Rabie, a pioneer in green building, received the latest award in the As Built category for its mixed use Century City Square development – the first mixed use development in South Africa to achieve this. The Square was also the first mixed use development in Cape Town and the second country wide to be awarded Green Star accreditation for a mixed use development in the Design category.
The KAEM is a self-sufficiency run of 250km held over six legs in seven days with set distances for each day, ranging from 28km to 80km. Participants must carry all their supplies, clothes and compulsory safety/survival equipment for the duration of the event. Overnight shelter in camps, and water, which is strictly controlled and distributed during the race, is supplied.
Century City Conference Centre and Hotel has notched up yet another award, this time being named “Best Large Hotel Conference Venue in South Africa” at the sixth annual Business Traveller Africa Conference & Awards that took place in Sandton this month.
Bordered by Century Way and Esplanade Road, Manhattan Corner will comprise a mix of residential apartments and sectional title offices in two attractive buildings of varying heights providing a staggered skyline.
In second place was Stella Kuhn von Burgsdorff with a time of 01:12:18 and Megan North in third place with a time of 01:17:25.
If there's any shopping destination that takes shopping seriously, it's Canal Walk. Not only do global brands flock to the centre, but shoppers from all over the world come to appreciate the grandeur and beauty of Canal Walk Shopping Centre.
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.