SA Affordable Housing March - April 2019 // Issue: 75 | Page 22
PROJECTS
Protea Glen mega project
continues to blaze a trail
What started out as a small residential township, planned in 1990 by
Township Realtors, has grown into stable integrated development of
more than 26 500 houses that has all amenities nearby that include
education, employment, hospitals and recreation.
Images by SAARDA
T
he Protea Glen development is currently
one of the largest affordable residential
developments in South Africa consisting of
26 500 completed houses, of which 20% are
fully bonded using the Finance Linked Individual
Subsidy Programme (FLISP) subsidy.
It was always the developer’s (Township
Realtors) vision not only to develop affordable
homes but develop a fully integrated sustainable
environment and to create enough work
opportunities for the population to enable the
residents to live and work in the same
environment. Now that vision is taking shape.
Protea Glen’s main developers in the area are
Cosmopolitan Projects, Kiron Homes and Echo
Lake Township Developers and the land
developer is Township Realtors. All the streets
are tarred with storm water structures and
each stand is serviced with sewer, water
and electricity.
A library, community hall and land for sports
facilities has been added on land donated by the
Township Realtors. Four parks (a private
initiative assisted by City of Johannesburg) has
been completed. A fully operational police
station has also been built and a new fire station
was completed in 2018.
The developers also constructed two bridges
into Soweto to Protea North and Naledi Station
to cope with increased foot and vehicle traffic
in the area.
Proposed Masingita City, this development will create an additional 45 000
temporary and 15 000 permanent work opportunities in the area.
A library, community hall and land for
sports facilities has been added on land
donated by the Township Realtors.
FOUR SHOPPING CENTRES
There are currently four completed shopping
centres in Protea Glen namely the Protea Glen
Mall, Sizwe Shopping Centre and two smaller
shopping centres that include retailers Pick n Pay
and Shoprite Checkers. There are also smaller
business hubs, doctor’s rooms, clinics,
pharmacies and four garages in this
development. Plus an eye hospital and a dental
hospital has been built. A new 130-bed private
hospital is also planned to be built next to
Protea Glen Mall.
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The Protea Glen Mall forms part of the development and also affords
employment opportunity to residents.
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