Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa March/April 2015 | Page 18

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FIFTY8onV

Blok recently launched their
latest development in Vredehoek;
FIFTY8onV. This is the first of their
projects to launch in the City Bowl.
The development has eleven apartments and the modern design and
fresh interiors offer multi-functional
space solutions.
“We are excited about the launch of
this exquisite apartment building,
not least because it takes Blok into a
new part of the city, one that has an
entirely different feel to the Atlantic
Seaboard where we have focused
until now. FIFTY8onV brings the
Blok living standard to the green,
lush surrounds of Vredehoek, and
for city lovers like ourselves, it is the
solution to luxury urban apartment
living but with the feeling of being
slightly removed from the hustle
and bustle of city living, something
that is occasionally good for one’s
soul,“ says Jacques van Embden,
Managing Director and Co-founder
of Blok.
Blok, while passionate about
creating luxury urban apartments,
are equally passionate about benefitting the communities in which
they develop, and in line with this
are already working with the local
CID in Vredehoek, contributing
to the local LPR (license plate
recognition) programme. Thornhill
Park, an adjacent community park
to SEVENonT in Green Point, is
another neighbourhood investment
project that Blok is working closely
with the city to revive and launch
later in the year.
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OLD MUTUAL EMERGING MARKETS ANNOUNCES
JOHANNESBURG HEADQUARTERS DEVELOPMENT
Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM) will be moving its Johannesburg Head Office
from its existing property, Mutual Square on Grayston Drive, to a planned new building
in the heart of Sandton.
The new development was marked by an official sod-turning on the site this week
and follows strides made to drive greater collaboration in the group and execute the
company’s African growth strategy.
Ralph Mupita, CEO of Old Mutual Emerging Markets, says the new Head Office, when
completed by end-2017, will provide a convenient central hub from which the business
will drive its collaboration initiatives and further expansion plans in Africa. About 500
employees from Mutual & Federal will also be moving to Stella Road.
Says Mupita, “Our aim is to further strengthen the strategic collaboration already
underway between Old Mutual’s life, asset management and short-term insurance

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