Pareto finds itself in the position of being a shopping centre owner becoming a landowner and land developer. Consequently, Pareto is thinking in a broader way about how the Westgate Shopping Node development can add value to its neighbours and grow a more complex urban profile.

For so many shopping centre developments across the Gauteng City-Region, the typology of the big box surrounded by a sea of surface parking is becoming dated, and the social and economic consequences that were always implicit are becoming increasingly apparent – this calls for a review of the situation at Westgate and a fresh and more inclusive approach to the development model for an urban community centred on a major retail node.