CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
The 2026 API Awards winners were announced in Cape Town last week.
Development category:
· Best New Affordable Housing: The Cube Residential Apartments (Bluebuck Projects).
· Best New Residential (Mid-market): Thaba Eco Village (Balwin Properties).
· Best New Upmarket Residence: Millennium Heights Block 4 (WestProp Holdings).
· Best New Office Development (Building)/Fit-out (Operator): Purple Tower (Purple Dot International).
· Best New Hotel / Hospitality Development: Matemwe Attitude (Attitude Hotels).
· Industrial, Logistics or Alternative Assets: Nairobi Gate Industrial Park SEZ.
· ‘Best New Re-development/Refurbishment’: Nouvelle Usine.
(2026’s Development judges: Malcolm Horne, Ivan Cornet, Patrick Katabua, TC Chetty, Vivien Yun, Kushinga Kambarami, Hildegard Rohr)
Personnel category:
· Advisory Consultant of the Year: Mercy Thuo
· Architectural Team of the Year: Boogertman + Partners Architects
· ‘Public Sector Real Estate Leader of the Year’: Tatu Gatere
· African Real Estate Leader (Formally CEO): Murray Clark
· Outstanding Woman in Real Estate: Mildred Mutesa
(2026’s Personnel judges: Bobby McKenna, Temitope Runsewe, Julie Teague, Temilola Sonola, Derick Henstra, Boniface Abudho).
Service, Tech & Innovation category:
· Best African Real Estate Bank of the Year: Nedbank
· Best Transaction Deal of the Year: Standard Bank Group
· Most Innovative PropTech Company of the Year: RE-TEC Solutions
(2026’s judges: Pumi Lukhele, Heri Bomani, Shevira Bissessor, Inutu Zaloumis, Thuli Zulu, Mikayla Benkenstein).
