Architect and Builder Oct/Nov 2017 | Page 36

PROJECT FEATURE CENTRAL SQUARE MENLYN MAINE CENTRAL SQUARE Menlyn Maine, Pretoria DEVELOPER Menlyn Maine Investment Holdings PROJECT MANAGER & TENANT CO-ORDINATOR Pro Arnan ARCHITECT Boogertman + Partners Architects QUANTITY SURVEYOR RLB Pentad Quantity Surveyors CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WSP ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Rawlins Wales MECHANICAL ENGINEER C3 Climate Control Consulting Engineers WET SERVICES CKR Consulting Engineers FIRE CONSULTANT TWCE M enlyn Maine is a new city centre being developed in the east of Pretoria by Menlyn Maine Investment Holdings. With close links to the N1 situated between Atterbury and Garsfontein roads, it is an area that has seen large growth of new buildings and developments. The Menlyn Maine mega development – a 350,000m 2 urban precinct that is being built at a cost of R10 billion, is according to Henk Boogertman, Menlyn Maine’s Director of Architecture and Design: “A huge thing. It’s one of the biggest commercial construction projects underway in the country today.” Upon its completion Menlyn Maine will be comprised of 140,000m² of commercial office space, 35,000m² of retail, dining, and shopping space, 35,000m² of up-market residential apartments, 18,000m² of luxury hotel space, a 60,000m² Time Square Entertainment Complex, and large tracts of scenic parkland and open urban space. The Menlyn Maine development is truly unique in that it is the first green city of its kind to emerge on the African continent. Each and every component building in Menlyn Maine has been designed with environmental sustainability in mind, in order to create a precinct that is highly energy and carbon efficient, to the extent that it is Green Rated by the Green Building Council of South Africa – one of only a handful of urban regions in the world to earn this accolade. GREEN BUILDING CONSULTANT WSP ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTITIONER LEAP Landscape Architects INTERIOR ARCHITECT dsgn design SAFETY CONSULTANT Cairnmead Industrial Consultants MAIN CONTRACTOR WBHO Construction PHOTOGRAPHY Studio88 Photography Central Square is is a mixed use complex in the heart of the Menlyn Maine precinct. It incorporates boutique shopping, offices, a Virgin Active Classic Collection gym and a 240 room hotel 36 Central Square