MASTER INVESTOR
It has certainly been an eventful seven years since our last interview ; who could have accurately predicted a global pandemic and an ever worsening eskom-induced energy crisis for a start ?
Despite these and other tough challenges , Balwin Property has stayed true to course by providing cost effective apartments that exceed the client ’ s expectations and the company has firmly cemented their position as the industry leader in large scale residential estates in high growth , high density nodes in South Africa ’ s major cities .
In the seven years since that interview , Balwin Property has grown its portfolio from 70 residential estates with 13500 individual apartments in 2016 to its current pipeline of 98 developments with a total of 56426 apartments across key nodes in South Africa .
Name : Stephen Volker Brookes , or Steve as he prefers Title : Founder and CEO of Balwin Properties Background : Four years as a civil engineer at Eskom and three years as a project manager at Matrix projects , before founding Balwin in 1996 Family : Wife and two children Mentor : Richard Branson Motto : Work hard , innovate , overdeliver in quality and value , and always exceed expectations .
10 NOV 2022 SA Real Estate Investor Magazine