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A Rare Gem in the Upper Bree Precinct

December 13, 2022

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A Rare Gem in the Upper Bree Precinct

December 13, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

Online radio station, Hamshack Radio: The Independent Cultural Platform in Bree Street.

December 6, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

Online radio station, Hamshack Radio: The Independent Cultural Platform in Bree Street.

December 6, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

Emerging Fashion brands Pot Plant Club & Leaf Apparel find a new home

November 22, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

Emerging Fashion brands Pot Plant Club & Leaf Apparel find a new home

November 22, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

December 13, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

A Rare Gem in the Upper Bree Precinct

When you enter the gallery you are immediately transported to something other worldly. It is certainly a fresh concept in the art scene. As you make your way upstairs you enter the Rare Luxury area where you can find some unique luxury clothing items

December 6, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

Online radio station, Hamshack Radio: The Independent Cultural Platform in Bree Street.

Hamshack Radio, an online radio station, and cultural platform has started broadcasting from Bree Street. Their main mission is to create a hub for creatives.

November 22, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

Emerging Fashion brands Pot Plant Club & Leaf Apparel find a new home

Pot Plant Club offers a unique selection of local and international brands and products whilst providing a sustainable retail solution to small and medium enterprises. They are passionate about playing a role in the development of the community and help small brands grow whilst providing an additional home to brands that are more established and become part of their respective stories.

November 15, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

PICHULIK, our tenant responsible for the “Meghan Markle Effect”

PICHULIK is an ethical jewellery, accessories atelier rooted in Africa, and inspired by ancient traditions and cultures around the world. If you are a Capetonian or lucky enough to visit the Mother City in the future you can find them at 8 Watson Street to find the latest addition to your jewellery collection

November 8, 2022

Meet The Neighbours Series

Art, Sushi and a Vibe: First-rate sushi arrives to Bree Street

First-rate Chef? Check. Talented Mixologist? Check. Chef Danny put together a menu of carefully selected dishes to delight the taste buds. The dishes are best enjoyed when paired with one of the cocktails by the skilled Roxanne Read. The new resident on Bree Street has it all... art sushi and a vibe.

November 1, 2022

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The best pizza in Cape Town? Come find out on Bree Street.

Perfect for a weekend adventure or summer night. They have outside seating, so you can enjoy the mountain view while you eat your delicious pizza. If this is not the perfect excuse, we don’t know what is.

August 8, 2022

Article: Celebrating Women Leaders through Time and Space

Celebrating Women Leaders through Time and Space

Women's History Month has begun, and we are already witnessing great moments of reflection and celebration all throughout the world. This month gives us the chance to highlight the voices of female leaders who have had a significant impact on their industries while encouraging other young women to pursue their passions and assume positions of leadership in their fields.

July 19, 2022

Article: FYN Restaurant ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ Award

The Cape Town restaurant FYN has earned the 37th spot on the list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants.

In 2022, Fyn broke into The World's 50 Best Restaurants list for the first time, also picking up The Best Restaurant in Africa award in the process.

June 22, 2022

Article: Wish Florida Road Durban Tourism Award

Wish On Florida Takes Emerging Tourism Award!

At the inaugural Durban Business Tourism Awards, hosted at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Wish on Florida won the Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur Award.

May 2, 2022

Article: Salt River food and culinary businesses

Meet the Salt River food and culinary businesses shaking things up!

The Salt River District is an ever-changing area located within a short drive from the Cape Town CBD. This suburb, which got its name from a river with the same name, was once known as the industrial centre of the city and has long been a diverse and integrated urban area.

April 1, 2022

Article: Durban Inner City Office Space

How to find the right Durban Inner City Office Space in the post-pandemic world

A recent Australian study on post-Covid urban recovery found that: “Many CBD workers simply won’t have to come back. CBDs previously didn’t need to be pleasant to be full of people – many were forced to be there.

March 1, 2022

Article: Heritage Architecture

Heritage Architecture is still driving the East City’s regeneration

Cape Town’s East City Precinct has for some time been described as the up-and-coming design and innovation district. It is sandwiched in between the Castle, the Parliament buildings, Gardens and District Six neighbourhoods

February 17, 2022

Interview

Stranded with Jonny Friedman, CEO of Urban Lime

In the new season of Desert Island Ballito with Kevin Minter-Brown, today we meet Jonny Friedman, from Urban Lime the company heralding the regeneration of Cape Town and Durban.

February 1, 2022

Article: Durban International Convention Centre

Durban International Convention Centre in Rivertown wins best convention centre again!

The Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban’s Rivertown Precinct is alive and kicking, with an enviable events calendar this year as the city begins to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 3, 2022

Article: Florida Road

6 Reasons Florida Road is perfect to join global “streatery” and open-air dining movement

Streateries’ have become part of a global movement to reclaim public spaces and streets for pedestrians. A ‘streatery’ (street-eatery) is when a section of the road in front of a restaurant is closed off so that it can be used for restaurant seating on a temporary or permanent basis.

December 1, 2021

Article: Bree Street

Bree Street a big part of City Centre Revival says the City of Cape Town

Cape Town’s CBD has always been the heart (and engine) of the Mother City and a driving force for the local market. As the city emerges into a post-pandemic world, the City of Cape Town is focused on reviving the City Center. Apart from new trendy restaurants and an increase in foot traffic as many return to offices, events are also returning - the Cape Town Carnival is returning in-person on the 19th of March for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic!

September 2, 2021

Press Release

Major tourism boost for Durban if city embraces post-Covid trends

Regeneration expert Jonny Friedman recently outlined trends Durban should embrace to become a world class tourist destination.

July 15, 2021

Interview

Working at SCALE

Downtown Durban’s property market is ripe with opportunity, but who will harness this best?In March, former Deputy Mayor Belinda Scott announced she was leaving the eThekwini Municipality to join Jonny Friedman’s inner-city property regeneration company Urban Lime. The partnership offers prospects. One is a seasoned politician, the other an experienced businessman.

July 8, 2021

Good Hood Stories

Good Hood Stories: Bellhaven Harm Reduction Centre

In this Good Hood Story we travel to Durban where a number of partners across sectors have come together to test an innovative and progressive solution to homelessness and substance abuse, called Harm Reduction.

December 17, 2020

Interview

The Forum with Jonny Friedman and Mesela Nhlapo

John Matisonn talks to urban developer Jonny Friedman about the future of South African cities after Covid 19, and to Railroad Association CEO Mesela Nhlapo about a new programme to expand South Africa railways that will be implemented next year.

April 6, 2020

Article: Denis Hurley Centre

Urban Lime, FNB, eThekwini's Deputy Mayor and the Denis Hurley Centre refurbish building as an emergency shelter

At a time of crisis Urban Lime, FNB, the EThekwini Municipality Deputy Mayor’s Office and the Denis Hurley Centre came together, to speedily refurbish the Strollers Building as an emergency shelter.

April 1, 2020

Published

Spaces open for COVID-19 quarantine support

Urban Lime has engaged authorities to offer commercial and hotel room spaces to assist in COVID-19 quarantine efforts.

November 28, 2017

Published

Pop-up park, 'bucket rainbow' to highlight #WaterCrisis

Cape Town - If you're wondering why there is a giant rainbow of plastic buckets erected in Church Square, wonder no more.

Meet The Neighbours Series

A slice of Asia on Upper Bree Street

If you have not heard of the new Asian Grocery store, A-Mart located in the vibrant Upper Bree district, where have you been living? They are a 100% authentic Asian grocery store and they specialise in stocking not only the essential range of ingredients for Asian dishes such as soy sauce but also some go-to snacks such as ramen noodles, Korean sodas, mochi, and many more.

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Cape Town

+27 (0) 21 422 0971

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129 Longmarket Street, Cape Town City Centre Cape Town, South Africa

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+27 (0) 31 941 3980

levani@fourthspace.co.za

20th Floor, Durban Club Chambers, Durban CBD Durban, South Africa