During what may be described as a tumultuous 2016 to date, while trading conditions in the property auction arena have proven challenging, retail shopping centres, service stations, hotels and residential blocks have shown resilience throughout this period and are still in strong demand.

Founded forty years ago to house a few thousand people working on the then-new Sasol Two and Sasol Three plants in Mpumalanga, Secunda has since grown into a thriving modern town with about 300 000 residents and a complex economy of its own.

Nedbank continues its commitment to the development of areas outside South Africa’s major centres, this time in partnership with Neotrend Khala Cose Developers (Pty) Ltd for the first phase of a new value centre in Secunda, Mpumulanga.

Nedbank has provided R52 million finance to Imojoe International CC (Imojoe) for a 10% undivided share in a major regional shopping centre currently under construction, the Sasol Secunda Mall in Secunda, Mpumalanga.  

Following the stellar 30% total return for 2010, some analysts believed listed property was fully priced. But the search for reliable cash flows amid ongoing global uncertainty continued last year, and the sector achieved a respectable 8,93% total return for 2011 compared with the all share’s 2,57%.

Resilient has announced an interim distribution of 109.36c for six months to June 2011 from 100.60c, an 8.71% increase from the prior comparable period.

On the face of it, the R39bn oil refinery that state corporation PetroSA plans to build at the Coega industrial development zone outside Port Elizabeth will bring much-needed additional refining capacity to an industry straining to provide growing demand for liquid fuel

Multi-disciplinary construction company Group Five reported yesterday that it has started the year with a spate of international and local contracts.

NEDCOR Investment Bank (NIB) and Kagiso Property Holdings have put together a R636m property fund called the Resilient Property Income Fund to be listed on the JSE Securities Exchange SA (JSE) next Friday.