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THE Belgian Sander textiles project at the Coega industrial development zone appears to have run aground after Coega management said it had commenced negotiations with potential new tenants for the factory it had built for Sander.

A prime property utilised as a successful guest lodge and situated in a prime location in Cape Town's exclusive Milnerton Ridge suburb, is soon to be auctioned by Pam Golding Commercial Auctions.

Properties worth R375 million will come under the hammer over three days next week in one of the largest multiple auctions ever hosted in South Africa.

Coega yesterday achieved a significant milestone in its construction, in the form of the official turning on of the zone's power supply.

THE Coega Industrial Development Zone — which is battling to attract quality tenants — yesterday netted its second large catch to date, a R1,1bn chlorine-refinery project.

WITH demand for commercial property investments at a high, Pam Golding Commercial, a division of residential real-estate giant Pam Golding Properties, has entered the auctions market.

Pam Golding Commercial, a member of the Pam Golding Property group, has launched an  auction division - Pam Golding Commercial Auctions - to cater for this highly effective and increasingly popular means of selling commercial investment property in a short period of time and at a market related price.

Alcan is taking its time to decide whether to proceed with the $2,5-billion Coega aluminum smelter project in South Africa, the Canadian company's chief executive said yesterday.

South Africa's State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) said yesterday that it would take a 15% stake in the planned 660 000-t aluminium smelter at Coega, in the Eastern Cape.