Real Estate September 2016 ( Issue 36 )

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ESTATE ISSUE 36 • SEPTEMBER 2016

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ANNE SCHAUFFER Durban-based freelance journalist Anne has been immersed in property for as long as she can remember. Growing up in a realestate family, she took the road less travelled and ended up writing about it for numerous publications and organisations. She tackles trends and design, decor and architecture, the built (and the green) environment, and profiles bravehearts in and captains of the industry. This issue, she explores the V&A Waterfront upgrades in our special report on page 55.

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Genevieve has just finished her maternity leave after giving birth to her son Benson George. Between feeding, burping and nappy changes, she’s back in the swing of writing for various publications and websites. She’s got all things flooring covered on page 27.

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eptember is a time of reawakening and it certainly feels like things are abuzz all over the country. Not only have camellias, magnolias and snowdrops been blooming along my favourite walks, but I’ve just watched an incredibly vibey vlog on the opening of David Higgs’ long-awaited Marble restaurant in Jozi. To top that, Capetonians are in for a treat at Coco Safar in Cavendish Square, marking another new spot that’s really hot. We share a teaser of what’s to come on page 11 but we will be posting more online soonest about these two exciting launches, so sign up right away for our newsletter via our website, realestatemagazine.co.za.

If you missed 100% Design South Africa, yet another beautifully curated show, you’ll find our first impressions online and our report-back on page 11. As always, the picture edit is a tough one, so I’ve added some of my personal favourites above: Made by Architects’ nifty magnetised key holder also holds an iPad, mobile and even a plant – a smart design solution for cluttered hallways. I also love the milk-chocolate glazes of Rialheim’s flower pots.

Studio 19 had me returning time and again to covet Mia Widlake’s new sofa (the elegant turned legs and shapely back absolutely did it for me) – and I found myself standing at Leopold7’s stand to admire Studio Lee Lynch’s green floor and David Krynauw’s work. Hope you saw his rocking chair and his Jozi bench, too, at the alwaysoutstanding 100 Beautiful Things stand. The outsized Die Regterhand hanging light at Douglas & Company nearly distracted me from the ingenious Herr Euler coffee table beneath it – the beautifully carved wooden insets can be removed, too. And before I stray too far from flooring (see our trends feature on page 27), the malachite MONN Axminster carpet we feature on our cover was a collab with Platform Creative Agency.

Who would have guessed? Great work!

As I write this, we have no idea who has won the Win a Home competition at the prestigious Val de Vie estate. We’re holding thumbs for our talented interior designer Rudolph Jordaan, who was so passionate about this project from word go and kept smiling despite the unbelievably tight deadlines set. He has an exciting future ahead of him and wish him the best of luck! Turn to page 18 to take a look Michelle Snaddon at the apartment we decorated in the competition as Team Real Estate.

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CONTENTS

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SEPTEMBER 2016 11 WORD ON THE STREET 16 CAR REVIEW

Jaguar has finally entered the S

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18 HOOKED ON STYLE

As part of T show Win a Home, editor Michelle Snaddon guided design talent Rudolph Jordaan through renovating an apartment at al de ie. The results are in

27 THE FLOOR SCORE

Turn your home’s flooring into a statement feature with these creative solutions and classic updates

34 NEW PAINTING

An evolving medium, paintings are our current lu ury investment trend. at the painters you need to collect now

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47 MARKETPLACE

The property news you need to know now

55 CHARTERED WATERS

The &A aterfront has become a phenomenally successful destination. ur special report e plores this iconic mi ed-use hub more fully

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est sets the standard for lu urious Berlin living

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THINGS TO SEE, TRENDS TO SPOT AND PLACES TO BE

TEXT Julia Freemantle and Michelle Snaddon PHOTOGRAPHS Elsa Young, Alain Proust, Henrique Wilding, Julia Freemantle and supplied

CAFFEINE KICK Just when we thought coffee culture might have reached a pinnacle here, along came dynamic duo Wilhelm Liebenberg and Caroline Sirois. For the past three years, the pair has been secretly working behind the scenes in Woodstock to launch an international luxury patisserie and cafe. Conceived in New York, designed in Toronto and opening in Cape Town (yes, we are first, before NYC, London, Tokyo and others opening globally), Coco Safar is about to raise the bar with Third Wave coffee and cold brew in a glamorous setting. The question is ‘why Cavendish Square?’ but with its beautifully crafted cafe interior, espresso bar and capsule emporium (wait until you see the packaging), mouth-watering patisserie and extraordinary attention to service and detail, you’ll become a regular. Do yourself a favour and try the cold brew with burnt orange – there’s no turning back. cocosafar.com

On fire After months of intrigue and anticipation, David Higgs’ live-fire restaurant, Marble, situated in Rosebank, is finally open.

The spectacular rooftop site looking north over Johannesburg’s treetops sets the perfect dramatic note for the moody, edgy and glamorous space.

For this latest venture, Higgs is focusing on elevating flame cooking to an art form, a nod to the age-old primal way of cooking as well as celebrating South Africa’s love for all things grilled.

As part of the new Keyes Art Mile, the restaurant is the crowning glory of the Trumpet building, a cultural and lifestyle destination set to make the suburb a major draw for art and food lovers. marblerestaurant.co.za

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Hide and seek

A follow-on from his Cape Town volume, Paul Duncan turned this time to Joburg’s gems to compile Hidden Johannesburg (Struik Lifestyle). From the gracious courtyards of St John’s College (pictured right) to the old-world opulence of the Rand Club, Alain Proust’s images and Paul’s text take you on an inside-track tour of 28 of the city’s most beautiful and culturally significant spaces.

These include churches and cathedrals, synagogues and mosques, schools, homes, heritage sites and even a prison. It shows that despite its reputation for constant development, Joburg has retained and treasured many of its historical jewels. Available at Exclusive Books and other good book stores. exclusives.co.za

BEST FOOT FORWARD Taking the Spanish classic and giving it a contemporary African twist, Espadril produces handmade shoes that take the non-negotiable elements of the iconic shoe (woven jute soles, the shape of the uppers) and added cool takes on colour and materiality.

South African Rizqah Isaacs and Spanish Patricia Terre started the brand from a studio on Bree Street and combine their respective influences and personalities for unique and fun summer footwear. Available from Superbalist or at the Cape Town store. espadril.co.za

A refined palette

Plascon’s colour forecast, offering fresh hues and combinations, is always eagerly anticipated. The first category, Anonymous, is calm simplicity, with pale shades at its core. Terrain is inspired by raw earth and is made up of warm yellow, orange and mineral tones. Prism is about youth and fun, bold with brights. Pause, the final theme, is a nuanced palette of sophisticated neutrals. While it seems minimal, there’s no lack of depth thanks to chalky finishes and metallic accents. See the whole spectrum online. plascon.co.za

An art form

The annual – and ninth – Joburg Art Fair (Sandton Convention Centre, 9 to 11 September), promises to be as inspiring and boundary-pushing as ever. Focusing on contemporary art from Africa and the diaspora, it includes a broad programme of special projects, events, international curators and critical discussions by thought leaders, encouraging discussion and furthering the agenda of engagement around art. The 2016 fair will also include the sixth edition of the FNB Art Prize – a major opportunity for an artist to realise a new work at the fair. fnbjoburgartfair.co.za

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CAR NEWS

NEW SEGMENT, ALTHOUGH LATE TO THE SUV PARTY, JAGUAR’S F-PACE IS NONETHELESS A GREAT FIRST ATTEMPT TEXT Terence Steenkamp PHOTOGRAPHS Supplied

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onsidering the Leaping Cat is one half of much-loved British company Jaguar Land Rover (the second half of that name entails rugged, goanywhere off-roaders), it’s somewhat surprising that it’s taken the aristocratic British brand this long to develop its own SUV. Even more surprising is the fact that, underneath its svelte skin, the new F-Pace is not simply a Land Rover re-engineered to capture the character of the Jaguar brand, but a vehicle that shares its architecture with the most recent round of XE and XF sedans. Those vehicles are some of the most unashamedly sporty in their respective segments – and therein lies the clue to the F-Pace.

If you arrive at the F-Pace unacquainted, you may expect it to drive like any other family SUV. However, it takes but a short distance down the road to realise that, despite its lofty height and even loftier aspirations as a family holdall, this is a Jaguar through and through.

Even the humble 2.0-litre turbodiesel, the entry point to a range that crescendos in the scalding 35t AWD S model (and its immense R1.2m price tag), asks questions that the chassis never fails to answer. Feeling for all the world simply like a bloated family hatchback instead of the large Cat it is, the F-Pace shrinks around you as you start to explore its dynamic talents.

That’s not to imply it’s a one-dimensional creature, though. In a careful balancing act, Jaguar has made the ride comfortable, the seats cosseting, the cabin spacious and the boot big.

Enveloping the driver and passenger in two distinct zones, the cockpit is a master class in striking design that’s also effective in day-to-day use. Yes, some of the material quality is no match for that of its main rival, the equally athletic Porsche Macan, and local specification is less than generous when it comes to standard features, but the F-Pace’s cabin feels warmer, more inviting, less austere.

And isn’t that the ethos of any Jaguar? They might not always be the best vehicles in their respective classes, but they make motoring special. Where the German carmakers aim for perfection, in the process occasionally sacrificing soul, the manufacturer from Coventry in the UK produces cars that craft a wonderful sense of wellbeing. And kudos to Jaguar for refusing to stray from that approach in its pursuit of new buyers in an alien segment. jaguar.co.za

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THE LIGHT-FILLED APARTMENTS AT VAL DE VIE’S POLO VILLAGE OFFER AN ENVIABLE LIFESTYLE IN THE CAPE WINELANDS TEXT Michelle Snaddon PHOTOGRAPHS Henrique Wilding

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‘MOODY BLUE IS A RELAXING COLOUR TO COME HOME TO BUT IT’S ALSO OPTIMISTIC AND INSPIRING’ ANNE ROSELT, PLASCON

Interior designer Rudolph Jordaan chose Plascon’s Moody Blue for the open-plan living area.

Uplifting by day and glamorous by night, he offset the look with a comfortable white linen sofa from Weylandts and covered three cushions in Elitis fabric, flown out especially from Paris by St Leger & Viney and chosen to echo his favourite green tones on the bedroom wall.

Lisa Firer’s handmade blue-and-white vessel (from the new range showcased at 100% Design South Africa) provided a focus on the organic-shaped Caesarstone sidetable. Moonbasket’s handmade rug and the white OKHA swivel-base chair with oak arms complete the room OPPOSITE In the main bedroom, Lisa Firer’s delicate ceramic vessels complement the elegant lines created by the James Mudge table in this sunny corner

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hen Real Estate magazine was approached to mentor young interior designer Rudolph Jordaan as part of the Win a Home series on SABC3’s Afternoon Express, we were honoured to be included alongside teams from Visi and ELLE Decoration. Who wouldn’t want the chance to decorate a Stefan Antoni-designed apartment in the new Polo Village at equestrian paradise Val de Vie? Surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery and with its superb network of trails and world-class health clubs, it offers a secure lifestyle in the Paarl-Franschhoek valley.

All 60 apartments were sold out in only a few months – not surprising, as Val de Vie has been voted top estate in South Africa. It recently bought out neighbouring Pearl Valley Golf Estate, hosted Prince Harry and the Sentebale Cup at the Polo Pavilion and launched the Gentleman’s Estates. In 2016, Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital bought a 20% stake in Val de Vie Investments.

At the moment, however, the Polo Village is almost complete – team Real Estate’s challenging task was to decorate the empty apartment within extremely tight deadlines – not for the faint-hearted! But Rudolph’s interior vision came together in record time. We were amazed to see how he created a welcoming sanctuary with effortless flow, combining luxury finishes with collaborative works from artisans and local designers.

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‘I WANTED TO CREATE A TRULY WELCOMING SANCTUARY WITH TACTILE WALL ART AND FLEXIBLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS’ RUDOLPH JORDAAN, WIN A HOME CONTESTANT

‘All of 13m2, the guest bedroom tells a story of flexibility and movement,’ says Rudolph. With the millennial traveller in mind, he opted for the Le Grange Interiors adjustable storage system, which doubles as a desk, an ideal option for a short-stay polo fan or even a student. The intriguing wallpaper was printed by Robin Sprong OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT A smoky mirror enlarges the guest room, while the Coastal Grey Caesarstone-andleather headboard incorporates a bookshelf. Plascon’s Aluminium Snow was chosen for the walls and environmentally friendly mini-mosaic oak flooring was installed throughout by Zimbo’s Flooring Solutions. Not only is it wonderfully warm underfoot, but it has twice the life of an engineered floor, is made with nontoxic polyurethane-free glues and a solvent-free, oiled finish is mixed especially on-site. The corn-yellow throw is from Pezula, the Ladies with Branches cushion by Evolution Product from Lim and lighting by Hoi P’loy; Futurewoods handcrafted the main bathroom vanity and drawer painted in Plascon Savannah and Starlight Express inside. Beautifully bevilled mirrors from Wessel Snyman Creative balance the elegant Classic Trading basin.

Both bathrooms feature water-saving taps and luxurious showerheads from the innovative Hansgrohe PuraVida range, with a magnificent rain shower and spa-like hand shower for added luxury. The guest bathroom features a herringbone-tiled wall, contrasting with Starlight Express by Plascon and a sensual bronze mirror to complement the oak turned-leg vanity finished in a dark stain with a bronze top

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Beth Haynes of Beth Haynes Design incorporated a movable island on castors that doubles as a dining table. Designer Umthi bar stools by Meyer von Wielligh and Mervyn Gers Ceramics both reflect Rudolph’s love of artisanal talent OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Underfloor heating, a heated Bathroom Butler towel rail, top-of-the-range fittings from Hansgrohe plus custom Caesarstone shower trays complete this spa-like bathroom; Brandt Bester of BB Designs crafted the complex dressing room in record time with astounding detail and workmanship. Drawer units are suspended from the walls, leaving a small gap on each side, potentially for glass bathroom doors to slide away seamlessly. Oak ceiling strips unite both sides and complete the cocooned dressing area; slipper orchids and succulents bring nature into the bathroom; Natalie Bulwer’s original Indian ink artwork on archival paper, a Weylandts standing lamp and sculptural basket from Moonbasket complete the main bedroom; stylist Henrique Wilding, who worked with Rudolph for most of the project, sourced the wonderfully tactile Krafthaus felt throw to offset the softest linen and the pick-up sticks pattern in David Bbellamy’s headboard fabric. Crystal LED downlights from K-Light add a final touch with a soft and sensual glow and hang over Caesarstone bedside tables

‘A MOVABLE CAESARSTONE ISLAND ADDS A TOUCH OF GLAMOUR WHILE DOUBLING AS A DINING TABLE’ MICHELLE SNADDON, EDITOR

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LITTLE BLACK BOOK Caesarstone caesarstone.co.za Beth Haynes Design 082 426 2969 Brandt Bester (BB Designs) 084 517 6281 Grass (kitchen fittings) grass.co.za Hansgrohe hansgrohe.com Henrique Wilding (stylist) 082 461 8371 K-Light klight.co.za Lisa Firer lisafirer.co.za Meyer von Wielligh meyervonwielligh.co.za Newport Lighting newport.co.za One Design onedsign.co.za Plascon plascon.co.za Sangengalo Marble & Granite ske.co.za Smeg smeg.co.za Weylandts weylandts.co.za Zimbo’s Flooring Solutions zimbosoakflooring.co.za For a comprehensive list of retailers, suppliers and the dedicated teams behind the scenes on this Win a Home project, visit our blog on realestatemagazine.co.za.

Win a Home featured on SABC3’s Afternoon Express, with a grand prize for the winning designer of R50 000 and an internship at global design studio ARRCC (which includes mentorhsip by architect Stefan Antoni). The panel of judges were from ARRCC, Caesarstone, Plascon and Private Property.

Filmed recordings of the briefs, installations and reveals are all on privateproperty.co.za, where viewers could enter for the chance to win one of these beautiful apartments worth more than R3 million each. Win a Home was sponsored by Private Property along with Nedbank.

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE When swivelled at 90 degrees, the kitchen island (in Caesarstone Statuario Maximus) creates a generous dining table. The frame was custom-made by Bend-it Steel and finished at Quality Coaters, while One Design built the units and installed the kitchen. Superior German kitchen hinges and fittings are from Grass and the black Blanco tap is from Larson. Caesarstone Sleek Concrete was used for the rest of the countertops; Elitis ‘wallpaper’ creates 3D interest on the hallway ceiling; Rudolph’s storage unit has LED back lighting and conceals all cords and plugs, a major consideration if you’re to achieve an uncluttered space. A leather-clad frame (pattern cut by Woodheads) slides from side to side and is ideal for concealing all audiovisual equipment or displaying sculptures such as the horse, one of Rudolph’s earliest purchases. UV blinds were installed, giving the apartment a soft, filtered light. The LED unit lighting, uplighting and a Weylandts standing lamp cast a beautiful glow in the space at night; the clever sink design includes a seamless Caesarstone built-in option with a slide-over drainage board/cover that provides additional work surface (or hides dishes) when placed over the basin OPPOSITE Glossy Smeg appliances from the Retro range contrast beautifully against the raw-wood peg board with flexible storage options.

The elegant black linear light is from Newport Lighting and has moveable bulbs for task or ambient lighting

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‘IN A COMPACT LIVING SPACE, THE CHALLENGE IS TO CREATE AN ILLUSION OF SPACE AND A PLACE TO RELAX’ BETH HAYNES, KITCHEN DESIGNER

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THE FLOOR SCORE FLOORS HAVE BECOME ANOTHER SURFACE FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION – REASON TO ELEVATE THEM TO MAIN FEATURE STATUS TEXT Genevieve Putter PHOTOGRAPHS Anne-Catherine Scoffoni, Toby Scott and supplied

TRANSITION TREND

Transition floors have gained a lot of attention of late as a way to incorporate two types of flooring into one space – or to transition from one room to another. In this apartment in Paris, renovated by Parisian decor and interior architects Royal Roulette (royalroulotte.com), the existing timber floors were cut to fit the hexagonal shape of the monochrome cement tiles

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combines the cement-based floor with brass lining and parquet timber – perfect for cement-screed floors that need expansion joints to prevent surface cracks 03 This interesting timber solution was designed by Melbourne-based architects Austin Maynard Architects (maynardarchitects. com), who didn’t want to limit the already narrow space with wall cupboards. Instead, they created the storage space underfoot 04 The U-Colour range by Italian ceramic and porcelain tile company 41zero42 (41zero42.com) allows for a reinterpretation of the transition trend by means of colour rather than material, as seen in this kitchen. The rectangular porcelain tiles have been designed with a wood grain in a multitude of colourways – there are 64 in total, including the timber hues – allowing for creative combinations 05 If used correctly, decorative tiles can dictate the colour palette and general look of a node or room. This family home in France, renovated by Fusion D Architects (fusiond.fr), uses attractive tiles in the hallway, which have informed the choice of paint colours as well as fittings such as the copper light and wooden bench 06 In this kitchen in Brisbane, architects Marc & Co (marcandco.com.au) decked the kitchen floors with bright encaustic tiles and subsequently used them as the colour swatch for the rest of the kitchen space. ‘Other tiles in the house are concrete, the contrast making the patterned tiles appear as a carpet,’ says Angus Munro, director of Marc & Co

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AT HOME WITH DAVE WADDY Dave Waddy from Zimbo’s Flooring Solutions (zimbosoakflooring.co.za) talks trends, tips and sustainability when it comes to hardwood flooring WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HARDWOOD FLOORING AND PARQUET DESIGNS, TWO EMERGING TRENDS? Wide planks are becoming increasingly popular, with a maximum width of 350mm, as well as exceptionally long lengths (up to 5m).

These massive planks are best bought as engineered boards for stability purposes – and to transform large spaces, giving a serious wow factor. The wider the planks, the more expensive the floor. Large width boards tend to be more rustic in nature.

In addition, parquet flooring is most certainly making a comeback, with chevron and herringbone designs being the most popular. These floors tend to be more pricey due to the increased labour cost associated with laying the floor.

WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR TYPE OF HARDWOOD FLOORING IN SOUTH AFRICA? Engineered oak flooring holds probably 90% of the market – and this is reflected worldwide. The wood is generally obtained from sustainable resources, is more stable than solid timber and can be coloured, smoked, fumed and brushed to provide a massive variation in appearance. This holds a large appeal for consumers.

HOW CONCERNED ARE WE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY? I believe South Africans are becoming increasingly aware of sustainability, born out of the trend toward engineered products. These use less hardwood and if secured correctly, are purchased from sustainable resources. The two most well-known certification processes for hardwood flooring are PEFC and FSC. WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN INSTALLING HARDWOOD FLOORING? Customers should be concerned about the quality of the surface coating, not just the quality and appearance of the wooden floor, as this affects the overall performance. In a commercial area, great care should be taken to ensure the coating can withstand high traffic volumes. In addition, installation is critical. Only reputable installers should be used and a glue-down application will certainly give a high-quality feel to the floor.

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The effect is layered and edgy, the combinations allowing for various designs that would make an interesting feature floor 09 & 10 Everything about Australian designer Greg Natale’s (gregnatale.com) range of marble mosaic tiles, Marmo for Teranova (teranova.com.au), eludes to a sophisticated luxury of yesteryear but with a contemporary edge. Inspired by Italian designers Sottsass, Ponti and Scarpa, the art-deco aesthetic is updated by technological applications to the tiles, which are comprised of four different types of marble and are finished with varying surface treatments – in some parts honed and others polished. The result is a changing effect when viewed from different directions 11 Who says carpet tiles have to be drab? Swedish design company Bolon (bolon. com) certainly don’t, having designed the interiors of luxury brands such as Armani and Missoni. The Studio Bolon concept allows users to customise their own floors with six shapes – Plank (featured here in a parquet design), Deco, Triangle, Hexagon, Wing and Scale – in a kaleidescope of colours

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PAINTING EMINENTLY COLLECTABLE, PAINTING IS A HOTLY EVOLVING MEDIUM THAT IS CONSTANTLY MAKING ITSELF NEW TEXT Alex Dodd ARTWORK Hermann Niebuhr, Portia Zvavahera, Kate Gottgens, Georgina Gratrix, Raél Jero Salley, Mia Chaplin, Michael Taylor, Alexandra Karakashian, Lizza Littlewort and Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi

s Hanya Yanagihara, in her astonishing masterwork A L ittle L if e, writes: ‘His was the painting he was working on now and for it he had broken form and changed to a forty-inch-square canvas.’

One of her central characters is a young painter called JB, who shares a studio space in an old bottle factory in Long Island City (that could be Fordsburg, Woodstock or Maitland) with three other emerging artists. ‘He had experimented for days to get right the precise shade of tricky, serpenty green for Jude’s irises and had redone the colours of his hair again and again before he was satisfied,’ she pens. It was a great painting and he knew it, knew it absolutely the way you sometimes did and he had no intention of ever showing it to Jude until it was hanging on a gallery wall somewhere.

To him it expressed everything about what he hoped this series would be: it was a love letter, it was documentation, it was a saga, it was his. When he worked on his painting, he felt sometimes as if he were flying, as if the world of galleries and parties and other artists and ambitions had shrunk to a pinpoint beneath him, something so small he could kick it away from himself like a soccer ball, watch it spin off into some distant orbit that had nothing to do with him. It was almost six. The light would change soon. For now, the space was still quiet around him, although distantly, he could hear the train rumbling by on its tracks.

Before him, his canvas waited. And so he picked up his brush and began.’

In this scene, Yanagihara captures something of the intensely personal, alchemical pull a painting can have on an artist. It’s a strange visceral spell that is often transferred to the owners, who choose to live their lives in relation to the shifting codes locked into particular works. Fizzily sardonic or properly epic, there’s a certain timelessness about paintings.

They endure. And yet, as Yanagihara so perfectly captures, the medium is also locked into fraught contemporary contestation with itself – and the pressure is on for painters who live consciously in the present, accountable to their publics – to push the form forward, shake it up, speak back to the ancient and immediate past out of which the medium has emerged.

In this way, out of this internalised conceptual heat, painting is made new and vital.

With the Joburg Art Fair (9 to 11 September 2016, fnbjoburgartfair.co.za) now jostling with the Cape Town Art Fair (17 to 19 February 2017, capetownartfair.co.za), Turbine Art Fair (1 to 1 July 2017, turbineartfair.co.za) and That Art air (ne t year’s dates to be confirmed, thatartfair.com), the gallery scene is exploding across two major art cities nationally. The galleries themselves are increasingly keyed into transnational flows of contemporary practice

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across the African continent and beyond. And, with the Heatherwick Studio-designed Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa about to transform the contemporary art world in 2017, there is no shortage of demand for new painting in South Africa.

There’s a hunger for works that investigate the materiality of painting, while at the same time undoing habitual responses to expected or traditional subject matters.

‘Painting is enjoying a remarkable creative renaissance in the 21st century,’ notes Kurt Beer, author of Thames & Hudson’s 100 Painters of Tomorrow. ‘Many of the world’s leading artists now work in the most enduring and seductive of media ...

Their work spans an extraordinary range of styles and techniques, from abstraction to figuration, minimalism to magical realism and straight oil-on-canvas to mi ed-media and installation-based painting.’ Multimedia paintings, exploring ideas about the addition and removal of materials, are made with everything from acrylic to enamel,

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alcohol to salt-eroded swathes of colour. I am thinking here of Ground, Alexandra Karakashian’s current solo at SMAC Gallery in which she ‘engages with concepts and materials that are regarded as contentious within the various fragile relationships between humans and land (or environment), and prompts a consideration of the shifting ways in which landscape can be perceived in the context of ongoing social, political and ecological discourses’.

Internationally, a trend toward new abstraction in painting is on the rise, with a proliferation of abstract compositions that play with form, material and colour in ways that are wilfully offhand, sketchy or provisional. ander Blom’s e uberantly anti-didactic compositions (for which he was awarded the Jean-François Prat Prize in 2014 and exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo) and Dorothee Kreutzfeldt’s 2015 solo exhibition, At Present, at Blank Projects in Cape Town spring to mind here.

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The new mode of abstract painting is deconstructed, reinvented, playful and often quite casual – particularly in the United States, where ‘The New Casualists’ seem to be in ascendance. ‘[They] take a meta approach that refers not just to earlier art historical styles, but back to the process of painting itself,’ writes Sharon L Butler in The Brooklyn Rail: Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics and Culture. ‘These self-amused but not unserious painters have abandoned the rigorously structured propositions and serial strategies of previous generations in favour of playful, unpredictable encounters.’

Strong elements of new abstraction can be detected on canvases coming out of local studios, but here in South Africa, where our history is urgent and our politics perennially personal, the medium seems distinctively entwined with the message.

Although some artists are fully exploring the open proposition in contemporary

abstraction, more often figurative content persists – whether boldly and plainly foregrounded (Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi, Raél Jero Salley), brought to the sculptural plasticity of the surface and combined with other objects, patterns, materials (Georgina Gratrix, Portia Zvavahera) or melting away into a painterly environment of drips, daubs, splatters and strokes (Sarah Biggs).

Although not political in any obvious sense, the wildly amusing and formally louche canvases of Michael Taylor are oddly liberating and charged with fierce wit. His unfettered gouache, ink and acrylic brushstrokes and zany tropical hues are deliciously upbeat in what can at times be an oppressive climate of counterrevolutionary stoicism, homophobia and unimaginative nation building. Mzansi – we are not necessarily one! Taylor’s paintings, which were exhibited at the M Contemporary gallery in Sydney in May this year, are populated by a splendid

IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE OUR HISTORY IS URGENT AND OUR POLITICS PERENNIALLY PERSONAL, THE MEDIUM SEEMS DISTINCTIVELY ENTWINED WITH THE MESSAGE

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OPENING IMAGE Hermann Niebuhr, Land’s End II, oil on paper, 43cm x 60cm. In his latest cycle of paintings, Niebuhr turns his eye outward beyond his familiar cityscapes and specific landscapes and to the broader planet OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Portia Zvavahera, We are Covered, oil-based printing ink and oil bar on canvas, 208cm x 246cm. Zvavahera’s work was shown recently as part of group exhibition The Quiet Violence of Dreams; Georgina Gratrix, The Misfits, oil on canvas, 150cm x 120cm; Kate Gottgens, Panic, oil on canvas, 80cm x 130cm TOP LEFT Raél Jero Salley, Soul Power, acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 90cm TOP RIGHT Mia Chaplin, The Indoor Waterfall, oil on canvas, 83cm x 63cm

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and burlesque cast of dandies caught up in miscellaneous parlour antics and an endless stream of gin and tonics on tropical verandas, as if he were channelling scar ilde’s fin de si cle fervour a misplaced century and a bit down the line.

Tropical lushness, deliciously off-key colours and bold brushstrokes are also a feature of Mia Chaplin’s paintings. Although Chaplin paints in oils, the expressive energy of her thick brushstrokes are recorded in the materiality of her surfaces.

There is another sense in which South African painting seems to both conform to and depart from a broader contemporary trend – and that is in relation to time, history and memory. A key trend in contemporary painting is toward ‘a-temporality’ – a phenomenon in culture first identified by the science fiction writer illiam Gibson. He used the term to describe a cultural product of our moment that paradoxically doesn’t represent, through style, content or medium, the time from

which it comes. In 2014/15, the Museum in Modern Art in New York City mounted an exhibition entitled T h e F or ev er N ow : C ontemp or ar y P ainting in an A temp or al Wor ld that presented the work of 17 artists whose paintings reflect a singular approach that characterises our cultural moment at the beginning of this new millennium they refuse to allow us to define or even metre our time by them’.

This strategy of time collapse by means of a profligate mi ing of past styles and genres’ is a powerful element in South African contemporary art across the board – not just painting. But South African painters (and artists making new paintings in South Africa) seem to be particularly committed to creating new dialogues with our troubled historical archive. Public and private histories intermingle, as the photographic document is untethered from the real by the visceral, fictive, reconfiguring power of paint. Here the paintings of Kate Gottgens

OPPOSITE Michael Taylor, Vamp Playdate, flashe, gouache and ink on paper, 140cm x 110cm TOP LEFT Alexandra Karakashian, Shifting Ground (Sketch III), oil on paper, 140cm x 99.5cm TOP RIGHT Lizza Littlewort, A Reliable History of the Spice Trade, oil on board, 120cm x 80cm OVERLEAF Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi, A Grand Way to Fall, oil on canvas, 150cm x 200cm

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FIVE PAINTERS SEED FIFTEEN. THE MEDIUM IS PROLIFERATING. IT IS ALIVE. THERE WILL BE NO FULL STOP HERE

and Lizza Littlewort take fierce grip of the imagination. Gottgens, whose status as a painter to be reckoned with was underlined by her selection as one of Thames & Hudson’s aforementioned 1 0 0 P ainter s of T omor r ow , forges unsettlingly familiar painterly fictions that draw on a disparate archive of found images. ne imprimatur is the ruthless audacity with which Gottgens uses blur to eliminate detail,’ wrote Lloyd Pollack in response to Infinite Loop, her 2015 solo at SMAC, Stellenbosch.

‘The particularities of setting, costume and expression dissolve into pigment. The sketchiness is deliberate, for Gottgens continually interrogates representation, the mechanics of image making, and the interplay between feeling and the fragmentary visual recollections that drift through the mind. She seeks the archetypal and discards specificity so that the viewer sees herself in the painting, rather than the nominal subject.’ Gottgens’ first Johannesburg solo, F amine, opens in SMAC’s new gallery space in the Trumpet building along the new Keyes Art Mile in lower Rosebank in mid-September – in tandem with the upcoming Joburg Art Fair.

More brutally direct in their unflinching engagements with South African history and public culture are Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi and Lizza Littlewort – and yet their handling of paint could not be more different. Since her spectacularly satirical solo show We L iv e in th e P ast at 99 Loop in 2015, which worked as a contemporary critique of South African social history, Littlewort has turned to self-reflection, engaging with her own interior states through imagery of water painted on reflective surfaces of aluminium.’ Littlewort, like Gratri , is all about the insanely seductive painterliness of paint, whereas Ngqinambi’s surfaces are flat and calculated – his dramatically dystopian social hypotheses disconcertingly real in the minimalist fashion of science-fiction projection.

Genres collide, styles and impulses overlap. Basic elements such as composition, colour and balance are constantly reassessed. More is never enough – give me the book and I’ll take the library. Painting is like that. ive painters seed fifteen. The medium is proliferating. It is alive. There will be no full stop here. Only an endless range of provisional answers to the proposition of what painting in South Africa might mean today.

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KEYES ART MILE The big news on the Joburg art scene is the launch of Rosebank’s Keyes Art Mile and the Trumpet building (officially open from 1 September for First Thursdays, where the street will be closed off for the occasion).

Set to turn the suburb into a fine-art hot spot, the building is the first of many exciting developments of the metaphorical mile and welcomes SMAC Gallery (smacgallery. com), as well as collaboration between WHATIFTHEWORLD (whatiftheworld.com) and Southern Guild (southernguild.co.za).

These new branches join the already established Circa (circagallery.co.za) and 100-year-old Everard Read (everard-read. co.za), making the area a comprehensive art destination. SMAC’s first exhibition, opening to coincide with the launch of the building itself, will be a group show representing a selection from its stable of artists, entitled UPSTART/ STARTUP. The Trumpet will also house Marble restaurant (marblerestaurant.co.za) and highend decor stores. The area will be joined over time by other exciting developments.

Expect a range of cafes and shops at street level, creating a village high street feel and rounding out the Keyes Art Mile offering.

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This underground parking lot in Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands, is a classic case of modern architecture with a dual function: it’s a garage that solves an environmental hazard. While it helps to accommodate the annual influx of tourists with 663 parking bays, it’s built beneath sand dunes and protects the town’s 3 000 residents against floods. The project won Dutch firm Royal HaskoningDHV an award for 2016’s Best Dutch Building of the Year. royalhaskoningdhv.com

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PLANNED PORTRAITS Long before the first brick is laid, a floor plan is designed. Architect, graphic designer and illustrator Federico Babina has created artistic interpretations of these plans to capture the work of some of the world’s best-known architects – Le Corbusier, Gehry, Van der Rohe, Hadid – placing the simple geometric designs against bold backgrounds. federicobabina.com

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n Sale listings Properties listed for sale in Llandudno comprise approximately 3% of the total sale listings along the Atlantic Seaboard.

Approximately 2% of the interest (views) in properties for sale along the Atlantic Seaboard is attributable to properties for sale in Llandudno. n Rental listings Properties listed for rent in Llandudno comprise approximately 2% of the total rental listings along the Atlantic Seaboard.

Approximately 1% of the interest (views) in properties for rent along the Atlantic Seaboard is attributable to properties for rent in Llandudno.

n Sale listing The median asking price for residential property is R11.73 million for a house. n Rental listings The median asking price for residential property is R40.23 million for a house. n Sales R2 723 700 000 n Rental R436 000

PROPERTY TYPES n Sale listings A typical property for sale in Llandudno is a four-bedroom house, currently with a median asking price of R16 925 000. n Rental listing A typical property for rent in Llandudno is a three-bedroom house, currently with a monthly median asking price of R34 000.

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BUYING VS RENTING The monthly bond repayment for a typical property in Llandudno, a four-bedroom house, with the median asking price of R16 925 000, is R168 976 per month over 20 years at prime of 10.5% with no deposit. The median asking rental for a four-bedroom house in Llandudno is R60 000 per month.

The findings presented above represent a current snapshot of properties available on the Private Property portal. The house type complex consists of townhouses, clusters, duplexes and simplexes.

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MEANWHILE, ALONG THE NORTH SHORE… With construction of the first phase of Sibaya Coastal Precinct underway, KwaZulu-Natal’s northern coastline will reach a new standard of residential developments. The projected completion date is 15 to 20 years’ time, with the project, developed by Tongaat Hulett, set to be a mixed-use lifestyle development covering 1 000ha of land between the Ohlonga and Umdloti River estuaries. It will also be in close proximity to Umhlanga and King Shaka International Airport.

Because of the idyllic surrounds of beaches and coastal forest, Sibaya Coastal Precinct will prioritise the environment and its preservation. Sixty per cent of the land will be rehabilitated and the coastal dune forest of Hawaan within the development’s borders will be protected. The 75km of paths, trails and boardwalks will provide access to the 6.5km of beach and forests. A central green boulevard with cycle lanes will also feature. discoversibaya.co.za

HOME IMPROVEMENTS: INSIDER INPUT Renovations, in the end, are rewarding and worthwhile – and ultimately add value to your property. The process, however, can be headacheinducing and drawn-out, good reason to consider a drywall system. Construction time is lowered, which means less time dodging the builders, and there’s also less material waste. The amount of water needed to install drywalls is also far less, making it an environmentally friendly alternative.

For spaces that tend to be damp and cold, such as south-facing bathrooms and kitchens, Gyproc’s RhinoBoard MoistureResistant is a feasible product option – and is warmer to the touch. The moistureresistant, lightweight gypsum plasterboard includes water-repellant additives and can be used to dryline internal surfaces. A range of alternative products, along with helpful tools and demos, are available online. gyproc.co.za

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inimising our environmental impact has become a great concern for many people – and it’s a growing imperative for many homeowners, too. More and more South Africans are interested in how they can reduce their water and electricity usage, and find more sustainable ways of living.

You don’t need to spend your life savings to be more energy e cient, though in fact, you can take the first steps free of charge simply by better understanding your present consumption. ‘Awareness and family unity can immediately begin to increase performance with no cost to the homeowner,’ says Sathia Govender, an architectural technologist at SaintGobain (saint-gobain.co.za). ‘These include steps such as turning the temperature of the geyser down, taking shorter showers, switching off lights when you don’t need them, optimising natural daylight, reducing the ironing pile and reconsidering the operation of the pool pump.’

To really impact your energy and water usage, however, some investment is required. Initially this may seem expensive but with product costs decreasing and electricity and water costs going up, retrofitting your home is increasingly making economic sense.

The cost of solar power, for instance, has lowered dramatically in recent years. ‘Five years ago a photovoltaic (PV) system cost R per k h, compared to Eskom’s R0. 0 per k h,’ Govender says. ‘Today a PV system produces power at less than R1 per k h, which is much less than what Eskom charges.’

Govender recommends installing a solar geyser, insulating the ceiling and sealing gaps around doors and windows as basic first steps. He also suggests looking at the e ciency of your large home appliances and your fittings. The My Green Home campaign by the Green Building Council of South Africa highlighted that the change from traditional incandescent light bulbs to LED can reduce the lighting electricity demand by up to 7 %,’ he says. Installing low-flow showerheads and taps reduces the demand for hot water.’

For those willing to spend a bit more, insulating walls, foundations and floors can significantly reduce heat loss.

Double-glazing your windows, installing skylights to improve daylighting and introducing smart meters to increase your awareness of energy usage are also viable options.

Before any major capital outlay, however, Govender recommends conducting an energy audit to help you understand where and how you use energy in your home.

‘You can then consider the initial investment against the reductions in utility bills,’ he says. ‘Refurbishing your home with sustainable and energy e cient solutions results in reducing energy consumption and a reduction in utility bills but it also presents a more comfortable lifestyle, including better sleep, improved productivity and healthier, calmer indoor environments.’

AFFORDABILITY OF ENERGY EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS This can be measured by how many years it will be before savings cover the initial cost.

A grid-tied photovoltaic system for a standard family home would be cash-flow positive by year five.

Thermal ceiling insulation offers payback within two years.

LED lighting and CFL alternatives have a typical payback period of between three and six years.

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ith more than 24 million visitors annually, Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront is one of the most visited sites in Africa — in peak season, foot traffic nudges up to 100 000 daily.

By global standards this mixed-use destination is an extraordinary success story, thanks to its operational model from day one, starting by appealing to Capetonians and retaining a sense of authenticity by repurposing historical buildings and incorporating the harbour.

‘Development at the V&A is market-led in response to a demand for commercial offices and urban residential space with harbour and mountain views,’ says David Green, V&A Waterfront CEO. The V&A not only responds to but also reinvents itself as community, country and global needs shift.

An example of this fresh perspective: the R50 million Watershed development, completed in 2015 and replacing the Blue Shed Craft Market and Wellness Centre. It also incorporated the Workshop17 space and Red Shed tenants. The Watershed was designed to move away from tourist souvenirs and curios, instead focusing on iconic African craft and design, with small business development a priority. With more than 1 500m2 of trading space, the Watershed’s tenant productoffering focuses on the best artisans and designers.

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SILOS REINVENTED The historic Silo District is the V&A Waterfront’s current area of short-term development focus. Complete are No 1 Silo occupied by Allan Gray and No 2 Silo’s 31 sectional-title residential units. There are four current developments of more than 35 000m2 in progress: No 3 Silo’s 78 sectional-title residential units, No 4 Silo’s Virgin Active Classic Club – and in No 5 Silo, a multi-tenanted commercial development including new corporate o ces for ricewaterhouseCoopers and Werksmans Attorneys. No 6 Silo is destined to be a new-concept Radisson RED mid-range hotel, with more than 1 050 additional parking bays. It’s expected that about 2 500 people will work at the Silo District every day.

At the heart of the Silo District, the extraordinary Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Mocaa) promises to be one of the world’s top art museums. To be housed in the reinvented historic grain silo circa 1921, it is due for completion in 2017. The not-for-profit museum is a partnership between Jochen eitz – who has committed his art collection in perpetuity – and the V&A, which is funding the R500 million redevelopment and gifting the use of the building at no cost. Spanning more than 9 500m2, it will be spread over nine floors, of which 000m2 is dedicated to exhibition space. The cherry on the top, literally, will be 5 500m2 of The Silo, an exclusive 28-key hotel to be managed and operated by The Royal Portfolio. A new central pedestrian plaza, Silo Square, will surround Mocaa.

The final phase of the &A aterfront’s Silo District is on track to be completed in early 2017 with a R1.5 billion investment, bringing the total investment by V&A Waterfront shareholders to more than R2.5 billion.

CORPORATES AND CRUISES In close proximity to the Silo District, the Cape Town Cruise Terminal is also undergoing redevelopment. The V&A Waterfront won the initial two-year redevelopment contract and considers the terminal as an extension of their footprint. The vision will include scaling retail up or down in response to demand, with a completion date of December 2017.

Forming the gateway to the V&A, centred on Dock Road and the Roggebaai Canal district, will be the new mi ed-use, commercial o ce-dominated Canal District, with a R700 million investment in phase one. A corporate head o ce for British American Tobacco (BAT) SA is the first project. Totalling 7 000m , the district straddles both sides of Dock Road. The building currently named Amsterdam House is divided into two, with BAT’s o ces occupying 8 000m in the south wing. Completion of this building and car park is expected in November 2016. The district includes a new urban park, incorporating the remnants of the historical Amsterdam Battery.

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT The V&A Waterfront was originally granted development rights of some 600 000m2, of which about 140 000m2 remains available for new project developments. The V&A’s in-house development department is responsible for the expansion of the existing portfolio. The company retains ownership of all properties within the precinct, overseeing as landlord post-completion. There are 169 commercial tenants, plus multi-tenanted buildings such as 7 West Quay, 19 Dock Road, the Clock Tower and Granger Bay Court. Tenancy agreements and deals are structured differently between a multi-tenanted commercial building such as Granger Bay Court and a sole tenancy such as Allan Gray. Current commercial rentals range between R170m2 and R220m2 depending on the building.

The past few years at the V&A have not been static – new districts emerge with each phase of the V&A’s expansion. With that in mind, in 2015 a document was compiled around the naming of districts and buildings, the rationale being that each district has is own identity without losing its place as part of the V&A Waterfront. The 11 districts are Granger Bay, Pierhead, Quays, Portswood Ridge, Dry Dock, Marina, Clock Tower, Silo, South Arm, Dockside and Canal.

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS The first &A aterfront-owned residential rental accommodation comple began with Ports Edge on Portswood Ridge, 109 units varying from 30m2 to 100m2. Its success fast-tracked the four-storey The Breakwater, with 150 apartments of 30m2 to 120m2. ‘We want to attract long-lease tenants with a desire to live in the V&A Waterfront all year round,’ says Green.

They’ve achieved just that. At Breakwater, rentals for a studio range from R7 020 to R10 260, a one-bed fetches between R9 720 and R20 520, and a two-bed from R18 360 to R32 400. At Ports Edge, rentals range from R7 100 for a studio, tenants pay R10 250 to R15 650 for a one-bed, and R27 000 for a two-bed.

And the V&A’s long-term focus? Granger Bay. It is estimated that this phase will be unveiled within the ne t five years. Meanwhile a recently released independent economic impact study on the V&A Waterfront shows how the positive reach of the area extends beyond its boundaries into the City, province and national economy, contributing an estimated R . billion of GD in 201 . The projected nominal contribution to GDP from future V&A Waterfront developments is R28 billion by 2027.

Since 2012, the &A has implemented a state-of-the-art fibre optic network for both tenants and residents. To date they have supplied and installed more than 20km throughout the precinct. In all developments, the V&A Waterfront strives for green construction and sustainable design practices.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT The V&A Waterfront’s Victoria Wharf has become a successful mixed-use hub; the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa will be housed in a historic grain silo come next year; the interior of the successful R50 million Watershed development; the new office building for PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Silo District is built according to sustainable building principles; The Silo hotel, part of Liz Biden’s prestigious Royal Portfolio (theroyalportfolio.com), will feature 28 rooms, including a penthouse suite; the mixed-use Canal District upgrade is home to British American Tobacco’s South African head office

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WHO OWNS THE V&A? The V&A Waterfront was developed in 1988 by the state-owned corporation Transnet Limited and currently, is jointly owned by Growthpoint Properties Limited and the Government Employees Pension Fund, represented by the Public Investment Corporation (Pic) Limited.

V&A WATERFRONT IN NUMBERS n 123ha Current footprint n 24m Visitors in 2014 n 23% International visitors n 63% Local visitors n >R800m Victoria Wharf’s retail sales December 2015 n 181 Small business tenants by end of 2014 financial year n Nearly 20 000 Estimated people employed in 2014 n R33.4bn Contribution to GDP in 2014 LIVING THE WATERFRONT LIFE Basil Moraitis, Pam Golding Properties area manager for Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl, on V&A Waterfront residential sales

THE V&A WATERFRONT IS THE BIGGEST INDIVIDUAL RATEPAYER IN THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN FOOTPRINT OF THE V&A WATERFRONT

Spread over a 123ha site, the V&A Waterfront includes 10 hotels, more than 450 retailers, 80 different restaurants and eateries, and 69 commercial tenants. It stretches from City Lodge Hotel Victoria & Alfred near Buitengracht Road on its southern border, along Dock Road, to its northern boundary at Grand Cafe & Beach in the Granger Bay district. In the middle, Dock Road snakes around a marina, The One&Only Cape Town and residential developments. It incorporates the aquarium, leisure attractions, indoor markets and the V&A’s retail heart. Extending west, the development backs onto Helen Suzman Boulevard with UCT’s Graduate School of Business. Eastward it wraps around historic harbour workings along South Arm Road to Shimmy Beach Club. E-berth, home of the Cape Town Cruise Terminal, will be managed by the V&A for an initial two-year period.

Previously the area was regarded as a pure investment vehicle, but there has been a shift to buyers acquiring accommodation for permanent residence, coupled with sound investment potential over the medium to long term. The V&A Waterfront is the biggest individual ratepayer in the City of Cape Town.

The average selling price of V&A Waterfront apartments (this excludes the Granger Bay area) increased to R10.496 million for transfers registered during the first six months of 2015. This compares to a 2014 average of R7.459 million.

Historically, sectional title average prices (there is no freehold) peaked at R7.25 million in 2009, before reaching a low of R4.959 million in 2013. Prices have since accelerated sharply.

In terms of units sold, there were 54 sales in 2008, decreasing to a low of 15 sales in 2011. Sales rebounded strongly in 2013 to 41, stabilising at 36 sales in 2014 and about 35 sales last year. The V&A’s sought-after residential status has been further boosted by the development of the cruise terminal.

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