Walmart may spell the end of the “Game”
September 10 2025 10:15 Opinion piece by Alistair Anderson, editor of Property Flash SOUTH AFRICA One of the largest companies in the world, US retailer Walmart will open its first namesake-branded stores in South Africa this year but surely this means the end of the likes of Game and maybe Builders? Walmart owns 100% of […]
What next for RMH and Atterbury?
September 9 2025 17:45 SOUTH AFRICA The spat between Atterbury Property and RMH Holdings is not over. Recently Atterbury removed RMH’s CEO Brian Roberts from its board. Roberts had been a director at Atterbury for eight years. Atterbury operates across the country with its base in Pretoria. It was founded by Louis van der Watt […]
Fairvest more than doubles capital raise after impressive demand
August 25 2025 18:00 SOUTH AFRICA JSE-listed landlord Fairvest raised around R976m on Monday in an oversubscribed bookbuild, far higher than the R400m it had initially said it would raise. The R976m would allow Fairvest to issue 180 872 707 new shares, which is the maximum number of new shares that Fairvest is authorised to […]
Should MAS Real Estate go private and will governance issues be swept under the carpet?
July 24 2025 17:35 EASTERN EUROPE The battle for MAS Real Estate doesn’t seem to be coming to a head just yet. While shareholders in the east European landlord need to decide if they will accept Hyprop Investments’ option offer by tomorrow, July 25, commentators feel that it is likely to fall short. South African […]
Another Brick in the Wall – Peter Rich returns to Venice Biennale of Architecture
May 21 2025 16:20 JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA Welcome to the latest episode of the growing podcast, Another Brick in the Wall. In this episode, Michael and Alistair are honoured to have a conversation with starchitect, Peter Rich. Peter has worked in architecture for more than 50 years and is considered to have a masterful understanding […]
Another Brick in the Wall – Cape Town’s relentless demand for apartment living
May 7 2025 14:15 WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA Welcome to the latest episode of the South African real estate podcast, Another Brick in the Wall. In this episode, Michael and Alistair chat with Jacques van Embden who is the CEO and founder of developer, BLOK and Richard Marshall, director and founder of Nox Cape Town. They […]
Another Brick in the Wall – How corporate parks can contribute to environmental sustainability goals and wellbeing in urban areas
May 7 2025 11:00 SOUTH AFRICA Welcome to the latest episode of the South African real estate podcast, Another Brick in the Wall. In this episode, Michael speaks to Amelia Beattie, the former CEO of Liberty Two Degrees, who is now the Head of Business Efficiencies, Property and Sustainable Impact for Standard Bank Insurance and Asset […]
Another Brick in the Wall – From Iberia with Scale
April 30. 2025 17:50 WESTERN EUROPE Welcome to the latest episode of the South African real estate podcast, Another Brick in the Wall! In this episode, Michael and Alistair chat with Laurence Rapp who is the CEO of Vukile Property Fund and who chairs Castellana Properties, as well as Alfonso Brunet, the CEO of Castellana Properties. […]
Another Brick in the Wall – Michael and Alistair’s Iberian adventure
April 15 2025 21:10 WESTERN EUROPE Welcome to the latest episode of the African real estate podcast, Another Brick in the Wall! In this episode, Michael and Alistair discuss their recent visit to Spain and Portugal. They were hosted by Vukile Property Fund, a listed retail specialist landlord that owns 99.5% of Spanish group, Castellana Properties […]
Another Brick in the Wall – Daniel King
March 28 2025 16:00 SOUTH AFRICA Welcome to the latest episode of the fast growing African real estate podcast, Another Brick in the Wall! In this episode, Michael and Alistair kick the bricks with Daniel King, Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income at Merchant West Investments. Sentiment towards the listed sector began to weaken in […]