Tygervalley Area Profile

Alberton at a glance

Tyger Valley, situated on the outskirts of the Northern Suburbs of Bellville and Durbanville is all about shopping and retail therapy. The formidable shopping facility is named after the suburb of Tyger Berg, which is an area which is said to be notably hilly for the otherwise flat landscape of the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. A lot of the action in Tyger Valley is centred around Durban Road. This iconic Northern Suburban road is said to have a wide assortment of car dealerships, commercial businesses within the legal sector, popular restaurants and other high-end residential and shopping areas which writers are calling the “Sandton” of the Northern Suburbs of the Western Cape.

Commercial Hotspots

A lot of commercial happenings occur in Tyger Valley along Durban Road aforementioned above. However, in recent times, the development of certain key infrastructure have created other highly regarded commercial hotspots. The Bellville Velodrome in one such development that has catapulted the location into the commercial limelight. The Techtonic Velodrome was built for Cape Town’s Olympic bid in 1997, unfortunately, the cities bid wasn’t successful. However, these key infrastructure upgrades helped the area to host other key events and concerts. One such event was the World Cycling Federation Championships in 1999. As well as performances from international artists such as The Offspring and Kanye West.  This later led to the Galleria Development which is a part of a bigger initiative entitled The Bellville Velodrome precinct. R3 billion was granted to develop retail, commercial, housing, conference and hotel capabilities that would put the area in the forefront as being a highly competitive commercial and entertainment node for the Northern areas of Cape Town. 

Commercial Developments and Office Parks

Tyger Valley, Tyger Berg, Bellville and Durbanville has some of the fastest growing economic growth in the whole of the Western Cape. A lot of this is widely due to facilities such as the Tyger Valley shopping centres which have seen other commercial activity happening around it. Santam Office Park is a particular development which has raised the profile of the area which is said to have cost roughly R215 million. Willowbridge Place is another development which has added a lot of value to the area in terms of business space and office spaces.

Infrastructure/Roadways

Tyger Valley enjoys all the world-class infrastructure that the Northern Suburbs has become famous for.  Some of the more prominent schools in the area include The Settlers High School, Curro Rosen Castle Nursery School, and Holy Cross family school, Fairmont High School, Bellville Primary School and Mountain View Academy Private School. Some of the more favourable medical facilities in the area include the Intercare Tyger Valley Medical and Dental care, Intercare Sub-Acute Hospital Tyger Valley, Melomed Private Hospital, Louis Leipoldt Medi-Clinic, Tygerberg Hospital and the Mediclinic Tigerpark. Some of the main roads that connect Tyger Valley with the rest of Cape Town, the Western Cape and South Africa include R302, M30, Carl Cronje Drive, Bill Bezuidenhout Avenue, the M121 and the Tyger Valley Centre Service Road.

Distance from Key Points (Airport/CBD)

Tyger Valley is a well-situated area and is only 14.4km from the Cape Town International Airport and it is said to take just over 20 minutes travel time to get there. From the central business district of Cape Town, it’s believed to take roughly 33 minutes travel time and is believed to be roughly 24.2km in distance.

Transport

There is currently no MyCiti bus service that runs to Tyger Valley. The closest train station is the Bellville Train Station through the MetroRail train service. The Golden Arrow bus service has regular buses running to the Northern Suburban areas of Cape Town. One can also reach various parts of the Northern suburbs from the civic centre of Cape Town via the extensive minivan taxi service which connects many suburbs and towns around South Africa.

Malls/Shopping

Besides for the Tyger Valley Shopping centre, one of the biggest in the whole of the Western Cape, the area boasts a wide selection of places in which to shop including Willowbridge Mall, Highstreet Tyger Valley shopping centre, Riebeeckshof Mall, Glengarry Shopping Centre, Tyger Manor and Nobel Park Shopping Centre.

Restaurants 

Tyger Valley’s dining is a little more orientated around chain store dining instead of the quirkier eating established found in other parts of Cape Town. Some of these include The Hussar Grill Willowbridge, Ocean Basket Tygervalley, Ton Khoon Restaurant, Alamo Spur, Lemon Butta Willowbridge, Mug and Bean and Asami’s Tyger Valley.  

Tyger Valley is a hive of commercial activity, hence it’s widely considered to be one of the best areas for commercial office spaces. Get in contact with an OfficePlace broker today and make your new commercial home Tyger Valley.