Westgate, an area of some 94 hectares, is in one of the city’s oldest suburbs, Ferreirasdorp. Some 634 000m2 of land is available to be developed, largely into mixed-use functions (retail, commercial rights and residential). It is also some of the last remaining greenfield and underdeveloped land in the inner city.
The City identified Westgate as a strategic priority area for intervention as part of the Inner City Urban Design and Implementation Plan adopted in 2009.
Previously obstacles to development have been undermining, resulting in land that needs to be filled, the unavailability of electricity to the area.
