Driving Around Sandton, The safest and best place of Johannesburg | South Africa.
Driving Around Sandton, The safest and best place of Johannesburg | South Africa.
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#Sandton is an affluent area in the #Gauteng Province, South Africa and forms part of the City of #Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The name of the town came from the combination of two of its suburbs, Sandown and Bryanston.[2] In 1969 Sandton was promulgated as a municipality in its own right,[3] but lost its status as an independent town after the re-organisation of South African local governments after Apartheid ended.
Urban decay in downtown Johannesburg caused many corporate offices to move from the Johannesburg Central Business District to Sandton in the 1990s. It has become the new financial district of South Africa and Johannesburg’s premier business centre. Much of the financial focus of Johannesburg has shifted from the Central Business District to Sandton. However, three of South Africa’s 4 largest banks take hold kept their caput offices in downtown Johannesburg, along with Transnet, the transport parastatal. The other bank, Nedbank, has its headquarters in Sandton. A considerable amount of the city’s A-grade office space is to be found in Sandton. The JSE Securities Exchange, Johannesburg’s stock exchange, relocated its offices to Sandton from the central business district in the late 1990s. Sandton’s gain was the central business district’s loss: it resulted from urban blight of the downtown Johannesburg area.
Sandton is place to the Sandton Convention Centre, one of the largest convention centres on the continent and primary site of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable evolution (also known as “Rio + 10”), which Johannesburg hosted. The convention centre also hosted the African National Congress’ victory celebrations after the party was re-elected at the 2004 election.
The Sandton Central commercial node, centred on the suburbs of Sandown and Sandhurst has some of the best and most expensive commercial properties and offices in South Africa. A number of new developments are underway including 6 Benmore (Capital Hill),[14] Atrium on 5th, Alice Lane and Katherine and West which is situated direct opposite the Sandton Gautrain Station.[15][16] One of the highest rated light-green buildings in South Africa, the Upper Grayston Office Park, is located in Sandton.[17]
Industrial areas situated in Sandton are Wynberg and Kramerville. Kramerville, once a run-downward area, is now trendy and is the centre of the designing and textiles industry in Sandton.[18]
Tourism and retail hub
One of the main attractions in Sandton is Sandton City, which ranks among the largest shopping centres in Africa. The completion of this precinct by the Liberty grouping was the catalyst for the subsequent evolution of this entire area. Together with Nelson Mandela Square, the centre, with some 144,000 m2 of shopping space, is one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere (behind Chadstone Shopping Centre).[19] Much of Johannesburg’s business tourism is centred on Sandton, which has various 5-star hotels under the Southern Sun, Hilton, Radisson and Protea brands.
Maude Street adjacent to Sandton Convention Centre
Old Mutual South Africa’s caput office, as of 2018, is being constructed. A 55-flooring mixed use building, The Leonardo, become the tallest building in all of Africa at 234 metres (768 ft) next its topping out in 2018.
Sandton Central Management District
The central business area of Sandton is divided into three City Improvement Districts, which take hold a unified identity called the Sandton Central Management District, branded as Sandton Central.[20] This district is responsible, using additional funds levied on its behalf by the municipality, for the provision of additional services.[21] The Sandton Central Management district provides additional cleaning, law enforcement, beautification and planning services to the area it services.[22]
Transport
Gautrain
Sandton houses the flagship station of the Gautrain rapid rail link. The station is located on the corner of West Street and Rivonia Road. The system has direct connections to OR Tambo International Airport and an inter-city commuter service from Pretoria through Rosebank to Johannesburg Park Station[23]
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