{"id":629701,"date":"2022-09-29T12:31:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T10:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=629701"},"modified":"2022-09-29T13:29:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:29:21","slug":"new-shopping-mall-opens-in-gauteng-featuring-south-africas-only-200m-underground-shooting-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/629701\/new-shopping-mall-opens-in-gauteng-featuring-south-africas-only-200m-underground-shooting-range\/","title":{"rendered":"New shopping mall opens in Gauteng &#8211; featuring South Africa&#8217;s only underground 200m shooting range"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Irene Link retail mall in the Centurion has opened its doors to shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>The shopping centre boasts 15,000 square metres of bespoke retail, which includes both independent and national brands. It spans three levels and offers free parking and 24-hour security.<\/p>\n<p>National brands include Woolworths Food, Woolworths Edit, Checkers, Checkers Liquor, Westpack, Pick n Pay Clothing, Baby City, Dischem, KFC, Kauai, Bootlegger Coffee Company, Mr Price Home, Miladys and Plumblink.<\/p>\n<p>Featured independent retailers include Mondanette Butchery, Forum Stationers and Execuspecs, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The mall also has some unique features &#8211; such as a 10-lane, 25-metre indoor shooting range, as well as the only 8-lane 200-metre underground shooting range in South Africa. The shooting range is operated by Irene Arms and will open in mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>The centre is a Joint Development between Abland Property Developers, Giflo Group and SOM Group.<\/p>\n<p>The mall forms part of phase 2 of Abland\u2019s R2 billion Irene Link smart precinct development, which began construction in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 75,000 square metre mixed-use precinct is situated next to the Irene Security Estate in Doringkloof and is already home to several commercial buildings, including the Barloworld Logistics head office\u00a0 and other campus-like offices.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Irene-Link-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-603798\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Irene-Link-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"913\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Irene-Link-00.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Irene-Link-00-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Irene-Link-00-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Irene-Link-00-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Irene-Link-00-1200x674.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Irene-Link-Mall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-629747\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Irene-Link-Mall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Irene-Link-Mall.jpg 800w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Irene-Link-Mall-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Irene-Link-Mall-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are also plans for<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/589958\/here-is-the-new-route-and-station-map-proposed-for-the-gautrain\/\">\u00a0a future Gautrain station<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and bus stations in the vicinity, which is expected to augment interest in the node.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/property\/603770\/a-look-at-the-new-shopping-mall-in-centurion-featuring-south-africas-only-underground-shooting-range\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A look at the new shopping mall in Centurion \u2013 featuring South Africa\u2019s only 200m underground shooting range<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Irene Link retail mall in the Centurion has opened its doors to shoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":629745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-629701","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\/629701","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=629701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629787,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629701\/revisions\/629787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}