Brooklyn: A Thriving Commercial Node

Lustrous architecture, rooted in South Africa history, where the grand embassy buildings edge jacaranda-lined streets, quiet residential roads and guest houses, Brooklyn offers the perfect equilibrium for the working class and the 'new-norm' in corporate real estate.

Located in the eastern part of South Africa's capital city, Pretoria, in the economic hub of Gauteng, the suburb of Brooklyn is a well-established area that boasts high-end residential properties and several upmarket mall developments.

Historically, Brooklyn, has been one of the most affluent suburbs in Gauteng, superseding Sandton, and has been home to the majority of international diplomats based in Pretoria. With its thriving commercial market and wide range of amenities, the area is still highly sought after for both work, live and play. In recent decades, a thriving business- and lifestyle atmosphere has grown in the area, particularly along major arterial routes in the area such as Justice Mahomed, Jan Shoba and Middle Streets and George Storrar Drive.

A lifestyle landmark in the area, around which much business activity is centred, Brooklyn Mall, which first opened in 1989, has been expanded in recent decades and offers a mix of high-end interior design stores, along with a range of family- to gourmet eateries, fashion boutiques and movie theatres.

With a large non-South African residential population and the presence of international embassies and consulates, Brooklyn offers a host of chic hotels and guesthouses. The neighbourhood is also the home to the Van Wouw House Museum, the thatched-roof, 1930s former home of Dutch-born sculptor Anton Van Wouw and the area borders the University of Pretoria to its north and the suburbs of Groenkloof and Waterkloof to its south. The area also boasts some of the top private and public primary and high schools in the city.

Those who live and work in Brooklyn enjoy access to expansive business and commercial developments, a variety of restaurants and entertainment areas, with various educational facilities and tertiary institutions in the vacinity. Drivers enjoy easy access to and from a network of main arterial roads and highways including the R21, N14 and N1, whilst the area's close proximity to the two Gautrain stations in the Capital, namely Hatfield and Pretoria stations, make Brooklyn an ideal location for commuters and businesses.

With the plans for smart cities and multi-use CBDs rolling out in the next decade, Brooklyn is ideally situated to be part of the expected merge between Pretoria and Johannesburg creating one big mega-city that connects the ever-shrinking spaces in-between these expansive, residential, commercial and industrial locations.

Pretoria is well known for being a particularly green city with decentralized business nodes, which is exactly what makes it appealing to commercial investors who are increasingly looking to move out of more industrialised areas, in favour of proximity to affluent suburban areas. With the increased emphasis on work-life balance, these types of decentralized business districts also offer an attractive prospect for potential tenants looking for new office premises, to avoid endless time spent of the road in traffic and lower their daily expenses such as petrol or transportation costs.

We have a host of commercial properties to let in the Brooklyn area. OfficePlace has a comprehensive and holistic approach to commercial property which is unparalleled by any other brand in the market.

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