
Abandoned building in South Africa’s richest city now a student housing development
A previously abandoned and hijacked Johannesburg CBD building has been redeveloped into a fully let, affordable student accommodation complex.
SATURDAY, 18 APRIL 2026, 17:55

A previously abandoned and hijacked Johannesburg CBD building has been redeveloped into a fully let, affordable student accommodation complex.

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