{"id":247511,"date":"2018-05-30T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T11:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=247511"},"modified":"2018-05-30T13:17:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T11:17:28","slug":"an-early-look-at-the-falcon-a-new-skyscraper-proposed-for-midrands-waterfall-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/247511\/an-early-look-at-the-falcon-a-new-skyscraper-proposed-for-midrands-waterfall-city\/","title":{"rendered":"An early look at The Falcon &#8211; a new skyscraper proposed for Midrand&#8217;s Waterfall City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial architects\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aevitasgroup.co.za\/projects\/the-falcon\/\">Aevitas<\/a><\/strong> have published early concept designs for The Falcon Tower &#8211; a proposed &#8216;twin&#8217; to the PwC tower that stands out in the Midrand skyline in the centre of the multi-billion rand Waterfall City development in greater Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>While details around the project are scarce &#8211; as the development is still in proposal stages &#8211; The Falcon is envisioned to stand next to the PwC building, on the western side of the Waterfall City Park and town square, and near the the Mall of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Aevitas concept has been designed as an office development with 50,000 square metres of space on approximately 30 floors.<\/p>\n<p>Aevitas and Waterfall City developers Attacq were contacted for more information about the proposal for the tower &#8211; including cost and and projected timelines &#8211; but did not return comment by the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the site of the proposed tower:<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Falcon-Tower-site.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247517\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Falcon-Tower-site.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Falcon-Tower-site.png 1001w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Falcon-Tower-site-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Falcon-Tower-site-768x424.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Future-Waterfall-City.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248333\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Future-Waterfall-City.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Future-Waterfall-City.png 1143w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Future-Waterfall-City-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Future-Waterfall-City-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Future-Waterfall-City-1024x579.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247519\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-Location.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1041\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-Location.png 1041w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-Location-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-Location-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-Location-1024x535.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the Aevitas proposal for the site.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-00.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247523\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-00.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1341\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-00.png 1341w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-00-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-00-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-00-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-00-1200x722.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1341px) 100vw, 1341px\" \/><\/a> <a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247527\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-01.png 1334w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-01-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-01-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-01-1024x618.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-01-1200x724.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a> <a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247525\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-02.png 1336w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-02-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-02-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-02-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-02-1200x722.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/a> <a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247521\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-03.png 1334w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-03-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-03-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-03-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Falcon-03-1200x722.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/199574\/attacq-offers-r100000-to-entrepreneurs-for-ideas-to-turn-waterfall-into-a-smart-city\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Attacq offers R100,000 to entrepreneurs for ideas to turn Waterfall into a smart city<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial architects\u00a0Aevitas have published early concept designs for The Falcon Tower &#8211; the planned &#8216;twin&#8217; to the PwC tower that stands out in the Midrand skyline in Waterfall City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":247529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-247511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247511"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248335,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247511\/revisions\/248335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}