Name of the Project
Harbour Arch mixed-use precinct.

Location
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Project Owner/s
Amdec Group.

Project Description
Harbour Arch will be built on a 5.8 ha site, with 198 000 m² of usable space and six individual towers.

The Harbour Arch precinct will accommodate various commercial offices and corporate headquarters; an urban park and shopping galleria at street level; an eighth-floor piazza lined with restaurants, coffee shops and cocktails bars; two Marriott-branded hotels with conferencing facilities; a health and fitness club; and a large selection of residential apartments.

The 23-floor Harbour Arch Tower 1 will comprise double-volume glass-fronted retail space at ground level, earmarked for motor dealerships and coffee shops, and further retail space on the eighth floor, which will house restaurants with indoor and outdoor seating.

It will also include 1 188 parking bays across three basement and seven above-ground levels.

There is also an open-air sundeck and swimming pool on the eighteenth floor, offering scenic views of Table Mountain and the harbour.

Tower 1 includes 478 apartments, ranging from one- to three-bedroom units, but also 82 so-called ‘inclusionary’, or affordable housing units.

The start of construction on future towers is market driven, but the Amdec Group has plans at the ready to start work when the time is ready.

Potential Job Creation
The project will create an estimated 15 000 construction jobs.

Capital Expenditure
R16-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Tower 1 is scheduled for completion in May next year.

With about seven months to go until completion, 50 000 m³ of concrete, six-million bricks, 4 500 t of steel reinforcement, 150 km of joint sealant, and 13 301 panes of glass have been used in the construction of Tower 1.

It has also taken about three-million work hours to reach the twenty-third floor.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
WBHO (main contractor).

Contact Details for Project Information
Amdec Group, tel +27 21702 3200 or email info@amdec.co.za.