Empowerment, transformation, and collaboration: These are some of the themes that emerged at the annual convention of the South African Institute of Black Property Practitioners, which took place on 2 and 3 November.

The South African Institute of Black Property Practitioners (SAIBPP) today hosted a media briefing to launch its upcoming annual convention taking place from 2-3 November 2016 themed “The Property Sector as a Key Driver for Sustainable Economic Growth and Wealth Redistribution”.

Black-owned property investment company Mageba Investment Properties (Maiprop) is planning to build a multistorey, 200-unit residential building on a 3000m² piece of land owned by the company in the Park Station area, Braamfontein.

President Thabo Mbeki’s scathing remarks about the adverse effect of golf estates and boomed areas on residential integration have found surprise backers in the property development sector.

Brickfields Housing Project officially opened

Johannesburg Housing Company CEO Taffy Adler said that the new R100m Brickfields residential project in Newtown, Johannesburg, launched yesterday, would see the first high-rise residential buildings erected in the inner city in about 30 years.

Performance indicators show a 200% increase in building-plan approvals for 2002-03 in city area.