Island Club, Century City

The Island Club is a 445-unit apartment complex set around man-made waterways and islands. The Island Club is positioned across the Grand Canal from Canal Walk shopping centre. The Island Club won the South African Property Owners Awards (SAPOA) for Innovative Excellence in Property (presented in May 2006). Rabie Property Projects developed The Island Club has been entered for the Bentley International Property Awards which take place in London at the end of 2006. The Island Club was the first completed residential project at the central Century City site.

By May 2006, more than 130 apartments had been re-sold for initial investors and owner occupiers accounted for approximately 75% of the development.

Who built the Island Club?

The Island Club jointly with Harries Projects and Nedbank Corporate Property Finance. The professional team on The Island Club also included architects Marc Harries Architects in association with Raymond Alexander; De Villiers Sheard (Civil & Structural Engineers); DSV Consulting (Electrical Engineers); Forsyth Vermeulen & Partners (Quantity Surveyors): David Hellig & Abrahamse (Land Surveyors); Planning Partners (Town Planners & Landscape Architects); Deneys Reitz (Conveyancers); Harries Projects (Construction Managers); Murray & Roberts (Construction) and Nedbank (Development Finance) and Rabie Property Projects (Project Managers). The main contractor on the development which took 18 months to build was Murray & Roberts (Cape) (Pty) Ltd.

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