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NEWS FROM GROWTHPOINT TO YOU 2ND QUARTER 2015 CONTENTS 2nd Quarter 2015 WELCOME TO TOUCHPOINT THE GREEN SCENE BREAKING GROUND WITH UNDEPOSIT THE SHARK TANK MAKING PROGRESS WITH PROPERTY POINT OPERATION MILLIONAIRE INVESTIGATING THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR THE SCOOP ON CSI OFFICE OCCURRENCES RETAIL SPACE: LAKESIDE MALL GROWSMART’S EXPANSION AND SUCCESS ANNOUNCEMENTS TECHNOLOGY TRIVIA 2nd Quarter 2015 WELCOME to TOUCHPOINT Creating the space to thrive at Growthpoint Can you believe we are already halfway through 2015? It’s incredible how time flies when you are busy expanding superb property portfolios, welcoming new staff and thriving as a business in the unique South African economic terrain. This edition, we bring you a wealth of updates on some really special projects, across the board, including the Growthpoint and GBCSA Greenovate Awards. These unique awards are designed to support and encourage South Africa’s property, construction and quantity surveying honours students. The Industrial sector has been especially busy this quarter and has introduced some wonderful new initiatives and innovations. As usual, we have a few exciting announcements to make. The Office sector offers an in-depth look on current nodal trends and a truly remarkable historic article on Turbine Hall. We hope you enjoy this edition, as much as we enjoyed creating it! OUR FUTURE GROWTH RELIES ON COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION, SKILLS AND PRODUCTIVITY … AND THESE IN TURN RELY ON THE EDUCATION As an important Growthpoint client, we’d welcome your views OF OUR PEOPLE. on TouchPoint. — JULIA GILLARD Please send your feedback to [email protected] 2nd Quarter 2015 The GREEN SCENE OUR MOST RECENTLY AWARDED DESIGN AND AS-BUILT RATINGS ON OUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS BUILDINGS ARE BRIDGE PARK AND Growthpoint is well-recognised for its growing portfolio of award-winning, green-rated buildings and is always on the cutting edge of environmentally RIDGEVIEW, WHICH BOTH RECEIVED responsible technologies. Most of our new and refurbished buildings are designed to have a 4-Star Green Star rating (minimum) from the Green 5 STAR RATINGS. Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA). Growthpoint has managed to achieve Green Star ratings for 12 of its buildings in several sectors, with a further four in the pipeline. 2nd Quarter 2015 BUILDING PERFORMANCE RATINGS ON OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS The Green Star SA Existing Building Performance Tool covers the same environmental categories covered by the Green Star SA Design / As Built tool. However, it also focuses on measurable performance indicators such as energy and water, management policies and plans required to achieve environmental performance. Growthpoint has submitted 10 buildings for the GBCSA Existing Building Performance (EBP) pilot to be rated. KIRSTENHOF The buildings below have already received their ratings. EXISTING BUILDING PERFORMANCE (EBP) NAME RATING KIRSTENHOFF OFFICE PARK IN JOHANNESBURG WAS Ditsela Place 4 Star Rating AWARDED A 5 STAR GREEN STAR FOR EXISTING BUILDING Kirstenhof 5 Star Rating PERFORMANCE. IT IS ALSO THE 100TH BUILDING IN THE Lincoln on the Lake 4 Star Rating COUNTRY TO RECEIVE A STAR RATING FROM THE GREEN Lumley House 4 Star Rating BUILDING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA. BETWEEN 2008 – APRIL 2014, THE GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL OF SOUTH Fredman Towers 3 Star Rating AFRICA RATED 50 BUILDINGS. A FURTHER 50 BUILDINGS Central Park 4 Star Rating WERE RATED BETWEEN APRIL 2014 AND APRIL 2015. Centennial Place 4 Star Rating A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT! 2nd Quarter 2015 THE GBCSA GROWTHPOINT GREENOVATE AWARDS The Greenovate Award competition targets students in their Honours year from the Property, Construction and Quantity Surveying departments and introduces them to green building thinking. It also recognises excellence in application. The awards programme will be set up and piloted at the University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria, and the competition will test the interest of both students and faculty. If the pilot is successful, it will be rolled out to all universities in the country with the appropriate built environment faculties. Round one of the competition will take place internally and each university’s panel will select the top two projects submitted by student groups. Workshops with industry professionals will run from March through to September and the top six projects will be selected by mid-November. The top six groups will then have the opportunity to present their projects to a panel of industry experts selected by the GBCSA and Growthpoint. A gala dinner and prize- giving will be held on November 26 to announce the overall winners. READ MORE ENTER COMPETITION ENERGY EFFICIENT BASEMENT LIGHTING AT HEAD OFFICE Our most recent lighting project included replacing the basement lighting at our Head Office with a new Phillips fitting. We also installed new magnet integrated movement sensors that switch lights off when they are not in use. THIS AMOUNTS TO A 67% SAVING IN ENERGY & A 2½ YEAR PAYBACK ON THE FULL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF THE PROJECT. 2nd Quarter 2015 BREAKING GROUND with Our vision is to walk a journey with you and we take time to learn from your experiences and make an effort to understand the operating environment SIMPLY PUT, GROWTHPOINT NO LONGER ASKS YOU you face each day. FOR A LARGE DEPOSIT IF YOU ARE SIGNING A NEW Because of the difficult economic environment we have all been operating in LEASE WITH US. THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO OUR since 2008, we explored opportunities on how we could make doing business a bit easier for you. EXISTING CLIENTS ABOUT TO RENEW THEIR LEASE. UNDEPOSIT OFFERS YOU THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS: • A first in the property market • Release cash lying in underperforming deposit accounts • Unburden your cash flow with excessive interest costs and liberate your business’s true potential • Enjoy unrestricted access to use your cash for any unexpected costs *Please note: The UNdeposit is not applicable to third party premises. *Please note: The UNdeposit is not applicable to third party premises. Some action shots of The Sharks during their match against the Lions and Cheetahs this season. The SHARK TANK SHARKS WEBSITE Waratahs loose-forward Jacques Potgieter has recently signed a two-year contract with the Cell C Sharks. Jacques has been hugely impressive for the Waratahs and will add significant value and depth to The Sharks’ loose trio. Jacques will officially join the Cell C Sharks in early 2016 for the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament. READ MORE TAKE THE GROWTHPOINT KINGS PARK QUIZ! The Sharks have been one of the most successful sides competing in Super Rugby since? Who won the 1992 Pacific Tri-Nations between Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa? Transvaal (now the Lions) lay claim to winning the very first trophy when they defeated Auckland (the Blues) in which year? The Super 12 was inaugurated as a fully professional competition after which event? Who would exact revenge in 1996 over Queensland SUPER RUGBY in Brisbane in the semi-final? 13 JUNE / 19:10 Sharks vs DHL Stormers 1. 1996, 2. Western Samoa, 3. 1993, 4. The 1995 Rugby World Cup, 5, Natal. Cup, World Rugby The 4. 1995 3. 1993, Samoa, Western 2. 1996, 1. BOOK YOUR SEAT 2nd Quarter 2015 MAKING PROGRESS with OUR TO-THE-POINT SESSIONS Operating parallel to our two year incubation programme, VIEW VIDEO PRESENTED BY SELECTED Property Point also hosts regular To-The-Point sessions. These are open to business people across all sectors of INDUSTRY EXPERTS, THESE READ MORE our economy. Our first To-The-Point session this year was held on 31 March SESSIONS ARE DESIGNED 2015. The session focused on non-traditional funding options TO EQUIP ENTREPRENEURS for small businesses. The panel of experts included Gladwyn Leeuw – Investment Manager at Anglo Zimele’s Sebenza Fund, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE Heather Lowe – Head of Enterprise Development at FNB’s Vumela Fund, and Xolani Meva – Executive Manager for SME AND SKILLS THEY NEED Development at Royal Fields Finance. Each panellist shared their insights into the various options that TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS are available to SMEs. The SMEs were then split into groups to TO THE NEXT LEVEL. discuss their individual questions and concerns – areas in which the experts could respond to with specific and targeted guidance. Delegates were then also provided with practical take-outs of the session to further their business efforts. For more information, please contact [email protected] 2nd Quarter 2015 UPCOMING TO-THE-POINT SESSION Our next To-The-Point session will take We will discuss the following aspects: place on 27 May 2015. The session will • The seven scorecard elements now OUR GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE take the form of a master-class on the revised to five – How to benefit revised BBBEE codes and how they affect your business TREVOR TSHABANGU, small businesses. Our aim for the evening • How the new codes will affect is to not only equip our attendees with businesses of different sizes: EMEs, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSCEND the information they need, but to guide QSEs, general them on how their businesses can benefit • Cost of implementation vs benefits CORPORATE ADVISORS. from intelligently implementing the of implementation revised codes. • Consequences if targets are not met • ESD: Enterprise and supplier development as a key focus area PROPPOINT @PROPPOINT 2nd Quarter 2015 Invelaphi Engineering INTRODUCING Gilbert Ouana and Frans Mutola started SOME NEW FACES Invelaphi Engineering in 2008. HERE ARE TWO The Johannesburg-based company NEW BUSINESSES provides HVAC and refrigeration services, WE HAVE INCLUDED and specialises in air-conditioning supply, IN OUR INCUBATION repairs, and installation. Having grown PROGRAMME to 20 full-time employees in seven years, the company is excited to take the business even further with Property Point. WE ARE YOUNG & ENERGETIC & WE BELIEVE IN PROVIDING QUALITY & EFFICIENT SERVICE. — GILBERT OUANA Sales Director of Invelaphi Engineering 2nd Quarter 2015 OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON KNOWING & MEETING EVERY CLIENT’S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, & DOING THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE.

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