Illovo Boulevard - Issues & News

Issues & News

Dear Readers

A decision was taken by the Illovo Boulevard Management District Board of Directors to terminate the electronic newsletter and so we welcome you to the final edition of Boulevard UPDATE July 2008, which has been an initiative of the Illovo Boulevard Management District (IBMD). This has been your one stop information page for news, community updates and events in this corporate node - the "most desirable" corporate address in Johannesburg.

The Illovo Boulevard website will continue with its business listing. If your business is listed then please confirm your updated information. If your business is not listed or you would like to advertise on the site, email communications@illovoboulevard.com. Please send us contributions relating to news and events within your company in the Illovo Boulevard. We also welcome contributions relating to news and events in the surrounding areas and will list these on the website's news and events page, and value your feedback.

Businesses in North America are becoming even more powerful players in the complex socio-economic terrain of cities and they're doing it through City Improvement Districts (CID's) an urban management model already familiar to SA's commercial and industrial property sector. Read all about the article that appeared on page 54/44 of the SA Prop Review April 2008.

The Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) is calling on all South Africans to be a friend to a cancer survivor and host a Cuppa for Cansa at home, club or the workplace. Held annually, funds raised from the events go to patients care services in your region. To register as a host, call the Cansa office on (011) 646 5628 or email rjacobs@cansa.org.za

Read more on the South African property news and a ray of hope seen in office rentals in decentralized regions of Johannesburg including Rosebank and Sandton, which have continued to fare well, according to property economists Rode & Associates.

Visit the www.wwf.org.za/hero website for information on water, waste, energy and good advice on how to green your home and shopping trolley. View a green products and services directory as well as a directory of recycling service providers.

Until the next time
The IBMD team

Acucap Properties to let in Illovo Boulevard

One more floor is still available to rent at No. 28 Fricker Road (Aon House) in the Illovo Boulevard Management District. New tenants in the building will include Mettle (who already occupy the building at 33 Fricker Road), Jonah Capital and Saxon Mortgage. For more details contact Phil Harford on telephone number (011) 340 3219 or 082 411 5405.

Tina White reappointed as manager of the IBMD

Tina White, manager of the Illovo Boulevard Management District (IBMD) between 2001 and 2003, when it was known as the Illovo Property Owners Association (IPOA), has returned to manage this premier mixed-use commercial and residential node as of 1 July 2008. The Illovo Boulevard Management District is home to prominent property owners and tenants who have chosen the Illovo Boulevard as their business address. Some of these businesses include Colliers International, Ethos Private Equity, Mettle, JP Morgan, Santam Insurance, African Merchant Bank Capital, Kagiso, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Brait SA, Webber Wentzel Bowens, Assore Mining, Royal Bafokeng Holdings, Broll Property Brokers, Impala Platinum to name a few

"It is a great pleasure and privilege to be back in the Illovo Boulevard. I was privy to most of the original development work in the Boulevard and it is fantastic to see how the area has changed. An important aspect of this area is that it is managed in conjunction with the City of Joburg through a Precinct Plan which upholds the high standard and integrity of this Precinct," said White. She can be contacted on (011) 784 8400, 076 316 2784 or tina@randburg.org.za

The IBMD is bound by Bompas Road in the south, Harries Road in the north, Melvill Road in the west and a block up from Oxford Road in the east. The node is situated along the north-south Oxford/Rivonia Road arteria and is central to both the Sandton Central district, Rosebank and the Melrose Arch development. Access to the M1 freeway is via the Corlett Drive off-ramp.

The security services for the area operate from a control room at 4 Chaplin Road 24 hours a day, seven days per week. A dedicated armed response vehicle manned by two Public Safety Ambassadors (PSA) patrols the area. In addition there are four PSA foot patrols during the day and two at night. The control room is available on tel: (011) 268-6164.

The cleaning of the open spaces in the Illovo Boulevard is carried out by four cleaners during the day. These services are provided over and above those from the City of Joburg. The Illovo Boulevard operations are overseen by Operations Manager, Yousuf Seedat who is available on 084 568 5510 or yousuf@rosebank.co.za

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IBMD road maintenance

The Illovo Boulevard Management District team met with supervisors from the construction team of Telkom, Neotel and Plessey following the reinstatement of pavements after months of digging in the Boulevard. Plessey is the company contracted by Neotel to lay underground communication cables. The Illovo Boulevard Management District operations manager Yousuf Seedat said the reinstatement of the pavements was not satisfactory.“The paving was not aligned, driveways are sinking, the ivy plants were not replaced, sprinklers refitted were leaking and the walls along the pavements were left dirty and muddy.”

Seedat said following a meeting with the contractors, arrangements were made for the IBMD to conduct a final inspection during July. Property owners who have complaints can contact the IBMD operations team on (011) 327 7221.

Another development completed

Construction of retail and office space at 198 Oxford Road adjacent to the Thrupps shopping centre is now complete. Some space is still available. Contact Richard at (011) 781 9696 for more information.

New restaurants open in Illovo

Yo Sushi Tepanyaki, a Japanese restaurant has opened at shop number six, 198 Oxford Road in Illovo. Book your table now for various opening specials on (011) 327 5665. Other restaurants - Anat Falafel & Shwarma will also be opening their doors in the centre soon.

GIBS construction nearing end

The R100-million Illovo campus expansion of the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) is almost complete. The Illovo Boulevard Management District operations manager Yousuf Seedat said once the construction is completed, the IBMD will approach Johannesburg Roads Agency regarding the re-surfacing of Melvill road.

The GIBS extension of their property at the Institute effectively doubles the capacity of the University of Pretoria's Johannesburg business school and will include two levels of underground parking, two new state-of-the-art lecture theatres, a new information centre and a wi-fi café on the ground floor, with administration and academic offices overlooking a central area on the first floor. The total area of the new building will be 17 385.5m².