Name: Inner Circle
Location: Near corner of Rivonia & Grayston , Sandton
Floors: 17
Height: ?
Completion Date: July 2009
Use: Offices

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Details:This 17 storey commercial office block comprising of 7 levels of parking for nearly 800 cars plus 10 storeys of office space. Two tower cranes have been erected - one on the outside and another inside the building to overcome difficult logistics as the structure rises straight out of the footprint leaving no space for getting materials onto the site.

I like it becuase of the glass.

Looks good! I wonder who is going to move in....

bloody hell thats a terrible name for a square building unless there is in fact a circle inside the building but thats just lame

Looks good! I wonder who is going to move in....

the illuminati

bloody hell thats a terrible name for a square building unless there is in fact a circle inside the building but thats just lame

The inner circle? hehe... sounds like a clique from cape town will move in. The cranes are up on this site. Anything that will masque old mutuals horrible building gets a thumbs up from me!

the illuminati


:lol:

Looks rather squat, but at 17 floors I'm not complaining too much. :)

At least you're getting more than the 7f buildings we get in Cape Town.

yeah i agree its an odd name for a square block. Kinda so so design, but the glass is nice. It just doesnt look 17F... but good to see a bit more height coming to sandton

From what I read the name was derived from the slot of land that is flanked on all sides by other large buildings, rather than the shape or flow of the building.

Surely not a flat roof right? In the render I think I can kinda make out some sorta roof structure maybe I think lol. 3 years ago people would've been going nuts over this.

How many floors is the RMB building in Sandton?

How many floors is the RMB building in Sandton?

I mean the blueish one, on the right side of the pic, with the antenna on top.

http://www.sandtoncentral.co.za/images/galleries/scp_2006_17/img_0124.jpg

The building above (the Joburg Stock Exchange) is only about 10F I think. The RMB building is about 18F.

And you're right Nick... a few months ago we would have been jumping up and down about a 17F... These days we're a little blase about it. :D

Opps wrong image, I meant the current image.

How many floors is the RMB building in Sandton?

The building above (the Joburg Stock Exchange) is only about 10F I think. The RMB building is about 18F.

And you're right Nick... a few months ago we would have been jumping up and down about a 17F... These days we're a little blase about it. :D

It would be nice to see this JSE building have an extra 7+ floors.

http://www.sandtoncentral.co.za/images/galleries/scp_2006_3/f1000014.jpg

The building above (the Joburg Stock Exchange) is only about 10F I think. The RMB building is about 18F.

And you're right Nick... a few months ago we would have been jumping up and down about a 17F... These days we're a little blase about it. :D

i guess it will make a impact on the skyline but its strange im also not really excited about this but don't get me wrong i love the development its just that theres so much going on at the moment

Its seems to be the same kind of feeling towards the Seers on maude. Dont really see too many updates or discussion on that. Is it that we are being over-loaded with this building boom.

Which is funny cause I think Seers on Maude is by far the most important project in Sandton right now! Lol...however they are taking they're sweet time, hard to stay excited when updates are every few months!

:D

Nice looking building, should be higher tho :(

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/Johannesburg/P1070772.jpg

Great to see that they are getting started.

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Name: Inner Circle Morningside

Brief Description: Commercial Office Block

Location: South Africa

Business Unit/Operation: Buildings Gauteng

Project Type: Office Parks and Buildings

Contract Value: R194 million

Start Date: August 2007

Completion Date: July 2009

Client: Velvet Moon Prop 60 (Pty) Limited Edge Properties

Principal Agent: Brydens

Physical Address: Stand 152/153 Morningside, Sandton

Project Overview: This 17 storey commercial office block comprising of 7 levels of parking for nearly 800 cars plus 10 storeys of office space. Two tower cranes have been erected - one on the outside and another inside the building to overcome difficult logistics as the structure rises straight out of the footprint leaving no space for getting materials onto the site.

That McDonals will really spoilt the site of this building, tear it down & build a classier looking McD's, I think Sandton deserves that.

That McDonals will really spoilt the site of this building, tear it down & build a classier looking McD's, I think Sandton deserves that.

The worst thing is that every other building area looks nice. I hate that McD building.

That McDonals will really spoilt the site of this building, tear it down & build a classier looking McD's, I think Sandton deserves that.

Rip it down, but don't rebuild it. Rather have it as a pedestrian level shop as part of a big building. SA has way too many clumsy little outposts like this McD to those mickey-mouse-looking 3-storey office buildings that dot our highways. Big, with several firms in one building, is way better.

:)nice glass.they could've taken three of the hefty corners and plonked it on the remaining one that way the floor space is still there and we get more height

This is a MacD in downtown Auckland .... it would look great on the afore-mentioned site ;)

http://www.pbase.com/enigma35/image/92599710.jpg

Nice pic syd... For some odd reason our mcd's were fashioned on the american model... They all look the same - and they could all have been built in US suburbia.

Nice pic syd... For some odd reason our mcd's were fashioned on the american model... They all look the same - and they could all have been built in US suburbia.

You welcome mate ... don't worry, we also have those old fashioned models :lol: ... the contemporary ones only started popping up about 3 years ago when the McCafes were launched ;)

Nice one Syd.

Even the new stlye KFC's look more classy than the McD's :(

Still no BK in Sa?

no, and I doubt whether they will come. A pity...

Heard they better than Mcdonalds, and quicker

This one is coming alright, I they are busy with the second floor.

Have not heard from you in a while Pule, nice to see you back to scouting around.

I have a question though, is the road that this site goes onto that crummy little one poking out into the suburbs or is it somthiong more sutable.
It just makes me wonder as these developments like this one and the Emporer seem to be cut off from the rest of Sandton and seem not to be being correctly incorporate into the public environment on the whole. I guess the best example of what I think Sandton should be aiming for is a continuous urban environment like that of Mandela Square with it residential and commercial componets incorporated effectively to form mutural beneficiaries, instead of these fenced buildings or massive malls.

Have not heard from you in a while Pule, nice to see you back to scouting around.

I have a question though, is the road that this site goes onto that crummy little one poking out into the suburbs or is it somthiong more sutable.
It just makes me wonder as these developments like this one and the Emporer seem to be cut off from the rest of Sandton and seem not to be being correctly incorporate into the public environment on the whole. I guess the best example of what I think Sandton should be aiming for is a continuous urban environment like that of Mandela Square with it residential and commercial componets incorporated effectively to form mutural beneficiaries, instead of these fenced buildings or massive malls.

Thanks KS, I was in Swaziland the past couple of days bro.

I took this one from McD.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/Johannesburg/P1080765.jpg

Just a note on the McCafe's, they are coming before the end of the year....

This one is coming alright, I they are busy with the second floor.

I was wrong on this one, the actually starting on 4th floor. Its not easy to take a pic.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/Johannesburg/P1090194.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/Johannesburg/P1090196.jpg

Moving along nicely. Can't wait untill they put on the glass...... Thanks for the update Pule.

They moving fast on this one, I think it will be comleted either by year end or early next year. Another addition to Sandton skyline.

Its getting difficult to find all these different projects....

Again.....took some photos yesterday....beginning to make its mark.....they have already completed the entrance thing with glass and every thing.....its too reflective for my tastes but I thing the tower itself will look much better.

From Rivonia Road
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh140/KomSakkie/IMG_0751.jpg?t=1215613925

The Entrance
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh140/KomSakkie/IMG_0748.jpg?t=1215613984

Getting some height
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh140/KomSakkie/IMG_0746.jpg?t=1215614007

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh140/KomSakkie/IMG_0747.jpg?t=1215614046

They now at 9th floor.

Some info: http://www.samapping.co.za/SAMCO%20Report%20Downloads/p39%20Inner%20Circle%20in%20Sandton%20Central.pdf

is this where the Harley shop was?

Nope Harley shop is still down the road

At night
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/JDC/DSC01144.jpg

What floors are they at now?

11 or 12

Drove past yesterday but didnt have camera :(.. I think it's more than 12, it's getting tall. If i wasnt so dam busy i would go and take some photies, lots of stuff has been happening around Sandton

Thanks for updates gents.

Cool building. Kinda looks like the headoffice of Mr Burns, from Simpson's farm!

Getting there....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2835776047_57d1d5d32c_b.jpg

That is a awsome update
Thanks

Today

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/In3rti4/Sandton%20Sep/CIMG0652.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/In3rti4/Sandton%20Sep/CIMG0637.jpg

AWESOME!

Oh man, I am becoming a bigger Sandton fan by the day... dare I say it! ha ha :)

Yep! too bad our construction lags behind Cape Town, haha!

BAAAD pic...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/DSC01440.jpg

Will have a great presence, me thinks.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/amgosai/Puzela/P1120083.jpg

saw it this morning its gonna stand out especially when you driving towards the McD in Greyston. damn i'm gonna love it.:cheers:

2 floors to go.

^^ Yep
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3729/dsc7300uh4.jpg

A rare but old ariel.....about June 2008

http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/11448461.jpg

Glass panels are already going up :banana:

^^ Saw that yesterday T.

Topped out I think?

^^ not yet.

Glass panels are still rising but the floors have stopped rising at 15 floors, isn't it gonna be a 17 floor building?

I think it has two or three basement levels which make up the rest......remember reading something on edge properties that it was only to be 15F from pavement........It still has quite an impact....:)

Thanks for the explanation KS, I thought it will be 17 from the ground.

Thanks KS.

Sure bru, its a pleasure.......

Heres the article that I read it on:

Third paragraph down....
http://www.samapping.co.za/SAMCO%20Report%20Downloads/p39%20Inner%20Circle%20in%20Sandton%20Central.pdf

I posted it before so no new info but all the same hope it helps.

Like I said, this one's topped out. Bit of a stumpster but what can you do ?

At what floor are the glass panels at the moment?

it seems like they're stack, i pass there everyday and there's not much change.

Glass panels seem to have started going up again but I love the shiney middle ones as the onces on the sides looks a bit blur.

Have they resumed with the installation of glass?

its been quite, apparently there's shortage of that specialised glass, all glass is destined for Dubai :lol:

Sh*t, that's bad.

Drove past this morning.... it is looking GOOOOOOOOD!!!!

final product will look better than the renders

OMG this is so ssssllloooooowww

^^ by end of Feb they should be done with covering of glass. Only 2 floors are left.

It's looking good, will try to go take pics by next week.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3294228419_449330116a.jpg?v=0

now its moving and looking good!

ooh, shiny

It will never fit into sandton before they add a little crown on it. The same goes for the radisson... hehe

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/In3rti4/IMG00043.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/In3rti4/IMG00044.jpg

It's looking very sexy.

Fin24.com > Business
Johannesburg - The Chinese steel giant Sinosteel has acquired a prime Sandton office building for R500m.

The Inner Circle building, bought from Edge Properties, is still under construction and expected to be completed by July this year. It is situated on the corner of Rivonia and Grayston avenues in the heart of the Sandton business district.

Sinosteel has already made significant investments in the country and has, inter alia, two joint ferrochrome ventures - Tubatse Chrome with Samancor, and ASA Metals with LimDev.

Sinosteel SA managing director Fengzhi Nan says the group is also on the lookout for opportunities in various manganese projects.

Lawrence Azar, Edge Properties' business development manager, describes the property agreement as a landmark deal in the current property conditions.

Coronation Fund Managers' property portfolio manager, Anton de Goede, finds it interesting that the group has bought the building rather than leasing it, as most other international corporations do in South Africa.

He says the purchase of this office space will make a dent in the new office space available and near completion in Sandton.

According to the latest research report on office vacancies by the SA Property Owners' Association (SAPOA) and the Investment Property Databank (IPD), in the fourth quarter of last year there was 114 700 sq m of new Sandton office space available for rental.

Hmm and this building is directly behind the Chinese construction bank

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/In3rti4/IMG00070.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/In3rti4/IMG00071.jpg

^^

Cornetto McFlurries! First time i'm seeing that! Haven't been to a McD's in over 3 years. I'd rather starve than eat the junk they call food (not the ice cream:lol:)

Maccy dees saved my ass that day. As well as letting me catch a few snaps of Sandton

So this with lights on this morning as I came in very early, damn its a beauty.

Yep every light one very floor is on at night, they must be testing them. Looks good

It seems like Sino Steel is taking office here as they are now placing what seems to be Electronic signage on top of this building. The signage is huge.

It seems like Sino Steel is taking office here as they are now placing what seems to be Electronic signage on top of this building. The signage is huge.

just hope that it doesnt spoil the building...

^^ it actually looks cool but will take a pic once it's done and you guys can decide.

This building is still very empty. the new addition on top is only for the name (SINOSTEEL PLAZA). Think it looks ok thus far (at least it is not a Sandton pyramid). This is also the building the use in the new CellC add with Trevor - you can see RMB and Investec during the add. I should have been a location scout.

^^ oh yeah, I see that Cell C advert.

http://www.afripex.com/_includes/IMG_resize.asp?t=Project&id=177&width=420

^^ it actually looks cool but will take a pic once it's done and you guys can decide.

I haven't forgot my promise and I must say that it looks cool...

As per my promise.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5354545741_a60295d893_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5354545735_5febb4b26b_b.jpg

Nice! Thanks Pulz =)

Thanx buddy been having these photos for long but lazy to post :)

Thanks buddy, looks great!

China corner?

as said before, i think this is a terribly tacky building compared to many of the others going up. No wonder it is basically standing empty still. Can count 7 of the 10 office floors being empty...

blue glass is so 1985. this entire area has a few stunning horrible buildings. like old mutual, the china one, this one and mcdonald's