Construction Maison

Cape Town property developers FWJK have promised that their planned city centre skyscraper will include affordable housing - but the price of the "affordable" apartments will be "less than R800 000". If it is given the go-ahead, the Zero-2-One skyscraper planned for the corner of Strand and Adderley Streets will be the tallest building in Cape Town and will contain more than 620 apartments, GroundUp reports. FWJK says affordable housing has been included in the plans, through the provision of 104 apartments which will sell for "less than R800 000", according to regional director Craig Armstrong . Armstrong told GroundUp the apartments would be sold on a "first come first served basis to qualifying buyers". Asked to say who would be "qualifying buyers", Armstrong said the target market was the " Sectional Title sale development market " and that the company believed "market forces will prevail through the provision o...

NASTASSIA ARENDSE:  I’m sure you’ve seen, as you drive through the streets of Sandton, lots of buildings coming up, a lot of corporates moving into Sandton. I suppose this all started during the early 2000s, when the likes of Investec and Nedbank all moved in. But on the same side of that there are some high- rise luxury apartments that have piggybacked on this relocation of corporates into the area, which would in theory create demand from buyers who decided to live closer to work. We have Kent Gush, who is the managing director of Kent Gush Properties , on the line to talk about Sandton’s luxury- apartment demand . Ken, thank you so much for your time. KENT GUSH:   Good evening, Nastassia. Thank you for having me. NASTASSIA ARENDSE:  I see this all the time – some properties coming up around the corner, especially the luxury apartments . They look absolutely beautiful. But what I want to know is what the demand is like for these apartments at this current stage. KENT GUSH:   As i...

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