While planning is still at an embryonic stage, it is envisaged the redevelopment will embrace the existing canals, island and public open space and will include residential apartments, offices, hotels, restaurants and convenience retail.
This follows a successful pilot project which has been run in Century Square since January this year.
A new development of 16 600 square metres of premium grade offices, which will include new regional offices for Discovery, is to be built on a prime gateway site at Century City.
Chris Blackshaw, CEO of the Century City Property Owners’ Association, the non-profit company responsible for the day to day operations of the precinct, said their strategy to date of combining the use of cutting-edge technology with highly visible policing and rapid emergency response had proven to be very successful in curbing crime at Century City.
Armed with yellow gloves and black bags, teams of learners earlier had headed out into the township to do their 67 minutes for Mandela by picking up litter in the township. Hundreds of bags of garbage were then packed onto CCPOA trucks and taken to the municipal dump
For the first time, a brand new residential development of 144 apartments aimed entirely at the rental market is being developed at Century City to meet market demand.
In celebration of Mandela Day on July 18, Intaka Island Eco-Centre and the Singer Group co-hosted a team of young Site C Khayelitsha footballers who had recently had their kit stolen to a day of fun, ferry rides and environmental education.
Century City now has a total of 17 green rated buildings. These include 13 office buildings, one banking outlet in Canal Walk and a mixed use development comprising six buildings, Century City Square, where three of the green rated office buildings are located.
In aid of the no fee LEAP Science and Maths schools, Canal Walk Shopping Centre, LEAP and their partners – Rhodes Food Group - called for donations of food cans and volunteers to help them create the super-sized likeness of the Father of our Nation.
The development received the prestigious SAPOA Property Development Award for Innovative Excellence in the mixed use category at the 2017 SAPOA Convention in Cape Town this week.
In preparation for the hoped-for rains, staff of the Century City Property Owners’Association has been hard at work clearing the storm-water system
A solar energy system has been installed on the roof of the Century City Conference Centre which is expected to cut the centre’s carbon emissions by 17% per year.
Most of the exhibits are outdoors and range from the Impromptu Pavilion in Century City Square celebrating South Africa’s diversity and its 11 official languages to sculptures by Right Mukore to the Station Walkway and its graffiti artwork welcoming pedestrians from the Century City Station.
A new restaurant, Square Café & Takeout, has opened in Manhattan Suites & Conferencing at Century City.
Welcome to the action-packed Century City Corporate Soccer and Touch Rugby leagues. Set to kick off this September on the Central Park field, the leagues are aimed predominantly at Century City businesses who are keen to get involved and have some fun.
Interactive SportPieter Bloem, co-founder and director, said they had decided to open in Century City as they had been getting non-stop requests for a store in this area.