The secret is inside – TWELVEONB Green Point
Blok’s 23rd development, TWELVEONB, is positioned in the sought-after Cape Town neighbourhood of Green Point, Blok’s fourth address in the area.
It arrives at a moment when Green Point has firmly established itself as one of the Atlantic Seaboard’s most in-demand pockets.
Blok’s return here, for a fourth time, says as much about the neighbourhood as it does about the building itself.
Some buildings explain themselves. TWELVEONB reveals itself.
Set on a heritage estate at 12 Braemar Road, the development brings a new identity to a site with history already built in, its warm, textured brick facade giving nothing away until you’re through the door.
It’s a building designed around the idea that the best things aren’t announced, they’re discovered, one detail at a time.
The secret comes to light.
Blok’s new six-storey building comprises 50 new homes, made up of:
- 29 Compact One-bedroom apartments.
- 1 Compact One-bedroom Garden apartment.
- 1 One-bedroom apartment.
- 13 Two-bedroom apartments.
- 1 Two-bedroom Garden apartment.
- 2 Two-bedroom Duplex apartments.
- 1 Three-bedroom Garden apartment.
- 2 Three-bedroom Duplex apartments.
It’s the latest addition to a growing footprint for Blok, which now counts 23 developments and more than a decade of building across Green Point, Sea Point and the West City, in Cape Town’s CBD.
Each development has carried its own identity, but TWELVEONB marks something of a return. A chance to let a neighbourhood’s history inform the architecture rather than compete with it.
Green Point continues to draw more families.
Its tree-lined streets, green spaces and genuinely walkable high street put schools, grocers, cafés and the coastline within easy reach, the kind of everyday convenience that increasingly appeals to permanent residents, not only holiday-home buyers.
It’s a shift Blok has watched play out across its previous Green Point developments, and one that helped to shape how TWELVEONB was planned.
Designed to be discovered, not explained.
TWELVEONB‘s design leans on contrast and simplicity. Brick against light, closed against open, private against shared.
The building was shaped to sit comfortably alongside its neighbours rather than dominate the street, an approach that speaks to the sensitivity required when building on a site with an existing heritage character.
That same brick carries the exterior’s language of privacy and filtration through to street level, where a public pocket park offers a place to pause before a minimalist lobby draws you in.
It’s a small but deliberate gesture, giving something back to the street before asking anyone to step inside.
Higher up, each apartment steps back from the street edge, carving out sheltered outdoor pockets that catch the sun without exposing residents to it.
These semi-enclosed spaces do double duty, drawing daylight deep into the plan while preserving a sense of privacy that’s easy to lose in higher-density living.
Inside, the finishes stay honest. It’s a considered kind of simplicity, where light and space do the work decoration usually would, and where each apartment feels less like four walls and more like its own quiet sanctuary within the building.
Beyond the apartment, TWELVEONB features:
- A rooftop pool and clubhouse.
- Concierge and building management via Fluent, Blok’s short-term letting partner.
- 24-hour on-site security.
- Private entrance homes.
- Pet-friendly apartments.
- Parking included with select apartments.
- Walking distance to DHL Stadium.
Together, these features are designed to support two different kinds of ownership.
One, residents settling into Green Point for the long term, and two, investors drawn to the area’s strong short-term letting appeal, with Fluent’s involvement giving the latter a clear, managed path from purchase to occupancy.
Completion is targeted for April 2029.
A neighbourhood built for discovery.
Framed by the Atlantic seaboard on one side and Signal Hill on the other, Green Point continues to hold its own as one of Cape Town’s most walkable neighbourhoods.
The promenade, the V&A Waterfront, DHL Stadium and a strong café and restaurant strip are all close by, alongside the more everyday essentials.
Grocers, a gym and green spaces that keep drawing permanent residents into the area, not just those visiting Cape Town.
It’s a neighbourhood that rewards slower exploration, too.
Beyond the well-known landmarks, Green Point’s side streets hold their own smaller discoveries, independent cafés, corner delis, pocket parks, that residents tend to find over time rather than all at once.
TWELVEONB, tucked into that same fabric, is designed to work the same way. A building with more to it than what’s visible from the street.
Apartments start from R3 495 000
For more information, visit twelveonb.co.za, email [email protected], or call 066 186 1658
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