Not much of an expansion, but hopefully it'll be tastefully executed.

They are using up the main parking area in front of the building, so I am assuming the parking will now be underground.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/73964580
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/73964620

I'll post more pics when I get.

The entire main entrance of the building will change location from what I heard (via a current tenant)

Here's an article from the looklocal site on the Victorian Mall expansion.

The mall will be anchored by Cambridge Food together with around 7 line shops.
A much needed upgrade to Newcastle's CBD :banana:.
Not much is mentioned in the article below with reference to upgrading of the existing mall, but from what I have heard, the entire Victorian Mall will be given a facelift :).

This expansion together with the New Civic Centre will certainly start rejuvenation of Newcastle's CBD.

I must say the the city is moving in the right direction :).

R80 million Mall for CBD
(http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/action/media/downloadFile?media_fileid=313263&a=145&s=850x600)
Construction has begun at the Victorian Mall and will welcome a supermarket in January 2013.
19 June 2012 | Reveshni Moodley
Construction has begun at the Victorian Mall as part of an R80 million cash injection into the CBD.
George Heyneke, Property Director for the NiDa group, says that the development will be completed in January 2013.
"I can confirm that the development will be a supermarket from the Walmart group, called Cambridge Foods."
The supermarket will encompass 3 500 square metres to be extended by a further 1 000 metres in future.
There will also be a few line shops attaching themselves to the development.
While the construction is underway however, the Victorian Mall and the cinema is still open for business.
Patrons of the mall and movie theatre are advised to park in the lot adjacent to Midas.
"When the project is complete, there will be ample secure undercover parking," said Mr Heyneke.
"At the moment, the cinema at Victorian Mall is in a better state than most around the country, and we hope people will continue their support," he concluded.

Here's an article from the looklocal site on the Victorian Mall expansion.

The mall will be anchored by Cambridge Food together with around 7 line shops.
A much needed upgrade to Newcastle's CBD :banana:.
Not much is mentioned in the article below with reference to upgrading of the existing mall, but from what I have heard, the entire Victorian Mall will be given a facelift :).

This expansion together with the New Civic Centre will certainly start rejuvenation of Newcastle's CBD.

I must say the the city is moving in the right direction :).



Indeed! Maybe some other South African cities can follow example.

Maybe they might, but not many have strong CBD's like Newcastle. According to the developers website (NiDa) an addtional 8 000sqm of GLA will be added to the mall / CBD.

Good to have the voice of Newcastle being promoted. Far too much the focus is on the 3 main cities and maybe now and then Pretoria. But it is great to see Newcastle (KZN's 3rd city, but probably seen by most people as the 4th as Richards Bay has a bigger economic profile), doing some good. To be fair i have never visited, its out of the way from Durban and probably closer to Joburg anyway? But good to see other parts of KZN flying high...

Any renders?

Yep, u right. South Africa needs to decentralise and focus on smaller cities.

Pretoria is definitely up there with the other 3 if not more.

Newcastle is making it's way up as one of the country's roleplayers. You must visit NN sometime. It's located in one of SA's most beautiful landscapes :)

Unfortunately no renders on the Victorian Mall expansion but will be on the lookout :)

live a bit far away to visit...

but i disagree on pta. it has potential but it is totally lacking on the big 3

Here's the progress from August by our very own Viresh Mahabeer

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/76963820.jpg

Work is progressing well:

http://s1310.beta.photobucket.com/user/Jacquess4/media/VictorianMallExpansion_zps430481c2.jpg.html

Click on the below links to see more pics on progress on the Victorian Mall expansion:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/83830254
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/84386307
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/84386291
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/84386415