{"id":779312,"date":"2024-07-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=779312"},"modified":"2024-07-03T14:19:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:19:31","slug":"new-upmarket-shopping-mall-in-pretoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/property\/779312\/new-upmarket-shopping-mall-in-pretoria\/","title":{"rendered":"New upmarket shopping mall in Pretoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new Castle Gate Lifestyle opened on 30 May 2024, offering shoppers access to flagship stores, including Kloppers, Mr Price Home, Foodlovers Market, and Weylandts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Castle Gate Lifestyle is across the road from the popular Castle Gate shopping centre and offers an additional 24,000 square metres of retail space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It forms part of the new multi-billion-rand Castle Gate mixed-use precinct in Pretoria, developed by Atterbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first phase, the Castle Gate shopping centre, opened its doors to the public on 26 November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was designed with a rustic, industrial farmhouse feeling inspired by openness, ease, and simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe centre is performing beyond expectations with its appealing mix of convenient retail, restaurants, dining piazza, and kids play area,\u201d Atterbury said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Castle Gate Lifestyle shopping centre opened its doors three-and-a-half years after the Castle Gate development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It extends the Castle Gate retail shopping centre and offers a unique lifestyle experience focusing on home, hobbies, gardening, and interiors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its shops include Kloppers\u2019 first store in Gauteng, a state-of-the-art Food Lover’s Market, Market Liquors, Eskort Butchery, and Mr Price Group Home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also features the high-end furniture store Weylandts, the quality kitchen and homeware outlet Yuppiechef, West Pack Lifestyle, and PNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kloppers is its anchor tenant, with 10,000 square meters of space, followed by Food Lover’s Market, with nearly 4,000 square meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other big tenants include the Coricraft, Volpes, Dail-a-Bed partners with 2,000 square meters and Weylandts with 2,300 square meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Castle Gate Lifestyle boasts numerous eco-friendly features, including a solar farm, rainwater harvesting, and sustainability efforts featuring rustic industrial design and green spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photos below show the opening of the new Castle Gate Lifestyle shopping centre on 30 May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Castle Gate Precinct<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Castle Gate Lifestyle shopping centre forms part of the modern mixed-use Castle Gate Precinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Castle Gate is a City of Tshwane strategic project in a key Pretoria-east in-fill development growth node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once completed, the precinct will feature 115,000 m\u00b2 of office space, up to 90,000 m\u00b2 of residential space, and 20,000 m\u00b2 of medical facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The large-scale mixed-use precinct development is expected to represent a total investment of R6 billion and create approximately 750 permanent jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Castle Gate Precinct will also feature a hotel, private school, events facility, and other business areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development is being rolled out in response to market demand and will ultimately have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n