History • The Mall was built in the early 1970’s and has had various facelifts over the years •The existing Mall was structurally incapable (as an envelope) of meeting modern needs, hence the decision to rebuild rather than renovate •The Mall is currently 48,000m2 •The Mall currently has 51 tenants, which includes the Checkers line stores. •Landlord – Fountainhead Property Trust •Managing Agent – Broll Property Management •Marketing Consultancy – Word for Word Marketing What to expect from the New Blue Route Mall •The Mall will increase by 8,600m2 to 56,600m2 •Anchors include, Woolworths, Ster Kinekor, Edgars and Checkers Hyper •A dedicated food court area will be situated on the first floor level with panoramic mountain views of the Constantiaberg Mountain range •The new Mall will have modern ablution facilities, including dedicated family restrooms as well as other customer friendly facilities including ‘pause areas’ with seating facilities, wheelchair-friendly access and restrooms, ample parking including prime positioning for the disabled as well as parent and child bays •Strategically located escalators and elevators are ideally situated to facilitate customer movement. Upon completion of the new Blue Route Mall, approximately 2,000 parking bays will be available externally and an additional approximation of 1,100 undercover bays leading directly into the Mall from the underground parking •700 undercover bays will become available in June 2011 as part of the third phase of development •After construction is complete, Blue Route Mall will regain its title of being the largest mall in Cape Town’s southern suburbs •Leases that have been already been secured for the new Mall include the Pepkor Group (Ackermans, Pep, Shoe City, Jay Jays and Hang Ten); the Edcon Group (Jet, Edgars and CNA); the Foschini Group (@Home, Exact, Sterns; Fashion Express, Totalsports and Sportscene) the Foschini Emporium which includes Donna Clare, Markham, American Swiss and Matrix, the Truworths Group (Truworths and Identity); Mr Price Group (Mr Price Home, Mr Price Sport, Mr Price Weekend Wear, Mildays and Sheet Street); the Clicks Group (Clicks and Musica) as well as Dischem