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City Regeneration

More office-to-apartment conversions planned for Joburg

Two more office blocks are being converted into apartments on the corner of End and Bree streets, in Johannesburg, by low-income housing developer Affordable Housing Company (Afhco), which also developed the adjacent park, including building...

By: Schalk Burger

01 Jun 12

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

Afhco targets two more buildings for affordable housing development

Development on the eastern side of Johannesburg's inner city continues, with the Affordable Housing Company (Afhco) starting construction and redevelopment of two properties in the Doornfontein area, to provide more affordable housing in the...

By: Christy van der Merwe

11 May 11

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

Property developers want Joburg inner-city renewal incentive extended

Property developers in the inner city of Johannesburg have urged government to extend the urban development zone (UDZ) tax incentive to more areas in the city and to extend the timeframes of the benefits, which are scheduled to come to an end in...

By: Christy van der Merwe

11 May 11

Affordable Housing

Afhco sees significant rejuvenation possibilities in Joburg CBD

One of the leading providers of affordable rental accommodation in the Johannesburg inner city and surrounds the Affordable Housing Company (Afhco) says that it sees opportunities in the rejuvenation of the city.

By: Dennis Ndaba

05 Nov 10

HOUSING

French agency injects €20m in SA’s affordable housing sector

The NHFC's CEO Samson Moraba speaks on the AFD funding and its aims

Camera: Nicholas Boyd
Editing: Shane Williams

French development finance institution Agence Française de Développement (AFD) on Thursday boosted South Africa’s affordable housing sector by injecting €20-million, or around R225-million, into the National Housing Finance Corporation...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

26 Nov 09

INNER CITY REGENERATION

Private sector developers honoured for improving Joburg inner city

The City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) on Thursday evening honoured private sector developers, which were consistently changing and uplifting the face of the inner city, at the second yearly Halala Joburg awards....

By: Christy van der Merwe

12 Jun 09

STADIUMS

Greater Ellis Park precinct upgrade nearing completion

The transformation of the Ellis Park stadium and the surrounding precinct in the Johannesburg inner city would be ready well before the Confederations Cup kick-off in June this year. The stadium itself would be completed by the end of February....

By: Christy van der Merwe

23 Feb 09

HOUSING

World's largest office-to-housing development under way in Joburg

The world's largest conversion of office space to apartments is under way in the Johannesburg central business district at 120 End street, and is expected to be complete in early 2009.

By: Christy van der Merwe

28 Sep 07

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

World's largest office-to-housing development under way in Joburg

The world's largest conversion of office space to apartments is under way in the Johannesburg central business district, at 120 End street, and is expected to be complete in early 2009.

By: Christy van der Merwe

28 Sep 07

ENGINEERING NEWS COVER STORY

Rejuvenation and residential projects help usher in Jo'burg's downtown dawn

Since 2001 there has been a significant acceleration of regeneration in Johannesburg, with major interventions around Constitution Hill in Hillbrow, Newtown, the so-called fashion district, the financial district, the Main street upgrade, the...

By: Christy van der Merwe

25 May 07

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

Joburg's residential projects are supporting an acceleration of the rejuvenation effort

By: Christy van der Merwe

25 May 07

Construction

Inner-city housing targeted

Reconstruction & Development

By: System Author

19 Nov 99

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