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22 Sep 2023
Cape Town CBD’s remarkable economic recovery: CCID Report
The Cape Town CBD’s post-Covid economy is on the rebound with property investment in the inner city in 2022 exceeding R3.555…
29 May 2023
Cape Town CBD properties a magnet for digital nomads
As the digital nomad trend grows worldwide, savvy property developers in the Cape Town CBD are fostering a dynamic hub for…
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14 Apr 2023
Cape Town CBD business confidence soars
Despite warnings in the early stages of the pandemic that the Work From Home trend would cripple central business districts…
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9 Apr 2023
Effective partnership ensuring Cape Town CBD success
The City of Cape Town could not be on its prosperous trajectory without the Cape Town Central City Improvement District, says…
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1 Mar 2023
It's all happening at Heritage Square
The Cape Town inner city has a new buzz of creative activity. It’s especially concentrated in a recently revitalised…
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1 Mar 2023
CCID at the heart of the Cape Town CBD's success
The Cape Town Central Business District (CBD) contributes more than a quarter of the Western Cape's gross domestic product (GDP…
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30 Nov 2022
Cape Town CBD hotels set for busy festive season
After a challenging two years, Cape Town’s CBD is expected to exceed pre-pandemic tourism numbers this December. Hotels in the…
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30 Nov 2022
Cape Town cruise economy steams ahead
After three disastrous years, the cruise economy is back. More than 239 cruise ships are expected to dock in Cape Town between…
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31 Oct 2022
Retail rebounds in downtown Cape Town
Retail in the Cape Town CBD, which accounted for more than a third of the businesses operating in the city centre last year,…
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30 Sep 2022
Architects' choice: Best Cape Town inner-city buildings
Downtown Cape Town’s impressive architecture reflects the history and evolution of the city and its CBD. We asked prominent…
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30 Sep 2022
Residential property in Mother City CBD rebounds after covid slump
Residential property developments dominated the Cape Town CBD property scene in 2021, with several impressive residential or…
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30 Sep 2022
Cape Town CBD economy remains resilient
New property investment in the Cape Town Central City worth in excess of R5.7 billion was recorded last year in spite of the…
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30 Aug 2022
Cape Town CBD call centre economy thrives
Downtown Cape Town’s booming BPO industry remains an attractive support for global companies wanting to streamline costs and…
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30 Jun 2022
Landmark Cape Town murals reimagined
The striking murals of beloved South African stalwarts Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu that grace the windows of the Cape Town…
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31 May 2022
Surviving Covid: Reimagining Cape Town's property sector
Commercial, residential and retail property is being redefined in post-pandemic times. At the recent Western Cape Property…
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28 Apr 2022
Business confidence in Cape Town CBD soars
Business confidence in downtown Cape Town continued its late 2021 recovery during the first quarter of 2022, according to the…
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31 Mar 2022
How inner cities can thrive
If inner cities are to survive and thrive, out-of-the box thinking is crucial. Here Rob Kane, CEO of Boxwood Property Fund and…
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28 Feb 2022
City Hall: Jewel in the Cape Town CBD's crown
It’s the jewel in the Cape Town CBD’s crown. And this year, the recently refurbished majestic Cape Town City Hall, with its…
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28 Feb 2022
Capetonians head back to the office
It’s official – Capetonians are heading back to the office, according to traffic data and company leaders who say "it’s time to…
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31 Jan 2022
The office of 2022
Everyone knows the world of work has changed radically. What does this mean for the office of 2022? We look at the trends and…
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31 Jan 2022
Top 5 living & working trends in 2022
As we enter our third Covid year, new ways of living and working continue to emerge. Here we identify the top five for 2022. 1…
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31 Jan 2022
Retail confidence in Cape Town's Central City rebounds
Business confidence in Cape Town’s CBD rebounded in the final months of 2021, with more than half of the retailers surveyed by…
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14 Dec 2021
New market for downtown Cape Town
A R31-million building refurbishment – which includes a food and beverage market – developed by Boxwood Property Fund in the…
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29 Nov 2021
Rise of the Rockefeller
Cape Town’s latest mixed-use development, The Rockefeller, is set to change the face of the CBD’s Foreshore precinct with its…
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29 Nov 2021
Trends shaping cities over the next 1000 days
The last 1 000 days have forced players in the public and private sector to adapt to a new set of creative and financial…
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