KWABHACA MALL
KWABHACA MALL KwaBhaca ( Mount Frere )
DEVELOPERS Exemplar REITail Limited AJ Property Holdings
ARCHITECT CCA Architecture & Project Management
QUANTITY SURVEYOR Africost Holdings
TENANT CO-ORDINATOR AJ Property Holdings
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS Bisschoff Ramphal Steelkon Projects
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS De Vos Paxton
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS JW & Associates
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Ruben Moodley & Associates
WET SERVICES MPD Consulting Engineers
FIRE ENGINEERS Umlilo Fire Consultants
MAIN CONTRACTOR Sabi Construction
LEASING CONSULTANT Exemplar REITail Limited
PHOTOGRAPHY Robbie Pieterse
KwaBhaca Mall is the second Eastern Cape development by rural retail owner and asset manager , Exemplar REITail . In partnership with AJ Property Holdings , the 18,829m 2 double-level mall is the first of two developments in the region undertaken by Exemplar , with the other being Bizana Walk . Exemplar owns 60 % of the scheme and oversaw the project development of the site .
“ We are no strangers to the development game as McCormick Property Development ( MPD ) has been building and managing centres in the township space for almost 40 years . With current market trends and the so-called formalisation of the township economy , we felt the time was right to begin developing within the REIT ,” explained CEO of Exemplar , Jason McCormick .
Location KwaBhaca Mall is centrally situated in the hustle and bustle of the busy town of KwaBhaca ( Mount Frere ), close to the main taxi rank along the N2 Highway . The site consisted of several individually owned erven leased over 40 years , with a gradual fall across the site from the N2 down towards the bottom detour road . Most of the area consisted of open land with several dilapidated properties scattered across it . The individual erven could not be consolidated as they belonged to several different entities . Therefore , great care had to be taken with the mall ’ s overall design . The boundaries of each property represented a piece of the puzzle that individual shops could not be built over .
Client Brief Designed by CCA Architects , the project evolved from a 3,000m 2 strip mall to the largest and most prominent centre in KwaBhaca . As a town , KwaBhaca
Designed by CCA Architects , the project evolved from a 3,000m 2 strip mall to the largest and most prominent centre in KwaBhaca
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