The new lifestyle precinct will include an hotel, upmarket mall, fuel station and school, with 80% of the area retained for conservation

SA’s already booming shopping centre industry will be boosted by the construction of what is set to become the biggest mall in Africa.

The emerging middle class and urbanisation are driving the growth of new retail shopping centres in the country.

Retail and industrial sectors have been driving growth, and the demand for convenience is being satiated.

Gauteng quarterly review says the province houses 45% of the shopping centres in the country.

Cape Town’s Princess Vlei could soon become another shopping mall. Yolandi Groenewald reports.