Cornubia Development - Mount Edgecombe, Durban

Cornubia is a multi- billion rand collaboration between the eThekwini Municipality and Tongaat Hullett with the intent of creating a modern African town centre.  It is strategically located within 1km from the Umhlanga/Mount Edgecombe interchange and is directly connected to the New Umhlanga Town Centre. It has great visibility and is easily accessible from the N2 highway, the M41 and Cornubia Boulevard.  It is a mixed use development comprising of residential, commercial and industrial sites which will cost an estimated R25 billion upon completion.  It has been declared a national priority project by Cabinet and is vigorously pursuing the goal of becoming Africa’s most liveable city by 2030.  The development is expected to create 48 000 new sustainable job opportunities over a period of 15 years and a further 15 000 jobs during the construction phase.

The Cornubia development comprises a Town Centre, Shopping Centre, Industrial Business Estate, N2 Business Estate and Business Hub.  The Cornubia Town Centre forms the nucleus of the interlinked corporate business and affordable residential components.  The development will offer a host of complementary uses and will augment the range and amenities to be found in the neighbouring areas of Umhlanga and Mount Edgecombe.  The retail development will thrive off the large catchment and huge disposable income of Phoenix and surrounding areas, making this the perfect base for businesses with large staff complements, such as call centre operations and other labour intensive operations.  Together, the Cornubia development and Umhlanga mixed use precinct will form a massive super node which will not necessarily compete with each other but should rather add to and complement trading in the greater area.

The Indsutrial Business Estate will accommodate a wide range of uses including warehousing, assembly, service, light industrial, distribution, logistics, showrooms and offices.  Primary access will be off both the MR79 in Ottawa as well as the newly opened MR458 (Longfolia Road) off the R102.  With the proposed Blackburn link road, it will eventually have connectivity to the N2 freeway.  The Go!Durban Cornubia Boulevard will link the Industrial Business Estate to Cornubia Town Centre and Umhlanga in the next few years.

The Cornubia N2 Business Estate is located in a prime position immediately adjacent the N2 freeway, opposite uMhlanga Ridge Town Cente.  It is the ideal location for commercial and business activities.  In addition it has convenient access to Cornubia Boulevard via Flanders Drive/Marshall Dam interchange and the R102.  Permissable uses on the commercial development includes retail, warehousing, office logistics and the service industry.  The prime location, infrastructure and upgraded road system will make the business estate a prized commercial site attracting a wide variety of tenants once the logistics warehousing components are established.

Author:  Jennifer Naidoo - Keeron Properties 084 5807 087/031 - 5022450  www.keeron.co.za

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