Group Five Property Development Services is launching the Woodmead Business Park as part of the development of the greater Woodmead node, known as Waterfall City.

Stretching from Midrand to the Buccleuch Interchange in Woodmead, Waterfall City will cover approximately 2 200 hectares of land. Plans for the total development of Waterfall City include a residential golf estate, a retirement village, retail shopping, an equestrian estate, office and commercial parks, a clinic and a school, all of which will be developed on a large-scale leasehold basis.

Corporates including Nashua, General Motors, Motorola, Ad Outpost, Sanlam Properties Group Five and Pick and Pay have already secured space within the Waterfall City precinct for development of commercial premises.

The development of the Woodmead Business Park within the greater Waterfall City project has been awarded to Group Five Properties and offers one of the last few remaining opportunities to secure commercial premises in one of South Africa’s largest, prime land developments, which will ultimately link together Sunninghill, Woodmead and Midrand.

The Woodmead Business Park will be situated adjacent to the Buccleuch Interchange, and will offer easy access to the N1, M1 and N3 highways, major arterial routes such as the R101 Old Pretoria Road and Woodmead drive, as well as both Grand Central and Johannesburg International airports. In addition to good access points, the development also offers excellent highway frontage. “The value of corporate branding through highway exposure of this nature cannot be underestimated”, according to David Green, MD of Pace Property Group. “This is one of the busiest highway intersections in South Africa. Corporate branding of this nature could cost companies upwards of R2 million a year.”

The Woodmead Business Park will provide quality warehousing, distribution and wholesale space in excess of 100 000 square meters of newly developed commercial property, once complete.  “Owing to the excellent position and prestigious design elements of Woodmead Business Park, we expect to attract major corporates, logistics companies and IT companies who are looking for large warehousing and commercial facilities near a major international airport and highways for distribution while accommodating staff that commute from the various suburbs around Johannesburg,” says Ziyad Adroos, Director of Group Five Property Development Services. “The units within the development will also be suitable for showrooms.”

The ideal location of the Woodmead Business Park offers tenants not only excellent highway frontage and easy access to distribution routes in all directions, but also accessibility and close proximity to residential areas. This combined with high levels of security, integrated office and warehousing space and attractive design means that the Woodmead Business Park will accommodate new lifestyle trends and the demand for a balance between work and leisure.

Group Five Properties will provide a full turnkey solution to incorporate each tenant's specific needs. The Park will be fully fenced and will incorporate full height electric fencing with access to the Park provided through one central point only. A state of the art CCTV radio linked monitoring and access control system will further enhance the security of the development

“Both the design and conscious awareness of the Woodmead Business Park as an address is strengthened by virtue of a collective identity which raises the overall quality of the development” concludes Dewar van Antwerpen of Boogertman & Partners Architects. “By controlling the environment within the park through strict architectural guidelines as well as a controlled material palette, the development achieves a simple, understated elegance.”

The concept of enforcing these values to achieve aesthetic appeal in a commercial business park is a credit to Group Five Properties as a leading developer, aiming to create commercial premises with a timeless appeal. Group Five Properties is also leading the way in responsible development by relocating, at their preference and in conjunction with conservationists, certain species of invertebrates which according to current data is endemic to the site.

A shortage in highly accessible commercial land in the Johannesburg area, combined with expected escalation in rentals means that Group Five’s commitment to the structuring of finance packages to suit the prospective tenants rental repayment profile offers one of the few remaining opportunities to secure exclusive premises with naming rights and within close proximity to the Sandton CBD. 

“Woodmead Business Park has already attracted a great deal of interest prior to its official launch” says Ziyad Adroos, confirming the need for integrated large warehousing, distribution and commercial space in Gauteng.

Pace Property Group who are the launch agents for the project can be contacted at (011) 217-5959 c/o Heini Loehrer and Hylton Stein.

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