The overall official value of all property in the Cape Town CBD is R42.6 bn, according to the City of Cape Town’s 2022 property evaluation.
The total value of property development in the Cape Town CBD exceeded R12.8 billion in 2025/26, some 41% more than the R9 billion recorded in 2024.
This meant that investor confidence in South Africa's official seat of parliament skyrocketed, according to the main findings of the latest edition of the State of Cape Town Central City Report 2025-A Year in Review (SCCR), published annually by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID).
The inner-city economy is also said to have benefited from the stable performance of its key economic sectors, including BPO, business and leisure tourism, and the rise of the creative economy.
“It’s astonishing to see development of this magnitude but the real story is that these numbers not only reflect, but also inspire, investor confidence. And, more importantly, what happens when confidence becomes concentrated in one place,” says Rob Kane, the CCID Board chairperson and CEO of Boxwood Property Fund.
