Crescent Corner

Crescent Corner is an 8,500 m² convenience retail centre at the northern gateway of Rainbow Junction, a mixed-use precinct in Pretoria, City of Tshwane, South Africa (source: https://www.rainbowjunction.co.za/retail/crescent-corner). It is not a housing development. The official website presents it as a centre of shops and restaurants and mentions no units for sale, no apartments and no prices.

The scheme

According to the Rainbow Junction website, Crescent Corner is the first retail offering in this new mixed-use urban node. It serves the northern suburbs of the City of Tshwane. Its retailers and restaurants are hand-picked by the project team. The site puts the emphasis on owner-managed tenancies. The page does not publish a list of tenants.

Stated amenities

The amenities below are those listed on the centre's official page (source: https://www.rainbowjunction.co.za/retail/crescent-corner).

• 8,500 m² of convenience retail space.
• Family-friendly restaurants.
• A kid-friendly water fountain and a bespoke play area.
• An adjoining school which, according to the site, caters for all levels of learning.
• Fast fibre connectivity.

Precinct management and services

Rainbow Junction is described as a privately managed precinct with integrated urban management. This covers enhanced security, access surveillance, cleaning and greening. The site also refers to "alternative energy sources" without saying what they are. Irrigation water comes directly from the nearby Apies River through a dedicated services network. The page says nothing about solar panels, a borehole or round-the-clock security.

Location

The centre sits at the northern gateway to Rainbow Junction. The official site describes this precinct as a 140-hectare mixed-use development 6 km north of Pretoria's CBD (source: https://www.rainbowjunction.co.za/). It lies on the banks of the Apies River, near the foothills of the Magaliesberg. The About Us page lists links to the PRASA rail corridor, the A Re Yeng bus rapid transit system, Wonderboom Airport and the Pretoria Gautrain station. According to the Crescent Corner page, the centre is easy to reach from the established suburbs around it.

Rainbow Junction and the people behind it

According to the site, the project joins three farms that belonged to the Rossi and Sinovich families, two Pretoria families, for more than 100 years (source: https://www.rainbowjunction.co.za/about-us/). It holds 670,000 m² of development rights. The precinct also plans a separate 92,000 m² super-regional mall, which is distinct from Crescent Corner (source: https://www.rainbowjunction.co.za/). The site does not name a development or management company for Crescent Corner.

What is not published

• The opening date and current stage of the centre.
• Available floor space, rents and commercial lease terms.
• The list of tenants trading on site.
• The name of the company developing and managing the centre.

For these details, contact Rainbow Junction directly. The Crescent Corner page lists one contact for retail enquiries and another for general enquiries. The project's head office is at the Zambezi Junction Shopping Centre, Montana Park, Pretoria. Everything above reflects what the project's official website published on the date it was consulted. It is not a substitute for written confirmation from the project team.