Mahwelereng Shopping Centre opened on 27 March meeting the growing needs of local consumers by introducing the refreshing convenience of one-stop shopping to this growing Limpopo town.
Mahwelereng Shopping Centre opened fully let with a selection of 33 retailers.
It is has been developed by Gerald and Pieter Dros of Olympic Park. Retail Network Services crafted its focused retail mix to suit the shopping centre’s unique footprint.
The 12 986 square metre shopping centre opened fully let with a selection of 33 retailers.
“Mahwelereng is a densely-populated area and a local centre is long overdue,” says Gavin Tagg of Retail Network Services.
Tagg says with nearly 50 000 households in the trade area, and a population of more than 280 000, Mahwelereng Shopping Centre will be an important part of everyday life for this community.
Shoprite anchors the retail centre in a large 3 565 square metre store and shoppers can also get groceries from Roots at Mahwelereng Shopping Centre.
These popular retailers lead an impressive array of shopping choices, starting with a formidable fashion line-up from Studio 88, Jet, Edgars Active, Pep, Ackermans, Rage, Pallino Italiano and The Fashion People.
Cashbuild, in a store spanning 1 350 square metres, will take care of hardware and DIY needs while for the home there is furniture from Joshua Doore, OK Furniture, Barnetts and Ellerines. There’s also health and beauty shopping from Hair and Beauty Salon, Masana Pharmacy and Dynamic Vision.
Bringing customers the latest in banking, Mahwelereng Shopping Centre features Nedbank and the South African Post Office as well as ATMs from Absa and FNB. Cellular, photography and printing are available from X-Photo and Voice Africa. There’s also a Liquor City.
This modern shopping centre is a meeting place, as well as a shopping space. Visitors can enjoy the restaurant and fast food variety from Old Fashioned Fish & Chips, Chingo’s Chicken, Chesanyama and Debonairs.
“There is a high demand for fashion, furniture and banking in the area. Mahwelereng Shopping Centre meets these needs and also creates an important social resource,” says Tagg.
The shopping centre is on Dudu Madisha drive, about seven kilometres from the Mokopane CBD.
It is easily accessible from the N11 Highway and ideally positioned for both local consumers and passing traffic, alongside an Engen filling station.
“Mahwelereng Shopping Centre provides public transport users with safe and convenient access.
It has 264 parking bays and this boost to local retail is also benefiting the local economy with sustainable economic growth the new employment opportunities, according to Tagg.
Meanwhile, an 18 676 square metre first phase of Elim Mall opened successfully to crowds of shoppers on 28 March.
Elim Mall opened successfully to crowds of shoppers on 28 March.
Twin City Development developed the R220 million single-level shopping centre in partnership with local Ribola Property Development.
Leon Jacobs Architects designed the mall and Retail Network Services, a full service specialist retail leasing company, successfully crafted the layout, design and tenant mix.
Showing the strong demand for quality retail in Elim, the mall was fully let before it opened.
“Elim Mall will be the ultimate shopping resource serving this significant community. Until now, almost 80% of Elim residents had to shop in other cities to gain access to all the products and services they need,” says Tagg.
He says Elim Mall changes this and brings comprehensive, targeted convenience and fashion shopping to the doorstep of Elim residents for the first time.
A sizeable 3 500 square metre Shoprite and 2 600 square metre Boxer lead the 50 retailers at Elim Mall, which include an impressive number of national retail brands to create a relevant and appealing retail attraction to Elim residents.
Elim Mall’s fashion-forward retail mix includes Truworths, Foschini, Edgars, Mr Price, Markham, Jet, Pep, Ackermans, Power Fashion, Identity, Legit, Skipper Bar, Exact, FX, Total Sports, Studio 88, The Fashion People, Egoli Fashion, Chanson, Pallino Italiano, Muzo, Shoe Zone and Rage.
Supporting these retailers are the full banking services of Old Mutual, Nedbank, Absa, African Bank and Capitec, as well as the ATMs for Standard Bank and FNB.
Elim Mall includes a tasty menu of fast food restaurants for the whole family with Chingo’s Chicken, Steers, Debonairs, Old Fashioned Fish & Chips, King Pie, Hungry Lion and KFC.
It also offers great choices for the home from Russells, Electric Express, Sheet Street, OK Furniture, Bears and Ellerines.
Rounding off the Elim Mall retail mix are food and groceries from Boxer and Roots Butchery, as well as several speciality stores. These include Hair & Beauty, Rex Dlamini Pharmacy, Liquor City, Chinese Herbs and Tea, Amber Cell, Voice Africa, Dynamic Vision, Fun Lovers Coaches and V-Tech.
Found at a bustling intersection, with high traffic volumes and excellent exposure, at the cross roads to Louis Trichardt, Giyani and Levubu, Elim Mall brings market-matched retailers to local shoppers.
Elim Mall’s location was chosen to be the most convenient for local shoppers.
“It is at an extremely busy intersection where all the commercial activity of Elim and surrounds is present and includes the 400 bed Elim Hospital, which is opposite the new mall.”
Making shopping easy and accessible to all shoppers, the mall includes a superbly-positioned Engen filling station, a brand new taxi rank with 61 bays, and serving over 110 taxis and a bus drop-off and collection area.
The mall also has 414 parking bays.
Elim Mall is also driving sustainable job creation and economic empowerment in the local community.
Besides the jobs created during the construction of the mall, where local sub-contractors were used wherever possible, the mall’s developers encouraged retailers to hire from the local community.
The developers have great confidence in the Elim economy and the strong need for more retail in the Elim community.
“There are already many customers and this target market is expected to grow at 4 percent per annum,” says Tagg.
With this growing consumer demand, the developers have ensured Elim Mall can more than double in size in future, to 45 000 square metres.
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