Conradie -

Update received from the project manager.
Conradie Park is developing well despite the numerous challenges flowing from the Covid situation and resulting economic issues and complications.

Current and completed projects within the whole are as follows:
External Ph 1 road upgrades
– Complete and handed over to the City
Internal Roads and Bulk Services
– Complete and all but the roads handed over to the City, Road handovers will be phased with the building roll out
Social Housing Ph 1 – 432 units
– On track for full completion in Feb 2022
– 1^st 2 buildings on track for completion in Nov 2021
– Occupation in Dec 2020
FLISP Building – Paarl Rock – 266 units
– Sales process completed
– Building commenced in May 2021
– Completion due in July 2022
Market Residential – Kings Block House – 149 units
– Sales at over 60 %
– Targeting construction commencement in Nov 2021
FLISP Building – Boulders – 61 units
– Sales launched 14 Aug 2021 and at 45 %
– Targeting construction commencement in Nov 2021
Market Residential – Silvermine – 72 units
– Sales to launch in late Sep 2021
Public Realm and Landscaping
– Works in progress to match the roll out of the buildings

Future roll out in current planning:
Retail centre
– In design
– Targeting construction start in Q1 2022
School Phase 1
– In design
– 1^st School opening targeted for Jan 2023
Residential roll out
– Will continue with sales for the next buildings as the current stock sells out
– Sales rates will drive the pace of the building roll out
Phase 2 external roads – Aerodrome link
– In design
– Targeting construction start during 2022
Commercial Space
– Currently on hold

For further information on the project please feel free to visit our website at www.conradiepark.co.za

_{[Posted 4 Nov 2021]}
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At the Conradie launch on 15th and 16th February, the below information was shared by the Realtor:

1^st Phase

Is open to anyone to buy
Prices range is from R950k – R3mil
Expected completion June to August 2021

2^nd Phase

Is for 1^sttime buyers – open to people from any area but is predominately for people working within a 7km radius of Conradie
It will be subsidised FLISP (salary between R3500 and R22000 per month)
FLISP housing explained
Prices will range from R550 – R720k
Expected completion – August – Sep 2021 – 288 units

3^rd Phase

Subsidised rentals – incomes of R3,500 – R15,000, preference to people who work within a 7km radius of Conradie
Start tenant intact towards end of 2020 for occupation early 2021
Estimated rental cost – 33% of Gross household income – R1,100 – R5,200/month
Expected completion Q1/Q2 2021

4^th Phase

The private school for 800 – 1000 children, grade R to matric

Parking:

Studio apartments – no allocated parking bay, can use retail and commercial parking space as well as on street parking
1 bedroom apartments will have one allocated bay
Larger units will have two allocated bays

General

There will be Fibre with and Wi-Fi hotspots at some public places
No freestanding homes
Ground floor units will have a patio, not a garden.
There will be four parks. Main park approximately 22,000m2 in area.
Buildings are face brick which reduces maintenance and therefore levies
Levies are estimated to be between R800 – R1400
Its pet friendly, animal must not be taller than 50cm
Retail convenience shopping centre to open by 2022
R450mil infrastructure into the road network.

[Posted 18 Feb 2020]
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Sadly, the follow up meeting never took place. The next time we heard from Concor was in October 2019 when they ran into complications with the foot bridge from Conradie to Odin Drive.

They also appointed a CLO without consultation with Brian Watkyns or the Ratepayer Associations and did not inform us of the appointment either.

We are in the process of forming a Conradie Park Liason Committee which will consist of representatives from:
Thornton Ratepayers Assoc
Pinelands Ratepayer Assoc
Garden Village Ratepayer Assoc
Kenfac Ratepayer Assoc

[Posted 18 Feb 2020]
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City of Cape Town official site for the Conradie development

March 2019 Update
After legal consultation, we have been advised that Council followed due process and legal action could have a range of negative consequences due to the social housing aspect.

We were further advised to adopt a co-operative approach to addressing the issues that we have and to monitor that conditions are being met.

In adopting that approach, the three ratepayers associations (Thornton, Pinelands and KenFac) met with Premier Helen Zille and Brian Watkyns on 13 December 2018 to voice our concerns and requested that a consultative forum be established which would include the 3 ratepayer associations, Sub Council 15, Province and the developer. This forum will enable the communities to be part of the process and serve as a platform to raise concerns. The Premier was in agreement but needed to discuss it with the developer, Concor.

The Premier’s office arranged a meeting on 6 Feb between 2019 with Concor, the three ratepayer associations and Brian Watkyns. It was an informal meet and greet session. Concor is willing to be part of a forum but they still need to appoint a Community Liaison Officer (CLO). The terms of reference for the working forum can only be finalized when the CLO has been appointed.

It was agreed to meet in 6 to 8 weeks time.

A full update will be given at the public meeting on 12 March 2019, 19h00, Grace Church, Sypres Road

Documents:

2018-05-30 Conradie Approved by Mayor

2018-04-20 – RPA’s appeal to Mayor’s Advisory panel

2017-11-27 – RPA’s appeal letter

2017-10-17 – Registered letter – MPT decision

2017-09 – Applicant’s response to objections

2017-06-20 – News article about residential objections

2017-06-05 – RPA’s objection letter to Conradie

Conradie planning application – Objections close 2017-06-05

2017-05-08 – Conradie BLMEP Stakeholder Enagagement Presentation