Understanding the Building The key to understanding the building is the section . The Point has eleven levels of varying heights ; four levels of underground parking , triplevolume retail , and four levels of offices . It was the enlightened mind-set of the clients , Hoskens Consolidated Investments and Berman Brothers , who enabled this exceptional density to occur , realising that even though The Point is situated on the Main Road , the secret to success of any retail or office development in South Africa at the moment , is the availability of parking . The parking is easy to use , with no dead-ends and a gentle and easy ramp at the western extremity of the site . It is thus these four levels of parking , providing 480 bays , that have ensured the developments ’
success , together with the vision to build three levels of retail and wellness suites , all accessible by escalators and trolley lifts , all of which are easily to be found . Whereas the original Galleria was only 9,000m 2 , the new scheme is 23,000m 2 .
This increased size of the scheme , and the variety of retail , still anchored by Checkers but now including such well-known retailers as Sportsman ’ s Warehouse , PnP Clothing and Dis-Chem , offices , and almost thirty other retailers , health & wellness tenants , including an artisanal bakery and specialist restaurant , has created a new suburban hub .
The mall can be entered either directly off the Main Road or via the lifts coming up from the basement parking . Drawing on their retail design experience , Louis Karol realised that , as always , a
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