Design
Menlyn trades over four levels of retail with the
Ground Floor being the dominant footprint. It is
flanked by a seven level parkade on the southern
side, a three level parkade on the eastern side and
a new three level parkade on the northern side
facing Atterbury Road. The key to unlocking the
expansion potential of the site was the relocation
of Checkers Hyper (built in the 1970’s) to the
additional land acquired to the west of the original
site. The expansion and redevelopment of Menlyn
occurred over two construction phases.
Phase 1
Phase 1 consisted of the relocation of the Hype-
rama and House & Home on the lower first floor
level and the establishment of a Pick ‘n Pay and
Food Lovers’ Market on the level below. Some
additional structured parking feeding into the
Menlyn Shopping Centre
grocery tenants and limited new line shops
were also constructed. Total GLA for this portion
of new retail was 32,100m 2 .
The second component of Phase 1 was the
redevelopment of the old open-air Events Arena on
the eastern side of the existing retail into a covered
Food Court accommodating 15 fast food outlets
arranged in an oval shape with communal seating
for 520 patrons and a large Fun Company family
entertainment tenant below.
A large, suspended circular electronic screen
forms the focal point in the double volume atrium
and is used for advertising purposes and the
transmission of promotional, cultural and sporting
events linked to DSTV channels. The space vacated
by the fast food tenants was reconfigured into
an extension to the high fashion node under the
iconic tent structure, which was erected during
the 2000 refurbishment.
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