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Equites concludes R1.8bn UK distribution centre deal
11th November 2020 By: Donna Slater

South African real estate investment trust Equites Property Fund has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Equites International, concluded an agreement with Hermes Parcelnet to develop a... 


WCPDF sceptical about real change with State infrastructure tenders, should they realise
11th November 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Western Cape Property Development Forum (WCPDF) says that, while the “robust infrastructure pipeline” is supposed so set South Africa’s economy back on track and kickstart the flaying property... 


Calgro M3 enhances liquidity
19th October 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Following 12 to 18 months of rigorous restructuring initiatives, JSE-listed Calgro M3 has successfully closed its internal construction division. Calgro M3 CEO Wikus Lategan reported on October 190... 


Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway, South Africa – update
Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway, South Africa – update
16th October 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The developer of a private inland port in southern Gauteng, known as Distribution Junxion Port of Gauteng, has initiated legal action against the Tambo Springs Development Company. 


Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway, South Africa – update
Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway, South Africa – update
9th October 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Infrastructure development at the project is continuing, despite the inability of State-owned freight logistics group Transnet to deliver on the construction of a rail terminal in the agreed time. 


WCPDF calls for self-certification to rescue property development sector
8th October 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Countries globally are increasingly turning to self-certification to combat public sector bottlenecks that result in serious application backlogs and that impede the building process. South Africa... 


Bulk infrastructure works start at Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway
18th September 2020 By: Irma Venter

Construction of bulk infrastructure at the Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway has started. This development, located on the southern border of the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metros, is connected by... 


FRANCO DIEDERIKS
Since the ease of the lockdown, sales are starting to pick up, especially among new developments and refurbishment projects
World-first heat pump to launch at Electra
4th September 2020 By: Tracy Hancock

Krugersdorp heat pump manufacturer EMS Holdings will officially launch its world-first 200 ℓ low-pressure, integrated heat pump alongside its official distributor, ACDC, at Electra Mining Africa... 


Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway, South Africa – update
Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway, South Africa – update
4th September 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction has started. 


Architecture firm presents equal opportunities
28th August 2020

Architecture firm Paragon Group is perhaps “unique in the industry” for employing an equal number of men and women, with the latter ranging from student architects to senior management. “I love the... 


Black-owned engineering, mining company looks to expand locally
27th August 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Emergent diversified multidisciplinary engineering and construction group Tirelo Africa is actively searching for business opportunities in the South African engineering, project management,... 


Bulk infrastructure works start at the Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway 
Bulk infrastructure works start at the Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway 
27th August 2020 By: Irma Venter

Construction of bulk infrastructure at the Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway has started. This development, located on the southern border of the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metros, is connected by... 


Didiza starts addressing backlogs in Cape Town, other deeds offices
13th August 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In heeding Western Cape Finance and Economic Opportunities Minister David Maynier’s call for Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza to urgently intervene in the... 


Growthpoint completes Lakeside Mall redevelopment
Growthpoint completes Lakeside Mall redevelopment
13th August 2020 By: Donna Slater

Property developer Growthpoint Properties has introduced two new anchor tenants − Pick n Pay and Dis-Chem − to the Lakeside Mall, in Benoni, Gauteng. This follows the completion of the final phase... 


Western Cape forum speaks out about deeds office, enviro process concerns
12th August 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Western Cape Finance and Economic Opportunities Minister David Maynier recently called on Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza to urgently intervene in the repeated... 


EFG Engineers reflects back on 20 years in the industry and the road to recovery post pandemic
4th August 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

When Eric Foster originally founded Eric Foster & Genote/Associates (EFG) as a one-man consulting civil engineer practice in 2000, South Africa was a new democracy opening up to many opportunities,... 


Porte de la Chapelle arena project, France
Porte de la Chapelle arena project, France
24th July 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The project entails the construction of a sports facility that will be a key infrastructure for the Summer Olympics, which will be held in 2024. 


Delta Realty’s Menlo Pinnacles Obtains a Four-Star Green Star Rating
3rd July 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Delta Reality, with Delta Built Environment Consultants (Delta BEC) as its Green Star consultants, successfully obtained a four-star design rating for its Menlo Pinnacles development from the Green... 


Alternative building innovations used to fight the spread of the coronavirus
10th June 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has propelled us forward, encouraging us to think critically about new ways of interacting and doing business. The founder of Smart Living Properties (PTY) Ltd was born and... 


Construction resumes on giant Fort Hare student accommodation project
9th June 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Following two months of hard lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the development of a 2 047-bed student village at the University of Fort Hare (UFH), in the Eastern Cape, has resumed... 


Raubex divisions see return to profitability
29th May 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Infrastructure development and construction materials supply group Raubex managed to maintain sufficient capacity to participate in any improvement in the sector, while simultaneously undertaking... 


Construction sector welcomes easing of lockdown under level 3
25th May 2020

The construction industry welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the country moving to Level 3 as from 01 June 2020. The sector has been calling for an immediate re-activation of live... 


Calgro says generates sufficient cash to weather Covid-19, settle some debt
18th May 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Property investment company Calgro M3 CEO Wikus Lategan says the company has made good progress on turning the business around, with cash generated from operations having increasing by 55.6%... 


 WATER PROJECTS 
Bulk earthworks for Metro Municipality water reservoir
Consulting company hopes to enter mining sector
15th May 2020 By: Mc'Kyla Nortje

Engineering consulting and management practice Zimile Consulting Engineers intends to diversify into the mining sector and believes that it is equipped and skilled to deliver quality service, says... 


Gauteng adds more hospital beds and wards in Covid-19 prep
7th May 2020 By: Natasha Odendaal

In line with plans to get Gauteng’s health system ready for an expected surge in Covid-19 cases, the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development is ramping up initiatives to increase the... 


The startup disrupting the construction tender process
6th May 2020 By: Mc'Kyla Nortje

TenderPoint SA aims to introduce effective and efficient e-procurement in the construction industry both from procurement entities such as government and property development organisations, as well... 


Saice supports rapid built environment reopening
24th April 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) supports the call by the built environment industry for it to be designated as an essential service that can be among the first to restart... 


Capital Mall, South Africa
Capital Mall, South Africa
10th April 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The project entails the development of the Capital Mall, which will anchor Capital City, a R5-billion mixed-use development being built in Gauteng. 


Construction task team helps soothe industry issues amid Covid-19 battle
9th April 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

John Matthews, who is chairperson of the newly established Covid-19 Construction Rapid Response Task Team, says the global economy has been thrown into turmoil as the world struggles to combat the... 


Deloitte Africa's new head office, in Midrand
Deloitte’s new consolidated headquarters to be operational from April
4th March 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The new African head office of professional services firm Deloitte is set to formally start operating in April, says property development, asset management and real estate investment trust... 


Gladstone emerging as hydrogen hub
27th February 2020 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Gladstone, in Queensland, has been tipped as the location for an Australian first; an A$4.2-million gas injection facility being built by Australian Gas Networks (AGN) to deliver renewable... 


BIGGER AND BETTER
The area will make way for the expansion of the Melrose Arch Precinct
Demolition works under way at Melrose Arch
14th February 2020 By: Mc'Kyla Nortje

Construction company ICON Earthworks, a subsidiary of the ICON Group, was awarded a R2.5-million contract by property development company Amdec to demolish four buildings at the end of November... 


The CR6 in action at the Dakar
Frenchman clinches Dakar class win in SA-made car
3rd February 2020 By: Irma Venter

When Frenchman Mathieu Serradori won the T1.3 class (petrol two-wheel drive) in the 7 500-km, 2020 Dakar Rally, while also clinching eighth place overall, he did so in a car manufactured by... 


Demolition works underway at Melrose Arch
Demolition works underway at Melrose Arch
29th January 2020

ICON Earthworks, part of the ICON Group, has been awarded a R2.5-million contract for the demolition of four buildings by property development company Amdec. Mc’Kyla Nortje has the story.  


GROWING ON UP
The Lanseria International Airport continues to add to its upgrades to increase its appeal to travelers in South Africa
Airport upgrades to be completed within the next few years.
24th January 2020 By: Halima Frost

Upgrades to Lanseria International Airport over the next five years valued at about R2-billion have begun, says Lanseria International Airport CEO Rampa Rammopo. The upgrades include an expansion... 


Growthpoint, Investec venture buys RMB Westport portfolio
12th December 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Investec African Properties (Giap) has successfully acquired the RMB Westport Real Estate Development Fund. The entity houses the assets developed... 


Western Cape’s first property report provides ‘one stop shop’ guide for investors
10th December 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Western Cape's trade promotion agency Wesgro has launched an inaugural report on the province’s property market, which it says provides a comparative analysis on commercial office, retail,... 


FELIXTON MILL
The initial assets of Tongaat Hulett’s transformative milling, refining and sugar marketing business have an installed capacity to produce more than one-million tons of sugar a year
Sugar giant transforming business amid turmoil
6th December 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

In addition to its plans to exit sugar farming in South Africa, embattled agroprocessing business Tongaat Hulett expects to conclude a transaction to establish a transformative milling, refining... 


Barloworld Automotive and Logistics' head office obtains Green Star rating
Barloworld Automotive and Logistics' head office obtains Green Star rating
21st November 2019

The new head office of Barloworld Automotive and Logistics – the first building to be completed in the mixed-use Irene Link precinct, in Centurion – has been awarded a 5-Star Green Star SA Design... 


KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube
MEC praises successes, progressing expansions at Dube TradePort
13th November 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube has praised the Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone (SEZ) after the entity received the United Nations... 


Work on Cape Town’s Harbour Arch to start soon
8th November 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

The City of Cape Town has, following the Municipal Planning Tribunal meeting last week, approved the R14-billion Harbour Arch mixed-use precinct. Buoyed by the outcome, property development,... 


Steyn City luxury lifestyle development launches own app
31st October 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

The Steyn City luxury lifestyle development, in Gauteng, is tapping into the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), while keeping its promise of “creating a lifestyle like no other”,... 


Work on Cape Town’s Harbour Arch to start imminently
28th October 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

The City of Cape Town has, following the Municipal Planning Tribunal meeting last week, approved the R14-billion Harbour Arch mixed-use precinct. Buoyed by the outcome, property development,... 


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