The Alexandra township in Johannesburg will soon have its very first Pick n Pay store.
The 16,000sqm Pan Africa Shopping Centre is set to open in March 2009.
This retail development will have a 2,800sqm Pick 'n Pay as anchor tenant. Some 80% of tenants comprise national retailers, featuring some of South Africa's leading retail and food brands. A large number of retailers from Alexandra will be represented for the first time in the centre.
Pick n Pay's property and operations director, Izak Joubert, explains that Pick 'n Pay has been entering markets, in which it was previously not established under the Pick n Pay brand, by converting Score stores and also by opening new stores in green-fields developments. "Last year was our first entry into the Soweto market under the Pick 'n Pay banner and we are extremely pleased to follow this up so quickly with Alexandra," enthuses Joubert.
"Alexandra is one of the oldest suburbs of Johannesburg and it is therefore fitting that Pick 'n Pay Alexandra is opening relatively early in the Pick 'n Pay roll-out to these markets."
Joining Pick n Pay at Pan Africa Shopping Centre, retailers include Exact, John Craig, Skipper Bar, Legit, Link Pharmacy, Jet Mart, Pep, Markham, Post Office, Nedbank, Savells, Fairdeal, Glomail, Jive City, Multiserve, Tab, OK Furniture and cellular operators Vodacom and MTN will all have shops at Pan Africa Shopping Centre.
Pan Africa Shopping Centre's food outlets include MacDonalds, King Pie, Steers, Debonairs, Fish 'n Chips, KFC, McDonalds, Milky Lane, Pantsula Bites, Captain Dorego's and Meat & Chicken.
Pan Africa Shopping Centre is part of the Presidential Alexandra Renewal Project.
It forms part of a comprehensive retail and taxi node including a 50,000sqm taxi rank, three-level holding facility for taxis, public parking and structured informal trading. The combined retail offering in the node exceeds 40,000sqm, which is equivalent to that of a regional shopping mall.
With its tenant mix, the mall will compete head-to-head with centres such as Balfour Park, Greenstone Mall, Sandton City Midrand and the Jo'burg CBD, where many Alex residents currently spend their money.
For more information contact Tebogo Mogashoa on 011 287 9100.
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