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Winchester Hills is an area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000. [ 2 ]
It was one of the first Johannesburg homes to have a swimming pool and tennis courts. In 1941 after Sir William's death the 11-hectare (27-acre) property was divided in two. The 2.8-hectare (7-acre) portion on which the home and stables stood was bought by a Major Gordon Haggie and the rest now forms the grounds of many newer homes and the ...
Villa Arcadia is a mansion at 22 Oxford Road, Parktown, Johannesburg. It was built for Sir Lionel Phillips , one of the influential Randlords that dominated the early history of the city. Today it is one of the Parktown mansions that are preserved as part of the city's heritage.
The Leonardo is a 55-floor mixed-use property development in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The fourth tallest building in Africa and the tallest in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, it stands at a height of 234 metres (768 ft). [1] [2] The building is built at 75 Maude Street, approximately 100 metres from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city (both chronologically and geographically).It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
The Johannesburg Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is the densest collection of skyscrapers in Africa, however, due to white flight and urban blight, many of the buildings are unoccupied as tenants have left for more secure locations in the Northern Suburbs, in particular Sandton and Rosebank.
Houghton Estate, often simply called Houghton, is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, north-east of the city centre. The area was designated for white residents as part of the Group Areas Act during the apartheid era and became known as one of the city's upper-class neighbourhoods.
Bassonia, Glenvista, and Mulbarton (south of Glenvista) are three of the most affluent suburbs of southern Johannesburg. [4] In stark contrast to Johannesburg's Region F downtown (88.6% black according to the 2011 census) and the older southern suburbs Turffontein [82.4%], Kenilworth [78.5%] and Rosettenville [77.2%]) which have become predominantly black, Johannesburg's far southern suburbs ...