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Centurion Symbio-City in the City of Tshwane said to be Africa’s tallest building will be built at a cost of R18.2 billion and completed in 2018.


Centurion Symbio-City in the City of Tshwane said to be Africa’s tallest building will be built at a cost of R18.2 billion and completed in 2018. The tallest tower will reach 110 storeys and will be flanked by two towers of 80 and 60 floors. The total height of the tallest tower will be 447 metres.
The construction will take place through the creation of an African and global landmark incorporating the tallest building in Africa, consisting of two office towers and one residential tower, and will also include hotel and retail facilities.

Work is expected to start by the end of the year according to the City of Tshwane.

Tshwane, the largest metropole in South Africa and the third-largest municipality in the world, is home to 132 embassies and four universities.

According to Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane, timing has never been more appropriate to leverage the economy that Tshwane is contributing towards South Africa’s growth.

He says that the tallest tower will reach 110 storeys and will be flanked by two towers of 80 and 60 floors. The total height of the tallest tower will be 447 metres.

The Symbio-City development will be built on and around Centurion Lake on 10 hectares of land.

“The location is between the Ben Schoeman Highway and the N1 Highway corridor and is adjacent to the Gautrain Station.”

Ramakgopa says it is an environment currently surrounded by businesses, offices and residential and commercial facilities.

This locality in Gauteng, which as a province is the fourth largest economy in Africa, has immense potential waiting to be unlocked, he points out.

Ramakgopa says Centurion can be transformed into a new economy because it has since developed as a separate city along axes and nodes in a lattice network.

“It is integrated with modern highways and activity axes along the developmental corridors between Johannesburg and Pretoria and between the primary airport in South Africa and Pretoria. Centurion now houses 320 000 inhabitants while the grid can accommodate many more.”

Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni are the extremities of the Golden Economic Triangle of Gauteng, he says.

Centurion is positioned within the development corridors linking these cities and thus it will be a major player in the proposed high intensity developments, which are destined to take place in the region.

He explains that Centurion has the inherent potential to develop further as a speciality city embodying the concepts of knowledge development, symbiosis, and creativity, as well as being green and environmentally near self-sustaining.


While Centurion is the natural site upon which Gauteng’s knowledge capital and hub of innovation to Africa can be built, the natural consequence hereof is a liveable, prosperous, competitive, equitable, accessible and sustainable city development, he says.
While Centurion is the natural site upon which Gauteng’s knowledge capital and hub of innovation to Africa can be built, the natural consequence hereof is a liveable, prosperous, competitive, equitable, accessible and sustainable city development, he says.

Ramokgopasays that the Symbio-City development will offer high quality living experiences in which people will want to live and invest.

“The development is a reflection of the range of economic opportunities, cultural experiences, safety and a quality physical environment that Tshwane offers.”

He notes that the availability of a variety of effective and efficiently provided public services, as well as affordable and green commuting options and amenities are all important factors in creating a high quality living experience.

The construction of this development will also assist towards job creation, by generating in excess of 10 000 jobs during construction and in excess of 4 000 sustainable jobs post construction, he says.

“With 57 percent of the local labour force in the area being involved in professional and related occupations, all suburbs in the trade area are predominantly middle-to-high income suburbs.”

The construction and development of Centurion Symbio-City will contribute towards a new chapter for the City of Tshwane, developing the city into a first class destination for both visitors and residents, adds Ramokgopa.
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There's a dolomite problem in Centurion, hopefully they won't be an issue once the building is constructed.
 
This won't ever be built in my opinion.

Its a nice concept project, but it has very little commercial chance of success.
 
A new cash cow for fraudulent tenders and backhands for those in power.
Instead of twin towers it is going to be faulty towers with the building regulations and specks on materials and structure not being met with.

Watch this space and mark my words.
 
czc said:
It's huge. Who's going to live in it?
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Exactly. It doesn't currently make much sense, actually. There is a large number of uninhabited properties in Centurion at the moment and there is still vacant land. Not prime vacant land, I'll give you that, but vacant land none the less. I don't see the point of high-density living if not required.
 
Stupid for a number of reasons, location and height mainly. It will be so out of place in Centurion. If they put this up in Sandton or even Midrand I can imagine it might be occupied but in Centurion. No chance. Also the height is an issue because Centurion is dolomite, which is about as stable as Lindsay Lohan. If I were the developers and I truly believed there was that big of a desire for floorspace in Centurion, or 230 floors worth, I would put up 3x20; 4x30 and a 50 story. You now have 8 buildings and it doesn't look like there is a tower built in the middle of nowhere.
 
I see Centurion is developing into PTA's own version of Sandton. Is this the building that will be the HQ of City of Tshwane? If they are and remain the anchor tenant, it could work. Apartments there are bound to cost a fortune I think
 
sox63 said:
I see Centurion is developing into PTA's own version of Sandton. Is this the building that will be the HQ of City of Tshwane? If they are and remain the anchor tenant, it could work. Apartments there are bound to cost a fortune I think
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And the fact that it will be right next door to the Gautrain station and the lake might be another big plus.
 
If this ever gets built (let alone finished by 2018) I would be beyond surprised.

There is too much vacant office space in Centurion and Pretoria and JHB in general to warrant a 110 story building, let alone the other 2 buildings.

No private investor would be stupid enough to put a cent into this project.
 
There is lots of talk, mostly from the city itself...

I would doubt that this project EVER gets off the ground, we don't need 110 story buildings and no private investor will sink that kind of money into a project in a place like Centurion.
 
Guantanamo said:
Stupid for a number of reasons, location and height mainly. It will be so out of place in Centurion. If they put this up in Sandton or even Midrand I can imagine it might be occupied but in Centurion. No chance. Also the height is an issue because Centurion is dolomite, which is about as stable as Lindsay Lohan. If I were the developers and I truly believed there was that big of a desire for floorspace in Centurion, or 230 floors worth, I would put up 3x20; 4x30 and a 50 story. You now have 8 buildings and it doesn't look like there is a tower built in the middle of nowhere.
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You can actually build on dolomite for as long as you do not drain the water table down. The idea is stupid though, Tshwane cannot even manage to make the buildings that they do own in Pretoria central profitable, they currently do own dead assets and refuse to sell it.

Pretoria also has a lot of room for expansion, there is no need to densify places.
 
Nicodeamus said:
You can actually build on dolomite for as long as you do not drain the water table down. The idea is stupid though, Tshwane cannot even manage to make the buildings that they do own in Pretoria central profitable, they currently do own dead assets and refuse to sell it.

Pretoria also has a lot of room for expansion, there is no need to densify places.
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Those roads will not cope with the amount of traffic they are planing for.
Yes it is close to the train, but the train doesn't go everywhere.
 
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