Over the past few years, there has been a lot of speculation about the state of the Sandton office market on the back of its rising popularity as the new 'financial hub' of Johannesburg.

Johannesburg - Shoprite Holdings, South Africa's second-largest retailer by sales, would probably report earnings of R216 million, or 39.8c a share, for the six months to December, according to the average estimate of three analysts surveyed.

Chairman Gordon edges closer to group's ambition of being the UK's biggest property investor.

THE 5.6ha, 26 erf Omuramba Business Park at Marconi Beam bucked the sluggish trend in the industrial market in 2002.

CONSTRUCTION of the first two office blocks in Waterford Mews, a cluster of 12 stand-alone units at Century City, has started.

Upward curve: study shows need for more supermarkets and clothing and furniture stores in city.

CANAL Walk trading in December continued to outperform expectations with turnover up 30% at more than R252 million, against R192m the previous December.

REDEVELOPMENT and a revamp of the tenant mix has helped deliver a 46% increase in turnovers for 2002 at Maynard Mall.

MidCity Properties announced the purchase of Yellow Button Property Management (Pretoria) effective 1 March 2003.

Cape Town - Liberty International, the UK retail property and shopping centre group, showed more steady growth in the year to December.