Hill-Lewis hands over Salt River Market for affordable housing
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09-06-2026
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The development will include 300 social housing apartments for rental and more than 600 affordable market units.
Cape Town’s historical Salt River Market will soon be given a complete overhaul.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has handed over the site for the construction of 970 affordable housing units.
The development will include 300 social housing apartments for rental and more than 600 affordable market units.
The Salt River Market is one of four inner-city sites identified for the construction of more than 3,000 affordable housing units.
Other sites include the Foreshore, Newmarket Street, and the Fruit & Veg precinct in Zonnebloem.
Construction will be led by Communicare, with plans for ground-floor space to accommodate retail, a daycare centre, and a sports facility.
The city said that the development will include 300 social housing units in a seven-storey building and 670 affordable units in a nine-storey building.
Hill-Lewis said that the projects seek to make better use of underutilised public land.
"I was very pleased to hand over the city's Salt River Market site for the construction of 970 affordable apartments in Cape Town's inner city. Construction is set to begin this year on over 3,000 affordable apartments, including over 1,500 social housing apartments."
The city said that the completed development will cater to households earning up to R34,000 per month, with rentals ranging from about R700 to R10,000.
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