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History made as electricity wheeled via Cape Town’s grid by Growthpoint and Etana Energy

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 14 September 2023 – The first electrons of clean, green energy have officially been wheeled via the City of Cape Town’s energy grid. Growthpoint Properties (JSE: GRT) became the first party to wheel renewable electricity in the City in collaborat...

14 September 2023

Emira’s strategic selling of The Bolton residential units makes good progress

Emira Property Fund (JSE: EMI) is over the halfway mark in selling the 282 apartments in its ground-breaking office-to-residential conversion, The Bolton in Rosebank, Johannesburg, as it continues its ongoing programme of strategic capital rotation.

14 September 2023

Growthpoint Properties reports robust results and solid strategic progress

Growthpoint Properties Limited (JSE: GRT) delivered a 1.3% increase in both dividend per share (DPS) and distributable income per share (DIPS) to 130.1 cents and 157.6 cents respectively for the 30 June 2023 financial year. Group property assets grew 5.3% to R179.8bn and...

13 September 2023

Hotel construction commences to add the final touch to Growthpoint’s historic Longkloof precinct

Growthpoint Properties (JSE: GRT) is moving ahead with its final improvement to the historic Longkloof precinct in Cape Town - the development of the Canopy by Hilton Cape Town Longkloof hotel.

31 August 2023

Woman to woman, we need female mentors

Isn’t it funny, even mildly frustrating, how the word mentor starts with men?

29 August 2023

Vukile concludes oversubscribed R526m unsecured bond issue

Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE) has issued R526m of senior unsecured corporate bonds with three- and five-year maturities. Indicating significant market interest, the initial target issuance size of R500m was 4.1 times oversubscribed, attracting bids of R2.0bn.

28 August 2023

Make offices ‘just right’ for childfree women (and everyone else) with Goldilocks thinking

Too big, too small, just right! Too hard, too soft, just right! If even that young trespasser and thief Goldilocks understood the importance of things being customised to suit the individual preference, then workspaces can do the same.

27 August 2023

Atterbury to develop Solar MD’s new Headquarters at Richmond Park

Leading property investor and developer Atterbury has broken ground for the new home of sustainable technology company Solar MD at Richmond Park in Cape Town.

17 August 2023

Growthpoint’s student accommodation surpasses expectations and expands its reach

Growthpoint Student Accommodation REIT’s three new university student residences opened for the 2023 university academic year have outperformed expectations. The company intends to expand its portfolio with two newly developed student accommodation properties in 2024 and...

15 August 2023

Do we really want more of the same? Now is our chance to change it.

Much of our built environment has historically been designed for men, by men. Yes, progression has been made in more recent years and decades, but certain standards and assumptions are entrenched and their effects linger on.

15 August 2023