Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa January/February 2015 | Page 46

bounded on all four sides by roads and/
or other buildings, so when the adjacent
Nedbank Gardens site was incorporated into
the development, it provided an opportunity to
expand the shopping centre, giving rise to the
concept of a looped mall. To attract tenants, this
would have to be done seamlessly and without
the shoppers being aware that they would be
physically ‘crossing’ the road.
The fundamental requirement of Hyprop
Investment’s brief was to reposition Rosebankmall within the precinct, thereby giving it the
critical mass to sustain itself into the future
as well as compete against all the new a