Menlyn Maine
Who We Are
A city designed for living with purpose, Menlyn Maine offers offices, residential, shopping and entertainment facilities which all adhere to world-class sustainable energy and resource management practices. However, more than that, it offers access to a responsible lifestyle.
Menlyn Maine will be divided into 140,000m2 of office space, 35,000m2 of retail and entertainment space, 85,000m2 of up-market residential property and 15,000m2 luxury hotel space - all of which will overlook 5,700m² of scenic parklands that run through the centre of the precinct. The development's key focus is the reconciliation of the natural, social and economic environments according to sustainability principles.
Menlyn Maine will align with and be accredited to international best practice in developments of this calibre. In addition to adhering to environmental sustainability, the benefits of operating as green and carbon neutral makes business sense. Local businesses such as Nedbank, who have established their regional head office at Menlyn Maine, have the right understanding of what it means to build and operate under green standards and the associated benefits in terms of cost savings and marketability. Menlyn Maine is a development that will provide an optimal environment for businesses and families to start moving into the inevitable future way of living.
| Contact Details |
| Cnr Amarand & Mercy Avenue |
| Waterkloof Glen x2 |
| Pretoria |
| S 25 47'09.7 E 28 17'00.0 |
| +27 (0)12 361 7758 |
Contribution towards community upliftment to date:
- The project has already built an arterial road, Aramist Boulevard, as part of its required infrastructure, which has resulted in an ease of traffic congestion in the surrounding area.
- As the development progresses, more community based projects will be rolled out such as envirometal school programs, recycling programs and a wetland program, all designed to support Menlyn Maine's sustainable principles.
The Clinton Foundation's Clinton Climate Initiative: Menlyn Maine will be one of 18 green cities in the world with the William J. Clinton Foundation's Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and aims to pioneer operation as a carbon neutral mixed-use precinct. The CCI works with governments and businesses around the world focusing on three core areas: increasing energy efficiency in cities, catalysing the large scale supply of clean energy and working to stop deforestation. Design and construction under the CCI guidelines and standards will ensure above international best practice for Menlyn Maine.
GBCSA: The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has to date developed two green building rating tools; one for commercial office buildings and another for retail centres. Following the successful interest in the rating tools and acknowledgment of the importance of environmental issues by South Africa's property sector, a third rating tool is now being developed by the GBCSA for multi-use residential (MUR) buildings, which Menlyn Maine is co-sponsoring.
In order to deliver on its promise of building a truly green and sustainable precinct, Menlyn Maine will be utilising the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighbourhood Development (LEED ND) rating system, which was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in partnership with the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Green principles and practice of the development in terms of construction planning and future operation include:
- Building material minimization and reclaim (rubble of the demolished pre-standing houses were kept for recycling and re-use)
- Indigenous tree reclaim and nursery
- The green lung in the precinct
- Storm water harvesting and attenuation
- Constructing of Bioswales for sustainable water management.
Menlyn Maine will add value to Pretoria as a business, leisure and residential destination as well as pioneer Africa into international best practice around green building and lifestyle developments.
Press Room
Nedbank becomes anchor tenant for new mixed-use development “Menlyn Maine”
19 Apr 2011
Johannesburg, 15 July 2010 - The Menlyn Maine quality mixed-use precinct, located within easy access to the Garsfontein and Atterbury off-ramps off the N1 highway, is commencing ground-breaking today with the construction of its first anchor tenant building, scheduled to be completed late 2011.
Menlyn Maine co-sponsors development of new green rating tool
19 Apr 2011
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has to date developed two green building rating tools; one for commercial office buildings and another for retail centres. Following the successful interest in the rating tools and acknowledgment of the importance of environmental issues by South Africa's property sector, a third rating tool is now being developed by the GBCSA for multi-use residential (MUR) buildings.
Tshwane embraces pioneer in green lifestyle development - Menlyn Maine
19 Apr 2011
Africa's first green city, Menlyn Maine, has recently commenced with phase one of its building process in Menlyn, Pretoria. Designed for Living the development will offer a green lifestyle precinct that will create a responsible living and working environment that not only focuses on energy efficiency but rather the reconciliation of the natural, social and economic environments according to sustainability principles. The desired end result of ‘Green Buildings' is an improved occupant comfort level, without being detrimental to the environment.
True sustainable development - Green buildings within green precincts
19 Apr 2011
Set to become Africa's first green city, Menlyn Maine is well on its way to becoming a reality with construction having commenced on the first of the precinct's commercial buildings, which will become home to Nedbank's regional head office.
The benefits and unique selling points of building green
19 Apr 2011
The issue of sustainable business practices has been described by the Harvard Business Review (May 2010) as "an emerging business mega-trend...business mega-trends force fundamental and persistent shifts in how businesses compete."