{"id":586252,"date":"2022-05-13T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=586252"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T10:00:40","slug":"r1-billion-project-to-turn-cape-town-station-into-a-20-storey-student-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/586252\/r1-billion-project-to-turn-cape-town-station-into-a-20-storey-student-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"R1 billion project to turn Cape Town Station into a 20-storey student hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape Town Station is undergoing a complete refurbishment into a mixed-use space primed for student accommodation, led by specialist contractor GVK-Siya Zama.<\/p>\n

GVK-Siya Zama specialises in building, renovating, restoring and recycling buildings, and recently secured the R1.1 billion Cape Town Station development contract, along with a R900 million hospital construction project in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n

The Cape Town Station refurbishment was commissioned by Eris Property Group, with the aim to redevelop the train station into a mixed-use residential and retail space.<\/p>\n

“Situated on the corners of Strand, Adderley and Old Marine Drive in the Cape Town CBD, the redevelopment of the Cape Town station is a complex landmark project,” Eben Meyburgh, Group CEO at GVK-Siya Zama said.<\/p>\n

The redeveloped property will include a 20-storey, 3,085-bed purpose-built student accommodation facility, 6,700 square metres of retail space, and a new world-class public square, he said.<\/p>\n

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The project forms part of Eris’s RISE Student Living brand – a major student accommodation provider in South Africa. The project is expected to take around two years to complete, with an aim to be ready for the 2024 student intake.<\/p>\n

Work on the project is already underway:<\/p>\n

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Planning indicates that the Cape Station project will consume 31,281 cubic metres of concrete, 3,300 tons of rebar, 120,000 square metres of formwork, and eight million bricks – while four tower cranes will be needed to move materials vertically.<\/p>\n

“The scale and complexity of these projects has seen the company climb the ranks of the more prominent contractors in South Africa and represent the calibre of project that GVK-Siya Zama intends to pursue,” the group said.<\/p>\n

GVK-Siya Zama said it intends to pursue more projects of this type and has more in the pipeline.<\/p>\n

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Read: Cape Town plans major redevelopment \u2013 including more walkable areas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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