Pretoria’s Villa Mall has plans to get a five-star environmental rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa as its opening is set for December 2010. The developer Capicol was granted its business rights in April 2008, and groundwork on the project have started and the main contractor is on site.
Capicol says that, during the planning of the project, each member of the professional team had to contribute environmentally
responsible, sustainable, and practical design solutions – being dubbed Pretoria’s first truly green mall.
Capicol said that the mall is already 60% tenanted, and that the anchor tenants include Checkers Hyper; Edgars; Busby Group; Ster Kinekor; the Famous Brands group (Steers, Debonairs and Wimpy); House & Home; Black Lounge Dining; Cubana Entertainmant; Nike Concept Store; and Louis Vuitton & Burberry.