PRIVATE equity investor group CDC, which is backed by the UK government and focuses on emerging markets, has invested $100m in a new African real estate fund — called the Actis Real Estate Fund.
The South African property industry needed to "respond positively" to government's initiative to earmark state-owned land for black economic empowerment companies, commercial property association Sapoa CEO Neil Gopal says.
JSE-listed property loan stock company Spearhead Property Holdings has released sparkling 2006 year-end results which, for the seventh year in succession, show an increase in its p...
Growthpoint Properties, the largest listed property company on the JSE with a market capitalisation of more than R10bn and more than R15bn worth of properties, said if market conditions remained stable it should show solid dis...
THE regeneration of Braamfontein, Johannesburg, is enjoying a further boost with Danaug Investments unveiling the first component of its Bridge precinct development. ...
THE City has ambitious plans to make use of major developments planned over the next three years around Joburg, including the Gautrain, the cross-city transport network and the 2010 stadiums. Densification will piggyback on th...
THE Association of Property Unit Trusts, which represents the six property unit trusts listed on the JSE, believes a modification of the existing property unit structu...
WITH the focus of the South African listed property sector shifting to attracting international investors so it can become a global player, there is growing criticism of the exter...
The 2006 intensive two week course for the Property Development Programme (PDP) presented jointly by the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town and the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA), is ...
Spearhead Property Holding’s 2,800 plus linked unit holders have reacted positively to the offer from Redefine to merge Spearhead into that group - and the vast majority will proba...
Billion Property Group chief executive Sisa Ngebulana says plans for the R800 million shopping mall adjoining Hemingways Casino are "progressing very well".
Ngebulana said work on the site had begun already - two wee...
Foreign investment in listed properties is minimal and the sector needs to adopt the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) structure to become a global player and attract offshore investors.
The Umhlanga Triangle development spearheaded by Moreland, the property development arm of Tongaat-Hulett Group, would pump more than R8bn into KwaZulu-Natal and link the Ridge to Umhlanga village.
CONSTRUCTION of the first office block at the 35000m² The Estuaries office park at Century City in Cape Town is under way, with work on at least a further 10 buildings expe...
SOWETO — once considered little more than a “dormitory” township complex — is changing dramatically with commercial property developments mushrooming everywhere.
LISTED property loan stock company Freestone Property Holdings has beaten its own forecast, reporting a 15% surge in distributions to 61c a unit for the year to June this year.
Freestone executive director Michael Aitken (pictured) attributed t...
The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA), tasked with revitalising the Port Elizabeth CBD and inner city, will host a Property Investors Conference on 25 August this year in the coastal city and hav...
Durban-based holding company Marshalls reported last week that its headline earnings a share had increased about 24% to 8,3c for the six months to June on the back of strong demand for light industrial property.
Liberty International, the JSE-listed property group, on Friday beat off at least four international financial giants to buy up the retail heart of London's famous Covent Garden for R6-billion.
Building contractor Grinaker-LTA is close to completing a R19-million contract to extend the Lakeside Mall in Richards Bay, to cater for the town’s burgeoning population and an increasing demand for convenience shopping facili...
South Africa will build a new airport in the eastern port city of Durban before hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe has announced.
The City of Johannesburg's property manager, JPC, is to facilitate the investment of R100-million on a mixed-use development aimed at transforming the emerging Diepkloof business district.
After rumours lasting a week or more, Liberty International on Monday announced a magnificent seven-acre buy in Central London. The purchase, for cash of £420m, is described as an investment of a size and quality seldom availa...
JSE Listed Sizafika Property Investments Limited, which has been restructured from the shell of knitwear company Adonis, announced today that it has entered into agreements to acquire commercial properties to the value of appr...
