Zero-2-One Explained

Zero-2-One Tower
Address:2 Adderley Street
Location Town:Cape Town
Location Country:South Africa
Coordinates:-33.9214°N 18.4231°W
Completion Date:2024 (estimated)[1]
Architect:FWJK
Floor Area:44,000 m2[2]
Floor Count:42
Building Type:Commercial & Residential
Quantity Surveyor:FWJK

Zero-2-One Tower will be a 148adj=midNaNadj=mid residential building in Cape Town, South Africa. It is currently in the planning stages of development by FWJK and upon completion will have 624 apartments, 760 parking bays and 6,000 m2 of retail space. Once completed it will be the tallest building in Cape Town.[3]

Affordable housing

Public housing advocacy group Ndifuna Ukwazi disputed the building's design arguing that no allowance for affordable housing had been made in the original plans which was problematic given South Africa's housing shortage. In August 2017 FWJK stated that 104 of the building's apartments would be made available for affordable housing each retailing at under R800,000 which Ndifuna Ukwazi argued was too expensive for the majority of Captonians.[4] Approval for the building was granted in 2018 by the City of Cape Town after it was agreed that 20 percent (240 apartments) of the residential units would be reserved for affordable housing. The building developer FWJK appealed the ruling for the affordable housing reservation.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ZERO-2-ONE TOWER – FWJK . en-ZA . 2019-03-22.
  2. Web site: A look at Cape Town’s new tallest skyscraper . Staff Writer . businesstech.co.za . en-US . 2019-03-22.
  3. Web site: New Skyscraper to be "The Tallest Building in Cape Town" . www.capetownmagazine.com . en . 2019-03-22.
  4. Web site: Plea for affordable housing in 'Zero2One' Cape Argus. Philander. Rusana. 24 August 2017. www.iol.co.za. Cape Argus. en. 2019-03-22.
  5. Web site: High hopes crash down over affordable housing . Hyman . Aron . 19 January 2018 . www.timeslive.co.za . en . 2019-03-22.