The Property Pod

Navigating higher interest rates

Rhys Dyer, CEO of ooba, explores what surging interest rates mean for homeowners with bonds, first-time home buyers and the residential property market.

10 Oct 2022 14 min

‘There's definitely buoyancy back’ in retail property

Nkuli Bogopa, chief operating officer of Broll Property Management, talks shopping centres trends in the South African and US markets, which have rebounded strongly following the Covid-19 lockdown lows.

12 Sep 2022 22 min

Portia Tau-Sekati on empowerment in SA's property industry

The CEO of the Property Sector Charter Council says despite improvement to Level 4 in terms of the Broad-based BEE scorecard, much still needs to be done to transform the industry both on the BEE and women's empowerment fronts.

29 Aug 2022 29 min

What’s behind the self-storage property boom

The tell-tale sign of a genuine market opportunity is very often when there is no hard data available on a particular sector, says Gavin Lucas, CEO of Stor-Age Property REIT – the only pure-play self-storage property fund listed on the JSE.

15 Aug 2022 22 min

Rabie’s new Bridgeways Precinct puts Century City back in the spotlight

Mariska Auret, director at the Cape Town-based property group, talks about Rabie’s latest mixed-use developments, which include upmarket apartment blocks alongside the water’s edge on the old Ratanga Junction theme park site.

1 Aug 2022 17 min

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Hosted by Moneyweb's deputy editor Suren Naidoo, The Property Pod is South Africa's premier property investor podcast, with insights from industry executives. This podcast offers in-depth coverage of the South African property industry. The sectors covered include the commercial (office, retail and industrial/logistics) residential, and specialist sectors such as storage and healthcare. Each episode will cover industry developments,…

1 Aug 2022 17 min

Global and SA Reit sectors also facing market volatility

Ahmed Motara, portfolio manager for listed property at Stanlib, speaks about the performance of the real estate investment trust (Reit) sector locally and internationally in the first half of 2022, with the global listed property market down some 20%, while SA’s All Property Index is down around 10%.

18 Jul 2022 17 min

Octodec still banking on the Pretoria and Joburg CBDs

Jeffrey Wapnick, managing director of the JSE-listed real estate investment trust, talks about how the residential property market has recovered from the Covid-19 fallout and why he still sees commercial property opportunities in Gauteng’s two biggest city centres.

11 Jul 2022 17 min

Exemplar’s rural and township retail property niche pays off

‘We've gone to school and university and done our doctorate in unforeseen events over the past two-and-a-half years, so I'm looking forward to what we can do going forward’ – Jason McCormick, CEO of JSE-listed Exemplar REITail.

20 Jun 2022 22 min

Five-star Radisson Hotel debuts at Vivian Reddy’s Oceans Umhlanga mega development

Reddy – who’s leading the ambitious R4 billion mixed-use property project with joint venture partner Rob Alexander – speaks about the new hotel and gives an update on the overall development, which will include a luxury mall, supercar showroom and two residential towers.

6 Jun 2022 19 min

London listing on the cards for Africa-focused Lango Real Estate

Thomas Reilly, managing director of the Growthpoint and International Finance Corporation-backed property fund, talks about Lango’s next phase of expansion that includes an IPO in the next three years and entering the Kenyan market. 

23 May 2022 21 min

Real-estate investing in Africa and the transition from the mighty dollar

Property pundit Kevin Teeroovengadum speaks about the dollarisation of African real estate assets, why he believes it’s important for the continent to transition to local currencies when investing in the sector; and, on the need for African countries to develop their own capital markets.

9 May 2022 20 min

Up-for-sale Newlands Rugby Stadium site could make way for mixed-use development

‘There has been a lot of interest from listed and private property entities, landlords and property owners, as well as a couple of international developers and investors’ – Wes Cowan, associate director at Galetti.

18 Apr 2022 8 min

SA Reit sector shows negative performance for first quarter of 2022

 Anton de Goede, portfolio manager covering listed property at Coronation Fund Managers, discusses the sector’s Q1 performance and shares his views on Reits that published results during the recent February/March reporting season. 

4 Apr 2022 16 min

Improvon partners with Nedbank to develop R1.3bn Dakota Precinct

Stefano Contardo – CEO of the R9bn Africa-focused unlisted warehousing, distribution and logistics-focused property developer and investor – speaks about the group’s latest project in Midrand, Johannesburg.

14 Mar 2022 14 min

Redefine anticipates controlling more than 90% of EPP

CEO Andrew König speaks about the group’s R7.2bn takeover of the Polish property counter and why Redefine sees greener pastures in the commercial property market of the central European nation.

28 Feb 2022 10 min

Estienne de Klerk’s insights on SA’s listed property sector

'If the economy doesn’t grow, then the commercial real estate environment will probably still suffer from oversupply issues,’ posits the SA Reit Association chairperson and CEO of Growthpoint Properties SA.

31 Jan 2022 18 min

Millat banks on more new SA Hyatt hotel properties

Hamza Farooqui, CEO of Joburg-based Millat Investments, speaks about the group’s hotel industry investment plans as it prepares to take advantage of an expected post-Covid tourism sector recovery.

17 Jan 2022 16 min

Mr President come see what we’ve done at Waterfall City

That’s the call from Giles Pendleton, chief development officer of JSE-listed Attacq Limited, master developer of the new ‘smart city’ rising from the ground in the middle of Gauteng.

6 Dec 2021 21 min

Ryk Neethling on estate development and semigration to the Cape Winelands

Olympic champion swimmer-turned property developer speaks about his involvement as a shareholder and marketing director of the landmark Val de Vie Estate in Western Cape’s Paarl valley. 

22 Nov 2021 18 min