Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa November/December 2013 | Page 16

PROJECTVIEW
SOSHANGUVE CROSSING,
SOSHANGUVE, GAUTENG

Resilient, Moolman Group and
Falcon Forest consortium has
started with the construction of the
33,000m2 Soshanguve Crossing.
Strategically situated at the corner
of the very busy Ruth First and
Aubrey Matlala roads, this enclosed
shopping mall will serve as a
regional, as well as a convenient,
facility. Game, Shoprite Checkers,
Superspar, Edgars and a number
of other fashion retailers have
been secured.
Client: Resilient Properties;
Moolman Group; Falcon Forest
Architects:
MDS Architecture
Quantity Surveyors: GK Projects
Consulting Engineers:
Civil & Structural:
L & S Consulting
Electrical: Watson Mattheus
Consulting Electrical Engineers
Mechanical: Win Consulting
Main Contractor:
Beckers Bouaannemers
Completion: March 2014
Value: ±R280 million

FNB ACACIA HOUSE,
RIDGESIDE, UMHLANGA
ROCKS, KWAZULU-NATAL

The recently launched building will
accommodate 800 to 1,000 FNB
and RMB staff over five floors, and
will have four underground parking
levels. The development will see
the creation of 1,000 direct and
indirect jobs.
The site of the FNB development
was originally earmarked for a
R660m five-star Marriott Hotel
resort in 2006, but the global
financial crisis saw the deal
fall through.
The 140ha Ridgeside precinct has
attracted billions in investment and
is being developed in commercial,
residential and leisure phases.
Client:
First National Bank
Project Managers:
Metrum Project Management
Architects:
Bentel Associates International
Completion: ±August 2014
Value: R430 million
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NEW DAY CARE HOSPITAL, CENTURY CITY
A state-of-the-art day surgery centre
is to be developed in Century City,
Cape Town by Corevest, in partnership
with Blue Dot Health, specialists in the
design of innovative and environmentally
friendly buildings.
Paul Hopkinson of Blue Dot Health says
the R50m multidisciplinary medical facility
will be focused on specialist day surgery and
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