Kempton Park Property - Real Estate
Leapfrog offers a selection of Kempton Park property options to suit all tastes, offering an ideal residential area for homeowners, as well as a sought-after area for commercial property. Kempton Park is a large town on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa, formerly in the Transvaal. The area offers a wide range of options for investors seeking excellent property in South Africa, with residential and commercial options available.
Prior to the Great Trek of the 1830's, the area on which Kempton Park now stands was known only to hunters and nomad cattle farmers. The first seeds of the Kempton Park story were planted on 25th October 1859 when the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Z.A.R) issued a title deed for part of the farm Zuurfontein on which Kempton Park properties would develop many years later.
The discovery of gold in 1886 some 50 kilometres west of Zuurfontein stimulated, amongst other developments, the building of a railway line, which would serve as a link between the Transvaal gold fields and the east coast. On 25th June 1890, the Z.A.R. government granted a concession for the building of a railway line from Pretoria, bypassing Johannesburg on the east and directed to the Vaal River by the shortest route. The main line cut directly through the farm Zuurfontein, thus forging another link in the destiny of the yet unborn township of Kempton Park. One of the stations established was at Zuurfontein, which soon became a gathering place for resident farmers in the area where they collected their supplies.
The next major development determining the future of the Kempton Park real estate area was the building of the dynamite factory at Modderfontein. In 1895, building of an explosives factory at Modderfontein commenced. It soon became clear that a railway link to Modderfontein was essential. The new railway line from Zuurfontein to Modderfontein was constructed in 1890 to transport workers and building materials to the factory site. In establishing this link, a triangular piece of land was isolated. Carl Fredrich Wolff, who was the negotiator between the government and the explosives factory, bought the land and had it subdivided. He named it Kempton Park Estates, after his hometown in Germany called Kempten. In 1903, the plans for the establishment of a new township were approved, and the township officially became known as Kempton Park.
In 1952, the Jan Smuts Airport was built on land next to the town. The airport's name was changed to Johannesburg International Airport in the late 1990’s and then to OR Tambo International Airport in 2006. Kempton Park real estate has been part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 2000, and is located northeast of Johannesburg and south of Pretoria lying in the middle of the two cities.
Kempton Park property areas include Cresslawn, Birchleigh, Kempton Park West, Edleen, Van Riebeek Park, Glen Marais, Norkem Park, Allen Grove, Nimrod Park, Rhodesfield, Bonaero Park, Terenure, Esther Park, Aston Manor, Spartan, Croydon, Bredell, Pomona, Birch Acres and Birchleigh North. Spartan is a large industrial zone which holds many chemical manufacturers and other industrial sites.
The city has six major high schools, including Hoërskool Jeugland, Kempton Hoër (Kempton High), Rhodesfield High School, Birchleigh Hoër, Norkem Park High and Sir Pierre van Ryneveld. Kempton Park is next to one of the largest townships in South-Africa called Tembisa, and a number of facilities are situated within the suburb, including shopping centres, restaurants, cinemas and many other amenities. For our full range of Kempton Park properties, contact the Leapfrog offices today and find the perfect home to suit your every need.
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