{"id":227473,"date":"2018-02-23T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=227473"},"modified":"2018-02-23T12:30:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T10:30:26","slug":"a-look-at-the-modern-a-r1-5-billion-tower-coming-to-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/227473\/a-look-at-the-modern-a-r1-5-billion-tower-coming-to-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at The Modern &#8211; a R1.5 billion tower coming to Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Development on a R1.5 billion skyscraper in Cape Town, dubbed &#8216;The Modern&#8217;, is expected to begin in March 2018, with a 36 month development period.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion it will form part of four buildings reshaping the citiy&#8217;s skyline, with several additional developments underway.<\/p>\n<p>According to developers, Ingenuity Property, the building will be located on the corner of Bree, Loop and Hans Strijdom Avenue, and will combine the old with a new &#8216;post-modern&#8217; style.<\/p>\n<p>The building will feature a high-rise glass structure on top of a podium base, with a &#8216;twist&#8217; to the facade, adding shape.<\/p>\n<p>It will offer 24 luxury apartments, a 230 room 5-star hotel, and 814 square metres of retail space. The development will also offer over 10,000 square metres of premium office space.<\/p>\n<p>This is how the tower will look:<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Modern-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-227477\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Modern-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Modern-01.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Modern-01-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Modern-01-607x1024.jpg 607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/220391346?title=0&amp;byline=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/220391346\">Dock Road, Cape Town<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/paragongrouparchitects\">Paragon Group<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Modern is one of four planned &#8216;tower&#8217; developments in Cape Town, which includes the Zero2One, The Vogue, and 16 on Bree, which still needs to be finalised &#8211; all competing to be the new tallest building in the Mother City.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the four towers, Cape Town will also see more skyscrapers being developed along the city&#8217;s Foreshore area.<\/p>\n<p>These developments can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zero2One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zero2one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-199630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zero2one.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zero2one.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zero2one-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zero2one-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zero2one-861x1024.jpg 861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Vogue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Vogue-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-199636\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Vogue-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Vogue-01.jpg 900w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Vogue-01-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Vogue-01-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Vogue-01-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>16 on Bree<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-on-Bree-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160597\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-on-Bree-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-on-Bree-01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-on-Bree-01-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-on-Bree-01-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-on-Bree-01-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-on-Bree-01-640x896.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreshore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Foreshore-F-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225183\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Foreshore-F-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Foreshore-F-01.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Foreshore-F-01-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Foreshore-F-01-768x572.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/property\/225165\/a-look-at-the-winning-r8-3-billion-bid-to-change-cape-towns-foreshore\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A look at the winning R8.3 billion bid to change Cape Town\u2019s Foreshore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Development on a R1.5 billion skyscraper in Cape Town, dubbed &#8216;The Modern&#8217;, is expected to kick off in March 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