Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa January/February 2014 | Page 10

NEWSWORTHY
VICTORIA WHARF AT
THE V&A COMPLETED

Undertaking an extensive expansion
programme while minimising the
impact on an estimated 24 million
visitors per annum is no small feat.
In a R140mn upgrade to its Victoria
Wharf Shopping Centre, the V&A
Waterfront has managed to not only
improve its retail trade performance
over the 9-month construction
period, but also increase the
number of visitors to the centre over
the same period.
The completed expansion includes
the reconfiguring of a section of
the lower ground level for a new
6,500m2 premium Pick ‘n Pay, a
pedestrian and vehicular tunnel
under a major access road to create
a super basement, and an innovative
steel structur H