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Property Management

Ensuring safe, accessible, and well-maintained spaces for all residents

Purpose and Mandate

The purpose of the Department is to maximize use of the City’s Property Portfolio and generate revenue for the City. This is achieved through leases, sales, acquisitions, developments and granting of servitudes on Council owned properties.

Facilities Management as a Core Function

FM encompasses multi disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process, and technology. It is important to note that technology is critical to the efficiency and effectiveness of facilities management. 

Facilities Management is the quintessential business function affecting not only revenues and cost but also:

  • Production
  • Quality of life for employees
  • Health and safety
  • The work environment
  • Recruitment and employment retention

When practiced properly the following benefits accrue to the organisation:

Managing Property Portfolio on behalf of the City

  • Alienation of Residual Properties
  • Maximising the Leasing Portfolio of Council Owned Properties
  • Registration and Cancellation of Servitudes

Regional Management Strategic Drive

  • Forge Strong Relations with Ward Councillors per Region with all affected Stakeholders
  • Improved turnaround times in attending to queries
  • Effective Communication with the Regional Client
  • Packaging non-strategic land parcels for disposal through lease or sale of Council-Owned land

Departmental Objectives

  • Maximising the efficiency of the CoJ’s property portfolio
  • Leasing the premises and collecting the rentals
  • Managing tenant relationship and overseeing the upkeep of buildings
  • Providing Council reports for approval in line with applicable legal frameworks
  • Generate an income from the sale of residual Council owned properties
  • Promote transformation of the property sector by supporting social and community initiatives
  • Supporting the SMMEs and creating jobs in partnership with the private sector
  • Enabling social services delivery to the communities of the City
  • Achieve the highest values through the disposal of properties
  • Unlock property values
  • Maximise Social and Commercial Economic values of properties
  • Enhance the efficiencies through the use of the properties
  • Maintain the upkeep of each City Owned Property
  • Registrations and Cancellations of Servitudes
  • Support the City’s Strategic Transformation Initiatives
  • Acquisition of properties on behalf of the City
  • Service Delivery Accounts for provision of services to the City