Current Research Projects
Urban Development and Management:
- The challenges and opportunities of Cape Town's smart city strategy
- Definining an African smart city discourse
- Collaborative urban regeneration in marginalised communities in Cape Town
- The management of community shopping centres in emerging economies
- Exploring Cape Town's night-time economy
- Investigating land-based financing for funding public infrstructure in South Africa
- Reviewing the performance of 'Green' rated buildings in South Africa
Property Market Dynamics and Trends:
- Mapping South Africa's Proptech ecosystem
– Residential Real Estate:
- Mapping the property development process in the Western Cape
- The effect of Basel III on housing finance in South Africa
- Assessment of inclusionary housing policies in South Africa
- Developing an inclusionary housing policy for Cape Town
- Segmentation of Cape Town's residential property market
- Micro-developers in Cape Town's informal settlements
- Financing Micro-developers in Cape Town
- Investogating the use of FLISP to facilitate incremental housing delivery
– Commercial Real Estate:
- Mapping the property development process in the Western Cape
- Why Cape Town's economic clusters locate where they do
- The release of public land through leasehold
- The success factors of public land development projects
Real Estate Investment and Finance:
- The effect of Basel III on housing finance in South Africa
- Factors impacting South African REITs trading at a discount or premium to NAV
- The Geographic Diversification of REIT Portfolios
- Africa REITs report
Africa:
- Implications of international real estate body of knowledge on curricula in Africa
- Africa REITs report