The Zone Boulevard, a newly revamped building forming part of The Zone @ Rosebank with its indoor/outdoor design, delightful vertical garden, views across a bustling square and romantic nighttime lighting is the perfect place for alfresco dining.

The South African Council of Shopping Centres says there was some welcome good news coming out of the country’s malls and retailers at the end of 2015, not with standing tough trading conditions in local markets.

As if on cue, shares in the suitably named Resilient REIT roared, entrenching themselves in the pound seat, after the firm churned out yet another bumper set of earnings numbers.

The JLL South Africa research team has released its Q4 2015 research reports for the Johannesburg retail market, Johannesburg office market, Johannesburg industrial market and Cape Town office market.

Africa has experienced growing private equity transaction flows.

Iconic new urban development, Melrose Arch, has become the new home of some of South Africa’s top legal minds.

Hyprop Investments Limited (Hyprop), the specialist shopping centre REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) today announced that it has acquired a 60% interest in Serbian mall, Delta City Belgrade purchased from Delta Real Estate Group (Delta), a private Serbian company and Montenegrin mall, Delta City Podgorica, purchased from Hemslade Trading Limited Cyprus (Hemslade) and Delta.

Tower Property Fund has announced its largest acquisition to date – a Euro 66 million deal that sees the fund expanding its offshore presence through the purchase of four retail centres in Croatia.

A new 148-room City Lodge Hotel has opened at Newtown Junction - Atterbury Property Developments’ ground-breaking R1.4 billion mixed-use development in the Joburg CBD.

More South African-listed property funds are looking to Australia for offshore expansion because of its better finance costto-yield spread.