Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE), the leading specialist retail real estate investment trust (REIT), is in a strong position and well-placed to take advantage of the tailwinds gaining momentum in its markets, the company said in its pre-close operational update for the first half of its 2025 financial year, which ends on 30 September 2024.

Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE) has expanded its significant investment in South African township, rural and commuter shopping centres with its agreement to acquire the landmark Pan Africa Shopping Centre in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg, Gauteng, as well as the asset’s second phase extension due for completion in 2024.

Vukile Property Fund’s (JSE: VKE) 88% held Madrid-listed subsidiary, Castellana Properties Socimi, has acquired a 21.7% shareholding in its market peer Lar España Real Estate Socimi.

Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE) today issued R500 million of senior unsecured corporate bonds with one- and three-year maturities.

The first-phase upgrade of East Rand Mall taxi rank in the retail heart of Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, by the mall’s co-owners, Vukile Property Fund and Redefine Properties, will soon be complete.

Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE), the leading retail REIT (real estate investment trust), has commenced the strategic upgrade of Daveyton Mall in the Ekurhuleni Metro, Gauteng.

Thavhani City mixed-use urban precinct in Thohoyandou, designed to be the future economic hub of North Eastern Limpopo, is poised for exciting growth in 2021.