It is with great sadness that the SA REIT sector mourns the passing of property maverick Marc Wainer.

Marc Wainer, founder, former Chairman and CEO of Redefine Properties, who started his career working in his parents' grocery and fish shop in Yeoville and went on to build one of the country’s largest and diversified Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listed on the JSE passed away earlier today at the age of 71.

CNBC Africa Anchor, Award Winning Journalist & internationally acclaimed conference facilitator, Nozipho Mbanjwa, will be the Master of Ceremonies at the 2020 South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) Annual Convention and Property Networking.

Fairvest Property Holdings Limited (“Fairvest”) today again announced solid results for the six months to December 2019, with above market distribution growth of 5.1%, net property income growth of 2.2%, 5-year lows in vacancy rates and consistently low arrears.

As anticipated, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to the urgency for economic growth and the need for a serious and sustainable increase in the employment rate in his State of the Nation address last night. 

Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) will be reducing their physical office footprint from two regional offices into one, resulting in GBCSA operations being located in Cape Town.

Will electricity supply reliability and cost increases become a key issue again in 2020?

Fairvest Property Holdings, a real estate investment trust with a market cap of R2 billion, has been approved for a secondary listing on A2X Markets.

Investment into Section 12J venture capital vehicles has seen a huge uptake over the last 24 months as investors have realised the extraordinary tax incentive offered by SARS.

JSE-listed diversified real estate investment trust Redefine Properties today announced that its Chief Operating Officer, David Rice will retire on 31 August 2020, after more than a decade of service.