{"id":344486,"date":"2019-10-04T11:55:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T09:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=344486"},"modified":"2019-10-04T11:55:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T09:55:41","slug":"construction-begins-on-massive-new-r6-billion-precinct-in-pretoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/property\/344486\/construction-begins-on-massive-new-r6-billion-precinct-in-pretoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction begins on massive new R6 billion precinct in Pretoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commercial, retail and residential property<\/span> developer Atterbury has begun construction of the first phase of a new multi-billion rand Castle Gate mixed-use precinct in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

Castle Gate will ultimately comprise 100,000sqm of office space, 40,000sqm of specialist medical facilities, and a hotel as well as 1,100 residential units, and a 23,000sqm convenience retail centre.<\/p>\n

The precinct will also include eight hectares of protected green areas that will incorporate walking and running trails.<\/p>\n

Upon completion, the project will cost R6 billion, with as many as 20,000 permanent jobs created as a result of its development.<\/p>\n

The Castle Gate project was first announced in 2016, with Atterbury partnering with the Erasmus family to develop the site that makes up the final remaining portion of Waterkloof farm.<\/p>\n

Approximately 15 minutes drive from Pretoria CBD, the site is between the R21 and the N1 and provides easy access to all key urban points around Pretoria and Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

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Castle Gate will be easily accessible from Solomon Mahlangu Drive, which is already in the process of being widened and upgraded as part of the development.<\/p>\n

The second phase of the Castle Gate project road upgrades includes building a new highway bridge across the N1, which will make it possible to introduce double lanes in both directions on Solomon Mahlangu Drive, between Castle Gate and Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof.<\/p>\n

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A convenience centre will open in September 2020, and include retail, medical consulting rooms, offices and a gym.<\/p>\n

Atterbury said that the lifestyle centre will include to the latest store concepts for Woolworths, Checkers, Dis-Chem and Builders Warehouse, as well as 10 restaurants including Rocomamas, Doppio Zero, Spur, Ocean Basket, Nando\u2019s and Burger King.<\/p>\n

It will also have a Planet Fitness gym complete with a swimming pool, as well and an outdoor walking and running track through the precinct\u2019s nature area.<\/p>\n

The entire precinct is expected to be developed over the next decade and the second phase of Castle Gate is planned to begin in mid-2020.<\/p>\n

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Read: A massive R1.2 billion redevelopment project is taking shape in Joburg\u2019s CBD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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