It is expected to complement the existing retail facilities in the adjacent Nelson Mandela Square and the Michelangelo Towers Mall.  The Da Vinci hotel and apartment suites are scheduled to be completed by late 2009.

The Mall forms the retail component of the 17-storey Legacy Corner mixed-use development on the corner of 5th Avenue and Maude Street in the Nelson Mandela Square block in Sandton.

Legacy Corner consists of the six-level Da Vinci hotel with 168 rooms, four levels comprising 80 residential apartments, two levels of four luxury duplex penthouses, four levels of parking and the 5000m2 high-end retail, dining and entertainment Legacy Corner Mall component.  The Mall is situated on three levels beneath the hotel and is directly linked via two levels to the upper and lower levels of the Nelson Mandela Square as well as to the P1 and P2 levels of the Nelson Mandela Square parking levels.

Bentel Associates International (BAI), the architects responsible for the highly acclaimed Michelangelo Towers and Mall, have designed the mixed-use lifestyle development and their retail design expertise will again be evident in this exclusive shopping mall.

“The Mall has been designed to complement the other components of Legacy Corner," says Franc Brugman, BAI senior director and the project architect for Legacy Corner.  "It includes high-end retail stores and will feature the much awaited Maximillien Restaurant that is expected to revolutionise dining out in Sandton.  The restaurant's magnificent position has views down Fifth Street and towards the northwestern suburbs."  The restaurant is scheduled to open later this year.

The Mall has connections to the upper and lower retail levels of the Nelson Mandela Square.  The upper level connection is located next to the existing Exclusive Books, which is undergoing a major revamp and expansion into the new Legacy Corner Mall.  The lower connection is located alongside the existing X- Ceptions shop in the Nelson Mandela Square.  The two connections link through to an escalator court that will provide a vertical circulation node connecting the parking and retail level of both the Legacy Corner development and the Nelson Mandela Square.  The escalator court will also boast one of the world's largest video screen walls with some 64 42” TVs making up the screen wall.

The floors of the retail area have porcelain tiles and neutral colours and tones add to the luxurious atmosphere of the mall.  "We have also incorporated lower lux levels so that the brighter light from the shops attracts shoppers’ attention, whilst also ensuring a lower energy lighting demand for the mall levels," explains Brugman.  "The shops are designed with neutral shells and high end shop fronts – all the design identity and pizzazz comes from the interior design of the individual shops."

"An exciting component of the new mall is the glitzy and glamorous Marco Polo which opened its doors in early September 2009.  The Marco Polo is entered via the two levels of the Nelson Mandela Square parking levels, off Fifth Street and via the escalator court, which will form a powerful vertical circulation node to both the Legacy Corner and the Nelson Mandela Square retail levels.  Marco Polo will provide an added source of entertainment to the Sandton node proving yet again that the Sandton CBD is the place to meet and be seen in Johannesburg."