The restaurant concession areas were then demarcated with natural Balau decking to ensure more relaxed and warm outdoor seating areas that were framed with raised seat level planters to provide enclosure and privacy .
External Finishes It was very important that the architects got the balance right when designing a new contemporary commercial building in a more traditional and “ village ” like streetscape . The varied use of natural face brick with traditional plaster and paint was very noticeable in the immediate area . The architects adopted this palette for finishes for the external façades by specifying the Corobrik De Hoop rich red brick for these facebrick wall planes . Facebrick not only offers the advantage of a more maintenance-free material but , with its variation of natural baked finish and the raked joints , it provides a wonderful raw texture that is then offset against fresh white plastered walls , elements of off-shutter concrete and the slickness of the glazed shopfront screens .
The ground plane reinforced this natural palette with a combination of large format natural grey granite floor tiles to the external walkways .
Internal Finishes In line with the raw and natural finishes of the façade , the architects wanted that look and feel to continue through the building to allow for a seamless interface and transition between inside and out . The floor tiling is a porcelain tile that matches the texture , look and feel of the large natural granite floor tiles of the external walkways and concession areas . The wall tiles are an “ offshutter ” concrete tone that is then offset by a feature wall panel of varying colour wood tiles and floor to ceiling bold aluminium directory signage boards in each lobby .
Facts + Figures The project started on site in April 2014 , and finished on schedule with a special opening in June 2015 . The building consists of approximately 4,100m 2 of rentable area comprising 1,000m 2 of ground floor retail with 3 floors above of about 3,100m 2 of AAA- grade offices . There are 3 levels of basement parking and a ground parking court providing a total of 185 bays for the development
The ground floor retail anchor tenant is a new concept 510m 2 Pick n Pay “ Local ”. The anchor office tenant is Pam Golding Properties who occupy 1,100m 2 over a floor and a half .
Sustainability Pam Golding on Main incorporates a number of green building installations and features with a focus on energy and water efficiency , not only to assist in reducing operating costs , but to improve
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