Gautrain spinoff for Rhodesfield

the complexion of the rhodesfield area near johannesburg international airport is set to change in coming years as high-rise residential and office developments get under way. rhodesfield, which consists mainly of standalone homes, can expect to see billions of rand worth of development in the next few years, largely as a spin-off from the gautrain project and its proximity to the airport.

according to the kempton park central activity district’s local integrated development plan, the rhodesfield area covers about 154ha of land, and is predominantly residential in nature with about 629 established middle to high-income single residential units. this plan is part of the ekurhuleni metropolitan council’s planning documents.

the rhodesfield area is defined by albatross road to the north, the r21 freeway to the west, the r21 and r24 freeways to the south and the pretoria-germiston railway line to the west.

the local integrated development plan document says the next project of strategic importance to this area relates to the gautrain initiative.

the gautrain links to johannesburg international airport and a station has been provided for in the rhodesfield area.




andre landman, md of seeff properties in the kempton park area, says: “there is a lot of land that has been taken up by developers and is in the process of being rezoned for offices and high density residential.”

land has also been earmarked for hotels, conference centres, as well as banks.

a lot of redevelopment has already taken place where residential units have been rezoned for second hand car dealerships.

“the whole economy picked up over the last two to three years, and this has prompted the motorcar companies to develop showrooms and offices in the area,” he says.

landman believes that property prices will also increase as development takes off in the area.

at the moment a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home sells for about r850000. the bulk of these individual stands are large at 1500m².

landman says a lot of residents in the area have already sold their properties to developers.

each developer will then apply to have the property rezoned if he plans to develop other structures such as offices or high density residential developments.

all the residents in the vicinity of the area to be rezoned will be notified and given the opportunity to object by the applicant.

landman says the sentiment in the area is that people are happy to move as long as they get fair prices for their properties.