Ridgeside is a four-phased development that will effectively link the Umhlanga Ridge to the Umhlanga Rocks village. The site area consists of 140ha of land nestled within a rough triangle created by Umhlanga Rocks Drive the M4 and the M41.

A ribbon of coastal forest runs along the one boundary and a valley dissects the development, in keeping with Tongaat Hulett's commitment to environmentally sustainable and sensitive developments, this 40ha of the site will be preserved as green space. This will involve rehabilitating some of the land currently under sugarcane and preserving and upgrading the coastal forest. Water features and a pond system will be incorporated into the available land, thus encouraging wildlife and birds to the area.

The development supplements the Umhlanga Ridge Town Centre node and fosters the creation of an integrated, people centred mixed-use environment. As an extension of the Umhlanga Ridge, Ridgeside will provide an interface with the existing areas of Gateway, La Lucia Ridge Office Estate, The Manors, Lower La Lucia and Umhlanga Rocks village.