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Strange, but true, all of the accommodation offerings around the tremendously popular Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton are Legacy products. The latest to join the fold are the Da Vinci Hotel and Suites supported by the Legacy Corner Mall.TRANSCRIPT
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Strange, but true, all of the accommodation offerings around the tremendously popular Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton are Legacy products. The latest to join the fold are the Da Vinci Hotel and Suites supported by the Legacy Corner Mall.
The Legacy Group was founded by Bart Dorrestein and
the late Bruno Corte just over a decade ago. The inten-
tion was, just as the group’s name suggests, to leave
a legacy of hospitality and residential properties, an
African portfolio built and run to the highest interna-
tional standards, located across Africa and the Indian
Ocean islands.
It’s not just fine four and five star hotels that feature in
the Legacy portfolio. There are a host of bush lodges
and lifestyle retreats such as Kwa Maritane, Bakubung
and Tshukudu in the Pilanesberg, the Kruger Park Lodge
in Mpumalanga and The Windhoek Country Club in
Namibia that add spice to the selection on offer. In
addition to straightforward hotel accommodation,
the group also sells sectional title hotel suites and
fractional ownership in the Legacy Private Residenc-
es and develops mixed-use lifestyle properties that
include gaming and retail facilities as well.
A winning formula
If you are fortunate enough to be invited to the triple
storey penthouse of the Michelangelo Towers, you
will get a bird’s eye view of just how substantial the
Legacy foothold is in Nelson Mandela Square. Once
the Gautrain’s station has been completed, adjacent
to the square, the Legacy stable of the Michelangelo
Hotel, Da Vinci Hotel, Michelangelo Towers, Raphael
Penthouse Suites and the Da Vinci Suites will come
into their own as demand in this vibrant business
hub surges.
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The classic Michelangelo Hotel made waves when it
was first built on the new retail square across from
Sandton City. Its success prompted further hospitality
development and subsequently the Michelangelo
Towers broke the mould offering exclusive apartments
in a lavish style in the tallest building in Sandton. With
the Legacy formula of elegance, charisma and commit-
ment to service firmly entrenched in the area, Sandton’s
latest offering has now arrived to complete the picture.
Legacy Corner is 17 storeys of mixed-use facilities situ-
ated on the corner of 5th Avenue and Maude Streets
in Sandton, directly opposite the stalwart Sandton
City retail and office complex, the Sandton Sun Hotel,
the Sandton Towers Intercontinental Hotel and the
Sandton Convention Centre.
The retail component of this new development is
situated on three levels that are linked with the upper
and lower retail levels of the existing Nelson Mandela
Square. BAI are renowned for their retail excellence
– and the new Legacy corner Mall is testament to this
excellence. Already open, the mall has met with great
approval by shoppers and tenants alike.
Below the two shopping mall levels, is the glamorous
Marco Polo entertainment centre offers 300 state of the
art interactive electronic bingo terminals as a diversion.
Themed as a Venetian venue, the Marco Polo cele-
brates the life and times of the famed medieval Italian
explorer that traversed the globe on numerous jour-
neys of discovery. Owned and operated by Galaxy Inter-
national, a UK company with over 15 years’ experience
in Bingo development, the Marco Polo has an intimate
piano bar with a romantic dance floor as well as a
show bar and a dedicated smoking room called The
Crystal Room.
The Da Vinci Hotel has 166 en suite hotel rooms, 50
single, double and triple bedroomed apartment suites
as well as two levels of four luxury duplex penthouses.
A fitness gym, infinity pool and wellness spa are
amongst the perks.
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The architects who have helped with the success of
the Sandton Legacy portfolio are Bentel Associates
International (BAI) who designed the iconic Michelangelo
Towers and who are now responsible for Sandton’s
new addition, Legacy Corner.
“We are most excited about the completion of Legacy
Corner, which we believe will be a fantastic new addi-
tion to the Sandton skyline – the building is a careful
balance between embracing classical elements which
is in keeping with its neighbours, especially Nelson
Mandela Square, and modern architecture” says
Franc Brugman, architect responsible for both the
Michelangelo Towers and Legacy Corner. “We have
also strived to include sustainable technologies in
the design of the building as far as the commercial
budget of the development would allow. We are proud
to have been able to decrease the energy demand of
the building by as much as 15% through the inclusion
of: solar panels that assist the electrical boilers, heat
exchange technology that collects the hot water
produced by the air conditioning chiller units, insu-
lation to hot water pipes, the use of performance glass
where required to reduce the AC heat load and simple
specifications like low flow shower heads to decrease
water consumption. Furthermore, the building will
have a building management system (BMS) installed
which will assist in monitoring the energy consumption
of the building in the future.”
Dining in style
Intended to be run as a 24-hour operation, the Da Vinci
Lounge & Bar will be a welcome addition to Sandton’s
portfolio of hip and happening entertainment venues.
The Wine & Cigar Bar promises to be another popular
spot, although undoubtedly one of the main draw cards
will be the graciously elegant Maximillien Restaurant,
with its expansive windows and extended deck giving
patrons the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and
views of Sandton.
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Given a New York French bistro character, Maximillien
exudes a sense of grandeur thanks to the rich dark
brown bamboo flooring, the pewter pressed ceilings,
the antique mirrors framed by rectangular glass light
boxes and the Douglas Jones tiles.
The interior designers, Varoom Interiors, took on the
challenge of converting a long rectangular space
into something inviting, classy and sophisticated.
“The idea was to mirror the style of the renowned
Balthazar restaurant in New York. Balthazar is a con-
verted leather wholesaler’s warehouse and is known
for its exceptional design,” says Vanessa Preston of
Varoom Interiors. “It has a French bistro/patisserie
style, but with a very warm vibe. That’s what our brief
was for Maximillien, but we wanted to make it a smarter,
sexier version. The silvery pewter moulding around
the bar kept to the Balthazar theme and we added in
the lions heads to give it the African context.”
The rectangular space was subtly divided into ‘stages’,
with the welcome area and the bar at the front, a
raised section that could be cleared for entertainment,
the main eatery area and then the outdoor terrace.
The shopping, gaming and dining treats aside, Legacy
Corner has another treat up its sleeve. Spanning
three levels, the Legacy TV wall, wrapped within the
granite clad escalator atrium, offers exceptional ex-
posure to premium brand names wanting to reach a
pre-qualified premium Sandton consumer.
Through the growth of the Legacy portfolio, the key
decision makers have appreciated that it’s the details
that count. At Legacy Corner, this is certainly one of
the philosophies that has been integral to the design.
Mosaics in the reception area and on the pillars in
the retail mall, lower lux levels in the lighting to give
the shops ‘centre stage’ and hotel décor designed
by world-renowned interior designer, Stephen Falcke,
all contribute to the heightened sense of grandeur
of the final piece of the Legacy collection on Nelson
Mandela Square in Sandton. <
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