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Waterfall City News






























        LOOKING BACK AND



        FORGING AHEAD






        Reflecting on a fantastic year and what’s in store for 2024



        A        s each year comes to an end, it’s human      The Lifestyle Centre features gym facilities, restaurants, a villa

                 nature to look back and reflect on the
                                                              and more. In terms of sustainability, a blackwater treatment
                 changes in your life and to look ahead and
                                                              plant is used to generate clean water for the lagoon,
                 make plans for the future. The management
        team at Waterfall City likes to do the same.          reducing its dependence on rain or municipal water.
                                                              Residents at Munyaka will also have their own LittleHill
        The year 2023 has been another great year of development,   Montessori preschool in about two years’ time, joining
        and 2024 promises to be no different. We caught up with   LittleHill’s existing schools at The Polofields and Kikuyu.
        Willie Vos, CEO of the Waterfall Management Company, to
        get the highlights.                                   Construction of Kikuyu’s 1,270 units has finished, with resales
                                                              and rentals available. The Polofields is about two-thirds
        “Firstly, we are still delighting in the half a dozen Best in SA   complete, with 1,000 units built and the last 500 units to be
        awards Waterfall City recently won, including being named   completed by mid 2025.
        the Best Mixed-use Development in South Africa 2023-2024
        by the African Property Awards. We are proud that we are   The road ahead
        creating a place where everyone clearly loves to be,” says   As a place becomes more popular, it generates more traffic.
        Vos.                                                  To resolve the challenge of traffic congestion, the Waterfall
                                                              management team have continued to invest significantly in
        “Our ultimate aim is to be a smart city so admired, safe and   upgrading the road infrastructure in and around Waterfall
        sustainable that people feel there is no better place to live,   City, with the focus this year having been on the Woodmead
        work, play and prosper.”                              precinct. You can read more about this in a featured article
                                                              on the project in this magazine.
        Residential news
        Balwin Properties completed the Lifestyle Centre and Crystal   In summary, the roads have been upgraded to double
        Lagoon at its Munyaka development this year. Just over   lanes, with a new traffic circle added and an existing circle
        1,000 of the 5,500 planned units have been completed, and   upgraded. Cat’s eyes have been introduced on some roads
        two magnificent R75-million penthouses are now on the   to make night driving safer, while more surveillance cameras
        market for high-flyers.                               have been added to improve security.


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