Century City, Cape Town

Century City
Main Canal within Century City, Table Mountain in the background
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Location within Cape Town  Century City
Coordinates: 33°53′30″S 18°30′30″E / 33.89167°S 18.50833°E / -33.89167; 18.50833Coordinates: 33°53′30″S 18°30′30″E / 33.89167°S 18.50833°E / -33.89167; 18.50833
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Milnerton
Area
• Total	2.62 km2 (1.01 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,239
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	15.9%
• Coloured	10.1%
• Indian/Asian	19.9%
• White	49.6%
• Other	4.5%
First languages (2011)
• English	69.6%
• Afrikaans	15.7%
• Xhosa	2.9%
• Zulu	1.2%
• Other	10.6%
Postal code (street)	7441
PO box	7446

Century City is a 250 ha suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Century City is structured as a mixed-use development including entertainment, residential, retail and office components. Development began under Monex Development in 1997 and continues under the new owners, Rabie Property Group. Investment thus far exceeds ZAR10 billion. It is located 10 km to the north-east of central Cape Town along the N1 motorway and is traversed by numerous waterways, wetlands and canals.

Century City's original developments were the Ratanga Junction theme park and Canal Walk shopping centre.

Canal Walk was the largest shopping mall in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere in lettable area when it was opened in December 2000 at 125,000m². More recently expanded to 141 000m², the mall contains over 400 stores, 20 movie theatres, many restaurants and bars and an entertainment section. Architecturally, it was designed with the "Cape Venetian" style in mind. Two twin office towers - the Canal Walk Towers - rest atop of the mall.

The Ratanga Junction theme park has had many monetary issues, resulting in downsizing, off-season closures and the addition of year-round conferences and entertainment facilities.

Nearby is the 204-room StayEasy by Southern Sun hotel. It was the first hotel in the precinct when it opened in early 2001.

The Colosseum is a mixed-use R300 million development, including ground-floor cafes, offices and a 70-room four-star hotel. Construction was completed in January 2007.

Adjacent to the mall are two 11-storey towers called the Crystal Towers that opened at the end of 2009. It is the largest development in the precinct after Canal Walk itself. The R750 million development consists of Century City's first 5-star hotel with 180 rooms, as well as 91 luxury apartments and an office block.

Century Gate and The Estuaries are two additional commercial developments, collectively costing R500 million.

Numerous other corporate offices are located in and around Century City - especially along the N1 motorway. Mercedes-Benz and Daimler/Crysler/Jeep have lifestyle centres adjacent to Canal Walk. Similarly, BMW and Porsche both have buildings in the precinct too.