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Joburg prepares for Africa’s largest mall

Said to become the biggest mall in Africa, construction of 'Mall of Africa' is well underway.

The 1.6 million square metres Waterfall City which is host to the 130 000 square metre Mall of Africa that started its construction in 2012 is expected to welcome its first customer in April 2016.

“Several urban studies have proven that there is an excellent business case for situating the Mall of Africa within the Waterfall City development. The mall will help the City realise its financial potential,” believes Aurecon Project Director, Nicol Labuschagne.

The mall is said to cost about R3.5 billion will be easily accessible and is also situated not far from the Gautrain Station in Midrand.

With the deadline looming, the construction had to be fast tracked and saw Aurecon “using reinforced concrete flat and coffer slabs for the retail areas and post tensioned flat slabs for most of the parking decks to speed up construction”, according to Labuschagne.

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