Developing Africa’s first purpose-built aerotropolis, with its nucleus being Dube TradePort, home to King Shaka International Airport, is significantly impacting on north coast property patterns as the ease of access prompts investors to acquire second homes in the region.

Checkers is the latest leading retailer to confirm it will open in Ballito Junction as part of the centre’s major redevelopment and expansion that will see the mall growing to eight times its current size.

While Ballito has always been a popular seaside destination for Durban locals, it was the opening of the King Shaka International Airport in May 2010 that really put this coastal gem on the map.

Access into the Cornubia Industrial and Business Estate (CIBE) has been greatly improved with the opening of MR 458 road-over-rail bridge which leads motorists directly to the main entrance of the estate.

Answering the demand for smaller industrial sites, property group JT Ross has released a basket of sub divided plots in Durban’s landmark development, Cornubia.

R800 million Ocean Club-Zimbali Gets the Green Light as the KZN Northern Corridor becomes the Focus of Economic Growth.

By all accounts, the next two years are going to be challenging ones for the residential property market, thanks to rising interest rates and slow economic growth.

Africa Rising, a Durban-based independent property development company, specialises in project development, project management and real estate sales.

Construction of the R3,5 billion Clairwood Logistics Park will begin within the first quarter of 2016, creating much needed employment and business opportunities within the South Durban Basin.

As 2016 kicks off to a tumultuous start, perhaps one certainty is that the coastal belt from Durban North and uMhlanga through to the burgeoning Sibaya node and Umdloti is still booming.