Cornubia City is a new mixed-use development which broke ground in 2012, north of

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, South Africa between Phoenix,

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, Mount Edgecombe and uMhlanga. It is bordered to the east by the

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, to the west by regional route R-102, and is south of the

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. The development project is a joint venture between the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and

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. 482 homes were constructed in 2014 of the 24,000 residential units planned for the development; 15,000 of which will be low cost homes. A primary school opened 20 July 2015. Cornubia is the first proposed sustainable and fully integrated human settlement in the region and has been declared a national priority project. It comprises , with earmarked for industrial development and the remainder for commercial, housing and other social and public facilities including schools, clinics, police stations, post offices and multi-purpose halls. The projected completion date is 2030.

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