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Whether you’re a foodie, adventure-seeker, market lover, parkrunner, movie fanatic or golfer, you’re spoilt for choice with all our entertainment options.

Shop

Home to the iconic Mall of Africa — loved by fashionistas, influencers and home makers alike — Waterfall City also features close to 600 of your favourite brands and stores. Retail therapy anyone?

Work

Waterfall City loves business! Versatile working spaces and custom-built premises make this city of commerce the destination of choice for commercial clients and a hotspot for logistics properties.

Stay

Ten secure residential developments including two mature lifestyle estates, four hotels, three private schools and our very own Netcare private hospital — this is community life in a world-class city.

Health

Besides being a walkable, bikeable neighbourhood with a private hospital, 14 gyms and an athletics club, Waterfall City offers you an outdoor adventure lifestyle in a community that cares about your health and wellbeing.

Travel

Waterfall City’s ideal location, easy access to and from major highways and great public transport make getting in, out and around quick and easy.

Learn

With three highly acclaimed private schools and a college on the property, Waterfall City takes the headache out of education choices and the hassle out of the school run.

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A City of Connection

Waterfall City is a place where you can connect all aspects of your life, be it living, business or leisure.

  • Locality
  • Travel
  • Infrastructure
  • Technology

Locality

Exactly where you need to be

Ideally located between Johannesburg and Pretoria, on a 2 200 hectare piece of land triangulated between Kyalami, Midrand and Woodmead, Waterfall City is in the perfect position to cater for the huge demand for offices, shops, restaurants, homes and logistics space caused by the massive growth in the area. Getting in, out and around is quick and easy, with access from three of the busiest highways in the country.

Travel

All roads lead to Waterfall City

Travelling to, from and around Waterfall City is a breeze! You can reach it from Pretoria via the N1 and R55, and from Sandton and Johannesburg via the M1, N1 and N3 highways, plus the R55. In terms of public transport, the Midrand Gautrain station is only 4km away with two dedicated Waterfall City Gautrain busses, while there are also single-trip taxis between Waterfall City and greater Tembisa, Midrand, Alexandra, Randburg and Johannesburg CBD. For the high-flyers, the O.R. Tambo, Lanseria and Grand Central airports are all within a 31km radius, with South Africa’s only heliport situated in the Waterfall City Logistics Precinct. And to ensure fuel convenience, there are a number of filling stations on the development.

Infrastructure

Connecting efficiency and convenience with quality of life

Waterfall City’s road, water, connectivity, waste management and energy infrastructure have all been future-proofed to accommodate the expansion of the city. More than R1 billion has already been spent on upgrading the ancillary road network to improve access to Waterfall City, while the high quality, well-maintained internal road infrastructure was built based on holistic traffic studies. Erosion due to stormwater is controlled through the building of attenuation dams that form part of the green belt. Waterfall City’s world-class fibre optic network is fully integrated with all other utility infrastructure, while in terms of our energy infrastructure, there are six substations in Waterfall City supplying 180MW of power. And finally, waste disposal is managed as sustainably as possible, with the focus on diverting waste from landfills and creating a circular economy.

Technology

Keeping you up to speed

Waterfall City boasts a world-class open-access fibre optic and wireless communication network. There is currently over 700km of installed duct infrastructure on the development and the network is fully redundant, resulting in limited to no downtime. In addition, there are 33 cell masts in Waterfall City, guaranteeing great reception. The GO Waterfall app, developed specifically for those living and working in Waterfall City, has become part of daily life, creating a more tight-knit community. On the work front, we custom-build premises to specific requirements, using cutting-edge architecture to integrate technology with efficient workspaces, resulting in some of the smartest buildings in the country.

A City of Commerce

Waterfall City, located in the economic heart of Gauteng, is the hub of choice for international and local blue-chip brands in leading industries.

  • Commercial
  • Retail
  • Logistics
  • Hospitality

Commercial

Gauteng’s premier Commercial Hub

Waterfall City is a place that inspires success and progress. With more than 70% of South Africa’s corporate headquarters situated in Gauteng, Waterfall City is the ideal consolidation location. This award-winning development features bespoke, client-driven developments built to sustainable principles and connects infrastructure, technology, efficiency, convenience, and quality of life to bring you industry excellence and exceptional work-life balance.

Retail

A Retail Hub in the heart of South Africa’s commercial centre

Gauteng is the economic heart of South Africa, generating 35% of its GDP, and Waterfall City is at the centre of it all. With close to 520 retail stores in ten exciting shopping centres, including the iconic Mall of Africa, Waterfall City offers your business the opportunity to be part of a vibrant, modern lifestyle destination. This mixed-use development combines environmentally friendly design principles with infrastructure, technology, efficiency, convenience and quality of life.

Logistics

Gauteng’s Logistics Hub of choice

Good visibility and accessibility along national logistics routes, combined with close proximity to Waterfall City retail and lifestyle offerings, make Waterfall City Logistics Hub an attractive location for ultra-modern light and high-tech industrial, logistics and distribution businesses. All buildings are purpose-built and focus on integration, flexibility and efficiency across the warehouse component and offices.

Hospitality

Check into Waterfall City

Whether you’re a business traveller, tourist or staycationer, Waterfall City’s four hotels offer safe, conveniently-located accommodation, ranging from an affordable 3-star, all the way through to 5-star luxury.

A City of Care

Waterfall City is a stable, robust environment where business and communities can flourish and where we care for our people and the planet.

  • Safety
  • Sustainability
  • Smart City
  • Health

Safety

Your safety is our priority

Waterfall City’s integrated public security system includes access control at every residential estate, business park, logistics precinct and major retail centres, as well as a surveillance and reaction service supported by a state-of-the-art central management office. Additional measures include 24-hour patrolled security and CCTV cameras throughout Waterfall City and 134 surveillance cameras with number plate and facial recognition abilities. In the CBD, 400 cameras, panic buttons every 200m and street-lighting on back-up power in case of outages, ensure peace of mind for everyone.

Sustainability

A green environment that’s good for you and the planet

Waterfall City has been built according to sustainable principles and practices, ensuring that every development, be it commercial, logistics or residential, is efficient, cost-effective and eco-friendly. Our landscaping focuses on indigenous, water-wise plants, while alternative energy powers our homes. The Waterfall City CBD boasts 31 green-rated buildings to date, with rainwater harvesting and back-up power enabling business continuity during outages. Many retail buildings employ solar panels, the greatest example being the Mall of Africa, which features the world’s largest integrated rooftop Solar PV/diesel hybrid solution, saving up to 8 034 tons of CO2 every year. In Waterfall City, we aim to keep our carbon footprint small, our air pollution low and our energy efficiency high.

Smart City

Improving efficiency, sustainability and quality of life through technology

For most, a Smart City is a place where technology rules and Wi-Fi is free and fast. But peel back a city’s layers of traffic, security, water, power, sustainability, waste management, etc. and you’ll discover that a Smart City is made up of a few other things besides good Wi-Fi. At Waterfall City, we employ our world-class technology infrastructure to enable advanced data processing and system integration, with the goal of making our city management more efficient, our communities happier, our businesses more prosperous and our environment more sustainable.

Health

Encouraging an active lifestyle and offering private healthcare

Waterfall City is the perfect picture of healthy living. Where else would you find a CBD with safe pedestrian walkways, dedicated cycle lanes, a parkrun, large green spaces like the 1,2-hectare Waterfall City Park and a 5km running route? Not to mention 14 gyms and residential estates with over 35km of hiking and biking trails, fishing dams, play parks and even a mountain bike track! And should your health fail you, isn’t it good to know that there’s a state-of-the-art Netcare Waterfall City private hospital and a 24-hour frail care centre on your doorstep?

A City of Community

Waterfall City is home to multiple residential estates in an inclusive community, where we celebrate diversity and encourage learning and community building.

  • Multi-generational Living
  • Education
  • Lifestyle Destination
  • Waterfall City Cares

Multi-generational Living

Every generation catered for

At Waterfall City, you can stay in one of 10 secure residential developments, including two mature lifestyle estates, offering you a choice between entry level housing and low- to mid-income flats, all the way through to upmarket free-standing homes and luxury apartments. Our residential offering caters for all the generations of your family, encouraging daily interaction between extended family units. Our two mature lifestyle estates provide residents with the security that in years to come they will not have to leave Waterfall City, but simply relocate to a more suitable environment to retire.

Education

The fountain of knowledge

At Waterfall City, you can choose from three exceptional private schools and a tertiary education institute, all in your neighbourhood. Take your pick from LittleHill Montessori and Curro Castle preschools right through to Curro Waterfall and Reddam House Waterfall, which cater for Grades 1 through to 12. And once they matriculate, there’s always STADIO Waterfall, training the next generation of teachers and paralegal professionals.

Lifestyle Destination

The place to play

Waterfall City has all the entertainment options you would expect from a vibrant, modern city, including great nightlife! You can shop ‘til you drop at close to 600 retail stores, wine and dine at more than 80 restaurants, relax in the 1,2 hectare Waterfall City Park that hosts various markets and events throughout the year, or take a swing at World of Golf. Adrenaline junkies can get their fix at the BMW xDrive Park or Kyalami Indoor Karting at the Mall of Africa. Whatever your flavour of entertainment, Waterfall City’s got it all.

Waterfall City Cares

Giving back to our communities

At Waterfall City, we believe in good governance and corporate citizenship. We believe in investing in the greater good for society, that’s why we participate in many initiatives that focus on sustainable social development. Among these, priorities are the support of programmes aimed at education, training and the provision of food and essential items to needy communities. Initiatives such as our E-waste recycling campaigns, regular blood donation drives, book fairs in support of HospiceWits, Waterfall City fun runs, community donation drives, and recycling projects that convert our N1 banners to school bags, are some of the projects we are involved in.

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5 years

as the world’s Best Mixed-use Development

80+

restaurants

10 retail centres

with 600 shops

9 years

as Best Mixed-use Development
in SA

37km

of biking and walking trails

14

gyms

4

hotels

3

private schools

1,2ha

Waterfall City Park

1,4 million

Mall of Africa
visitors monthly

33

cell phone masts

31

green-rated
buildings

260+

bird species

15 000

solar panels on
Mall of Africa’s roof

20km

mountain bike trail

300ha

of greenbelts