Despite consumers’ seemingly waning appetite for retail therapy, at least 30 new shopping centres, varying in size from 5000m² right up to 120000m², are expected to open their doors this year and next.
THE newly appointed managing executive of Nedbank Corporate Property Finance (NCPF), Robin Lockhart-Ross, says his credo is only to lend to “serious” people with proven financial substance and track records who “have done it before”.