Charles Antwi-Boahen is the founder of Kab-Fam, an electronics and home appliance retailer that has grown from modest beginnings into a 16-store chain across Ghana. In a recent interview with How we ...
The construction sector continues to reflect a division between renewed investment optimism and deep-rooted structural weakness according to Industry Insight. Residential approvals and building materi...
Groblersdal Mall in Limpopo is undergoing redevelopment, led by co-owners Twin City and Patricio & Sons. The shopping centre opened in 2017. The refurbishment, which began in February 2025, will see ...
A closer look at long-term commercial property performance has revealed a significant multi-year cumulative correction says John Loos, Senior Economist at FNB Commercial Property Finance. South Africa...
Rainmaker Marketing has officially partnered with Hirsch’s Homestores to launch a new initiative aimed at residential developments. The collaboration marks a first for the property marketing space, of...
The City of Cape Town says its Problem Building Unit has 922 properties on its list with 35% of these active investigations. The Law Enforcement Problem Building Unit has addressed problem properties ...
South Africa’s residential rental market began 2025 with its best performance in years according to the latest PayProp Rental Index. Average national rental growth reached 5.6% in Q1 2025, the strong...
Johannesburg is Africa’s leading data centre market as the only city on the continent included in Cushman & Wakefield | BROLL’s 2025 Global Data Centre Market Comparison’s emerging markets rankings, c...
The Reserve Bank’s May interest rate cut together with the VAT freeze are driving investor sentiment, resulting in a growing appetite for well-located, income-producing commercial property. Broll Auct...
Fortress Real Estate Investments Limited has reported record-low vacancies in its trading and pre-close operational update for the period to 31st December 2024. With 117 915m2 of new logistics develop...
“Implementing phase one of our ‘Awaken the Giant’ strategic turnaround plan has resulted in a step change in PPC’s margins, profitability and cash generation, which are the highest since financial yea...
Institutionally owned shopping centres in SA reported slower, but still positive, trading performances in the year to March 2025 with annualised trading density having grown by 3.5%. For more detailed...
The City of Cape Town’s public participation process for the proposed disposal of part of Athlone Stadium’s parking lot for mixed-use development has opened. Part of the Athlone Stadium’s precinct (ma...
Kenya has long been celebrated for its entrepreneurial spirit, where necessity meets ingenuity and ambition. Nowhere is this more evident than in Nairobi, a city increasingly recognised as a nerve ce...
Fairvest Limited is acquiring five retail assets in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape for R477.7 million with a blended yield of 9.81%. The Company has concluded agreements to acquire Nquthu Shopping...
South Africa’s REIT sector continued its upward trajectory in May 2025, posting a 4.1% gain – once again outperforming the equity market (3.1%) and bonds (2.7%). This latest increase builds on April 2...
The journey to the Leratong City nodal development has begun with its recent sod turning ceremony. A partnership between the Gauteng government, Mogale City Local Municipality, and Trendville, plans f...
South Africa’s premier residential property gathering, Reside Summit, is returning in 2025 with a bold focus on PropTech and opportunity. From virtual leasing to AI-powered analytics, technology isn’t...
Cape Town’s film industry is anticipated to surpass R5 billion in foreign investment by October 2025 with the city’s hospitality sector emerging as a surprise beneficiary says the Cape Town Central Ci...
Redefine Properties has signed a renewable energy supply agreement with the NOA Group, an integrated renewable energy utility, for 11 of its Eskom-connected assets. The agreement will produce 37GWh pe...
Heartwood Properties, a commercial property development and investment company listed on the Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE), has reported a solid operational and financial performance for the year en...
The MSCI South Africa Annual Property Index for the twelve months to December 2024 reported an ungeared total return of 11.5% for direct real estate, supported by an 8.4% income return and 2.9% capita...
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The South African property market demonstrated remarkable resilience in early 2025, standing firm like a lighthouse amid economic and political turmoil. The resilience is reflected in the recovery of ...
Delta Property Fund has reported an increase in its net operating income (NOI) to R721.4 million for its financial year ended 28th February 2025, up from R653.9 million in FY2024, driven by stable rev...
Emira Property Fund has announced its new CEO, James Day, a non-executive director of Emira and the financial director of Castleview Property Fund, with effect from the 1st of July 2025, following Geo...
McCormick Property Development have launched their 88th retail development in Leeuwfontein, Marble Hall, Limpopo. In an ode to the original McCormick Property Developments opened between 1983 and 2008...
The Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) is encouraging property developers to apply for funding from its Rental Housing Fund as part of its mission to promote affordable and quality accommodation. The dema...
Cape Town’s Municipal Planning Tribunal has approved a proposed six-storey hotel at 150 Buitengracht Street, a vacant lot on the interface between Bo-Kaap and Cape Town CBD. The revised hotel design n...
One year post South Africa becoming a Government of National Unity (GNU), the Western Cape Property Development Forum (WCPDF) believes the time has come to recalibrate conversations across the built e...
Cape Town’s CBD has unveiled a dedicated, legal-only workspace with the recent launch of Cape Town Collective’s Legal Chambers. “Cape Town Collective’s Legal Chambers fills a vital need: a centralised...
Ballito Junction Regional Mall in KwaZulu-Natal has reported year-on-year growth in turnover and footfall over the holiday period between March and April 2025, having recorded a 14% increase in consol...
Burstone Group has posted its financial results for the year ended 31st March 2025, having strengthened its balance sheet, reducing its loan-to-value (LTV) from 44% to c.36%, while its South African, ...
Global property investment returns rebounded strongly in the twelve months to December 2024, marking the end of a two-year downturn according to SAPOA’s Global Property Trends Report for FY2024. Perfo...
“We are proud of the strong results achieved in FY2025. Our strategy of focusing on township and rural retail continues to deliver. We look forward to building on this momentum and delivering long-t...
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) has successfully closed a €19.4 million sustainability-linked development and term loan for Kasada Capital Management, an independent real estate private...
Stefanutti Stocks has reported an 8% increase in contract revenue to R7.7 billion for the year ended 28th February 2025, with an improvement in the Group’s operating profit to R333 million from R210 m...
Challenging business conditions experienced by South Africa’s property sector in recent years has highlighted the criticality of a business’s core operational system. The pressing need to drive value ...
Fortress has broken ground on Suzuki Auto South Africa’s new head office and distribution centre at Longlake Logistics Park in Gauteng. Suzuki will relocate from its current facility at Linbro Busines...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one of Africa’s largest and most populous nations, offers untapped export opportunities to firms in neighbouring countries, despite its long-standing challenges...
“Budget 3.0 offers fiscal discipline, but not bold economic inclusion,” he says. “Small businesses remain on the sidelines, waiting for support to reach them. The continued absence of direct, scalab...
Western-Cape focused Spear REIT Limited has posted its financial results for the year ended 28th February 2025, announcing its acquisition of the Berg River Business Park in Paarl, a 30 000m2 multi-le...
After nearly a decade of inactivity, the Ithala Centre in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, is undergoing a significant transformation to reimagine and reposition the asset as a vibrant, service-orientated retai...
“The establishment of our long-term Covent Garden partnership with NBIM enhances growth and expansion opportunities across our portfolio while strengthening our financial position and providing signif...
Community and smaller retail centres led the growth stakes in Q1 2025, according to the Clur Shopping Centre Index. Along with these centres, super-regional malls and the Western Cape were the top per...
Cape Town’s inner-city is a hive of construction activity, dominated by the development of the R1.5 billion Mama Shelter taking shape. The project is the latest in a wave of mixed-use developments res...
Combined with Hammerson’s existing managing stake, the REIT’s interest in Brent Cross is now 97%, to provide an annualised EBITDA benefit of around £14 million. Hammerson has also made an open offer t...
In April 2025, SA’s construction sector recorded a 2% rise in project values to R11.3 billion despite a 4% drop in the number of projects awarded according to Industry Insight. Mpumalanga dominated wi...