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ultigenerational living has been a growing trend in SA for economic and security reasons, but also because three, or even four generations living in close proximity promotes a healthy social balance. Lifestyle estates are increasingly embracing young, old and everyone in between, in sectional title homes as well as rental apartments, comprising facilities that cater to children, working adults and those in their golden years, and providing convenience and security.
Lifestyle developments increasingly embrace young, old and everyone in between WORDS: HELEN GRANGE
“Mixed-use developments are a relatively new phenomenon in SA, but globally they’ve been trending for many years,” says Amdec Property Developments’ MD Nicholas Stopforth. “It’s called new urbanism, and it’s today’s lifestyle of choice. The demand is high, because they also offer excellent investment opportunities,” says Stopforth.
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Lifestyle estates such as Steyn City in Midrand, Sibaya Coastal Precinct in KwaZulu-Natal and Val de Vie in the Western Cape have all gone this route, offering an enviable lifestyle replete with nearby schools, shops, medical or care facilities, and every manner of sport or leisure activity.
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“The apartments and shops will be wheelchair-friendly and children have the option to attend Steyn City School,” says Marie Yossava, spokesperson, Steyn City. “There are several play and recreational nodes within the parkland residence, including a skate park for teens. There are also office blocks in our commercial park.” Many estates include separate retirement villages within the development. A good example is Century Property Developments’ Waterfall Estates between Kyalami and Sandton in Midrand, embracing Waterfall Hills and Waterfall Valley mature lifestyle estates. Aside from the myriad of facilities expected of a top lifestyle estate – sport, walking trails, gym, pool, coffee shop, restaurant, movie theatre, hairdresser and health spa – retirees and the elderly have access to onsite nursing staff that can provide assisted-living services and a frail care facility at Waterfall Hills Mature Lifestyle Estate.
And as they evolve, these multigenerational estates are embracing more investment brackets, offering a mix of apartments, townhouses and freestanding units of one to five bedrooms, priced anywhere from about R1m to R20m and beyond.
“The choice of houses, cluster homes, apartments and retirement homes as either rental or investment opportunities means you’re accommodated in every life stage from young adult, to having a family, then grandchildren, to downscaling to a lock-up-and-go,” says Jessica Hofmeyr, Century Property Developments executive for sales, rental, marketing and operations.
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Steyn City is a prime example of a multigenerational estate, with its huge diversity of owners and tenants and range of properties priced from about R2,2m to more than R25m. Its “city centre” will include about 739 apartments and a central piazza with retail, restaurants and lifestyle offerings.
The prestigious Val de Vie estate near Paarl in the Cape winelands has also embraced retirees more fully with Val de Vie Evergreen. It’s aimed at over 60s with the offer of 400 exclusive homes, 208 apartments and an 80-bed frail care facility. “Our resident demographics are evenly split between those
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We cater to everyone – from first-time buyers and small families, to empty nesters who don’t yet want to move into a retirement village CLIFFORD OOSTHUIZEN, MD, WESTBROOK
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commuting, those working from home, and retired couples. The buyers are discerning and want excellent investments in the long term,” says Val de Vie’s group marketing director Ryk Neethling. Nearer Cape Town is De Plattekloof Lifestyle Estate, aimed at over 50s, which includes homes, apartments and the Tijgerzicht assisted-living suites. Century City near Canal Walk is another sought-after multigenerational estate, offering contemporary penthouses, family homes and spacious apartments. Buh-Rein Estate near Durbanville is attracting firsttime buyers to its townhouses and apartments, as well as retirees who have a choice of independent-living and assisted-living apartments.
Eastern Cape The mixed-use, multigenerational estate has come to Port Elizabeth in Amdec’s Westbrook Estate. The development will comprise 3,500 homes spread across nine residential villages with a “town square” and a variety of commercial and retail space.
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“We cater to everyone – from firsttime buyers and small families, to empty nesters who don’t yet want to move into a retirement village,” says Westbrook MD Clifford Oosthuizen. You can get cheaper houses in the city, but your investment value simply won’t increase as fast or by as much.
KIDDS BEACH, EASTERN CAPE
In East London, Kidds Beach Green Estate comprises six estates with homes ranging in price from R700,000 to R10m. The estate caters to growing families, investors and luxury buyers. Amenities include private schools, a shopping centre, office parks, a private hospital, a high-performance sports centre and a hotel and conference centre. An assisted-living section offering 200 retirement rental units based on the life rights model is planned.
KZN The KwaZulu-Natal northern seaboard is dotted with multigenerational estates. Sibaya Coastal Precinct in Umhlanga includes Shoreline Sibaya, which consists of 400 modern single-level sectional title apartments for over 55s in a wheelchair-friendly environment. “Research from the Retire KZN campaign indicates that approximately 43% of retirees now look for a property price point of between R1m and R2,5m. The studio apartments at Shoreline Sibaya start at R1,4m while one-bedroom apartments begin at R1,9m,” says Louise Hunt, spokesperson for Sibaya Coastal Precinct. “Because of the increasing interest in retirement property as an investment opportunity, the developers have permitted buyers as young as 20, although occupation only occurs once the homeowner turns 55,” says Hunt.
Phases Kindlewood Estate in Mount Edgecombe attracts a full range of investors, from first-time buyers looking to establish their roots through to retired couples seeking an active, outdoor lifestyle. “Kindlewood has homes and facilities suited to every phase of life,” says Mondli Msani, development manager, Tongaat Hulett Developments. Kindlewood developments include Norfolk Valley, The Links, Kindlewood Crest, The Kindles, Kariwood, Edenwood, The Wolds and the newly launched Mount Edgecombe Retirement Village. Zimbali Lakes Resort north of Ballito extended its cross-generational appeal as Evergreen Lifestyle launched a R3bn retirement offering last year. Evergreen Lifestyle Zimbali Lakes includes apartments to be sold on a life rights basis and an array of luxury lifestyle amenities is in the pipeline. Close by is Brettenwood Coastal Estate, with its retirement offering of Forest Village. Further north, Palm Lakes Family Estate, a development with a full suite of facilities, includes the Lakes Retirement Village, which tailor-makes a retirement home package to suit individual needs. These range from full title homes to sectional title. The development includes a healthcare centre.
Mixed-use developments are a relatively new phenomenon in SA, but globally they’ve been trending for many years NICHOLAS STOPFORTH, MD, AMDEC PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS
AMDEC WESTBROOK, EASTERN CAPE
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Smart workspaces Biophilic design is a hot topic among specialists who craft offices to feel more like home – and companies serious about retaining talent are listening WORDS: HILARY PRENDINI TOFFOLI IMAGES: SUPPLIED
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ffices today are about flexibility in both private and collaborative areas. They’re healthier, people-centric and feel more like home. Three local office designers are upping the ante.
Environmentally friendly
Peet van Straaten of Raw Studios is a passionate and uncompromising furniture design whizz who has worked in the Netherlands and studied green architecture in the UK. Having witnessed how environmentally damaging some production processes can be, he’s determined to keep his products earth-friendly. His beautifully crafted modular office furniture systems
are made from birch plywood grown in sustainably managed forests in Finland. They embody his philosophy – in tune with the new thinking – that offices should be healthy peoplewelcoming environments. Employees should be surrounded by natural materials that are not harmful. Van Straaten’s simple, elegant structures can be combined in different ways and are found in the offices of companies such as I-CAT, the Pretoria environmental solutions company, Nando’s head office in Joburg, KwaZuluNatal’s legendary Africa Centre for Population Health, MTN and the SABS. He says companies serious about
retaining talent are giving staff light, colourful workspaces that encourage productivity. “Office design is moving away from open floor plans where everyone is thrown into one space, towards something in the middle – not cubicles, but soft areas beyond the essential focus work areas,” says Van Straaten. “Offices are creating agile spaces that encourage change and enable new ways of working without restrictions.”
Colour is king
Alice Hutton of Alice Hutton Studios is a skilled professional who spent 23 years designing corporate workplaces for O’Sullivan & Company, including Investec offices in London and New York. Now Hutton has opened her own Joburg-based interior design studio. Hutton says biophilic design is behind her award-winning office installation. This hot new industry topic refers to the innate need to connect with nature. “I used systems of natural colours inspired by Joburg’s urban forest,” she says, “a brightly coloured lounger as a focal point, positioned on an innovative urban-inspired moss and cobbled contract carpet.” Usually working in collaboration with savvy and imaginative young local designers who she believes challenge top international brands with their quality and creativity, Hutton chose, in this case, Dokter and Misses and Monique Vee. She says contemporary South African offices are becoming increasingly comfortable and more human. Because they feel more like home, they lead to a more productive environment. She sees technology integration totally changing offices. “Technology allows for freedom of movement away from the desk. This flexibility allows for more multipurpose
office environments and furniture. So we can design more creative office spaces. Collaborative hot-desking and more relaxed lounge-like meeting spaces create a more approachable and shared open work space.”
Moving away from the traditional
Rachel Andrews of Tetris says office walls are no longer merely functional, but an opportunity to boost productivity or make a brand statement. She is head of design at the Joburg offices of Tetris, a global design and build fit-out company, and has degrees in both interior design and mechanical engineering. “At AIG insurance company we were asked to create an interior with a ‘splash of colour’. We took this literally on the wall in their breakaway coffee area,” she says. “The client loved this interpretation of the brief and says it helps create the vibrancy they wanted for the office environment.” In her view a growing number of office designers are realising that diverse work models and generations require a balance of diverse workspaces. “Staff now operate not only from traditional workstations, but often throughout the office in breakaway areas which are strategic spaces for companies to heighten productivity. “A key way to bring nature into an office is by a series of screening walls constructed as shelves dotted with plants to add greenery and light,” Andrews says. Or by creating a space for a living wall, as done for Hannover Re reinsurance group. An effective brand statement for the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills was made by embedding a section of the company’s logo into the timber wall panelling in the area where clients wait.
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Pam Golding does it again
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or the 12th year in succession Pam Golding Properties has been recognised as South Africa’s “Best Estate Agency” at the prestigious International Property Awards (IPA) held in London recently. The awards celebrate the highest levels of excellence and achievement globally by companies operating in all sectors of the real estate industry. Competing against real estate agencies from around South Africa, the company was also awarded Best Real Estate Agency Marketing South Africa and Best Real Estate Agency Website South Africa. This makes the Pam Golding Property group the most highly awarded real estate company in the country, winning no less than 55 International Property Awards, and the only South African real estate company to have achieved “Superbrand” status consecutively over four years. Pam Golding Properties now goes forward to compete for the regional award for Best Real Estate Agency Africa, and, if successful, as a contender for International World’s Best award in this category. The IPA awards are judged by an independent panel of over 80
industry experts, focussing on criteria which include service, innovation, quality, design and originality. Says Dr Andrew Golding, chief executive, Pam Golding Property, “Scooping highest honours once again for these three coveted awards reaffirms our ongoing commitment to providing our clients with a world-class standard of differentiated service, while upholding our reputation for developing long-term customer relationships based on the cornerstones of knowledge, experience, integrity and empathy. “In this highly competitive, everevolving industry, coupled with ongoing technological advances, retaining a leadership position requires constant innovation, dedication and flexibility across all spheres of the business. “Winning these awards is also testament to the important role of our estate agents, who are at the rockface of the business interacting with clients and bringing to each transaction their own unique and considerable experience, knowledge and interpersonal skills, combined with all the extensive benefits of the Pam Golding brand,” Golding concludes.
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ituated in the thriving development hub that is Woodstock in the old Iron Works building on Sir Lowry Road, GOOD is a modern multilayered new space in Cape Town offering a mix of co-working space, health and wellness, retail and marketplace (with micro-retailers).
presence in the retail world • GOODBalance: The space offers a beautifully designed studio, seven suites for health and wellness practitioners, and a high designed common area. Daily yoga classes are starting on 15 July.
• GOODCoffee: collab between Rosetta Roastery and Nuude Studio to provide coffee, coldpressed juices and smoothies. • GOODBar: provides a platform to showcase exceptional makers in the beverage industry.
The team at GOOD plans to reinvent physical and commercial developments to benefit the communities in which they operate. GOOD strives to consider the environment, what sustainable business practices look like, its impact on people and communities, and what it means to live a conscious life. GOODWoodstock comprises the following layers: • GOODFood: not a market but rather a food hall with a collection of food and beverage businesses. • GOODWork: a workspace where members have access to Wifi, a meditation room, a wellness centre, food hall, phone booths, and meeting and board rooms. Day passes, hot desks, dedicated desks and two- to six-person private suites are available. • GOODStore: built to assist independents establish a
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new luxury hotel is set to open in the Mother City in August. Labotessa, on Church Square, is the debut project of first-time hoteliers Jan Fourie and Johan du Plessis. Situated in a 17th-century former church, this landmark property blends luxury and personal service with the independence of residential living. “Labotessa is a culmination of our affinity for exceptional design, relaxed hospitality, and our connection to the city of Cape Town,” says Du Plessis. The founders conceptualised every design element in the hotel to evoke 17th-century grandeur fused with a relaxed atmosphere. Commissioned works by local artists and antique
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furniture weave a narrative inspired by the city’s European influences. For organic and ethically sourced meals there’s Starling’s café on the ground floor, which spills out onto the square and sits adjacent to the hotel’s Diptyque boutique, a public concession for the revered international perfumery whose range of toiletries can be found in every room. Labotessa is home to one of Cape Town’s largest penthouse suites: the Governor Suite. Named after the first governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, this 300m 2 three-bedroom suite spans two floors and has views of Signal Hill and Table Mountain. It also features modern touches like a floating staircase and
private plunge pool encased in the balcony’s glass walls. There’s a fully equipped kitchen with two ovens, a 10-person dining table, two lounge areas and a fireplace. The en-suite bedrooms each have freestanding bathtubs overlooking the city. The six 65m 2 suites, accessed via private elevator, feature living and sleeping areas (en suite) separated by glass panelling. Each suite has a minibar, Smeg appliances, cocktail table, sofa and balcony to create multi-use spaces for dining, lounging and relaxing. One of Cape Town’s newest and most popular fine-dining establishments, FYN, is located next door and features a menu of Japanese-inspired cuisine fused with South African dishes.
AGENTS KNOW HOW TO MARKET YOUR HOME TO SELL
Image is everything when it comes to real estate and a poorly presented property is like showing up at the Oscars in the wrong dress. Objective, expert advice and assistance from a registered estate agent is essential.
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