Menlyn is positioning itself as the Sandton of Pretoria, with Africa's biggest shopping centre as well as the new Menlyn Maine precinct that will comprise 315000m² of shops, restaurants, hotels, health clubs, offices and apartments. When it is completed, the precinct will include Sun International's first new development in 15 years, the R4.2-billion Time Square. It will include a casino, hotels , a conference centre and arena. Only Sun's GrandWest casino in Cape Town is larger . The hotel precinct will have three-, four- and five-star hotels. The adjoining 8000-seater arena for events and concerts opens in October this year. In May, construction kicks off on residential units at Menlyn Maine. The first phase will have 303 units priced between R1.3-million and R12-million, and there will be 550 apartments. Ten weeks after they were first marketed, 250 of the smaller units were sold. Menlyn Maine Central Square opened in September last year with high-end restaurants such as Old Town ...
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