Commercial property: The rise of tenant representatives

Tenant representation in the commercial sector has become standard practice in many overseas countries, and has now started to gain traction in South Africa as there is an increase in the complexities of negotiating a commercial lease.
This is according to Greg Huntingford,……more

Liberty Two Degrees and Hyprop count the costs of Stuttafords’ demise

Both companies are in talks with international fashion retailers to take up the empty retail space.

Ray Mahlaka  /  1 August 2017 Moneyweb
 
Mall-owners Liberty Two Degrees and Hyprop Investments have emerged as the biggest casualties from the closure of department……more

Redefine to launch industrial estate in Germiston

Redefine Properties, a diversified real estate investment trust, will soon launch the S&J industrial estate in Germiston, as it aims to invest further into high-tech industrial real estate rather than smoke-stack factories.
Industrial property has been a strong performing subsector……more

Executives show faith in Accelerate

20 JUL 2017 |  BY: ALISTAIR ANDERSON
Accelerate Property Fund's executives are backing themselves to turn the Fourways precinct-focused group around.
Chief operating officer Andrew Costa spent R9.98m on 1,865,306 shares on Friday, 14 July, at R5.3488 a share. Director of treasury……more

Century City – an integral part of Cape Town’s property scene

An unusable wasteland – a marshy piece of ground. Most property developers wouldn’t look at it twice. But that’s the site of what’s now Century City in Cape Town. It’s taken visionaries to see the potential.
This development arose at……more

Using Privyseal to protect property consumers

Since the Estate Agency Affairs Board made the use of Privyseal mandatory for registered estate agents over 3 million EAAB Privyseals are now displayed monthly. 
 Consumers should insist on only dealing with estate agents whose Privyseals reflect their registration status is……more