Minister of Trade and Industry Alec Erwin will deliver the keynote address at this year's South African Property Owners' Association convention at Sun City from May 21 to 23.

HAVING predicted - just over a year ago - that South Africa's hospitality and leisure market was poised to benefit from greatly increased investor confidence in the country, particularly from overseas investors, Golding Hotel Investment Consultants (GHIC) concluded deals in excess of R220 million.

The JSE Securities Exchange-listed property loan stock company, has completed a highly successful vendor share placement in which nearly R100 million worth of Spearhead stock was subscribed for - although only just under R40 million was available for placement.

City-within-city: R75m Ashwood Centre part of major Iranian consortium's interest in SA Parklands' first bite of $30m investment.

Following a critique of the current planning system in Johannesburg, we continue on this subject, turning our attention to one of the more interesting aspects – namely the urban edge concept.

FORMER Corpcapital director Nic Frangos has issued summons against his former company, claiming R1m for invasion of privacy in an action that involves corporate intelligence company Associated Intelligence Network (AIN).

A pioneering initiative which has seen smaller tenants in a new shopping centre receive free consulting services on retailing is to be replicated in other major complexes around South Africa.

Policy on gated communities needs to address fears but ensure steps do not destroy social fabric.

Old Mutual Properties has hired a specialist retail consultant to help retail tenants at Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal.

Delays in bringing peace to Iraq will be a further dampener on prospects for a recovery in South Africa’s oversupplied office market, says Ian Watt, managing director of Old Mutual Properties.