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Cape Town · Western Cape · Source snapshot 5 September 2017

Boston Centre

85 Voortrekker Road, Boston, Bellville, Cape Town

Being MonitoredEvacuated / next step unresolvedHijacked Building

Boston Centre, at 85 Voortrekker Road, Boston, Bellville, Cape Town in Cape Town, appears in Odyssey's curated tracker as a hijacked building based on the cited record. The tracker records the source-dated status as evacuated / next step unresolved, using a source snapshot dated 5 September 2017; this is not presented as a live current legal or occupancy status. Odyssey classifies the row as being monitored for tracker navigation; that label is not a structural or fire-safety assessment. The cited tracker record carries an occupant estimate of approximately 0; it is not treated as a current headcount.

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Source-dated statusEvacuated / next step unresolved
Building typeHijacked Building
Odyssey tracker risk classificationBeing Monitored
Address85 Voortrekker Road, Boston, Bellville, Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape
Source-reported occupants0
Legal ownerNot available
Known syndicateNot available
Court order dateNot available
Documented fire incidents0
Source snapshot date5 September 2017

IOL reported on 5 September 2017 that around 70 people were evicted from the ten-storey Boston Centre after the City declared it unsafe. B2 removes the tracker’s unsupported later redevelopment claim because no newer authoritative row-level source was established in this reconciliation.

Status citation — IOL September 2017

Source snapshot 5 September 2017

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