MENLYN Park, Pretoria, is quietly becoming the largest shopping centre in Africa, usurping Durban’s Gateway Theatre of Shopping. It is also set to be larger than iconic shopping centre, Sandton City in Gauteng, and the recently opened Mall of Africa, also in Gauteng. South African shoppers’ faith in large retail centres is unabated, and many people are choosing to visit malls once or twice a month, doing all of their shopping, as opposed to visiting many small malls many times in a month. Menlyn Park, which is owned by private company Pareto, is being extended by 50,000m² through a project that cost about R2bn. The super regional mall will be 169,253m² in size by November 2016, and contain about 500 stores. Certain parts of the mall are also being refurbished. Twelve concierge ambassadors have been appointed to help shoppers and minimise inconvenience. "Giving our customers the opportunity to benefit from the expertise and knowledge from our personal shoppers is just another way we ...
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