CITYVIEWS www.capetowncid.co.za YOUR FREE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY PAPER June / July 2014 THE CHANGING CITYSCAPE of the Cape Town CBD Special Supplement: We launch our GIVE RESPONSIBLY Winter Drive Campaign Cape Town’s tallest Full speed ahead Imagine THE CBD: building, PORTSIDE, for lower ideas on which opens for BUSINESS BREE Street to thrive >> page 4 >> page 5 >> page 6 www.facebook.com/ SAFE, CLEAN, CARING AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS @CapeTownCID CapeTownCCID 2 about town CityViews June / July 2014 Imagining Cape Town he past few weeks have building brings to our downtown, of the most exciting things about CITYVIEWS been very exciting ones a huge portion of its ground fl oor the plans for the Foreshore is Tfor the Cape Town Central space is retail, adding substan- how much public space has been City Views is a free community City, not least of which because of tially to the boom that this side factored into the developments. paper published by the Central the phenomenal exposure we’ve of Bree St has been experiencing Over the years, I’ve travelled to a City Improvement District. It had from the media (thank you, over the past few months. We tell number of cities abroad and this is is our vision to ensure that the members of the press) on the new you more about this on pg 5. one area that’s always fascinated Cape Town CBD is Safe, Clean, developments that will be opening There’s no doubt the CBD is still me: public space – and the best Caring and Open for Business their doors in the CBD over the working towards its full potential management and utilisation of for all who use the Central City, whether they live, work or play next fi ve years. and many opportunities still exist. it. Our writer, Judy Bryant, had a here, or are passing through. These were revealed at a The next few years, for example, conversation with me around the function hosted at the end of will see a complete transformation best of what I’ve seen across the May by the CCID for property of the Foreshore area with the new globe and this appears on pg 6. developers, investors, brokers and Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memo- But, in all this excitement, we also th Published by: visionaries on the 11 fl oor of the rial Hospital, the expansion of the need to remember it’s another win- The Central City Improvement stunning new Portside building CTICC and the proposed redevel- ter and a particularly hard time for pull-out-and-keep supplement in District (CCID) at the harbour end of Bree Street. opment of the entire Artscape pre- those who fi nd themselves on the the centre of this publication and www.capetowncid.co.za You can fi nd out more about this cinct, including the upgrading of streets. We therefore ask that you thank you – in advance – for the 021 419 1881 new landmark, developed jointly the building, the internal facilities join us in promoting both our GIVE way I know you will rise to this call Contributors: Content: Carola Koblitz, Judy Bryant by Old Mutual Property and FNB, and the Founder’s Garden. Imagine RESPONSIBLY campaign and the to action. Photography: Lisa Burnell, Ed Suter, on pg 4. the opportunities to bring the right Winter Drive that accompanies it at Paul Lotter, Carola Koblitz For example, along with the “add ons” to this area in retail and this time of year. We’ve made it as TASSO EVANGELINOS Contact: over 57 000m2 of offi ce space the other services? 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DRUG RELATED ARRESTS CCID 24-hour hotline number: 100 082 415 7127 COMMUNICATIONS SAPS Control Room: 021 467 8002 CCID Social Department: 082 563 4289 THE CCID BUSINESS BREAKFAST ANNOUNCING THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS You can also Tweet us: TO BE ROLLED OUT IN THE CENTRAL CITY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, @Cape TownCID WARNINGS ILLEGAL TRADING GENERATED MEDIA COVERAGE ACROSS THE PLATFORMS OF PRINT, WEB, or Facebook us ISSUED OFFENCES DEALT WITH RADIO AND TELEVISION AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN www.facebook.com/ 1 057 8 CapeTownCCID 6.3 million and follow our “Give Responsibly” campaign EXPOSURES IN JUST ONE WEEK - LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONAL www.facebook.com/ GiveResponsibly June / July 2014 CityViews about town 3 New CCID rolls out retailers We’d like to welcome the clean campaign following new retailers to the CBD Ongoing surveys conducted by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) continue to Amway reveal that participants view the Cape Town CBD as has opened on the cnr Louis Gradner the cleanest “downtown” in South Africa. & Christiaan Barnard Sts. Tel 021 405 1752 ays Tasso Evange- New street “is to identify where the linos, Chief Operating cleaning trolleys dumping is coming from SOffi cer of the CCID: With the intention of as- once it’s discovered, and this “This was fi rst achieved as sisting the CCID’s cleaning is usually from premises in a result of the partnership contractor, J&M Cleaning, to close proximity to where the that exists between the make their street cleaners’ waste is found. The City will City’s Cleaning and Environ- jobs both more effi cient and then step in to contact the mental Health Departments easier, the CCID has incor- property owners who own and the top-up services the porated 20 new trollies into the premises in which the The CCID’s new street cleaning CCID provides as a Special the daily routine of keeping defaulting retailer is situat- trolley to be used by J&M Cleaning staff. Ratings Area through the CBD clean from building ed. The property owner will its Urban Management edge to curbside. be issued with a warning bait boxes have now been Smart Smoker’s department. However, the Explains Evangelinos: “In and, if the tenant continues installed in strategic spots pocket pouch Portside Cape Town CBD continues the past, this job was done to dump illegally, the prop- throughout the CBD. First implemented in 2013, The new Portside building, to achieve this recognition entirely by hand, with bags erty owner will be fi ned. Explains Beesley: “The bait the success of this project cnr Bree and Hans Strijdom, year-on-year because we con- being fi lled and carried This is a new approach as in boxes are monitored by the has led to a further 35 000 welcomes vida e caffè, stantly research best prac- one-by-one to collection the past the offenders them- CCID’s Rodent Squad – nick- pocket-sized, portable Borage Bistro, Solace Therapy tice international examples points across town.