Why Lansdowne is a favoured industrial node

Lansdowne is a hub of activity on any given day. This popular residential, commercial and industrial node in the heart of the Southern Suburbs is situated just east of the M5 and 10 kilometres south-east of the Cape Town City Centre. It’s surrounded by the Rondebosch East, Crawford, Wetton, Claremont, Kenwyn and Athlone nodes.

Bordered by Racecourse Road to the south, this well-established suburb has its own post office, police staton, library, a civic centre, sports stadium, as well as many religious institutions and public schools. It’s also home to the popular Lansdowne Corner shopping centre on the corner of Govan Mbeki and Jan Smuts Drive – easily accessible from both the M7 and M9 motorways. The centre has over 18 popular retail outlets and numerous food options available to visitors. Lansdowne is also located close to the Kenilworth shopping Centre and ever-popular Access Park outdoor shopping centre.

Due to it being such a well-established residential and commercial area, industrial properties in Lansdowne are quite sought-after by investors and tenants. Lansdowne is particularly popular among those in the automotive industry and features a large number of established “mini” warehouses or light industrial units, many with retail exposure that’s ideal for these types of businesses. From auto repair service centres and car dealerships, to auto parts and fitment shops, you can find it all here. In addition to automotive businesses, there are quite a few plumbing and roofing businesses who call the area home.

Another significant benefit that businesses enjoy in Lansdowne is the short travel time to and from work for employees. The iconic Lansdowne Road and its easy access to other suburbs in the Cape Flats is a major contributing factor to this, as the transport options are many and it only seems to be improving with time. Lansdowne Road is a landmark that runs from the junction with Palmyra Road, close to Claremont station, all the way east over the M5 where it continues through Lansdowne before turning south-east to head off through other parts of the Cape Flats like Nerissa Estate, Turf Hall, Buckingham and Yorkshire Estate. It joins Cape Town's southern suburbs with Khayelitsha and Gugulethu, and ends in Macassar Road close to the Strandfontein coastline. It's a very long road that forms part of the City of Cape Town’s proposed Wetton Road-Lansdowne Road corridor. The proposal is part of a large plan for the Cape Flats that will develop areas like Landsdowne, Athlone, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Ottery, Grassy Park, Lavender Hill and Pelican Park, linking residents directly to centralised economic hubs of activity and busy industrial areas like Lansdowne.

Planning and design work has already begun on Phase 2A of the MyCiTi bus integrated rapid transit system, the first part of which will connect Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain with Claremont and Wynberg. The Lansdowne-Wetton Corridor is expected to cost more than R4 billion and will be four times bigger than the infrastructure and service of Table View. The planned start date of services is 2021. Eventually, Phase 2 will service communities across the metro south-east in a network of corridors and feeder routes.

With its easy access to the Cape Flats and Southern Suburbs, promising new MyCiti Bus infrastructure and reputation as an automotive hub, it’s easy to see why so many businesses have opted to base themselves in Lansdowne. Should you be interested in finding out more about available listings in this sought-after industrial node, get in touch with the API Property Group today and one of our specialist brokers will assist you in finding the right property in Lansdowne that fits your unique requirements.