Bridge City, a key link in KwaZulu-Natal’s rapidly developing Northern Growth Corridor, is attracting entrepreneurs and new entrants into the property development space.

Brian Ive, a Development Executive at Tongaat Hulett Developments, said the wide variety of opportunities and holistic planning of both the Bridge City Town Centre and Business Estate provided for a wide range of business activities, including light industrial, medical, legal, commercial, retail and residential elements.

In addition, the substantial additional footfall created through the establishment of Bridge City as one of the city’s largest inter modal transport facilities would open up numerous opportunities across these sectors.

Already the development is expected to be the second busiest transport interchange in the city, second only to Berea Road/Warwick Junction.

The first phase of the Go Durban! Integrated rapid public transport network (IRPTN) is expected to be completed in 2018 with Bridge City as the meeting point for three bus rapid transport corridors linking it to the Durban CBD, Pinetown and Umhlanga.

Usage of the already operational Bridge City railway station, through which 22 trains pass daily, is expected to increase still further.

Once all transport modes are fully operational, it is expected to service over 100 000 commuters daily.

Ive pointed out that significant progress had been made on the first private development at Bridge city by independent property development company, Imabli Props 48. Construction began in late 2014 and the first phase is expected to be completed by December this year.

Centrally located adjacent to the shopping mall, it is a mixed use development with a total lettable area of 5 500 m².

It will include a musallah and a clinic as well as retail, commercial and residential space. Key tenants include a KFC Drive Through, a Lenmed Medical Clinic and a Check Star Supermarket.