SANDOWN CROSSING
SANDOWN CROSSING Parklands
CLIENT Shoprite Properties
ARCHITECT & PRINCIPAL AGENT SVA International
QUANTITY SURVEYORS Senekal Allen & Partners
CIVIL ENGINEER KLS Consulting Engineers
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER De Vos Paxton Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER 4em Consulting
MECHANICAL ENGINEER Bam & Associates WSP in Africa ( Checkers Hyper Refrigeration )
FIRE ENGINEER Bam & Associates
TRAFFIC ENGINEER EFG Engineers
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Bartsch Landscaping
LAND SURVEYOR David Hellig & Abrahamse
MAIN CONTRACTOR Granbuild
PHOTOGRAPHY Sonia Hanilton Photography Grant Duncan Smith Subiacophotography
Parklands is the fastest growing suburb in the Western Cape and has been so for the past 10 years . It is located approximately 20km north of the Cape Town CBD and it borders Table View . The sixth development framework plan for the still rapidly expanding Parklands area was approved just as design started on this centre in 2008 .
From early planning stages , the urban framework earmarked the Sandown Road corridor as a commercial development node . It was planned that Sandown Road would connect the R27 ( West Coast Road ) and the N7 to the east of the development . Expansion , up to this point , had been from the south to Sandown Road as its northern edge . Currently , the link to the N7 is in completion stages and the residential development is mobilising on the 200ha of land north of Sandown Road . Sandown Road will be a centrally located access corridor in the centre of all these developments in the near future .
The 2010 World Cup left the legacy of the Bus Rapid Transit system linking the CBD to Parklands and , since then , this link has been extended to Atlantis in the north .
Other developments on Sandown Road include the West Coast Village Shopping Centre and Builders Warehouse , with other retail facilities under construction . The established regional retail node of Bayside close by and convenience retail centres established along Parklands Main Road , with the associated fine grain retail in between , makes the nature of this commercial node that of value retail .
An active road edge on Sandown was an important aim without losing visibility to the tenants in the main building
SITE PLAN 370 Sandown Crossing