The asset class close to our hearts

Property conjures up many meanings. For many, it’s their most valuable asset.

- Jonathan Brummer

As the country moves to lockdown level 1, South Africans seem to be heading out and getting on with life again. As we rush between back-to-back virtual meetings, predictions of the “death of the office” abound. Surveys seem to indicate that most office workers would prefer to work from home – though it seems that it’s not necessarily being at our offices that we are trying to avoid, but rather getting to and from them.

One sector that has benefitted from lockdown measures is online shopping and related fulfilment activities – Amazon is in talks to convert failed department store space into last-mile distribution hubs.