Edenvale Central (locally referred to as The Avenues) has seen high investment over the past few years in the form of upper-income clusters and townhouses.

There is also a trend in Eastleigh and Illiondale to purchase derelict properties and renovate them, which has also benefitted the area.

Much of Edenvale widely diversified by immigration to other parts of Africa, notably: Zambians and Malawians.

This recent, yet rapid influx of infrastructure and added commercial business has bankrupted businesses in Lungile Mtshali Road (formerly Van Riebeeck Road; the main thoroughfare through the Edenvale City Centre) forcing numerous store owners to liquidate their capital investments.

In 1995, after the local government elections, Edenvale was amalgamated with some surrounding areas, including Modderfontein, Rabie Ridge Extensions 4 and 5, Chloorkop and the western part of Tembisa to form the Lethabong municipality, as part of the short-lived transitional Khayalami Metropolitan Council,[3] which also included Midrand and Kempton Park/Tembisa.