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by bridges. There are three basement parking levels providing about 250 parking bays, as well as a ground-floor podium level with walkways, landscaping, and water features. The total building area, including basement parking, is approximately 18,600m 2 . Paragon was the lead architect on the R140 million project, with Zadar Studios assisting Pran Boulevard with local requirements in terms of planning submissions and building requirements for the eThekiwini Municipality. An interesting aspect of this project was that, because it consists of two interlinked buildings, it can either be multi-tenanted or occupied by a single main tenant, which maximises the lettable area of the floorplates. 21