BALLITO JUNCTION
BALLITO JUNCTION Ballito
OWNERS & DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS Flanagan & Gerard Menlyn Maine Investment Holdings
ARCHITECTS MDS Architecture Boogertman + Partners
QUANTITY SURVEYOR NWS Quantity Surveyors
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER L & S Consulting
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER RWP Consulting Engineers
MECHANICAL ENGINEER Q-Mech Consulting Engineers
WET SERVICES Sutherland
FIRE CONSULTANT Specialised Fire Technology
TRAFFIC ENGINEER Royal HaskoningDHV
TIME MANAGEMENT Orion Project Managers
LIGHTING CONSULTANT Pamboukian Light Design
LEASING AGENT Flanagan & Gerard Property Consultants
MAIN CONTRACTOR WBHO Construction
The new three-level Ballito Junction opened in March 2017 . It has extended an existing 12,000m 2 shopping centre , growing it by almost eight times its original size while offering simple , uncluttered and calming aesthetics .
Ballito Junction is now a regional shopping centre which offers 80,000m 2 GLA . It was designed by MDS Architecture in association with Boogertman + Partners Durban for a consortium of Menlyn Maine Investment Holdings and Flanagan & Gerard Property Development & Investment .
Sean Pearce , the partner at MDS Architecture who led the project , says that the three-level centre posed a number of design challenges , particularly given that it needed to tie in to an existing shopping centre , Ballito Junction .
“ From Ballito Drive , you only see one level but the building is 35m high at the back ( the equivalent of around 6 storeys in height ). The design pays homage to the ocean and we have also been careful to design in such a way that guests experience a number of inter-connecting spaces to layer their experience ,” he explains .
In addition to the planned extension , the owners extended the mall further during the construction phase in response to retailer demand . It now features six anchor retailers and a diverse mix of over 200 shops , restaurants , and services . The anchor tenants are Checkers , Woolworths , Edgars , Pick n Pay ( existing ), Game and Dis-Chem ( existing ).
Its location off the major N2 highway gives Ballito Junction ease of access from its immediate vicinity as well as to its north and south , and even inland . It has dedicated access around the traffic circles of Leonora Drive , off both Ballito Drive and Simbithi Drive , as well as from Ballito Drive itself .
Entrances at Ballito Junction are prominent and modern , featuring massive off-shutter concrete walls that are panelled to look like weathered timber and lead visitors to one of the three entrances
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