Balwin Properties Limited (South Africa)

Balwin Properties Limited is a national residential property developer in South Africa. The company focuses on developing large-scale, sectional title estates for the low-to-middle income population. Balwin was founded in 1996 by Steve Brookes, the current CEO and largest shareholder. They completed their first sectional title development in Johannesburg in 1996 and have since expanded to other regions including the Western Cape, Tshwane, and KwaZulu-Natal. Balwin's residential estates are located in high-density, high-growth areas and typically consist of 1,000 to 2,000 apartments. They aim to provide affordable housing close to amenities such as shopping centers, entertainment facilities, and schools. Balwin operates on a build-to-sell model, developing and selling approximately 3,000 sectional-title residential apartments each year. They have a secured pipeline of 51,803 apartments across 28 developments for the next 15 to 20 years.