[2]: 66  On the two southern blocks bordered by Fox, Kruis, Main and von Wielligh stood the old Castle Lager brewery.

[2]: 68  He then negotiated the purchase of the northern block between Fox and Commissioner streets from fifteen companies and thirty individuals.

[2]: 68  One holdout, Barclays Bank, would purchase a 10% stake in the project for its sale of its plot, leaving SA Breweries and Anglo each with a 45% share.

[3] The concept plan was for a fifty storey office building, 600 room luxury hotel, and a department store at ground level.

[3] The latter three buildings would sit on plaza with an open air circular court leading two underground shopping levels.

[3] The buildings would be constructed of poured in place concrete with a sandblasted grey granite finish with floor space of 3,500,000 square feet.

Anglo American Properties began construction in the late 1960s by the closing roads to form a city superblock.

[2]: 145  Carlton Panorama, as it was called at the time, and on the top floor of the office block, was handed over from contractors in August 1973.

[2]: 68 The Kine Centre, consisting of a cinema, office block and retail shops, was built by the Schlesinger's opposite the northern part of the super block on Commissioner Street and connected it to the Carlton Centre by underground pedestrian tunnel accessed from pavement at street level.

[2]: 71 The building is the head office of transport parastatal Transnet, who purchased it in 1999 from Anglo American Properties (Amaprop).

In June 2007, then Transnet group chief executive Maria Ramos revealed the company's intention to offer the building for sale.