{"id":13871,"date":"2026-01-20T02:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13871"},"modified":"2026-01-20T02:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:33:15","slug":"upper-echelons-estienne-de-klerk-talks-hot-property-and-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13871","title":{"rendered":"Upper echelons: Estienne de Klerk talks hot property and leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.iono.fm\/e\/1636489?layout=modern\" width=\"100%\" height=\"170\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to The Property Pod, SA\u2019s leading property investor podcast. On this weekly Moneyweb show, we gain insider insights from leading analysts, developers, CEOs and entrepreneurs in the country\u2019s dynamic real estate sector \u2026<\/p>\n<p>On this week\u2019s episode, we have a familiar face in the listed property sector. He is the CEO of Growthpoint Properties here in SA, and the incoming Group CEO of Growthpoint when Norbert Sasse retires at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Estienne de Klerk has been a leader in SA\u2019s property sector for over 20 years and played a key role in getting Reit (real estate investment trust) legislation passed in the country just over a decade ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read\/listen:<br \/>Estienne de Klerk succeeds Sasse as Growthpoint group CEO<br \/>V&amp;A Waterfront shines, driving Growthpoint\u2019s solid results<br \/>What top SA property bosses earn<br \/>\u2018We are emerging out of the dog box\u2019 \u2013 De Klerk<br \/>Sasse on leading Growthpoint from a R118m to R175bn company<\/p>\n<p>This is an upper echelons type of interview, with De Klerk also still the chair of the industry body, the SA Reit Association.<\/p>\n<p>He shares his insights on the industry\u2019s performance, expectations for the year ahead, corporate leadership, and why he believes SA is turning the corner on the economic front.<\/p>\n<p>De Klerk also talks about some of Growthpoint\u2019s major developments in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg \u2013 including the V&amp;A Waterfront, Olympus Sandton, and a student accommodation development at the entrance of the University of KwaZulu-Natal\u2019s main campus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read\/listen:<br \/>With over R1.2bn in sales, Olympus Sandton breaks ground<br \/>The man with Cape Town\u2019s dream job<br \/>R20bn+ V&amp;A Granger Bay expansion begins with basement build, prep work<br \/>David Green gearing up V&amp;A Waterfront for 36m visitors<br \/>Growthpoint-backed student accommodation venture invests R800m in UKZN development<\/p>\n<p><em>* You can listen to the full podcast above or download it from<\/em><em> iono, Spotify or Apple Podcasts.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* A video or \u2018vodcast\u2019 link to this episode will be posted on Moneyweb\u2019s YouTube channel in February.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For previous episodes of The Property Pod, click\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Upper #echelons #Estienne #Klerk #talks #hot #property #leadership<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can also listen to this po&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[9606,9607,1185,9608,1055,1796,460,9605],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}