Eden on Bay is one project forming part of the Big Bay Beach Estate.

___________________________________________________________________
West Coast 'jewel' on target


Progress on the R500 million mixed-use development Eden on the Bay, the jewel in the crown at Jonga Entabeni's R3 billion Big Bay Beach Estate at Big Bay, has been impressive, says Richard Thomas, the new divisional director of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance (Cape), who visited the site for the first time recently.

About 35% of the work is now complete, says Thomas, and the project is on track for completion by the end of March next year.

Nedbank is the financier of Eden on the Bay and the developers are Mvelaprop and Asrin, with Asrin also responsible for the construction work.

Eden on the Bay will consist of two parking basements capable of taking almost 1 000 vehicles, 7 500m2 of retail and office space and 179 apartments.

The office space is divided between seven conventional offices and 13 large studio offices, and the retail space is allocated to almost 60 outlets.

The largest of these will be a 1 500m2 Pick n Pay Family franchise and a similarly sized Mandela Restaurant and museum in a separate building.

Anton Chait, a Mvelaprop director, says more than 90% of the retail space has now been signed for and over 80% of the apartments has been sold. The apartments still available have floor areas from 52m2 to 104m2 and are priced from R1.22m to R3.72m.

Apartment owners will be able to pool their units for specified periods into a rental scheme run by an international hotel group with extensive experience in this field. Chait says at the height of the holiday season it is likely many luxury apartments will command rentals of R2 000 a day.

Thomas says his visit to the 24 000m2 site showed that the city council's strict design rulings would prove highly beneficial to this project: all buildings will conform to a low-rise West Coast fishing village style which makes extensive use of rough plastered walls, Strandveld chimneys, shutters, balconies and paved pedestrian precincts. Vehicles will be out of sight in the basement.

Asrin's construction contract is being handled on an accelerated programme, the aim of which is to hand over the first phase of the residential units by October and to have the new Pick n Pay ready for its launch in November, says Shiraz Onia, Asrin's marketing and sales director.

"Asrin has coped exceptionally well with the very difficult below-ground work and is now in a good position to tackle the phased hand-overs that will follow.

"One of the satisfying aspects of the project so far has been the enthusiastic response to the retail space offerings. Here, the developers were able to select a very attractive tenant mix in which there will be a high preponderance of bistros, coffee shops and restaurants."

Already completed by Jonga at Big Bay are the new lifesavers' buildings and City Police offices, both designed by architects, and now widely praised for introducing a new level of sophistication to Big Bay, says Chait.

# For further information contact the Big Bay Beach Estate sales team on 021 554 0033.

Published on the web by Cape Argus on February 9, 2008. © Cape Argus 2008. All rights reserved.

Location: Big Bay Beach Estate

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Edenlocation2.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Edenlocation.jpg

Eden on the Bay

Located along the unspoiled shores of the West Coast, Eden on the Bay is only 20 minutes from cosmopolitan Cape Town.

Given its unrivalled location in the heart of the new Big Bay Beach Estate in Bloubergstrand, Eden on the Bay is set to become a vibrant hub of activity that is framed by sweeping views of Table Mountain and the world-famous Robben Island.

Defined by organic architecture and modern urban planning, the feel of this establishment is one of contemporary comfort ensconced in natural splendour.

Drawing from the indigenous West Coast style with a subtle Mediterranean influence, the buildings minimise bulk while maintaining an integrated flow of living space both indoors and out.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Eden1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Eden2.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Eden3.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Eden4.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Eden5.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Edenlocation3.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/rfataar/Edenlocation4.jpg

Lmao @ their emotive wording. "Ensconced" xD

I own a few units in the complex on the other side of Otto Du Plessis from this development. I think it is going to be AWESOME when finished. Beach front restaurants and bars just like camps bay but also with the best view in the world across the water to table mountain. Also there is going to be a Nelson Mandela Museum which should bring in the tourists.

I took a drive in this area when I was down there & pretty impressed with the developments going on here. If I were to buy in Cpt it would be here, the view of the mountain is breath taking & its not all that far from the CBD, but it does tend to get rather windy in the area.

I'm always reading posts by people like Mike, Mo, SABOY, Durbsboi, etc... And it seems to me everybody has property everywhere, and not just one, but multiple properties!

So my question is: Am I the only POOR forumer in this forum who does not have properties dotted around the world?:ohno:

I own a few units in the complex on the other side of Otto Du Plessis from this development. I think it is going to be AWESOME when finished. Beach front restaurants and bars just like camps bay but also with the best view in the world across the water to table mountain. Also there is going to be a Nelson Mandela Museum which should bring in the tourists.

ya me too in Waves edge, it will be the base when we come home while the farmhouse is being buit. I was there in September for a few days and its looking great with the small lifestyle center with a great pizza place and there is so much life down there.
My mate has bought a beachfront plot in this (nothern side) right on th ebeach and insane views and starting building this year once services are in. What a lifestyle

I'm always reading posts by people like Mike, Mo, SABOY, Durbsboi, etc... And it seems to me everybody has property everywhere, and not just one, but multiple properties!

So my question is: Am I the only POOR forumer in this forum who does not have properties dotted around the world?:ohno:

mate with all those pounds you got in London last year you must have bought something?

ya me too in Waves edge, it will be the base when we come home while the farmhouse is being buit. I was there in September for a few days and its looking great with the small lifestyle center with a great pizza place and there is so much life down there.
My mate has bought a beachfront plot in this (nothern side) right on th ebeach and insane views and starting building this year once services are in. What a lifestyle

You can plan one big ass SSC party at the farm. lol

deffinatly, we are preparing for the 12000 olive trees later in the year

mate with all those pounds you got in London last year you must have bought something?

That was 2005! And I came back with £80.... thanks for reminding me!

Yup I think property prices in that area are going to go through the roof. The new Atlantic seaboard: better lifestyle, better beach, the best views in the world and once all the developments are finished a comparable choice of shops, restaurants etc.

PS Caisson Boy I invest my bonuses in property so that’s why I own a couple across SA.

I'm always reading posts by people like Mike, Mo, SABOY, Durbsboi, etc... And it seems to me everybody has property everywhere, and not just one, but multiple properties!

So my question is: Am I the only POOR forumer in this forum who does not have properties dotted around the world?:ohno:

Don't worry my brother, it makes the 2 of us.

I'm always reading posts by people like Mike, Mo, SABOY, Durbsboi, etc... And it seems to me everybody has property everywhere, and not just one, but multiple properties!

So my question is: Am I the only POOR forumer in this forum who does not have properties dotted around the world?:ohno:

HAHAHA, sorry, I aint laughing that you poor, not like Im loaded, I dont have this much cash to buy out 1 flat, I go into syndicate buying, Im part of 3 at the moment & I only go into ones where I know the people well, otherwise I stay away from others that try & lure me into thiers. Mainly relatives of mine.

Mwhahahaha.... My relatives are poor too, and I would never trust them!!:)

lol

http://www.africanskyhotels.com/rocketseed/2009/eden_jun09/01.jpg
http://www.africanskyhotels.com/rocketseed/2009/eden_jun09/02.jpg
http://www.africanskyhotels.com/rocketseed/2009/eden_jun09/03.jpg
http://www.africanskyhotels.com/rocketseed/2009/eden_jun09/04.jpg

Some photos I took today:

Some great beachfront cafe's
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4216091166_c1e73c6b47_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/4216093924_b0f7d0f4ec_b.jpg

New apartments
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4216096312_2f5324b92e_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/4216110226_f166074001_b.jpg

Lifeguard centre
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4216099086_cd76f8d204_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4216103642_0649ea09d6.jpg

The famous view...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2612/4215330161_b01ac97b62_b.jpg

They're apparently making a huge Banafa Bafana jersey for the World Cup that the public can sign
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4216106032_85f3153ac3.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4215336333_2398859d57.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4216112618_f64fd67428.jpg

We all got these "Umu" things
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/4216115410_1e2de443d0.jpg

Hey Lydon, great stuff!! Quite interesting design-wise... tell me, is it always packed as shown in the pics, or just because of it being summer?

Lydon, did you get pics inside the square part of the development?

Hey Lydon, great stuff!! Quite interesting design-wise... tell me, is it always packed as shown in the pics, or just because of it being summer?

Hi there, thanks :)

I'm actually not quite sure on how busy it is on a normal day, but on the day in question (Boxing Day) it is a tradition for many to flock to the beach, so basically every beach was far busier than usual.

Lydon, did you get pics inside the square part of the development?

Unfortunately not, but I plan on going back soon for a coffee or something at the very least :) The mall itself looked quite snazzy from what I could see from the outside. It's situated behind the cafe's in the photos in question.

Quite a few more developments are going up, still. They're still working in various areas around the parking lot, too, hence some skew road signs and sand in parts etc. Looks like they're still busy painting the lifeguard centre too, from what I could see. All in all it's come along quite nicely and it's definitely somewhere great to chill.

Southafrica is a beautiful place ! i will like to visit there

Pardis Bay apartments:

Construction

http://goodhopeconstruction.co.za/data/images/img1.jpg

http://goodhopeconstruction.co.za/data/images/240d7672.jpg

http://goodhopeconstruction.co.za/data/images/240d7697.jpg

http://goodhopeconstruction.co.za/data/images/240d7694.jpg
Eden on the Bay (the mall) is situated somewhere inside the white buildings to the right of the car park above

Renders

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/pardis_bay_p1.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/pardis_bay_p2_copy1.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/pardis_bay_p3.jpg

I can see my appartment in first pic at back right second block

Capello & Ciao Baby

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_capellos__ciao_baby.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_capellos__ciao_baby_copy3.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_capellos__ciao_baby_copy2.jpg

Eden Cafe

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_eden_caf.jpg

Capello's

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_eden_table_mountain_view.jpg

Moyo

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_moyo.jpg

Moyo Pool
http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_moyo_pool.jpg

Other

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_kitesurfing_at_big_bay_copy1.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_eden_lawn.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_eden_main_courtyard_3.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_eden_main_courtyard_2.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_eden_main_courtyard_1.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_eden_mall.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_evening_at_eden.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_water_shot.jpg

Aerials

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_aerial_shot_7.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_aerial_shot_2.jpg

http://www.bigbay.bz/gallery/thumbs/eden_on_the_bay_aerial_shot_6.jpg

back plots are complexes (why not started?) and side plots houses. My mate has a plot right at the end looking out over sand dunes and its an amazing site

I must say I'm very impressed with by the cafes etc...The uptake is equally as impressive.

If only Strand would adopt something similar.

This is a brilliant development, it adds such a drawcard to the area, whether you're looking for a simple cafe to have a coffee, a snack or party it up with a cocktail or two, it's got something for everyone!! It also adds to the joggers and beach-goers giving them easy access into and around the beach!!

Hats off to the architects for their brilliant village type design which I think blends in with the area!!

OMW, this place rocks at weekends... That whole strip with all the cafés and restaurants... beautiful people in bikinis and board shorts, DJs spinning tunes. It has such a vibe that is just SUMMER. Love it.

Looks like a museum or something of the sorts known as the "Icon" may be in the works for the area. I found this while browsing Paragon's website:

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/02.jpg

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/04.jpg

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/05.jpg

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/06.jpg

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/render-3.jpg

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/render.jpg

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/render5.jpg

http://www.paragon.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/render6.jpg

View from The Surf Shop:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5028325723_0a33859e29_z.jpg

thats my mates shop

is it me or is the west coast one giant boom town ?

projects includes:

Atlantic Beach Golf Estate
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_golf_atlantic_beach.asp?complex_code=962&Dev=True

Groote Post
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop-dev-groote-post.asp?complex_code=5020&Dev=True

Harbours Edge
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_dev_harboursedge.asp?complex_code=4686&Dev=True

Melkbosch Village
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles//prop-dev-melkbosch-village.asp?complex_code=4962&Dev=True

Pearl Bay
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_dev_pearlbay.asp?complex_code=2306&Dev=True

Portico
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_dev_portico.asp?complex_code=4289&Dev=True

Shelley Point
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_dev_shelleypoint.asp?complex_code=2322&Dev=True

Sunset Links Golf Estate
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_golf_sunset_links.asp?complex_code=368&Dev=True

The Cowries
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_dev_the-cowries.asp?complex_code=4967&Dev=True

Velddrif Quays
http://www.pamgolding.co.za/lifestyles/prop_dev_velddrifquays.asp?complex_code=4571&Dev=True

Things are indeed popping up so fast it's hard to keep track.

Looking really good! Love the second shot. By jtresfon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtresfon/).

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5060151491_76743d6356_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5060761592_f9f7563a69_o.jpg

Definitely problems they need to address. The constantly wet beach is disappointing. Thankfully a couple of metres in either direction it's OK but still.

Beach loses blue flag status after Big Bay property development
FRIDAY OCT 19, 2012

The environmental chickens are coming home to roost at Big Bay, where extensive development approved in highly controversial circumstances a decade ago has resulted in negative impacts that include major causes of concern for human health.

http://www.iolproperty.co.za/roller/news/resource/eden1.jpg
Excessive watering was found to the primary source of the flow causing the 'wet beach'.

Such impacts have included a persistent sewage pipe leak into the lower car park basement of the Eden on the Bay development in the heart of Big Bay, the illegal pumping of leaked sewage water into the stormwater system, the poor management of the detention pond just to the north of Eden on the Bay that is "hazardous to human health", and the design and use of another stormwater detention pond further to the north that constitutes a "potential hazard to beach users".

And although the "wet beach" at Big Bay and associated algal growth is not currently a health risk, it has a negative aesthetic impact that is likely to persist unless the city upgrades the irrigation system on the frontal coastal dunes and manages it effectively. This is according to a report commissioned by the city - "An investigation into adverse environmental conditions at Big Bay beach related to water seepage".

http://www.iolproperty.co.za/roller/news/resource/eden2.jpg

Although completed and submitted to the sports, amenities and recreation branch a year ago, it has not yet gone to council or any committees, although mayoral committee member for community service Tandeka Gqada and the ward councillor have read it.

The report, by environmental geohydrologist Ritchie Morris and freshwater ecologist Liz Day, recommended that the sewer near the lifesavers' clubhouse be redesigned and systems put in place to prevent sewage overflows during breakdowns of the controlling pump system.

It also recommended that a series of at least eight wells be installed over several hundred metres in a line inland perpendicular to the beach to monitor the flow and quality of groundwater.

The issue of the "wet beach" and severely reduced dry sandy area, combined with the appearance of an algal bloom on the wet sand, were among the reasons for Big Bay losing its Blue Flag environmental beach status in 2010.

In March last year, close to 300 residents turned out to protest about continuing sewage spills.

The consultants' preliminary assessment in May last year found that the primary cause and source of the water flow causing the wet beach was the "excessive" watering of the lawns, flowerbeds and artificially vegetated fore dunes with an irrigation system in "disrepair".

This was compounded by stormwater and wash-water being directed from Eden on the Bay down the walkways onto the beach, and run-off from the washing of surfboards and surfskis at the lifesavers' clubhouse.

The assessment also found evidence suggesting that the sewerage system was leaking, and it concluded:

"Fundamental to the overall situation is that a large development has occurred too close to a dynamic beach environment with inappropriate artificial engineering, and, consequently, a multitude of services and interventions are needed to maintain an unnatural situation."

In their final report in October, the consultants stated: " Development of the Big Bay area, specifically at Eden on the Bay and the neighbouring residential erven to the south of this, has resulted in artificial changes to the beach zone, specifically the foredunes"

The report noted that while beach seepage water was not clearly associated with sewage contamination, the reults of water samples taken from a "sub-drain collector sump" in the Eden on the Bay basement car park suggested that the source of this leak was "almost certainly"sewage.

"And, on the basis of the fact that it was leaking on every visit paid by the present study team to the basement car park, leakage is assumed to be ab ongoing issue... For solids to be present suggests a fairly substantial leak or breach of the sewage system...

"The fact that sewate is collecting in the basement sump... suggests that there may be serious leak problems with the sewage network associated with Eden on the Bay."

This issue had to be addressed as a matter of urgency.

At the time, the basement leaks were being pumped into the adjacent stormwater system. which in trun discharged into a stormwater detention pond about 900m to the north, the report noted.

Seepage from this detention pond into the sea was "at present probably not a threat to beach users", but future changes to the beach level or an increased discharge into the stormwater facility "would potentially expose beachgoers to higher levels of bacteriological and other contamination."

"Not withstanding, the discahrge of water of this quality to stormwater would be in contravention of the municipal bylaws."

It recommended that the pumping of leaked sewage water into the stormwater system be halted immediately.

The report also recommended a system of groundwater monitoring wells both close to Eden on the Bay and up-gradient from it.

"Leaking sewers to groundwater and the sub-base drainage system below the basement car-parks of Eden on the Bay are major causes of concern as not only is this a souce of bacteriological contamination, but it is an additional recharge to the watertable. UNless addressed, the longterm consequences could be more severe."

Signage noting the potentially hazardous nature of the retention pond just north of Eden on the Bay should be erected.

The report also noted that the irrigation system for the lawn area in front of the development had been leaking on each of four site visits, and said a review and upgrade of the entire irrigation system and its operation was required.

The report concluded: "The Eden on the Bay development should not be seen as the sole cause of the wet beach conditions at Big Bay, although it is a primary contributor...

"In short, a coastal set-back for any development is a necessity, the width of which is driven by the physical appearance of the beach area and the forces at play. Unfortunately this was not applied at Big Bay and the de-facto situation is going to be difficult to overcome."

Project mired in controversy for years
The Big Bay development, established as a multi-millionrand public-private partnership between the City of Cape Town and a consortium managed by development facilitator RabCav, has been mired in political and environmental controversy from the outset.

The project, supposed to unlock at least R200m (at that time) as the city's share of the profits, began in September 1999 when the then Blaauwberg local council advertised for a development facilitator.

The facilitator's brief was to add maximum value to Bloubergstrand's Big Bay land holdings, by servicing and making parcels of land available for development by investors and developers. Rabcav - a joint venture between Rabie Property Developers, headed by John Rabie, and Leslie Viljoen's Cavcor Property Group - was appointed in July 2000.

Although a 1997 development framework had been approved by the Blaauwberg council, a new framework was drawn up after Rabcav's appointment. This included a hotel, houses and an entertainment and commercial node in an area on the original plan earmarked for public amenities and dune conservation.

Before Malatsi's appointment, provincial Department of Environmental Affairs officials came under pressure to approve this development framework despite environmental concerns. A positive Record of Decision was issued at the end of 2001. An internal memorandum by the department's legal adviser stating why it should not go ahead subsequently went missing from the province's files.

Independent consultants who reviewed the province's approval of the Big Bay development were surprised at the "extreme lenience" shown to the developers and said the province would have been entitled to refuse the application.

The city appealed against the Record of Decision but Malatsi, by then in office, not only dismissed this but softened some of his department's conditions of approval.

He also ignored a recommendation by the province's own planning advisory board which wanted the proposed development plan redrafted to ensure the conservation of public land and the provision of public amenities in the northern section, as agreed in 1997. But such changes would have substantially reduced the potential profitability of Big Bay.

Malatsi is waiting to hear the outcome of his appeal against a five-year jail term for corruption in the Roodefontein golf estate scandal of the same era for accepting donations, supposedly for his New National Party, from the golf estate developer.

At the time, Malatsi told journalists there had been "shenanigans" around the development before his term, and denied speaking to anyone about donations linked to it.

In 2005 it emerged that then ANC mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo sold 14.5ha of prime seafront property in Big Bay to 17 black empowerment companies without an open tender process and at a major discount.

When tenders were scrapped and the process restarted, Rabcav recommended a R147m tender from Irish- owned Earthquake, which Mfeketo rejected in favour of a R115m tender from empowerment consortium Jonga Entabeni, headed by Tokyo Sexwale.

The maangement of Eden on the Bay has been asked to comment.
Cape Argus

Source: IOL Property (http://www.iolproperty.co.za/roller/news/entry/beach_loses_blue_flag_status)

Worrying stuff but I am sure the council will take the required action now this has been publicised. This is still my favourite area in CT though. A bit of the garden route in the city :-)