HISTORIC SEA POINT BUILDINGS MAKE WAY FOR APARTMENTS

RESIDENTS of the Atlantic Seaboard have expressed growing concern over the continuous demolition of heritage buildings to make way for apartment blocks.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

Their latest appeal and disapproval concern two 60-year-old properties located at 29 and 31 St Johns Road, Sea Point.

The properties are under the development of well-known property giants, whose name is known to the Cape Argus. Queries to them have yet to receive a response.

The destruction and demolition process of the buildings has been met with concern by residents, who are appealing its process.

One of the residents' representatives, Lindsay Rogers, said they were concerned that the historic Victorian and Art Deco buildings are being lost to overdevelopment, not rejuvenation, leading to multi-storey apartment blocks with insufficient parking.

Rogers said residents are forced to fund costly legal action against wealthy developers due to the City's lack of planning regulation enforcement.

Rogers said demolition had taken place during the past three weeks and the sites are now clear and ready for development.