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 […]
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 […]
Dipula Properties acquires R2bn worth of retail assets
September 4 2026 15:30 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA JSE-listed South African real estate investment trust Dipula Properties has bought nine shopping centres from Moolman Group and its co-investors in a deal worth R2bn. This deal, which adds almost 90,000 square metres of retail space, involves malls located in the Free State, the North West, Gauteng, and […]
SA REITs pull back 5.0% in August as investors take profits while local bond yields hold steady
September 4 2026 15:15 DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA South African real estate investment trusts (REITs) returned -5.0% in August 2026, against the All Share Index at 4.6% and the All Bond Index at 0.7%. The sector is 2.4% higher year to date, marginally behind equities at 2.8% and bonds at 3.5%. It is a near-exact reversal […]
Spear gains momentum as R1.4bn acquisition drive strengthens FY2027 outlook
September 4 2026 14:35 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Western Cape-focused real estate investment trust Spear REIT is heading into the second half of its financial year with earnings tracking at the upper end of guidance, supported by strong overall operational and financial performance. This was revealed this week at a market briefing by the Cape-invested listed group. The group […]
Redefine positions R101.2bn portfolio for growth in a world shaped by structural change
August 31 2026 17:30 Redefine Properties which is SA’s second largest home-based property group said at a capital markets presentation last week that it has positioned assets for a market in which long-term structural shifts are expected to have a greater influence on returns than the traditional property cycle. It said that consumer-driven assets now […]
Vukile raises more than R3bn in bond auction
August 25 2026 17:45 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Vukile Property Fund, the specialist retail real estate investment trust (Reit) concluded an oversubscribed auction of senior unsecured floating rate notes recently, attracting bids of R3.65 billion resulting in the issuance being over 3.3 times subscribed. The notes include three maturity tranches, all priced well below initial guidance, […]
SA REITs return 1.4% in July as income growth carries the sector ahead of a retreating bond market
August 24 2026 18:40 Ian Anderson, Head of Listed Property and Portfolio Manager at Merchant West Investments SSouth African real estate investment trusts (Reits) delivered a total return of 1.4% in July 2026, moving ahead of both equities and bonds in a month when the bond market retreated. The All-Share Index returned 1.2% while the […]
Balwin shareholders approve PIC-backed buyout and delisting
August 18 2026 16:00 Steve Brookes, Balwin CEO and founder JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Shareholders of JSE-listed residential sectional title developer Balwin Properties overwhelmingly approved the scheme of arrangement that will see the company acquired by consortium entity Bidco, led by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), and then delisted from the main board of the JSE […]