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Top dollar: One on Bree is a 131m (430ft) mixed-use building under construction in Cape Town. Photo: Paragon Architects

The real estate year in review

2025 didn’t see a boom but it was not a bust

  • Library
7 min read
Expansion needed: Supporters of the sale of the Cape Town International Convention Centre argue that if the City continues to own it, the funding obligation to grow it falls partly on the public purse. Photo: Discott

Why the City of Cape Town selling its real estate is not as simple as it looks

Selling too much public property now could limit future opportunities for social housing, community facilities or public projects that only the state can deliver

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
HANDS-ON: Johanneburg Mayor Dada Morero has been spearheading countless cleaning-up operations around the City lately. Photo: Supplied

You don’t need a summit to clean a city; you need consistency

The people of Johannesburg have cried many tears over the past decade and become accustomed to temporary service delivery ‘solutions’

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Up and away: Ellipse Waterfall, situated in Waterfall City, Midrand, was developed by the Tricolt Group. Photo: Supplied

Building confidence builds the economy

Real estate investment trusts are booming, reporting strong results for the interim period ending December

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Redefine currently leases 73 116 square metres to Pick n Pay. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Pick n Pay, Ster-Kinekor unprofitable for Redefine

The property group says it is reducing space it lets to underperforming tenants

  • Eyaaz
3 min read