Charles Tjatindi
18 July 2008
Walvis Bay — Construction work on the multi-billion-dollar Afrodite Beach is on schedule. The project is expected to be launched before the end of the year.
In an interview with New Era, prominent Walvis Bay-based businessman John Savva confirmed that all major groundwork, which includes sewerage, water reticulation and electricity networks, has been completed. Telecommunication networks at the site have also been completed.
The development will consist of a single entrance, 18-metre-wide roads lined with palm trees and an aesthetically friendly boundary wall around the entire development. Colourful sidewalks and a landscape of green belt will also be created facing the seafront erven. When New Era visited the construction site, workers were putting final touches to some roads, which have mainly been laid from interlocks. Part of the more than 2000 palm trees, which will be planted in and around the development, as part of the oasis in the desert theme, have already been planted.
According to Savva, this luxury development aims to create a secure and peaceful residential estate, blending harmoniously with the natural desert environment.
Afrodite Beach is set on the unspoilt prime beachfront some 10 km north of Walvis Bay. Upon its completion, the beachfront project will consist of various sized modern housing units, villas, a luxury hotel with executive suites, hotel units and commercial facilities. Other facilities that will form part of the project will be hotel apartments, conference and wedding facilities and a health spa. Actual construction of apartments and business buildings will kick off early next year.
Savva is optimistic that his long-time dream, the Afrodite Beach, will attract new investors to the region and the country as a whole upon completion. He noted that the developments could become a hub for tourists, many of whom flock from landlocked African countries to the Namibian coast during the holiday seasons.
The project will cost N$1.2 billion and is expected to provide more than 500 direct jobs to the local market, while construction will utilise the expertise and skills of more than 300 builders and craftsmen.
A team of architects, developers, surveyors and engineers was contracted to breathe life into the Afrodite Beach project. The development is the first to utilise a stormwater drainage system in the region.
The Afrodite Beach development derives its name from the Greek goddess of love, beauty and fertility also known as Venus in Roman mythology.
Afrodite Beach will add to a growing number of investments being planned for the harbour town of Walvis Bay. A waterfront, which is part of the Namibia Ports Authority's expansion plans. A bulk fuel storage terminal, a coal-fired power plant and other developments are also envisaged for Walvis Bay.
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