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 […]
API Summit 2026’s Hospitality Forum brings top real estate talent together
September 10 2026 11:30 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Hotels, corporate accommodation and other hospitality markets across many of Africa’s key markets are attracting not only interest from some of the world’s most sophisticated real estate investors but are also receiving their capital. As numerous property owners look to sell properties and related businesses after holding […]
R750m Waterfall City Conference Centre and Hotel breaks ground
July 31 2026 11:00 MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA Construction has begun on the R750m Waterfall City Conference Centre and Hotel, a landmark development set to transformJohannesburg’s business events landscape and strengthen Waterfall City’s position as one of South Africa’s main mixed-use destinations. The project represents an investment in the region’s hospitality and conferencing sector and marks […]
$2.1Bn worth of property deals completed in Africa across the past 18 months
July 22 2026 13:15 CAPE TOWN Ahead of the 17th Africa Property Investment (API) Summit in Cape Town, investment pipelines are converting into a record number of transactions as the continent’s real estate and hospitality sectors receive increasing interest.Data gathered from professional across Africa’s real estate investment landscape reveals that the continent’s property and hospitality […]
A Decade of Distinction: Enter the 10th Annual API Awards
July 18 2026 15:30 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA The Africa Property Investment (API) Awards , the continent’s prestigious peer-to-peer recognition of real estate – celebrates its 10th edition this year, inviting professionals from across the continent to put their finest work forward. The awards will be a centrepiece of the 17th annual API Summit, taking […]
Sandton properties selling for R1.1bn
July 7 2026 10:31 SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE Southern Sun and Pareto acquirer some Sandton properties for R1.1bn. The properties include The Sandton Towers, Garden Court Sandton City, Sandton Convention Centre and the Virgin Active Sandton. They are part of a consortium of properties which were owned by Liberty and Pareto in a 75/25% split. Following […]
Another Brick in the Wall – The REIT Report – Episode 7 – Funding REITs for the future
June 6 2026 16:15 Vanessa Murray, Divisional Executive: Property Finance– Nedbank CIB JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Welcome to the latest episode of the fast growing podcast, Another Brick in the Wall. This is the seventh episode of the REIT Report series which falls under our comprehensive podcast. It is brought to you by the SA REIT Association. In […]
Knysna power station converted to luxury hotel costing more than R7000 a night
April 28 2026 11:05 Knysna may be a town struggling with service delivery but pockets of development are continuing. Recently a property called 6 Westhill went on sale in the town for R10.5m. Now we see that an industrial property has been converted to a luxury hotel. This old 1930s power station was turned into […]
Another Brick in the Wall – The REIT Report – Episode 3 – Why SA leads the world
April 14 2026 11:55 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Welcome to the Another Brick in the Wall podcast and the third episode of our series, The REIT Report. It’s here that Alistair Anderson and Michael Avery speak with Grant Elliott, chief operating officer coastal regions for Heriot REIT. Grant explains why the understated Heriot REIT has excelled for some years […]
Waterfall City gets a conference centre and hotel
April 13 2026 19:00 JSE-listed Attacq and Cape Town based Rabie Property Group have announced a R750 investment to develop the new Waterfall City Conference Centre and Hotel. “Century City has shown what is possible when conferencing and hospitality form part of a carefully planned mixed-use precinct. It becomes an economic engine for the node, […]