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| Location | Bradford Road,Bedfordview, Ekurhuleni, South Africa |
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| Coordinates | 26°10′47″S28°6′59″E / 26.17972°S 28.11639°E /-26.17972; 28.11639 |
| Address | 43 Bradford Road,Bedfordview,Ekurhuleni |
| Opening date | 1979; 47 years ago (1979) |
| Management | JHI Retail |
| Owner | Liberty Holdings Limited, Liberty Two Degrees |
| Stores and services | 300 |
| Floor area | 145,240 square metres |
| Website | www |
Eastgate Shopping Centre is a super-regional shopping centre inBedfordview, near Bedford Gardens and theJohannesburg city centre inGauteng. It remains one of the largest centres in the country and is the fourth largest shopping centre inGauteng, afterMall of Africa,Sandton City andMenlyn Park.[1] The centre lies next to theR24 airport freeway, between theJohannesburg CBD to the west andO. R. Tambo International Airport to the east.
Eastgate wasJohannesburg's first 'super-regional'shopping centre.[2] The decision to build Eastgate was taken in 1974 by Rapp & Maister.[2] It was to be built on an 18 ha site with 5 ha inside the Johannesburg municipality while the other 13 ha was in Bedfordview.[2] It was planned to be opened in 1978 and would have 90,000sqm of retail space with major tenants being OK Bazaars,Edgars,Woolworths, Greatermans and John Orrs.[2] There would be another 180 smaller stores, four cinemas and 5,000 parking bays.[2] When it opened in 1979, it was the largest shopping centre in theSouthern Hemisphere.
AR 300,000,000 expansion was completed in 2010, which brings Eastgate to over 121,000 m2 (1,300,000 sq ft). A few years later, the centre underwent another major redevelopment by Liberty Life to modernise both the retail and office components, which was completed in 2017. To this day, it is managed by Liberty Properties on behalf of the parent company,Liberty Holdings Limited.[3][4] The centre is currently over 145,000 m2 (1,560,000 sq ft).[4]
Eastgate Shopping Centre is frequented by over 80,000 shoppers on Saturdays and over 2 million shoppers during an average month. The shopping centre offersBureau de change facilities. Major retailers include one of the most successful Woolworths in South Africa and a recently refurbished cinema complex.[5] The centre has over 250 stores, which include more than 60 fashion boutiques and 13 jewellers.
Unusual for a single complex, the building straddled the municipal boundaries of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality andEkurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. However, in 2013, the boundary was adjusted by theMunicipal Demarcation Board to move Eastgate fully into Ekurhuleni.
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