The challenges of informal settlements have once again been thrown into the spotlight in the midst of the current pandemic...
Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 2 hours ago
Having had to rapidly adjust to working from home due to Covid-19, many people are now having to readjust to life back in the office...
Geoff Plimmer, Diep Nguyen, Esme Franken, Stephen Teo 29 Jun 2020
According to Tim White, CEO of Profica, the logistics and warehousing sectors have strong fundamentals in place which may see the industrial sector weather the Covid-19 storm and emerge with a more positive long-term outlook...
25 Jun 2020
"What will it take to encourage much more widespread reliance on working at home for at least part of each week?" asked Frank Schiff, the chief economist of the US Committee for Economic Development, in The Washington Post in 1979...
Andrew Wallace 22 Jun 2020
"We see a slowdown in pipeline growth in 2020, as we all get to grips with the new reality. With so many of the players locked down, fewer deals will be signed, and it is inevitable that some of the planned openings in 2020 will be delayed..."
17 Jun 2020
Broll's inaugural webinar focused on strategies and solutions that can be employed during the recovery phase of the Covid-19 crisis...
10 Jun 2020
An understandable response to the economic fallout of Covid-19 is for governments, industries and businesses trying to predict the path that the global economy will take in the coming months and years...
Gerhard Zeelie 9 Jun 2020
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, our homes have been serving as makeshift workplaces, schools, gyms and pubs...
Tara Hipwood 27 May 2020
Countries that have suffered the most severe outbreaks of Covid-19 are seeing infection rates level off as lockdowns and widespread restrictions on movement take effect...
Michael Aldridge 15 May 2020
In the wake of the spread of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the real estate and loan markets in Kenya are bound to be affected...
Loice Erambo 29 Apr 2020
Knight Frank has released its 2020 Wealth Report revealing the results of its Prime International Residential Index (PIRI 100)...
5 Mar 2020
Could a surge in domestic and international travel be the answer Dr Ephrem Tekle, Jobs Creation Commissioner of Ethiopia, is looking for?
25 Feb 2020
According to Knight Frank's Kenya Market Update for the second half of 2019, prime retail rents decreased by 4.2% to $4.6 per square foot per month in the period...
18 Feb 2020
As South Africa's medium-term economic growth prospects become increasingly uncertain, many local and international property investors are...
Gerhard Zeelie 17 Feb 2020
Across the 27 cities in the Savills World Cities Prime Residential Index, capital values in 2020 are forecast to grow by 1.8% on average...
5 Feb 2020
Co-working spaces have been growing in all the world's major cities for 15 years. But what makes them so popular?
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 31 Jan 2020
According to research from Turner & Townsend, major global data centre markets are seeing soaring construction costs as development in new and emerging hubs continues to heat up...
23 Jan 2020
Competition has become increasingly fierce. In 2019, we saw the expansion of price wars and the battle to remain relevant. It has become clearer that the companies that will survive are those which over the years have invested in...
Xolile Sizani 22 Jan 2020
The benefits of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) are substantial. Technology has moved forward rapidly, and what used to be considered toys are quickly becoming powerful commercial tools...
Lisa Ellman and Matthew Clark 14 Jan 2020
The group is now present in three of the four main Indian Ocean Islands, bringing their Indian Ocean portfolio to seven hotels in operation and under development...
13 Jan 2020
The unique SA retail environment presents new and established retailers with a good opportunity for success. Let's take a closer look.
Nomzamo Radebe 9 Jan 2020
When looking at trends in Africa, it's always important not to fall into that all too common trap of seeing the continent as a homogeneous entity...
Gerhard Zeelie 6 Jan 2020
Amr Sultan, Managing Director of Landmark Sabbour and Alex Kyriakidis, President & Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, Marriott International at the signing ceremony of W Cairo
23 Dec 2019
Growthpoint Investec African Properties (GIAP) announced last week that it has successfully concluded the acquisition of 100% of RMB Westport Real Estate Development Fund Limited...
17 Dec 2019
It wasn't very long ago when fulfillment was described as "just logistics". How times change...
Neil Gouveia 11 Dec 2019
According to the Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index (PGCI) for Q3 2019, house prices in Nairobi's high-end market fell by 5.4% in the year to September...
9 Dec 2019
Many business models around the world are under pressure, now more than ever, to be able to respond more speedily to volatile developments...
Francois Schoeman 9 Dec 2019
Build-to-rent (BTR) is not a well-known term in South Africa, but is an investment model to watch...
Harold Spies 6 Dec 2019
According to Chris Cilliers, CEO and principal of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty in the Winelands, while often associated primarily with security, there is a lot more to the growing global trend...
3 Dec 2019
On Monday, 25 November 2019, the Competition Commission published the final report in relation to its Grocery Retail Market Inquiry. The inquiry sought to elucidate features of the grocery retail market that have resulted in reduced competition...
Angelo Tzarevski, Ryan McKerrow and Kirsty Gibson 27 Nov 2019
