Texton Property Fund
Texton Property Fund
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is representing Texton Property Fund, the leading South Africa-based diversified property investment fund.
Our South Africa-based real estate team is advising Texton Property Fund on the sale of a letting enterprise and attending to the transfer of Hermanstad Industrial Park in Hermanstad, Pretoria.
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