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== Landmarks == Midrand has the largest{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} conference centre in South Africa which is known as [[Gallagher Estate]] which was built on the former site of Halfway House Primary School, which subsequently moved to new grounds near the fire station. A landmark of Midrand is the [[Nizamiye Mosque]], opened in 2012,<ref name="Bearam2012">{{cite web |author=Natashia Bearam |title=Constructing a masterpiece |publisher=LookLocal.co.za |url=http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/lenasia/lenasia-news-general?oid=5885954&sn=Detail&pid=null&Constructing-a-masterpiece |date=17 July 2012 |access-date=13 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002213412/http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/lenasia/lenasia-news-general?oid=5885954&sn=Detail&pid=null&Constructing-a-masterpiece |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[List of largest mosques|largest mosque]] in South Africa. The Classical [[Ottoman architecture|Turkish-style]] [[mosque]] was personally funded by [[Turkey|Turkish]]-born construction tycoon Ali Katircioglu at a cost of R210 million. The largest single-phase shopping mall built in Africa, [[Mall of Africa|The Mall of Africa]], is located in the Waterfall City precinct of the town.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Atterbury develops SA's biggest single-phase retail centre, Mall of Africa at Waterfall β Property Wheel |url=https://propertywheel.co.za/2013/08/atterbury-develops-sas-biggest-single-phase-retail-centre-mall-of-africa-at-waterfall/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=propertywheel.co.za}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Luke |date=7 May 2024 |title=Ownership shift at South Africa's busiest mall |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/property/770831/ownership-shift-at-south-africas-busiest-mall/ |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=BusinessTech}}</ref> It is now also home to the new headquarters for a multinational auditing-finance company, PWC. (Constructed by [https://www.wsp.com/en-ZA/projects/pwc-tower-waterfall WSP]) Visible, as currently (2018) the only skyscraper in Midrand. It will however be rivaled by its upcoming twin, The Falcon Building. Both the Falcon and PWC are in the same complex as Mall of Africa. Other landmarks include the Boulders Shopping centre, so named after the heritage site housing huge granite rocks which are approximately 3.5-billion years old.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Boulders adds some heritage to the shopping experience|url=https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/marketing/44912/the-boulders-adds-some-heritage-to-the-shopping-experience|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Media Update|date=14 February 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
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