R20 billion investment – A New Beginning for the in the inner city
24 April 2019
Today, 24 April 2019, I am pleased to announce the single biggest property investment the City of Johannesburg has ever made through private sector development.
Through the release of City properties to the private sector for redevelopment, the City expects to realize R20 billion in expected investment value, which will soon be visible in the inner-city with 24 developments set to start within six (6) months. This is in addition to the three developments already underway in Hillbrow and Newtown.
This is indeed the biggest number of properties awarded simultaneously in the City’s history. This is also the largest number of mixed-use private sector developments focusing on residential and student accommodation being facilitated by the City at once.
These developments come as a result of the prospectus of 71 properties that were released to the private sector in 2017 as part of the Inner City Revitalisation Programme. These were in addition to the 13 properties council released initially. Council’s approval of the latest batch of 70 properties in February brought the total number of properties released to the private sector for mixed-use development to 154 since the programme was launched in October 2017.