Property Point, the award-winning enterprise and supplier development initiative founded by Growthpoint Properties, has opened the door to limitless opportunities for 10 SMEs with a sponsorship to attend the Smart Procurement World Indaba in Johannesburg this September. This annual event affords...
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Xtraspace Rebrands Its Offerings
XtraSpace is rebranding its various flexible office offerings, differentiating between its premium serviced offices and those linked to its storage facilities around South Africa. The top-end serviced offices and co-work spaces are now known as The Workspace, while the others remain under the...
Declining trend evident in residential building activity
Conditions with regard to building activity in the South African market for new housing seem to be deteriorating, based on trends in the first seven months of 2016. Levels of building activity have in fact contracted markedly in all segments of housing in both the planning and construction phases...
SENS: Stenprop Limited – Financial Results for the 3 months ended 30/06/2016
Stenprop Limited, a Bermuda company which has dual primary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange, today announces its results for the three months ended 30 June 2016. The company is required to publish financial results for the three months ended 30 June 2016 in...
Repair of George-Knysna Choo-Tjoe good news for tourism says Pam Golding Properties
Relocating for a better lifestyle which includes living off the grid in a more self-sustainable manner is catching on fast in the coastal Garden Route areas of Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Sedgefield. Ling Dobson, Pam Golding Properties area manager for ‘Plett’ and Knysna, says there is a huge...
Building sector confidence regains some ground in Q3, says FNB
After falling to 34 in 2Q2016, the FNB/BER Building Confidence Index increased by 4 points to 38 in 3Q2016. This returns the index to the level recorded in 1Q2016. Furthermore, excluding building sub-contractors, all the sub-sectors registered higher confidence in the quarter. Even though...
R400 million office & retail development, Illovo Point gets the go ahead
The sold out boards are up on FWJK’s latest R400 million office and retail tower on Rivonia Road opposite St David’s School in Illovo to be known as Illovo Point. Construction work on this 15,750m² sectional title development will start on site in September 2016 according to Rhys Rocke...
Buying in Brackenfell makes economic sense for investors
Residential accommodation is constantly in high demand in the fast-growing Cape Town Northern Suburbs area of Brackenfell, which extends from Bottelary Road in the south to the N1 highway, to areas north of the highway which include suburbs such as Vredekloof, from the R300 in the west and to...
How to find your city’s most family-friendly suburbs
City parents looking for a new home to accommodate a growing family also have to try to ensure that the area they choose is child-friendly, and that can prove quite difficult in an age of rapid urbanisation and mixed-used developments which can very quickly change the character of a whole...
Consumer & Retail Barometer: Real retail sales growth slows further in July
July Real Retail Sales growth numbers show still slower year-on-year growth, and the sharp negative growth in the highly cyclical Household Furniture, Appliances and Equipment segment of Retail may be a leading indicator of more growth slowing to come. FNB projects 1.9% average Real Retail Sales...