Work on BR's P460m Francistown mall due to start

Friday, September 06, 2019

FRANCISTOWN: BR Properties, a subsidiary of Botswana Railways, will construct a new mall in the second city, at a cost of P460million, in the last quarter of the year.

Speaking during a recent full council meeting in Francistown, BR Properties managing, director, Utlwanang Golebanye said the environmental impact assessment report has been approved.

This will be the second mall owned by BR properties, after Rail Park in Gaborone. BR Properties first announced plans to build the Francistown mall in 2014.

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