Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) has announced that its ninth Green Building Convention will also be its first to take place in Johannesburg.

Kura is a commercial property practitioner with 15 years' experience in the commercial property arena.

The search for value is a never-ending one for shrewd investors and beneficiaries, and the property sector offers multiple opportunities to tap into value – for those who know where to find it.

Putprop Limited appoints new independent non-executive directors

Making further inroads into the Zimbabwean market, JHI Properties is to manage the property portfolio of a new, unlisted property investment fund, Ascendant Property Fund (APF), which is acquiring 15 properties in three Zimbabwean cities from corporate vendors. This brings the total number of commercial properties managed by JHI Properties Zimbabwe to approximately 50.

A less posh version of favourite social spaces like Melrose Arch, the 120 End Street development is within walking distance of 150 000 residents in Hillbrow, Berea, Joubert Park and the city centre.

Gensec reports a boom in the A grade Office sector in the Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng. "In the last six months alone we have concluded more than R30 million capital value in Johannesburg CBD," confirms Kura Chihota, National Leasing Manager, Gensec.

Much is changing on the South African Real estate scene.  Traditional institutional investors are listing major portions of asset portfolios and large owners are divesting in certain market segments and specialist funds and opportunistic investors are moving into these investments with evident success.  How sustainable are these trends?