I found myself at another interview after a few weeks of a well deserved break. This is certainly an interview I had been looking forward to after attending a seminar hosted by Avo Properties. Avoprop is the propert...
Growth in South African commercial property returns stagnated in the first half of 2011, reflecting an overall slowdown and uncertainty in local and global economic conditions.
Property delivered a 4.3% total return in the six months to June...
Building confidence has remained almost unchanged in the third quarter of 2011, from the preceding quarter, according to First National Bank and the Bureau for Economic Research.
The latest FNB/BER building confidence index edged down to 23 ...
A proposed municipal tax on business will not only cause hardship to many companies, but it will also harm businesses, workers, consumers and investors in an already depressed economy, opposition parties in the eThekwini council said yesterday.
The City of Cape Town has contracted a company to pull together a plan which city authorities hope will make the Cape Town Stadium more profitable in the long-term.
The multimillion-rand nineweek contract with International Risk Manage...
Confidence in the building industry has remained virtually unchanged at a low level for the third consecutive quarter, with the uptick in residential building activity waning and the increase in nonresidential building activity continuing.
The High St Auction Co has announced that its next property auction to be held on 5 October 2011 at Summer Place in Hyde Park at 12h00 will feature a host of inner city Johannesburg properties.
Joff van Reenen, Lead Auctioneer for the High St ...
27 September 2011, Johannesburg: With the Rand having depreciated, growth in the SA economy predicted to be sharply down and the global economy in turmoil - “Where to now for the commercial property industry?&...
Lewis House completes the prestigious Brooklyn Bridge development that changed the landscape in the Brooklyn area forever. Lewis House is an accessible development in the heart of Brooklyn, Pretoria. This prime development is a stone's throw away from Pre...
The Club development is a mixed-use precinct located across the road from the Pretoria Country Club and is positioned in one of Pretoria's prime areas with close proximity to the exclusive Waterkloof and Brooklyn suburbs. The Club development is destined ...
Johannesburg 23 September 2011: The High St Auction Co has announced that its next property auction will be held on 5th of October 2011 at Summer Place in Hyde Park at 12h00 and will see 37 lots with a combined market value of R 237 000 0...
As far as new developments go this one should definitly catch your eye. The premises is zoned for Office, warehouse, light industrial and retail use all with 3 phase power ( 80 amps per phase).
I recently found myself at another landlords’ presentation. They are currently looking at expanding their existing building by adding an extra 3 buildings to the site.
The Tshwane Metro Council is facing a R150 000 damages claim from a local law firm, whose electricity supply was cut for two days because the council and the firm's landlord were embroiled in a battle over alleged arrears in rates and taxes.
Weather-related deaths, severe flood risks, increased energy demands, climate-driven refugees and risk to electricity and telecommunications are just some of the problems facing the City of Joburg.
"When evaluating the commercial office environment, according to Sapoa's latest vacancy schedule for the second quarter of 2011, South Africa's overall office vacancy rate has now breached 10 percent." says Rodney Luntz of High Street Auctioneers.
In the City of Cape Town's most "ambitious" public participation campaign yet, more than one million residents are to be targeted for their input during its latest five-year development plan.
This week, the city kicked off its six-month Inte...
Option holders in the Cotswold Downs golf estate - who were facing a collective loss of about R84 million, with interest, after the management company was placed into liquidation last year - have accepted a proposed "rescue plan" that will see them ...
The construction of a six-storey office building at the V&A Waterfront is one of its largest developments since it was established 22 years ago, said its chief executive, David Green.
Tableview commuters using the MyCiTi bus service to reach central Cape Town instead of their cars could save about R3 000 a month, says the city council.
Yesterday the City of Cape Town's mayoral committee member for transport, Brett ...
The proposed Cape Town Grand Prix should be seen as a 10-day business opportunity and not as a three-day sports event, says veteran motorsport organiser Dave McGregor.
He and an as yet unnamed consortium of business and motorsport professio...
I wasn’t sure how I would go about this but I’ve had the entire weekend to mull this over in my mind. I attended a seminar last week for a landlord that currently has a few office units that need to be filled with some good tenants. Most of th...
Joburg's R12 billion debt is not a billing system error - and about a third of that debt - R3.7bn - accumulated in the past financial year, which ended in June.
A report from the National Treasury shows the City of Joburg's debt has increase...
By-law infringers in the City of Johannesburg will soon face the wrath of the law.
This is the promise of the council, which has said various city departments are now working together with the Joburg metro police department (JMPD) to focus on...
The industrial property sector is trying to hold its own through the economic downturn. Auction Alliance recently conducted research that reveals that the markets for industrial and retail property remain stable and continue to lead the commercial ...
Nedbank Corporate Property Finance has thrown its weight behind urban renewal and the revitalisation of the inner city by backing a development in the CBD of Johannesburg.
In a R41 million finance deal, Nedbank has backed the redevelopment o...