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MDS Architecture Designs Striking New Shopping Centres In Eastern Cape And Limpopo

MDS Architecture, one of the oldest established architectural firms in South Africa, celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2024.

Unlock The Future Of Urban Living In The Heart Of Cape Town With Blok’s 18th Development TENONV

SPONSORED: TENONV, a visionary development by Blok is poised to redefine the landscape of Cape Town’s CBD.

Positive Shifts In SA’s Dynamic Office Property Market

Demonstrating ongoing resilience and adaptability, positive shifts in the South African office property market as outlined in the recent SAPOA Office Vacancy Survey, underline the potential for optimism in 2024, including a reduction in vacancies across the country, says Andrew Dewey, MD of Swindon Property.

Cape Town’s Clean Audit & Tourism Boom Augurs Well For Commercial Property Market

With Cape Town having once again received a clean audit from the Auditor General – for 2022/2023, coupled with the City’s close to R7 billion in infrastructure investment, and attracting over R3.5 billion in property investments, the Mother City is flying high on the radar of investors, tourists and semigrants alike.

Potential Interest Rate Relief In 2024

It is always good to end the year on a high, so it is with great delight that I am able to report some very positive news in the UK housing market, with a decline in UK inflation from 6.7% to 4.6%.

Swindon Property Sees Strong Trading In Johannesburg And Cape Town Markets

Durban operation poised for increased activity in 2024.

Cape Town CBD To Take Back The Power Amid Electricity Crunch

Cape Town Central City Improvement District develops a practical eight-step plan for building owners, businesses, employees, and residents to save power to ensure the country’s most successful CBD continues to thrive. 

Shopping Centres Reinventing Themselves To Attract More Shoppers

While the Covid lockdowns significantly impacted the retail industry in South Africa, which no sooner began bouncing back when it was struck with the advent of severe loadshedding which created further major challenges for landlords and tenants alike, shopping centres in this country remain resilient, constantly seeking to reinvent themselves with new attractions and refurbishments to draw in shoppers, says Andrew Dewey, MD of Swindon Property.

Tenant Retention Is Key For Landlords In The Current Commercial Property Market

Economic pressures on businesses, exacerbated by increased inflationary headwinds as a result of high energy and fuel costs – coupled with the potential ripple effect of global socio-political factors, see commercial property tenants seeking the best value for money, says Andrew Dewey, MD of Swindon Property.

Big Deal Property Transactions Need Competition Commission Approval

In the day-to-day dealings of the commercial property world, it is easy to forget that multi-million-rand property deals can have serious Competition Act consequences. Take as an example the offer to purchase a shopping centre where the landlord’s yearly rent income is R100 million.

Key Factors To Consider In Financial Emigration

Investment emigration by South Africans has been on the rise for the past 25 years, but has recently seen a significant increase due to many factors such as the weakening local currency, load shedding and high unemployment. Citadel Advisory Partner, Christelle Louw, unpacks the trend and shares a few important points about tax, retirement funding, trusts and wealth transfer.

Industrial Property Market In Durban’s Northern Corridor Retains Its Lustre

Sales values of industrial properties in Durban’s strategically located Northern Corridor, which extends from the Umgeni area through to Cornubia, have since the start of 2023 experienced a substantial increase, with increased prices indicative of a stock shortage, according to Swindon Property.

Citadel Marks Thirty Years In Wealth Management

Wealth management company Citadel is marking its 30th anniversary in the industry and its growth from R1-billion in assets under management in 1998 to more than R85-billion today. 

How Geopolitical Risk Impacts Forex Markets

In today’s connected world, people and businesses need to effectively plan for their futures by considering their wealth from a global perspective.

LIO Global Expands As Investors Seek Offshore Property

Leading residency and citizenship by investment company, LIO Global has expanded its product offering for South Africans to meet the growing demand for international property investments.

What’s It Like To Live At Steyn City?

A new clutch of homeowners is able to find their own answers to this question, thanks to the introduction of the prestigious development’s rental offering at the City Centre, its flagship residence.

Tshakhuma Corner Brings Essential Retail To Limpopo’s Vhembe District

Work on site began in early October this year and Tshakhuma Corner is scheduled for completion in October 2023. The development will offer over 11 500m2 of retail in the Vhembe district of Limpopo.

Boardwalk Mall Precinct Brings A New Experience To Gqeberha 

Following its grand opening on 22 September 2022, the Boardwalk Mall precinct takes pride of place as a prominent landmark just a few metres from the Blue Flag-awarded Hobie Beach in Gqeberha.

Greening Affordable Housing with Transcend

At Absa we strive to enable sustainability by ensuring the needs of our people and planet are met.

“Realistic” Budget Growth Won’t Deliver Enough Economic Growth, Citadel Experts Say

Citadel’s Chief Economist and Advisory Partner, Maarten Ackerman, Chief Investment Officer, George Herman, and Fiduciary Partner, Theunis Ehlers, weigh in on the Finance Minister’s “neutral and realistic budget which neither disappoints nor impresses in the current economic climate”.