Century City offices : “Green Buildings” will soon be the norm
The new buzzword in the commercial property market is “Green Buildings” – that is new buildings or redeveloped older buildings which have little or no negative impact on the environment. The question is: Is this a fad or is it real and commercially viable? Colin Anderson, a director of Rabie Property Group, says if one […]
Century City commercial and residential markets picking up
After an extremely tough two to three years, there are now growing signs that both the residential and commercial property markets in Century City are firming, says Leon Cohen, Managing Director of developer Rabie Property Group. “We have seen a definite pick-up in both residential sales and commercial letting and sales at Century City. This […]
Century City : R11billion in new development in the pipeline for Century City
New development totalling R11billion is in the pipeline for Century City where total investment to date has topped R16billion. The 250 ha Century City mixed use development was launched in 1997 with the remaining undeveloped land and associated rights being acquired by the Rabie Property Group in June 2004. Since then the development has grown […]
Century City offices : Where are we in the property cycle?
Giles Balmer of Rabie Property Group shares with us his amateur’s guide to the commercial property cycle. Is the property market currently in a state of flux? Are we still in a recession? Are the banks still professing a recovery (yet their vaults are seemingly still bolted shut)? And are we still heading into double […]
New green offices for Aurecon
An artist impression of Aurecon A new 7000 square metre “green” regional office block will be built at Century City for Aurecon, an engineering, management and specialist technical services group formed through the merger of leading engineering consultancies, Africon, Connell Wagner and Ninham Shand. Being developed by Rabie Property Group at a cost of R150million, […]
Porsche Centre Cape Town relocates to new premises at Century City
Porsche Centre Cape Town has relocated its Western Cape operations to new premises at Century City. Toby Venter, CEO of Porsche Centre South Africa, said they had relocated their entire Western Cape operations from High Street in Tyger Valley, taking up the entire first phase of Gorrie & Findlay’s new 6232 square metre development at […]