Progressing as one of South Africa’s most innovative and ambitious property developments, Atterbury announced it is starting the next 70,000sqm of development at Waterfall Business Estate before year end. Waterfall Business Estate is a staggering 1,6 million square metre mixed-use commercial development with a superb central location, between Sandton and Midrand. Atterbury’s latest [...]
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Joint venture completes ‘most challenging contract’ to create a new Sandton icon
“The most challenging contract we have ever handled,” is how José Correia, director of Tiber Bonvec Construction, describes the new Sandton iconic building, 115 West Street, which Tiber and WBHO have now completed in a R550 million joint venture. Both companies are long-standing members of Master Builders Association North (formerly Gauteng Master Builders Association). [...]
Financial services giant moves to a new green home
Alexander Forbes, one of South Africa’s largest legacy diversified financial services businesses, is moving its 2 200 Johannesburg staff into a new eight storey, R840-million, 36 950 square metre head office at 115 West Street, Sandton, between 1st September and 1st October 2012. Since 115 West is one of Sandton’s, and indeed South Africa’s, most [...]
Green Home and Lifestyle Fair to provide solutions for a sustainable future
Commuter bicycles, electric bicycles, self-propelled wheels and straw bale houses? Are these the answers to a sustainable, eco-friendly future? These are some of the exciting initiatives that will be discussed at the this year’s Green Home and Lifestyle Fair taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 28-29 July 2012. Public lectures and workshops will [...]
Dulux Trade’s Ecosure maximizes sustainability and performance at Eastgate 20 in Sandton CBD
The high profile Eastgate 20 building that has been redeveloped on the corner of Grayston Drive and Katherine Street in Sandton is an excellent example of the perfect balance being achieved between design, sustainability and performance. Dulux Trade’s Ecosure range played an important role in ensuring that the decorative coatings element of the redevelopment [...]
Dauphin HumanDesign Group integral to success of Alexander Forbes project
The Dauphin HumanDesign Group recently commented on being awarded the tender for the soon to be completed Alexander Forbes building in central Sandton by Paragon Architects. Why was Dauphin awarded the tender – what did their chairs have that got them the tender over their competitors and what criteria did they have to meet so [...]
Nicolway Bryanston shopping centre opens, bringing SA consumers a new generation premium-grade retail experience
Nicolway Bryanston shopping centre opened on 26 April 2012, fully let, introducing its unique concept of conveniently stylish everyday shopping to consumers. The chic 23,000sqm Nicolway Bryanston, in Sandton, features some 90 shops with a distinctive tenant mix, combined to create a top-notch, trendsetting shopping experience for the consumers in the area. The [...]
Mitsubishi Electric air conditioners installation at Standard Bank Grayston Drive, Sandton
Herman and Associates were appointed by one of South Africa’s leading Banking Institutions, Standard Bank to design and install an engineer air- conditioning system. The Standard Bank building is situated in Sandton on Grayston drive. The brief that Herman and Associates received from Standard Bank outlined the importance of having a new air-conditioning system installed, [...]
Case study: Painting Nedbank green
While Nedbank’s corporate colour may be green, there can be no doubt that its approach to the environment is represented by the very same shade and hue. And nowhere was the banking giant’s commitment to all things green more evident, than in its Sandton “Nedbank Phase II” project, which achieved a 4-Star Design Rating from [...]
New apartment living becomes reality in revitalised Rosebank
The suburb of Rosebank has undergone major revitalisation in recent years and is fast becoming Johannesburg’s second business hub in the North after Sandton and, as a result, attracting Johannesburg’s young and upcoming professionals to the area. The recent opening of the Gautrain’s Rosebank Station has equally positioned the Rosebank CBD firmly on the map [...]
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