Businesses who are contending with changing environments and economic pressure following the Covid-19 lockdown should focus on their immediate challenge: remaining a going concern until demand returns. This is especially true of businesses in the tourism industry, states Arthur Kamp, chief economist at Sanlam Investments. In the recently-released State of Cape Town Central City Report,

Property zoning is the number one hurdle for owners setting up business premises at home, says Craig Mott, a regional sales manager for the Rawson Property Group. “Most town planning schemes will make provision, without zoning from the municipality, for conducting a profession or occupation from a dwelling house as a primary right – sometimes

Life is unpredictable at times and even more so when you throw a pandemic into the mix. As we went into Level 3 lockdown, a few owners decided to opt-out of using their properties in the short-stay and Airbnb markets and move them to long-term rentals. “Rather some money than none,” was the thinking. But

Maggie Rowley, journalist by trade and communications and marketing manager for the Century City precinct from August 1997, touched the lives of many, in ways unimaginable.

Almost R14 billion worth of property investments were made in the Cape Town city centre in 2019 despite challenges facing the city, including a tight economy. In fact, investor confidence in the central city was on the rebound last year, notes the latest State of Cape Town Central City Report. Completed projects amounted to approximately