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CAPE TOWN MEET-UP INFORMATION BRIEFING – 14 FEB 2020
Programme1. Welcome
2. Cape Town’s commitment to climate action: Transforming the city through climate smart development
3. Competition rules
4. Cape Town’s 4 sites
5. Questions
C40 Reinventing Cities
Competition sitesGideon Brand – Urban Catalytic Investment
14 February 2020
Cape Town’s 4 sites
1. Athlone station
2. Moquet Farm, Dieprivier
3. Tygerdal, MonteVista station
4. Kapteinsklip station, Mnandi
Background – Why these sites?
Why these sites?
• 10 challenges → Cape Town’s climate action commitment
• Transit accessible precincts → strong TOD potential
• Lend themselves to mixed-use densification → transformation potential
• Contribute to improved urban efficiency
• Catalyse wider precinct regeneration opportunities
• Forming part of the City’s Catalytic Land Development Programme
(CLDP)
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City spatial strategy
BellvilleCT CBD
Hout Bay
Gordon’s Bay
Melkbosstrand
Atlantis
Simon’s Town
Khayelitsha
Mitchell’s Plain
Philippi
BellvilleCT CBD
Hout Bay
Gordon’s Bay
Melkbosstrand
Atlantis
Simon’s Town
Khayelitsha
Mitchell’s Plain
Philippi
2012 CTSDF 2018 MSDF
Spatial transformation requires creation of ACCESS TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE PEOPLETo achieve this, Cape Town has adopted an inward growth and investment focus to support dense,
diverse and transit-oriented land uses.
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Spatial
Transfor-
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Area
Investment Premise
City
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Urban Inner
Core
City investment priority. Where
spatial transformation is most
achievable. Areas of co-
investment between public and
private sector.
Priority Priority
Incremental
Growth and
Consolidation
Maintenance and upgrading
focus for the City and
incremental growth in support of
spatial transformation.
Subject to
capacity. Priority
Speculative
Beyond City’s investment
horizons. Ability to achieve
spatial transformation via
development is considered
unlikely.
Privately funded areas.
Achieving spatial transformation
objectives require significant
investment from developer.
Zero Zero
Protection
Partnerships based on protecting
asset. Limited
To
maintain
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Unique May be
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May be
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Directing spatial
transformation
Bellville
CT CBD
Khayelitsha
Mitchell’
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Airpor
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Hou
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Simon’s
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Muizenberg
Gordon’s Bay
Somerset
West
Melkbosstrand
Atlantis
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Durbanville
Philippi
Wynber
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Claremont
CoCT Catalytic Land Development
Programme (CLDP)
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CoCT Catalytic Land Development
Programme (CLDP)
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C40 Reinventing Cities – Proposed sites
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C40 Reinventing Cities – Proposed sites
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Athlone station
Athlone station
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Athlone station
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Athlone SRA
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Athlone station
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Technical considerations
• Leverage great location
• Rationalised access
• Street-building interface
• Mixed use, incl public facilities
• Upgraded public realm / pedestrianised street landscape
• Benefit to the local community
• Rezoned to MU in 2019
Moquet Farm, Dieprivier
Moquet Farm, Dieprivier
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Moquet Farm, Dieprivier
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Moquet Farm, Dieprivier
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Moquet Farm, Dieprivier
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Moquet Farm, Dieprivier
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Technical considerations
• Potential heritage resource - HWC
• Leverage Main Road corridor exposure
• Prominent intersection –landmark feature
• Linkage to station
• NMT opportunity to connect to river corridor
• Community benefit – quality open space element
Tygerdal depot, MonteVista station
Tygerdal, MonteVista station
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Tygerdal, MonteVista station
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Tygerdal, MonteVista station
Tygerdal, MonteVista station
Tygerdal, MonteVista station
Technical considerations
• Leverage great location
• Stormwater function → multi-functional amenity
• Open space interface
• Station forecourt – Park & Ride facility (multi-purpose parking solution)
• Mix of uses / densities / typologies
• Active uses at station to facilitate safer environment
Kapteinsklip station, Mnandi
Kapteinsklip station, Mnandi
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Kapteinsklip station, Mnandi
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Kapteinsklip station, Mnandi
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Kapteinsklip station, Mnandi
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Kapteinsklip station, Mnandi
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Technical considerations
• Massive opportunity (30 ha) –phasing
• Leverage unique coastal location
• Integrate with existing coastal node
• Public realm improvement –safe NMT towards Mnandiresort
• Development framework, zoning & EIA in place, 2018
• Disused railway strip
Kapteinsklip – Development framework
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Kapteinsklip – Development framework
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Way forward
Process & timelines
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COMPETITION
LAUNCH
1ST PHASE
OF THE BIDSHORTLISTING
DEC 2019 15 MAY 2020
Official launch of
competition
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Announcement of
sites
1st Bidding
window close
AUGUST 2020
FINAL AWARD
2ND Bidding
window opens
FEB 2021
2nd Bidding
window close
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Winning projects
announced
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Contracting
finalised
→
Next steps
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Submit: before 15 May 2020
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Thank You