South Africa’s economy is expected to grow by 0.9% in 2020, National Treasury said on Wednesday.

For decades, baby boomers ruled the corporate world and, during this time, one of the key hallmarks of a company’s success was always its property; preferably a large, imposing building at a prestigious address where the workers all gathered together daily at the same time to conduct business.

There is a direct link between the stability of an economy and ongoing development – and currently the local construction and property industries are undeniably experiencing a lull due to reduced expenditure by government on large scale infrastructure projects as well as uncertainty in the private sector investment markets.

Emira Property Fund today reported a 1.7% year-on-year increase in distributions for its half-year ended 31 December 2019, in line with its positive market guidance.

JSE listed diversified real estate investment trust Redefine Properties’ today announced that Leon Kok will transition from his current role as financial director to chief operating officer when incumbent David Rice retires from the company on 31 August 2020.

After enduring a trying decade under the mismanagement and malfeasance of Jacob Zuma, South Africa enters the new year in a better place than 2019, economically and politically.

Major global data centre markets are seeing soaring construction costs as development in new and emerging hubs continues to heat up, according to research from global professional services company Turner & Townsend.

Investec Property Fund Limited (IPF or the Fund) today announced an interim dividend of 70.93 cents per share (cps) for the six months ended 30 September 2019 (2018: 68.81 cps).

Delta Property Fund, a specialist black-managed and substantially black-owned REIT with a significant sovereign underpin, today reported results for the six months ended 31 August 2019 reflecting continued headwinds facing the macro-economy and the commercial office sector. 

Continued evidence of some diverging trends at segment level in the planning and construction phases of residential building activity.