The global property company Knight Frank, recently held an African conference at Asara Hotel in Stellenbosch.
Not only was this a platform to promote business between their African offices, but also to launch Knight Frank Commercial in South Africa.
The Business Beyond Borders conference was held with a view to maximise growth in the property industry and liaison among Knight Frank’s (Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria, Botswana, Tanzania and South African) representatives.
Susan Turner, director of the newly formed Knight Frank Commercial division, says Knight Frank sees the African property market as having great potential and believes that they are well placed, with qualified and experienced property professionals, to deal with marketing, valuation and management of commercial, agricultural and residential real estate throughout Africa.
Knight Frank South Africa currently has offices in Cape Town and Durban and will open in Gauteng within the next six months.
The Cape Town offices will be represented by Susan Turner and David White while Martin Fitchet will represent the Durban offices.
The representatives are all qualified to offer property valuation and advisory services, commercial broking and property management.
Susan Turner says we believe that Knight Frank is a very strong global brand, standing for the highest standards of quality and integrity in property transactional, management and advisory services.
Knight Frank has 209 offices in 47 countries across six continents, and handles in excess of US$755 billion worth of commercial, agricultural and residential real estate transactions annually.