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Six sites selected to spearhead EL development
Posted on: Thursday, 04 November 2004. Article source: Daily Dispatch
Six sites have been selected for initial projects as the first phase of the Buffalo City Development Agency's renewal programme.
They are the Nahoon beach area including the East London golf course and Buffalo Park, Marina Glen, Signal Hill, the Quigney, the sleeper site, and sports and recreation developments.
The most important and fastest proposal involves a seaside resort at Nahoon where the caravan park could be converted into a resort with about 80 accommodation units and an integrated tourism complex surrounded by an exclusive residential housing estate.
The approval for the project could be obtained reasonably soon and work could start on the project by June or July next year, Clive Forster of Kagiso Urban Management (KUM) said.
The consortium that dealt with the proposals is KUM and local company Sullivan Fadane and Associates. Among the sport and leisure proposals are a residential development on the East London golf course, which is on municipal land, and a nature reserve around the Nahoon waste water treatment works.
The water treatment works were an impediment to development in the area and money made from phase one of the various plans could go towards moving the facility elsewhere, Forster said.
He added that a hotel could be built on the Court Crescent site on the Esplanade and a plan for the upgrading of the Quigney could be found that would raise the profile of the area and make it more desirable as a beachfront suburb.
The plans for Marina Glen would have to take into account that the area was regarded as a family beach and recreation area.
Of top importance to the success of the beachfront and Marina Glen developments would be a gradual cleaning up of the area and strict law enforcement to ensure the area was regarded as very safe.
There were a number of proposals for Signal Hill, including developing a marina.
Forster said the sleeper site was suitable for a mix of desirable social and high density housing due to its proximity to both the CBD and the beachfront.
Transnet, he said had wanted R24 million for the land and the study estimated its value for development at around R5m he said.
They are the Nahoon beach area including the East London golf course and Buffalo Park, Marina Glen, Signal Hill, the Quigney, the sleeper site, and sports and recreation developments.
The most important and fastest proposal involves a seaside resort at Nahoon where the caravan park could be converted into a resort with about 80 accommodation units and an integrated tourism complex surrounded by an exclusive residential housing estate.
The approval for the project could be obtained reasonably soon and work could start on the project by June or July next year, Clive Forster of Kagiso Urban Management (KUM) said.
The consortium that dealt with the proposals is KUM and local company Sullivan Fadane and Associates. Among the sport and leisure proposals are a residential development on the East London golf course, which is on municipal land, and a nature reserve around the Nahoon waste water treatment works.
The water treatment works were an impediment to development in the area and money made from phase one of the various plans could go towards moving the facility elsewhere, Forster said.
He added that a hotel could be built on the Court Crescent site on the Esplanade and a plan for the upgrading of the Quigney could be found that would raise the profile of the area and make it more desirable as a beachfront suburb.
The plans for Marina Glen would have to take into account that the area was regarded as a family beach and recreation area.
Of top importance to the success of the beachfront and Marina Glen developments would be a gradual cleaning up of the area and strict law enforcement to ensure the area was regarded as very safe.
There were a number of proposals for Signal Hill, including developing a marina.
Forster said the sleeper site was suitable for a mix of desirable social and high density housing due to its proximity to both the CBD and the beachfront.
Transnet, he said had wanted R24 million for the land and the study estimated its value for development at around R5m he said.
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