API Summit: Breaking ground on accelerating African hotel builds
September 15 2026 08:40 This is a guest article for Attacq CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA While banks, DFIs and private equity are funding hotels and lodges across the continent, realising Africa’s full hotel development pipeline will require an estimated US$10bn of new development investment per year. Closing the gap between a funded deal and an […]
Profile: Vukile Property Fund under the leadership of Laurence Rapp
September 14 2026 20:45 Clarity, conviction and consumer-led growth Vukile Property Fund’s transformation under Chief Executive Officer, Laurence Rapp reflects his approach to investment: understand the fundamentals, look beyond the obvious, and act with conviction. It’s been 15 years since Rapp took the helm in 2011, and in that Vukile has evolved from a diversified […]
Standard Bank and Java Capital partner to build an integrated real estate advisory and co-investment platform
September 11 2026 15:30 Andrew Brooking, Java Capital JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Standard Bank and Java Capital have entered into a strategic partnership designed to bring capital-raising, advisory, financing and co-investment solutions together in an integrated platform initially focused on South Africa’s real estate, infrastructure and broader real asset sectors. The partnership comes at a time […]
Introducing Blok’s 23rd development, TWELVEONB, in Green Point, Cape Town
The secret’s inside. September 11 2026 15:20 TWELVEONB GREEN POINT, CAPE TOWN Blok, the Cape Town urban developer behind over a decade of city living, has unveiled TWELVEONB, its 23rd development and its fourth address in Green Point. Located at 12 Braemer Road, the development is set on a heritage estate, bringing a new identity […]
Hyprop delivers on guidance and rewards shareholders with a 14.4% hike in dividend
September 11 2026 15:15 ROSEBANK, SOUTH AFRICA Hyprop, a JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) with retail property assets valued at R44bn in South Africa and Eastern Europe, this week released financial results for the year to-ended June 2026 (FY2026). The group announced a 14.4% increase in the total dividend for FY2026 to 351.9 cents […]
Growthpoint Properties 2026 financial year buoyed by V&A Waterfront but offices in certain JHB offices remain a millstone
September 11 2026 13:45 SOUTH AFRICA Growthpoint Properties released financial results for the year to end-June 2026 on Wednesday this week in which, once again, the group was helped by its thriving crown jewel, the V&A Waterfront. Outgoing CEO Norbert Sasse said the company which is the largest property group in SA and which also […]
Western Cape’s first Halaal Checkers opens at new Crawford Centre
September 11 2026 13:15 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town-based developer Mabel Group has completed Crawford Centre, a boutique mixed-use development in Crawford, CapeTown, comprising a supermarket and eight apartments The retail anchor is Checkers’ first Halaal-certified store in the Western Cape, operating under the Checkers Foods format – a curated, high-end convenience offering tailored […]
Another Brick in the Wall – API Summit 2026
September 11 2026 12:30 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Welcome to the latest episode of the Another Brick in the Wall podcast. This episode includes a discussion about the 17th African Property Investment (API) Summit which will take place next week. The essential convention will be hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on September […]
Retail property growth dips below volatile CPI as consumers value engineer – Clur Index Q2 2026
September 7 2026 17:15 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA The rate of trading density and rental growth in South African retail property contracted in the second quarter of 2026 amid volatile inflation and as pressured consumers took to value engineering in the tough economic climate. That’s according to the Clur Shopping Centre Index, which covers over […]
Inospace takes on Stor-Age: the challenger the storage market needs
September 7 2026 09:15 Stor-Age Property Reit gaining control of Xtraspace’s Western Cape portfolio and operations would make competition near impossible in the province. The company which is the only storage provider listed on the JSE, in August announced that it was in the process of buying a portfolio of 10 self-storage properties from private […]