Hatfield skyline welcomes another student high-rise

Pretoria - MidCity Property Group and Feenstra Group are proud to announce the commencement of construction of their new 367 bed student high-rise development in Festival Street, Hatfield. The 13 floor building has been designed to meet all the demands of an academically conducive student environment and will house 119 three bedroom suites, 2 group study centres and IT labs, self-service laundry facilities as well as ground and rooftop entertainment lounges. The building has a youthful design and has all the functionality that the modern student requires to operate, including Wi-Fi throughout the building and superior security and access control.

“As the university continues to grow, it is up to the private sector to meet the growing demand in student housing. We are proud of this development and are confident that this partnership will deliver many more high standard, innovative buildings.” said Pieter Feenstra, Chairman of the Feenstra Group.

Festivals Edge will form part of The Edge Student Living and will be the 3rd building to operate under this brand; with Reitz Edge Completed in 2011 and Campus Edge in 2014. Dawie de Villiers, Chairman of MidCity Property Group added, “The Edge Student Living was developed by MidCity with the intention of setting a new standard in design and operational management of student developments. It also provides students with the comfort of the quality of services that all buildings within the brand must deliver. Edge Student Living intends to become a large role player in the student housing sector to create a platform where Universities and private sector property owners and developers can build mutually beneficial relationships.”

Feenstra Group have recently completed the iconic Hatfield Studios consisting of ± 1000 studios and are part of the development of Burnett Studios (750 studios) on the corner of Burnett and Hilda Streets and MidCity will shortly commence with Flowers Edge in Capital Park, to serve the needs of the Medical Students and Steve Biko Academic Hospital. Other pipeline developments include Rivers Edge and Thorns Edge, which intends to deliver more than 1500 beds for the 2018 academic year.