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Apr 30, 2009:
A new Sevens furniture store which will incorporate a Pappachino's family restaurant is being built in the Hazeldean precinct to the east of Pretoria. The R25m double-volume Sevens building represents the first phase of Hazeldean Homeworld, a new décor and lifestyle centre which is already taking shape on the corner of Silver Lakes Road and Lynnwood Road extension.
This will, says Jurgens Prinsloo of developer Abland, significantly enhance the retail experience for the residents of Hazeldean, which already has a shopping centre anchored by Pick 'n Pay and Woolworths Foods and boasting a good variety of restaurants and convenience stores.
However, says Prinsloo, the Hazeldean store will have a light, airy, double-volume display hall of over 2,000sq m and a Pappachinos outlet that opens out on to the street with a children's play park.
The store uses little energy to operate and the interior is lit from an interesting daylight design roof structure. The display of furniture is over two levels which are linked by pedestrian ramps that "float" through the well-lit space and out over a water feature.
Prinsloo says Sevens is scheduled to open on Saturday 31 October.
Meanwhile, the buying power of residents in the Hazeldean and neighbouring developments continues to increase rapidly, as growing numbers of stand owners in the area complete their new homes and local offices and schools fill up.
And according to Sable Homes, which was responsible for much of the early development in Hazeldean, employees of all the new shops and businesses are also swelling the demand for local rental accommodation. This includes the studio and loft apartments it is currently letting at its Oukraal development for between R2,800 and R3,200 pm.