2017

Completion of the Silo District. After four years of development, Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa) opened to the public in September 2017. The Radisson Red Hotel, housed in No. 6 Silo, also opened in September.

2016

The Virgin Africa Classic Health Club, housed in No. 4 Silo, opens to the public. PwC and Werkmans move into No. 5 Silo in the Silo District. The Quayside Terraces project is completed, bringing new, permanent, glass-and-steel designed structure to the popular outdoor restaurants at Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre. Waterway…

2015

Redevelopment of Kings Warehouse within the Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre is completed, making space for two international retailers, Hamleys and H&M, both of which are the first stores in South Africa for the brands. The V&A Waterfront’s second phase of rental residential units, The Breakwater, is launched. A multi-use innovation…

2014

The extension of the Two Oceans Aquarium is completed, which includes a new 1.5-million litre seawater tank for larger scale exhibitions at the aquarium. The Watershed opens. Construction begins on converting the historical grain silo at the V&A Waterfront into the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), which…

2013

Commercial and residential development on No. 1 and No. 2 Silo are completed. The redeveloped Pick n Pay opens in the Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre. Reconfiguration of the old Pick n Pay space begins, with Cotton On and Mr Price moving in. Refurbishment of the old Blue Shed Craft Market…

2012

A large-scale redevelopment of the Food Court in the Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre is completed.

2011

The V&A Waterfront is acquired from London & Regional Properties and Dubai World through a joint ownership by the Government Employee Pension Fund (through the Public Investment Fund) and Growthpoint (the country’s largest primary REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

2006–2009

Transnet sells V&A Waterfront to London-based firm London and Regional Properties and Emirati investment firm Dubai World.

2003–2006

The South African head office for BP, extensions to Pick n Pay and Edgars retail space, and Phase Two of the Marina residential development are completed.

1999–2000

The Clock Tower Precinct (later renamed the Clock Tower District) is completed. This new district includes BoE (later Nedbank) offices, the Nelson Mandela Gateway, and the Clock Tower retail and office complex. Phase One of the V&A Marina residential development opens.

1995–1996

The Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre extension is completed, and the Table Bay Hotel and Cape Grace Hotel open to the public.

1994–1995

Portswood Square Office Park is completed. The BMW Pavilion, Two Oceans Aquarium, Portswood Hotel, Commodore Hotel and City Lodge open on V&A Waterfront property.