According to a recent Savills report which explores global trends in the world of real estate, after several years of global disruption and macroeconomic volatility, there is cause for optimism in real estate markets as healthier, greener living becomes increasingly important.

Growthpoint Properties is piloting a 4.5MW battery system at Paarl Mall in the Western Cape to store electricity for its continuous, cost-efficient power supply.

Remember the days when farms were sold to become shopping malls? Menlyn Park Shooping Centre has done a 180 on that past trend and turned what used to be a parking lot, into a farm, with the help of the very bright and hard-working Andile Matukane.

Speaking for the first time in his new role as the global president of the Royal Institution of Chartered surveyors (RICS), Martin J Brühl emphasised the importance of sustainable business in driving prosperity, innovation and investment in global property markets. 

After six decades at its previous location in Alrode, south of Johannesburg, Dulux South Africa has moved its head office to brand new premises at Greenstone in Modderfontein.

Globally, boardrooms are being held to account for their sustainability, ethics and social contribution

KwaZulu-Natal’s King Shaka International Airport has made great strides in protecting and preserving the environment around it.

In response to evolving market demands and cutting-edge trends in the sustainability space, the 6^th annual Green Building Council South Africa Convention & Exhibition, at the CTICC in October 2013, has been somewhat reinvented under the inspiring theme “ReWire”.

Liberty Properties believes green efficiencies are an essential ingredient to business longevity and it is a philosophy that was emphasised on its exhibition stand at the 45^th annual SAPOA Convention.

Growthpoint Properties Limited is taking another bold green step by replacing all of its light fittings in its office portfolio using the latest energy-saving technology.