Gateway Theatre of Shopping
{{short description|Shopping centre in uMhlanga, South Africa}}
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| alternate_names = Gateway
| image = Gateway Theatre of Shopping exterior.jpg
| image_alt = The Palm Court at Gateway Theatre of Shopping
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| owner = Old Mutual Property
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| location = uMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
| address = 1 Palm Boulevard, uMhlanga
| location_town = uMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal
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| start_date = 3 March 1998
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| inauguration_date = September 2001
| renovating_firm = CHT-2003; 2009; Impendulo Design Architects 2017-2023
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| floor_count = 4
| floor_area = {{convert|176398|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} {{Cite web | url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/property/2016-11-16-menlyn-park-mall-now-africas-largest-will-reopen-soon/ |title = Menlyn Park mall, now Africa's largest, will reopen soon}}
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| main_contractor = Grinaker LTA (Original Mall), WBHO (Renovations)
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| architecture_firm = Johnson Murray Architects (original mall), Impendulo Design Architects (2017-2023)
| structural_engineer = Tobell Stretch
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| ren_architect = Grant Bezuidenhout
| ren_firm = Impendulo Design Architects
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| ren_awards = SACSC RDDA Award
| parking = 12,000 spaces
| website = {{URL|www.gatewayworld.co.za}}
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Gateway Theatre of Shopping or Gateway is a shopping centre located on uMhlanga Ridge in uMhlanga, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Gateway Theatre of Shopping is one of the top 100 largest malls in the world. .{{Cite web |url=http://www.gatewayworld.co.za/Redevelopment.aspx |title=Redevelopment - Gateway Theatre of Shopping |access-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221171312/http://gatewayworld.co.za/Redevelopment.aspx |archive-date=21 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}
Gateway sees more than two million visitors coming through its doors per month.{{cite web|url=http://www.durban.gov.za/durban/discover/shopping/shoppingcentres/gatewa|work=eThekwini Online|title=Gateway|publisher=City of Durbin|accessdate=25 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709145342/http://www.durban.gov.za/durban/discover/shopping/shoppingcentres/gatewa|archive-date=9 July 2010|url-status=dead}} The centre was modelled on the Mall of America and West Edmonton Mall centres and was developed by Old Mutual Properties.{{cite web | title = Global award for Gateway Theatre of Shopping | date = 28 March 2003 | work = Old Mutual | url = http://www.oldmutual.co.za/PressRelease.aspx?navid=88&contentid=387 | accessdate = 25 February 2011 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111009174914/http://www.oldmutual.co.za/PressRelease.aspx?navid=88&contentid=387 | archivedate = 9 October 2011}}
The construction and opening of Gateway Theatre of Shopping has also been the driving force for many new developments in the area. Originally a sugar cane plantation, the establishment of Gateway on the site has led to the development of a new town centre and both commercial and residential developments within the region. There is also a hotel attached to the mall called the Gateway Hotel operated by AHA Hotels.{{cite journal | last = Clur | first = Belinda | year = 2007 | title = South African Property Market Continues to Sizzle | journal = Research Review | volume = 14 | number = 2 | publisher = International Council of Shopping Centers | url = http://www.icsc.org/srch/rsrch/researchquarterly/current/rr2007142/FINAL.pd | accessdate = 6 February 2012 | page = 67 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Facilities
Gateway has 18 movie theatres, more than 90 restaurants, more than 380 stores, an arcade and theme park, indoor fun fair, a gym, valet parking,{{cite web | title = Valet Parking | work = Gateway Theatre of Shopping | url = http://www.gatewayworld.co.za/valet.htm | access-date = 6 February 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120304090916/http://www.gatewayworld.co.za/valet.htm | archivedate = 4 March 2012}} a vortex tunnel (the first of its kind in South Africa[https://www.theentertainerme.com/outlets/vortex-tunnel/detail?m=14906&o=24439 Vortex Tunnel] The Entertainer; retrieved 1 May 2021[https://www.gatewayworld.co.za/only-a-few-days-left/ 5 things to do for the last few days of holiday] at gatewayworld.co.za; retrieved 1 May 2021) {{cite web|url=http://sugarcoast.kzn.org.za/sugarcoast/about/59.xml|title=Zulu Kingdom tourism site}}
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External links
- [http://www.gatewayworld.co.za Gateway official site]
{{Shopping centres in South Africa}}
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Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2001
Category:Shopping centres in Durban
Category:Shopping malls established in 2001