The award will be presented at a glittering gala dinner to be held at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in London on 27th September 2008.

The fact that Oasis Luxury Retirement Resort earned one of these coveted awards attests to the fact that Cape Town can not only compete but also triumph within the highly competitive arena. Having been given this high recommendation by its peers, the company is now entitled to display the Property Awards’ logo with pride.

Entries were judged by a panel of professionals whose collective knowledge of the property industry is second to none and unsurpassed by any other property awards. Chaired by Eric Pickles, British Shadow Secretary of State, this year’s judges included Helen Shield, editor-in-chief of International Homes magazine; Peter Bolton King, chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents; Phil Spencer, property expert and presenter of Channel 4’s Location and Relocation TV shows; Imtiaz Farookhi, chief executive of the National House Building Council; Christopher Hall, past president National Association of Estate Agents; Thijis Stoffer, International Consortium of Real Estate Agents Association (ICREA); Alejandro Escurdero, SIMA; Kirkor Ajderhanyan, French Real Estate Federation (FNAIM); Graham Norwood of the Daily Mail; David Hoppit, property writer; Jill Keene, editor of International Homes magazine; Diana Yakely, chairman British Interior Design Association; and Tad Zurlinden, Association of Relocation Professionals.

Oasis Luxury Retirement Resort is jointly developed by Harris Projects and Madison Property Fund Managers on behalf of Redefine Income Fund.

Oasis Luxury Retirement Resort currently comprises two magnificent apartment blocks, Palm Springs and Palm Grove, with a total of 182 above average sized sectional title units and a state of the art Care Centre offering apartment units on a ‘Life Right’ basis as well as a Frail Care facility providing not only geriatric care but also sub-acute and post operative care that is registered with a practice number provided by the Board of Health Funders of South Africa. The centre piece of the development is the Oasis Club, a facility that is unparalleled in South Africa. It includes, inter alia, a 25m heated indoor pool, fully equipped gym, exercise room, sauna, steam room, bridge room, billiard room, mini cinema area, library, hobbies room, outdoor martini pool with fountain, braai and recreation areas, outdoor leisure activities, restaurant, bar, coffee bar and a variety of lounge areas.