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Property Point offers SMEs sponsorship for Indaba Attendance

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...

Areas and Places

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...

Research

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...

Research

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...

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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...

Areas and Places

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...

Advice and Opinion

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...