The proposal, which will now open for public comment, includes an open market and subsidised housing, public open spaces, and retail space. The property will also include 800 residential units.
According to locals, the building, ironically dubbed Cinderella, has become an attraction for vagrants and even had a brothel running from it at some stage before it was bought by an Irish investor.
The City has now released central Cape Town land parcels with an estimated yield of over 4,900 affordable housing units, including 2,100 social housing units.
Folks in the southern suburbs have been asked to keep Constantia Valley ‘a small town’ by objecting to the proposed new erection on Main Road.
The redevelopment into an exciting mixed-use destination of restaurants, retail and hotels will transform this section of Bree Street.
As one of three quarries in the Bo-Kaap and a national heritage site, there is an opportunity to turn the derelict lot into a city gem.
That’s how you roll when you’re worth $34.2 billion.
Work on this iconic stretch of coast is expected to be completed by June 2025, so whatever disruption there is, beachgoers will still be able to access one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It’ll be worth it.
The footage of where the Shongweni Urban Development is being built is a reminder that South Africa really does have the best backdrop for any kind of new project. Rolling hills, red rocks and an open African sky – a developer’s dream.
The islands have remained uninhabited and totally untouched by human activity, but now Sotheby’s has been entrusted with auctioning off this extraordinary destination.
Development has begun on a new ‘city centre’ within the exclusive multi-billion-rand Steyn City lifestyle estate.
Cape Town’s CBD is going to see some big developments in the near future, a new high rise and underground court on the cards.
The infamous Midmar building will be knocked down and replaced with a 17-storey block, but many aren’t too happy with what’s coming.
Just near the King Shaka airport in KZN, an investment will see the rise of a new city. It’s only set to be completed in 2030, but here’s our first look.
The Kruger National Park just isn’t that exciting for the newly wealthy so they have decided to add a few bars.
When Nelson Mandela says something’s going to be a goodie, I think it’s safe to say you can believe him. Is this the case this time around though?
Business Insider highlights 12 startups that are making waves across Africa, and a South African app company has found itself on the list of worthy businesses.
With the report by the Public Protector finally out, let’s take a walk down memory lane and see where R246 million ended up being spent. Nkandla’s humble beginnings to the extravagant compound that it has become, have been documented in a series of photographs.
The residents of Plettenberg Bay are losing their faces over the proposed development of a R4 billion small boat harbour. They’re peeved, because they say that the development will ruin the vibe of Plett, turning it into a “Little Dubai”. This, from TimesLive: Western Cape Marina Investments has proposed a R4-billion development on Central Beach […]
A machine called ‘Collosus’ was the first real computer. Designed to help codebreakers in WWII, it was one huge motherclunker. And it didn’t even have ‘snake’.
A Chinese firm named Shanghai Zendai plans to build a mini city in Johannesburg on the 1 600ha of land and buildings it bought from explosives company AECI for R1 billion. Shanghai Zendai say that their development will be the future centre of Johannesburg.
Facebook is partnering with San Francisco development firm St. Anton Partners to build a 394-unit housing complex, most of which will be filled with Facebook employees. The development – called Anton Menlo – will sprawl over 10 acres of land in Menlo Park, California. The 630,000 square-foot Facebook town will be walking and biking distance to […]