Cavendish Square (shopping centre)
| Cavendish Square | |
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An aerial view of Cavendish Square from Table Mountain | |
| Alternative names | Cavendish |
| General information | |
| Type | Shopping mall |
| Address | 1 Dreyer St, Claremont, Cape Town, 7708 |
| Coordinates | 33°58′49″S 18°27′48″E / 33.98028°S 18.46333°E / -33.98028; 18.46333 |
| Opening | September 7, 1972 (1972-09-07) |
| Owner | Old Mutual |
| Other information | |
| Number of stores | 180 |
| Website | |
| cavendish | |
Cavendish Square is a mid-sized shopping center situated in central Claremont, in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town.
The center was, at the time of being built, the largest upscale shopping center to open in Cape Town, and was a project of the now-shuttered Stuttafords department store chain.
Original Cavendish Square tenants included a full-line Stuttaford's store, a Greatermans department store, whose space was later taken by Garlicks. The centre opened September 7, 1972.[1][2][3] It is a popular retail destination in the area, offering a wide range of shops, boutiques, restaurants, and entertainment options.
Current anchors include Woolworths, Cotton On, H&M, Mr Price, Clicks, Pick n Pay, Sportsmans Warehouse, and an Outdoor Boulevard Market. It also includes restaurants like Spur Steak Ranches, KFC, Steers, Debonairs Pizza, Burger King, Simply Asia, Col'Cacchio, Fishaways, Woolworths Now Now, and the upcoming Nu Metro cinema complex,[4] as the Ster-Kinekor cinema was closed permanently on June 13, 2025 due to Old Mutual not renewing it’s lease with the cinema company.[5] It also hosts the Made in the Cape artisans market.[6] The investment firm Old Mutual, through their subsidiary Old Mutual Property, are the current owners of Cavendish Square.[7]
References
- ^ Marwood, John. The History of Stuttafords Department Stores. pp. ebool actions 2715, 3477.
- ^ Marwood, ebook location 2715
- ^ Stuttafords News (internal newspaper), Christmas 1972, p.1
- ^ "Nu Metro📍Cavendish, are you ready? 👀🔥".
- ^ "End credits roll, as third Ster-Kinekor venue closes".
- ^ "Christmas markets in Cape Town".
- ^ "Old Mutual Property turns to small businesses to take up mall space". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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