Industry snaps
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Deep facility
THE NEED for more land to be allocated to inland container depots goes hand in hand with the recovery in the country's economy and consequent growth patterns, says Anthony Diepenbroek, managing director of iProp.
His company launched a 22 hectare container park at City Deep two years ago and has already sold more than 50% of the available space to three international shipping companies. Negotiations with other container-related industries are in progress, and more sites are being viewed with an eye to future development.
iProp is a restructured company which emerged from the previous Rand Mine Properties, but whereas the latter was a land sales and property development operation confined to the south of Johannesburg, iProp is focused on diversifying the company's land and property activities nationally.
The name of the company is an abbreviation of Innovative Property Solutions. While dealing with all forms of property developments, Diepenbroek is satisfied the needs of industrial concerns will grow at a rapid rate in the coming years.
After identifying a niche opportunity for specialised rail-served container handling premises in close proximity to the Kazerne inland port, we launched the City Deep Container Park.
Apart from its close proximity to the container terminal, it has excellent accessibility to rail and national road networks. The initiatives launched by the Department of Trade and Industry to develop an export-orientated manufacturing and logistics management hub in City Deep are expected to result in continued high demand in the area, he says.
The company has also established a 17 hectare industrial park near to the container depot, known as City Deep Production Park, which is currently 70% full with operations varying from warehousing motor vehicle parts for export to perishable goods facilities.
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