by Shane Henson — June 10, 2011—The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) recently hosted the Innovative Excellence in Property Development Awards during its annual convention in Cape Town, South Africa. This year, five of the nine award-winning property developments are located in Sandton.
The overall winner was 15 Alice Lane Towers, which also won best in the office development category. The property is set atop a six-story basement, with two towers that rise 17 floors. The twin towers constructed of concrete, glass and aluminum rise as “statuesque” architectural markers on the Sandton skyline, with an architectural form that SAPOA says is unique in South Africa. Viewed from all angles, the building presents a highly patterned and highly abstracted surface of architectural elements that change constantly with the shifting time and atmosphere of the day, notes SAPOA. The property was designed by Paragon Architects and commissioned by Zenprop Property Holdings and Tiber Projects.
Sandton’s Pick n Pay Nicol won in the retail development category, Legacy Corner won the mixed-used development category, The Park Inn Sandton scooped the other developments: hotels category, and Nedbank Phase II won the overall green development category.
Other award winners included Castle Walk Shopping Centre in the refurbishment category, University of the Western Cape Life Sciences in the other developments category, and the Lebone II College of the Royal Bafokeng in Phokeng in the social development and new transformation categories.
