{"id":45685,"date":"2026-03-10T07:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/?p=45685"},"modified":"2026-03-10T07:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:57:03","slug":"catalytic-projects-in-durban-cornubia-integrated-development-2026-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/featured\/catalytic-projects-in-durban-cornubia-integrated-development-2026-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalytic projects in Durban: Cornubia Integrated Development (2026 update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<p>Cornubia is planned to be a mixed-use, mixed-income development, incorporating industrial, commercial\/retail, social to middle income residential and open space uses to be implemented over a 20\u201330-year period. This includes transit orientated development to promote live, work and play principles.<\/p>\n<h3>Current progress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>First 2,666 residential units in <strong>Housing Phase 1a and 1b<\/strong> delivered and occupied.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Housing is currently busy with the civils and top structure contracts for the phase <strong>2A &amp; B housing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cornubia Retail Park<\/strong> with Cornubia Shopping Mall, MMI offices and filling station operational.<\/li>\n<li><strong>N2 Business Estate<\/strong> with a Makro and warehouses operational.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CIBE (Cornubia Industrial and Business Estate)<\/strong> is largely complete, with businesses operational.\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Fundamentum have come in as the new developer for CTC (<strong>Cornubia Business Park Precinct<\/strong>) &#8211; Planning stage<\/li>\n<li>Tenders out for key link portions of Cornubia Boulevard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32692\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32692 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cornubia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cornubia-1.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cornubia-1-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cornubia-1-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cornubia-1-696x501.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cornubia-1-584x420.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the Cornubia Integrated Development. (Supplied: eThekwini Municipality via Invest Durban)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Next steps<\/h3>\n<h5>Construction of the Cornubia Boulevard\u00a0Roadworks (C9 WP6A \u2013 Ph1):<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Procurement &#8211; Q4 2025<\/li>\n<li>Implementation Start &#8211; Q1 2026<\/li>\n<li>Implementation Complete &#8211; Q1 2028<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Upgrade of Blackburn to Phoenix 1 Pipeline:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Procurement &#8211; Q4 2025<\/li>\n<li>Implementation Start &#8211; Q1 2026<\/li>\n<li>Implementation Complete &#8211; Q1 2028<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Funding application with BFI:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Feasibility Study by DBSA &#8211; Q1 &amp; Q2- 2026<\/li>\n<li>Completion of CBA by CRI \u2013 Q3 -2026<\/li>\n<li>BFI application \u2013 Q4 &#8211; 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Project info<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Investor:<\/strong> Tongaat Hulett Properties<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investment value: <\/strong>R50-billion<\/li>\n<li><strong>City contribution:<\/strong> TBC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction period:<\/strong> 2010 &#8211; 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