Economic factors have brought underground living back into vogue, says Ross Davies.

Government is to appeal a court judgment compelling it to evict and provide housing for 40,000 illegal squatters occupying part of a commercial farm in Benoni.

Philip Green, the retail entrepreneur, hopes to make a cash bid for Safeway of about #2.9billion within 10 days.

An apparent surge in the value and area space of building plans passed in the Nelson Mandela Metro over the past year has been described as a positive indicator of vibrancy in the local economy.

THE developers of the R185 million, 630-house Capricorn Beach development in Muizenberg say that because they are working in the very sensitive strandveld area.

Super Group in R12.5m lease A MODERN 8 000m2 warehouse and 750m2 of office space in Montague Gardens.

CIVILS work has been completed and the builders have begun construction of the first phase of a new office block development in Tyger Valley.

Old Mutual has bought a key property in Claremont that could trigger huge redevelopment of Cape Town's main decentralised office and retail area

Retail property and management group Investec Property Group has said the year ahead looks very promising for the retail sector, on the back of strong growth recorded in 2002.

Investec Property Group says it has benefited from consistent national growth in the local retail sector in 2002 and was forecasting continued successes in 2003.