Sandton’s official bird – The Construction Crane
Written by Michael Griffiths
The blue crane may be South Africa’s national bird, but it is the construction crane that reigns supreme in Sandton. In a recent article published on the SA Commercial Prop News website on 5th December 2016 and titled, ”The history and legacy of Sandton Central, Elaine Jack the City Improvement District Manager for Sandton Central Management District, rightly points out that the economic health of an area is measured by a simple guideline – the numbers of cranes that can be seen on the skyline.
Construction cranes first migrated to Sandton in the early 1970’s to oversee the development of Sandton City, but the population truly boomed during the rush for commercial space in the late 1980’s.
The years since the turn of the century and particularly over the last 5-10 years have seen multiple crane colonies proudly deliver buildings such as Alice Towers (Norton Rose), 115 West (Alexander Forbes), 90 Rivonia (Webber Wentzel) and 50 Katherine Street (Sasol).
With further significant developments such as Discovery, Kgoro Central, Sandton Skye, Old Mutual, Village Walk, The Central and Bowman’s all rapidly rising out of the ground and many more on the way it looks like Sandton’s construction cranes are here to stay.
If you are interested in the history of Sandton, you can find the article here: http://www.sacommercialpropnews.co.za/south-africa-provincial-news/gauteng/8533-the-history-and-legacy-of-sandton-central.html
The blue crane may be South Africa’s national bird, but it is the construction crane that reigns in Sandton. In a recent article published on SA Commercial Prop, the CID Manager points out that the economic health of an area is measured by the number of cranes that can be seen on the skyline. Construction cranes first migrated to Sandton in the early 1970’s to oversee the development of Sandton City. If you are interested in the history of Sandton, read more here: http://bit.ly/2lDq7jX