Estate Living Magazine Develop - Issue 44 August 2019 | Page 16

I N V E S T & d e v e l O P LELOKO LIFESTYLE AND ECO ESTATE IN HARTEBEESPOORT IS FOR SALE! IDYLLIC Projectprop, which owns Leloko Lifestyle and Eco Estate in Hartebeespoort, is seeking a solid new buyer, or buyers, for this idyllic estate following a resolution by the shareholders to disinvest in the company through the sale of all of their shares. Leloko is a mixed-use development comprising residential, commercial, retail and educational facilities on 481 hectares, and is worth about R300 million, according to a recent independent valuation. ‘The business model of the company has been to sell individual stands to people who aspire to build their homes in Leloko as we as to the developers who wish to build sectional title units,’ says Mmule Lebeloane, director of Projectprop. Also, the current business model does not unlock all the potential value that the asset offers. Expanding the business model through the selling of business packages will release the latent value, says Lebeloane ‘We are seeking a buyer or buyers – developers or investors – with the capital to invest in this outstanding development, and who can adopt a more robust building package model similar to competing estates in the area,’ she says. The residential component of Leloko Estate is fully developed, with all the requisite water, electricity and road infrastructure in place. There are nearly 200 homes built, and about 400 stands to be sold, some as large as 1,200 square metres. We have seen buyers who want even bigger stands, buying adjoining stands and consolidating them into one. Homes vary from two-bedroom sectional title apartments to full title homes. ‘The plan was to get to 350 homes built – the recommended minimum for a clubhouse – and eventually have 700 homes on Leloko,’ says Lebeloane.