Killarney Mall owner Octodec has posted a small drop in distributions to 65c for the six months to February, from 65.1c in the first half of last year.

Auction Alliance will take an income-producing Witbank shopping centre with a Super Spar as its anchor tenant, to auction on April 14. The Spar’s lease is set to expire in 2016.

Vukile Property Fund has raised R250m through Vukile Investment Property Securitisation to reduce the cost of funding its commercial property investment.

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Octodec Investments Limited announced an interim distribution of 31,6 cents per linked unit for the six-month period ended 28 February 2005.

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Earnings growth potential remains critical to the health of the listed property sector.

Listed property company Bonatla Property Holdings says it plans to have its listing on the local exchange reinstated as soon as possible.

Octodec Investments attributed its substantial increase of 26,3% in distributions to unit holders for the year ended August 31 to low interest rates.