electrical Engineers: Topack Consulting
Green Consultants: Eco Assessment
Urban and Town Planning: GIBB
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