Pretoria - The listed property sector was expected to gain vigour because of expected new institutional listings by Old Mutual, Sanlam, Absa and RMB Properties later this year and early next.

Sanlam Property Asset Management said on Friday that it was acting as a promoter and negotiating with various vendors with a view to putting together a large listed property fund. 

ABSA Commercial Property Finance confirmed yesterday it would be listing a property fund in partnership with Marriott Property Services this year, while Old Mutual Properties is considering the option of listing a new fund.

The SA Property Owners' Association (Sapoa) has honoured Menlyn Park Shopping Centre in Pretoria for developmental excellence, and Westlake Estates in Cape Town for its contribution to society.

The long-awaited listing of large numbers of property portfolios held by institutions has begun.

PROPERTY investment group Hyprop has scooped The Mall of Rosebank and JHI House, beating two other contenders to the two jewels in the portfolio of property unit trust Cenprop.

ALL pointers suggest that the property loan stock sector of the JSE Securities Exchange SA will see an unprecedented scale of growth in the next few years.

ALL pointers suggest that the property loan stock sector of the JSE Securities Exchange SA will see an unprecedented scale of growth in the next few years.

First National Bank (FNB) is investing a further R28m in Johannesburg's central business district (CBD) through the development of a parkade on the corner of Pritchard and Sauer Streets.

INVESTEC Property Group and RMB Properties have sold their joint venture Maritzburg retail development plan to Liberty Group, giving it an opportunity to make its first major retail investment in KwaZulu-Natal.