Carlton Centre, -660 teet SPACIOUS AND CONVENIENT PARKING LIFTS AND ESCALATORS For the convenience of visitors, guests, Carlton Centre will have 56 lifts and 40 shoppers and tenants of Carlton Centre, escalators. In the office tower 18 automatic Post Office Tower, London-620 feet spacious parking facilities are provided for high-speed passenger lifts travelling at 2,000 cars. Approxim ately 1,200 parking speeds up to 1,400 feet per minute have been spaces are available directly beneath the programmed to ensure an average waiting hotel, office, and the shopping areas. An time of 30 seconds in the main lobby during additional 800 spaces are available in the morning rush periods. parkade south of Main Street. A large These lifts have been arranged into three proportion of the parking space will be set banks of six, each bank serving a different aside for the use of shoppers and other section of the building, with a special lift visitors. running to the observation area on the 50th floor. Low rise lifts start at street level, and serve floors 1 to 19. Mid-rise lifts start at street level, and serve floors 19 to 35. High rise lifts start at street level, and serve floors 35 to 49. The observation deck lift runs non-stop between the shopping levels and the public observation area on the 50th floor. Escalators and additional lifts connect the office building with the shopping centre and parking areas, and a special service lift provides direct access from the truck dock and delivery area to each floor. There are a further 14 lifts and 10 escalators in the Carlton Hotel, and 21 lifts and 24 escalators serve the shopping and parking areas and the Exhibition Centre. Key: Public elevators and escalators ■■ Service elevators =

Exhibition Centre

0 20 40 60 80 JOHANNESBURG’S BUSIEST The two-level weather-protected shopping Carlton Centre incorporates all the COMMUNITY OF DISTINCTIVE MERCHANTS. SHOPPING CENTRE malls, where a comfortable temperature is convenience of modern shopping with every To the retail merchant Carlton Centre offers maintained throughout the year, are flanked element carefully planned to achieve Shopping at Carlton Centre is an exciting advantages unmatched elsewhere: by modern stores and restaurants, offering maximum appeal. Carlton Centre provides experience. Wide, landscaped gardens, Excellent location in a market generating an an unequalled selection of merchandise to the finest shopping facilities in fountains and plazas welcome the visitor to estimated annual retail turnover of R800 the most sophisticated shopper. The stores Johannesburg and is unique in Africa. two major department stores- and m illion. are laid out to provide maximum exposure, OK Bazaars-and more than 140 other minimum walking effort, and convenience of -Turnover potential from the population of shops. selection. Pedestrian malls ensure safety the office tower, hotel guests and convention from motor traffic, and will give an visitors. opportunity for relaxed after-hours window Exposure to more than half a million annual shopping. The extensive plazas, with their visitors to Carlton Centre, with its exhibition boulevard cafes, gardens and fountains, hall, ice skating rink and the observation form a natural rendezvous and centre of activity not only for Carlton Centre but for the whole city. deck on top of the office tower, the tallest Mall store fronts, protected from weather, building in Africa. dust and street noise. Planned flow of pedestrian traffic from street -Membership in a merchants’ association level and parking areas, to assure maximum providing effective joint promotion and exposure to individual stores. publicity. Profitable association with Garlicks and OK Spacious stores of modern design, with Bazaars, the two major department stores air-conditioning, service areas and ease of incorporated into the shopping centre in an delivery. environment of planned store layout. Supervised off-street common delivery, receiving and storage facilities. -24-hour security patrols to assure protection at all times. Maintenance of cleanliness of public areas and freedom from noise through efficient ventilation and acoustical treatment of the shopping area.

Mezzanine shopping level

Garlicks

OK Bazaars Excellent access to the shopping levels is Freight lifts from the receiving and storage provided by a number of entrances: level direct to the service ways behind each -Street-level entrances of the two department individual store. stores. Key: - Lifts and escalators in the office tower, the Public elevators ■ landmark of Carlton Centre and downtown Public escalators and stairs — Johannesburg. Service corridors -Stairways from the international luxury hotel. Service elevators ■ - Escalators and stairways from the plaza to Shopping malls the retail levels. - Eight traffic ramps on Marshall, Main, and Kruis streets to the covered parking areas. -L ifts from the indoor parking to the shopping levels.

Boulevard shopping level

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0 20 40 60 80 100' CARLTON EXHIBITION CENTRE Carlton Centre will provide Johannesburg with its first central city exhibition facilities. 57,000 square feet of column-free exhibition space in the very centre of Johannesburg's busy downtown area. A full programme of industrial and commercial exhibitions throughout the year. Close association with the Carlton Hotel for use during conventions and other functions. Six levels of public parking immediately below the Exhibition Centre. Four passenger lifts and a freight lift connecting with street level and parking areas. CARLTON HOTEL Situated in the heart of Johannesburg’s theatreland, Carlton Centre is the new and exciting hub of a new and exciting Johannesburg, the focal point for those seeking entertainment and relaxation. The heart of this entertainment is the Carlton Hotel, the 600-room international hotel with its restaurants, ballroom, private function facilities and night club, designed for visitors and tourists seeking the best in quality accommodation. Managed by Western International Hotels, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, the Carlton is Southern Africa’s rendezvous for the travelling business executive and the family on holiday, offering a comprehensive variety of amenities and entertainment. High standards of design, comfort and service invite the most sophisticated traveller. Complete selection of individually controlled air-conditioned accommodation, ranging from single bedrooms to luxury suites. Africa’s biggest ballroom accommodating 1,000 people for banquets and dancing. Complete convention facilities, including use of the adjacent Exhibition Centre. Superb restaurants, lounges, and cocktail bars. Private function rooms for up to 500 people. Roof-top night club 30 storeys above street level. Open-air swimming pool and roof garden. "5 M I CARLTON CENTRE-JOHANNESBURG

ARCHITECTS Skidmore, Owings & Merrill —New York. CONSULTING ARCHITECTS W. Rhodes-Harrison, Hoffe & Partners —Johannesburg. GENERAL CONTRACTOR Murray & Roberts (Carlton Centre) (Proprietary) Limited. PROMOTERS Anglo American Corporation of Limited. The South African Breweries Limited. Also participating: Barclays Bank DCO. COMPLETION DATES Parking, shopping and street level-1970. Hotel and office tower-1971.

ALL LEASING INFORMATION Carlton Centre Limited, 2nd Floor, Edura, 40 Commissioner Street, P.O. Box 4587, Johannesburg, South Africa. Telephone: 836-8721.

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