When it costs almost the same to add a room as to build a house, the choice a city makes reveals what it can afford.
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Property
Tenants and Grants: What a Consolidating Budget Means for Namibian Retail Property
A budget rarely names a shopping centre, yet it sets the incomes that fill one.
One-Third the Cost: The Self-Build Method Behind Buy-a-Brick’s 700 Homes
The donation gets the headline. The reason it stretches so far is a delivery model banks and developers rarely use.
Roads and the Port: The Infrastructure Behind Namibia’s AfCFTA Guide
A guide clears the paperwork to trade. Rails, roads and the Walvis Bay quay decide whether the goods can actually move.
Shelf as Real Estate: Big Daddy’s 24 Stores and Space Local Makers Cannot Rent
Retail shelf space is prime commercial property. Big Daddy is offering local makers a foothold they could not lease alone.
Dearer by Design: What China’s 61.5% Duty Adds to a Namibian Building Site
The charge lands on the finish, not the foundation – on the tiles, taps and steel that decide a building’s quality.
Heap Leach and Haul Roads: The Build Behind Bannerman’s Etango Uranium Plant
A price surge is announced in a press release; a uranium mine is delivered in earthworks, pipelines and a plant that has to hold together in the desert.
Built for 8,000, Taking 8,200: Walvis Bay’s Terminal Meets the Neo Panamax Test
A container terminal reclaimed from the sea in 2019 was sized for 8,000-box ships. A larger one has now berthed.
Building the Boom: The Construction Bill Behind Namibia’s Uranium and Gold Run
A record earnings year rests on projects still being built. The mining boom is also a construction pipeline.