March 2025 Newsletter
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May 2, 2025
Melrose Arch Commercial Properties
As of March 2025, the South African commercial property market, particularly in Gauteng, shows signs of recovery and resilience, with a surge in activity and investor confidence, though some areas face challenges like aging properties and high vacancy rates. While load shedding reduced considerably, reports suggest that South Africa could soon become the tenth largest photovoltaic market in the world, making businesses more resilient and putting the power in the private sector’s hands.
The Rodes Report (Q3:24) highlighted a decrease in office vacancy rates to 13.3% (down by 1.1% year-on-year), with Cape Town and Durban driving the recovery. Corporations such as Nedbank and Vodacom are reinstating mandatory “return to work” protocols, with an expectation that more companies will shortly follow suit. This has led to an increase in enquiries for office space and bigger footprints, and there is also more activity taking place in the co-working space.
With a significant increase in demand for commercial offices, co-working spaces, and residential property, why choose Melrose Arch?
Commercial Offices, Co-Working Spaces, and Residential Property
Centrally located with easy access to the M1 highway via the Corlett Drive and Atholl Oaklands off-ramps, Sandton and Rosebank Gautrain station and OR Tambo International Airport, Melrose Arch offers the perfect positioning in Johannesburg.
Conveniently close to Gautrain commuter bus routes, with enhanced taxi rank safety that features security patrolling and numerous e-hailing drop off points, using public transport to and from the precinct is safe and secure for all commuters. For those driving, the super basement connects all areas of the precinct, and with a new and improved ticketless parking solution from Parket, parking in the precinct is both simple and seamless.
Gautrain Bus & Parket
For businesses looking to make their mark in Johannesburg, Melrose Arch represents a unique opportunity as a coveted address for businesses. Heralded as the city’s premier mixed-use precinct, where busines thrives amid unmatched efficiency, Melrose Arch presents an ideal business environment for businesses seeking modern, adaptable and affordable office spaces, and features a range of commercial properties tailored to various business needs. In addition, businesses at Melrose Arch truly benefit from direct access to landlords, with an on-site management team, enabling swift decision-making and continuous support.
Commercial Offices
If sustainability is a core pillar for you or your business, you will be interested in the many sustainable development initiatives that Melrose Arch has pioneered, such as the district cooling plant which provides air conditioning to all buildings on the precinct, as well as the sophisticated building management system which independently manages each building in order to reduce carbon omissions.
District Cooling Plant
Renee Feeney, Head of Sales and Leasing
As an experienced property professional, with over three decades of expertise in the industry, Renee Feeney is the Head of Sales and Leasing at Melrose Arch. Demonstrating her keen understanding of market dynamics and adaptability, Renee’s passion for service delivery and excellence in every aspect of real estate management is an asset to Melrose Arch.
If competitive commercial spaces appeal to your current needs, or you’d like to discuss office space that suits your preferences, please contact Renee on 079 885 4405 or reneef@melrosearch.co.za, or alterantively contact the Melrose Arch commercial leasing team on 011 684 0002
If a co-working or fully serviced offices are something that you or your business are considering, why not consider expanding the doors to new possibilities at an address that sees dreams becoming realities – Arch Collab.
Arch Collab
The increase in demand for co-working space has led to the expansion of Arch Collab. With a current expansion underway, Arch Collab is the stylish, convenient solution to fully serviced offices, with additional packages offering co-working spaces, virtual spaces and boardroom hire in the heart of Melrose Arch. Arch Collab offers professional fully services offices, and communal spaces that are connected and completely flexible, so that you have the freedom to accommodate your needs. Beneficial to both individuals and businesses who need a productive and professional work environment, or a virtual office, at Arch Collab you’ll find everything you need to grow your business in a thriving community of like-minded people.
Arch Collab, work spaces and meeting room
Kerishka Govender, Branch Manager at Arch Collab
With a penchant for people and the continuous improvement of customer service and operations, Kerishka Govender is the Branch Manager at Arch Collab. Her experience in hiospitality and customer relations over the last decade have presented the perfect platform for seeking solutions and creating opportunities. Through her commitment to customer service, Kerishka is passionate about improving the lives of individuals, entrepreneurs and small to medium- term businesses on a daily basis.
If this sounds like a business solution for you, please do not hesitate to contact Kerishka Govender on 079 428 3599 or kerishkag@melrosearch.co.za
Kerishka Govender, Branch Manager at Arch Collab
With a penchant for people and the continuous improvement of customer service and operations, Kerishka Govender is the Branch Manager at Arch Collab. Her experience in hiospitality and customer relations over the last decade have presented the perfect platform for seeking solutions and creating opportunities. Through her commitment to customer service, Kerishka is passionate about improving the lives of individuals, entrepreneurs and small to medium- term businesses on a daily basis.
If this sounds like a business solution for you, please do not hesitate to contact Kerishka Govender on 079 428 3599 or kerishkag@melrosearch.co.za
At Melrose Arch, it’s not all work and no play, and there has never been a better time to consider living in this premium, professionally managed precinct. When it comes to high-quality luxury accommodation in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, Melrose Arch has become the destination of choice, and last year, Melrose Arch Property Sales reported a very successful year, notching up sales in excess of R35,000,000 since March 2024.
Living at Melrose Arch
Offering unparalleled safety and security by design, Melrose Arch boasts controlled public access through four entrances, with with dedicated security personnel patrolling the precinct daily on foot, bicycles and golf carts and 24-hour centre surveillance on over 700 CCTV cameras. Employing the use of AI, with facial recognition and identification of vehicle registration numbers, the perimeter of the precinct is secured, and additional security measures include basement panic buttons, and medical response and fire operations based on the precinct.
Unparalleled safety and security by design
Melrose Arch Property Sales is a boutique real estate agency based on the precinct, providing an exclusive sales and leasing service to Melrose Arch investors and homeowners. The team is headed up by Tersia Taljaard, a seasoned property professional with a wealth of experience in all facets of real estate. A long-standing and dedicated sales consultant at Melrose Arch, she is both knowledgeable about the product, and passionate about the precinct and all that it has to offer.
Melrose Arch Property Sales
Tersia Taljaard, Head of Melrose Arch Property Sales
So, if you are looking for the perfect home within Melrose Arch, either to purchase or rent, or if you’re looking for a lucrative property investment with higher than average yields, please reach out to Tersia on 063 695 7571 or tersiat@melrosearch.co.za.
