http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/zuidafrica/StandardBankDBN2.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4/zuidafrica/StandardBankDBN1.jpg

(Thanx to p2bsa for the pictures)

NAME: Standard Bank Regional Head Office
LOCATION: CBD
STATUS: U/C
FLOORS: 4
HEIGHT: 20m
USE: Commercial


This is the new KZN head office of Standard Bank. It is costing R275m and will include 14715m2 of office space, plus opposite the entrance to Kingsmead Cricket ground on the South side of the dev will be a retail branch.

The dev is in Kingsmead office estate, opposite the Cricket ground and Durban Station.

At present there are 3 cranes on site

where did you get the height from? any chanse of pics

Looks quite good for an office park...

height from std bank. Will get some pics when it finally stops raining here! its mad! was 36C on tues and wed, yest and today its down to 17C! this is why i get sick!

I know i was all fired up for ther cricket, had the braai going the caronas all cold andf then started and next thing its pissing in Durban.

nice low rise looks like something i saw in botswana

Construction Update - 29 November 2005

Piling is all complete... cant see into the site, so these are the best pics i could get

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/IMGP0726.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/IMGP0728.jpg

whats the building on the lefty in the first pic. wasent there when i was home last. I remebre the old house from the time the army was there

Oh that is the New Toyota and Lexus Lifstyle complex

The nearly complete Toyota and Lexus Showroom, with the STD Bank cranes behind

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/IMGP1243.jpg

The main atrium section

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/IMGP1245.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/IMGP1307.jpg

The nearly complete Toyota and Lexus Showroom, with the STD Bank cranes behind

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/IMGP1243.jpg

The main atrium section



I'm taking my dads car in their for its 2nd service! looks great!

they were aiming to be the highest selling toyota dealership in SA, but the new one they building in Umhlanga looks even bigger than this one, and much more impressive architecturally.

^^never see that one, where about is it? got any pics?

^^ the umhlanga one? its opposite the mercedes complex

ok, will check it out. Thanx.

Aerial Views of construction

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/CopyofStandardbank1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/CopyofStandardbank2.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/CopyofStandardbank2.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/CopyofStandardbank4.jpg

fantastic pics mike, you are a star.
whats the building oposite the station in the 1st pic?

the building on the right of the pic with the white roof? Thats the Toyota/Lexus dealership

^^ Been to that showroom, too many cars in that one room, so abit crowded, but its nice. The coffee is gud there! the orange juice wasnt up to scratch though. Lexus showroom is still beign done. It should be ready in time for the lauch of the new GS & IS models.

cool, how many other sites have ben developed in the kingsmead office estate. when I left there were only 2 on the otherside (beach side) a mariott office and a smaller one was being finnished

those are thw only two on the otherside still...the kingsmead park never took off. now there is some bank being built there soon, and another site for something

oh my god this is a really cool pic
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/CopyofStandardbank4.jpg

Marriot & KPMG is on the other side. not sure whats going in next. Then there the temple next to the Toyota showroom, thats not going anywhere, they busy revamping that. I like the cricket field in the middle. So when you on luch you can go have a game with the guys.

yeh i liked that one too hsark

thats funny about the whole development as I can clearly remember the developers (council was one partner) sdaying that 80% of the plots were sold and that was like 5 years ago.
I think the ridge just killed them.
this idea was borrowed from Norwich group offices in claremont in slap stad which is a wonderful setting and it has these beautiful old oaks around the pitch.

Here some other render shots...building rising quickly, up to 4F in parts

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/stdbank1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/stdbank.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/stdbank5.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/stdbank4.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/stdbank3.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/stdbank2.jpg

Drove past there today on my way to work :eek2: this place is HUGE!

very keen to see the development around the kingsmead office park

yeah it is huge! The site for the other bank is being cleared now too

what other bank?

^^ Some middle eastern banking group

Looks quite futuristic in these renderings!!

There is alot of use of exposed glass panels in wierd ways...so yeh, i guess so

This place is getting close to completion now. 11 months is a quick build in my mind for a 15 000m2 building like this.

This place, is flippin massive, the steel things to hold up the sheeting is being welded on site & the humungus!

any pics ? no worries cos Ill be thre on thursday yeha

^^lol, maybe you can take some pics of some of the stuff while you here, since all of us are busy.............please

lol yeh! Giles is going to have a trip filled with excitement it seems...scurrying from place to place! :)

dont think so mate, had too many of those over the years. we are comming to Durbs to chill and eat and drink, go to rugger and swim every morning in the sea and get away from this heat. gonna look at some investemnts in the cape and see how sanzala has turned out

well relax!!

Ill try to mate, first holday in 18months. me is tired and burnt out. Have done 31 business trips and been to 14 conutries in that time and I just need to switch off phone, email and just eat and drink well at home

dont think so mate, had too many of those over the years. we are comming to Durbs to chill and eat and drink, go to rugger and swim every morning in the sea and get away from this heat. gonna look at some investemnts in the cape and see how sanzala has turned out
Yeh chill out at the beach, eat some bunny chow's & have a drink @ franki's or Joe's

I need some help with new durban places to visit.
I go to the beach every moring to walk the baby and swim so where is the breakfast spot of champoines? I always did Bruces at new pier but herad there is a new place at bay?

This place is coming along nicely, still no word on complition dates, maybe I should speak to the guys at Key Projects. The right wing id fully tiled & looks like its complete, the underground parking is done, just the front & the water feature left.

http://i15.tinypic.com/3y458ip.jpg

I have been told be people at std bank that alot of them have moved in already tho

has this caused any other developments around the oval apart from toyota?

I have been told be people at std bank that alot of them have moved in already tho

Ok, then they must be in the right wing, the part thats not attached to the main building, coz that looks complete.

has this caused any other developments around the oval apart from toyota?

Well, this place is pretty massive, so it takes up almost 65% of the NMR Road side of the Kingsmead oval Office Park, but theres another small block of Offices coming up in Somsteu Road, inbetween KPMG/ Marriot house & Portnet.

its a pity cos the kingsmead oval development had such potential but it launched just after Umhlunga ridge and corporates prefered that enviroment

I still feel it has potential, Some accounting firms that audit the council can also set up shop in the park ,seeing that most goverment buildings are located in the area & walking distance from the Office Park.

I always thought it would get a strong legal set up as the courts are close simmilar to salmon grove in Smith St

And Al Barakka Bank are building their HQ in the Kingsmead zone too. 5F Glass, brick and steel, next to KPMG facing the city

excellent but it still sound like its less then 50% developed

^^ STD Bank took up 60% of the Kingsmead land, so it is most def in the 80% developed ranged now

including the plot behind the SABC?

^^No thats still vacant.

Heres from what I can remember off hand.

1. Standard Bank
2. Toyot Lexus
3. I think theres 2 buildings on this plot, will double check tomorrow. 1 is portnet & the other one os still being built.

Then theres KPMG/ Marriot.
Not sure what building that is behind KPMG

http://i4.tinypic.com/2n1zuog.jpg

Just some additions.

4 - Al Barraka Bank
5 - KPMG expansion

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/2n1zuog.jpg

still 3 big chunks left including 2 stunning oval plots

Hmm maybe I should build an office block there & rent it out???

thanx for adding those Dysan

Well i think they will go quick considering the emphasis the city is putting on the area

Oooh! Four floors! How utterly exciting... Glad you guys found the time to post this development and rave about it. If it was in joburg or pretoria or any other city it would not have attracted any attention. I think it was pule who was told to keep his four storey pretoria developments to himself. Remember the Brooklyn Stone (4 storey) development? Someone told him its SSC, not office park central... But of course in durban 4 storeys would look like skyscrapers - because of the height above sea level? Just wondering...

To all of you durb guys sending off evil personal emails now - I am just joking... But really guys - 4 floors? And it gets a seperate thread? mmmm...

Dude, its not about the height, its about the size, this place is flippin HUGE! if you have to stand it up on its side, it will easily touch 30-40 storeys

its a ground scraper and i always check every single 2F thread. this whole thing is about development per say not just towers (otherwise we would win hands down)

Comfirmation, the KPMG new extension is almost complete, took a drive past there today, & this place from the back looks amazing, only thing the Std BAnk blue signs are up, so its spoiling the look.

Yarrick its a 16000m2 development, and its Std banks new regional office. i think it has some importance compared to a non descript 3F 2000m2 development in sunninghill

Hooboy - opened up a potential hornets nest here. Ah well, at least it has elevators... and its in durban, making it uber important

relax guys! just a small observation. I think I am just irritated because us jozi and pretoria people don't get time to share our developments as diligently

16k of office space is about a 16 F tower so its also keeping the banks in the city unlike Nedbank in joeys and hopefully boosts the area around Kingsmead and stimulates more developments there

Its really looking stunning now, The entrance atrium is amazing with the full glass.

This is a stunning building and easy the best looking new build in Durban for a while.

Any one know who the architects are?

Took loads of pics of this for design refference and ill try something similarhere in Dubai

I am unsure of who the architects for the building are...
But I do know it was built by Liviero Construction, I spent many hours on site doing IT support for them, and managed to sink my car in a mud puddle once after some heavy rains.....

EPA were the architects

Ahh Elphrick Proome, I know them well, Thanks Mike

^^ they working on a big new development with a similar feel in umhlanga for first rand

Emmet & Emmet also helped out in the design, but main guys were EPA

Guys - does any one have a pic of the finished product?

Durbsboi: does Emmet & Emmet have a website? Havent been able to find it.

no idea mate. will call them & find out

Emmet & Emmet also helped out in the design, but main guys were EPA

Emmet and Emmet's role was on the historic aspect mainly. The linkages between the new and old buildings on the site

Finally went inside this building yesterday. It's great. I started taking pics but suddenly found security guards rushing over to me. I think they thought I was staking out the joint or something. LOL! They asked if I got authorisation to take pics. I said no and left quickly before they confiscated my camera. Thus, sorry for the relatively poor quality of the pics. They do, however, give you an idea of what the place looks like inside. I didn't manage to get good pics of the foyer or external as there were guards patrolling outside too.


Inside, once you pass the security check. This is north-facing.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/ja65sin/IMG_5073.jpg


South-facing

PS - I just noticed it has the guard racing towards me. LOL!

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/ja65sin/IMG_5074.jpg

Outside

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/ja65sin/IMG_5075-1.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/ja65sin/IMG_5076-1.jpg

Will try to get some pics of outside. Looks very cool, day or night.

XD reminds me of the time I went to Grandwest & was taking pic's & I got called on side by 4 guys in suits, they thought I was plotting to rob the place :lol:

Havent been inside this place but have parked here numerous times when at the cricket :D

Thanks for risking your camera for the pics Mike!

Thanks for risking your camera for the pics Mike!

Me not Mike. :lol:

my bad Jerome :doh:

To help jerome out... here are some from EPA

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std2.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std6.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std7.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std3.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std4.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std5.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std8.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/dysan1/std9.jpg

contempory Africinism Architecture

[QUOTE=Durbsboi;42766210]XD reminds me of the time I went to Grandwest & was taking pic's & I got called on side by 4 guys in suits, they thought I was plotting to rob the place :lol:

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I would have arrested you too, you look like a pimp looking for your employees :lol:

lol, believe me, there wasnt much talent there that night ;)

nice pic's Mike, pitty they so small.