Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa April 2015 | Page 13

PERSONAL
STATISTICS

BY MEGAN DIENER

G

iuseppe Plumari is the Chief Executive Officer for Steyn City
Properties. His Italian passion and precision for excellence has
already made its mark on Egoli’s urban landscape.
Plumari has boldly created a unique development like no other;
in sheer size and in budget. The grand 2 000 acre lifestyle estate is the
largest residential development in Africa. “There is no development on the
continent that I know of, that compares in size and infrastructure to Steyn
City,” Plumari says proudly.
This R6, 5 billion mixed-use development is also a lifestyle resort and
parkland residence. Steyn City includes 1 000 acres of extensive wooded
parkland which constitutes 50% of the estate, making it the largest
woodland in the bustling urban metropolis of Johannesburg.
Where it all started
Giuseppe Plumari was born in Italy but immigrated to South Africa later
in life. He first became involved in the property industry in 1978 when
he started doing alte Ʌѥ