Specialised commercial property
brokerage solutions
Professional • Efficient • Delivery
About Us
Qando Property is a professional, efficient and results-oriented commercial real estate brokerage serving a wide range of institutional, corporate and pension fund clients, private clients and family offices.
We are specialists in the marketing, acquisition, repositioning and disposal of both commercial property portfolios and single property assets across South Africa.
We are relationship focused and client driven with significant experience in executing property transactions on behalf of our clients across all asset classes.
What Qando can do for you
Acquisitions
Acquisitions
Understanding your property investment strategy enables us to leverage our extensive contact base, sound capital markets expertise and appreciation of value, to assist with the acquisition of investment properties.
Disposals
Disposals
We offer structured and targeted sales processes that support competitive dynamics to achieve a premium offer. Require an off-market sale? We can execute a confidential “off market” sale of your investment property or portfolio.
Sale and leaseback
Sale and leaseback
A sale and leaseback raises capital and opens exciting Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment ownership opportunities. Configuring market-related rentals, escalations and terms assists in building an attractive investment property package.
Government tenanted property
Government tenanted property
A specialised asset class requires specialist experience of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment requirements to streamline the process.
Equity
Equity
We raise capital for property development, matching private equity to development expertise and property investment opportunities.
Collaboration
Collaboration
We collaborate with third party property consultancies and commercial leasing specialists, assisting their clients with property strategies to acquire and divest of property assets.
Acquisitions
Understanding your property investment strategy enables us to leverage our extensive contact base, sound capital markets expertise and appreciation of value, to assist with the acquisition of investment properties.
Acquisitions
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Disposals
We offer structured and targeted sales processes that support competitive dynamics to achieve a premium offer. Require an off-market sale? We can execute confidential “off market” sale of your investment property or portfolio.
Disposals
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Sale and leaseback
A sale and leaseback raises capital and opens exciting Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment ownership opportunities. Configuring market-related rentals, escalations and terms assists in building an attractive investment property package.
Sale and leaseback
(click for more)
Government tenanted property
A specialised asset class requires specialist experience of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment requirements to streamline the process.
Government
tenanted property
(click for more)
Equity
We raise capital for property development, matching private equity to development expertise and property investment opportunities.
Equity
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Collaboration
We collaborate with third party property consultancies and commercial leasing specialists, assisting their clients with property strategies to acquire and divest of property assets.
Collaboration
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Why Qando
Small & Agile
As a specialised commercial firm, we distinguish ourselves by being smart, small and agile, offering a bespoke service. That means faster response times and better communication.
Small & Agile
Dedicated Experience
Offering over 40 years of experience, we provide tailor-made property advice that delivers long-standing partnerships.
Dedicated Experience
Client Focused
Every client has different needs. We identify your requirements, execute quickly and efficiently, while always paying attention to accurate detail.
Client Focused
We provide a comprehensive commercial property broking service across all commercial property asset classes.
Need our expertise?
Henry Playne Experience
Henry Playne is the founder and Principal Property Practitioner of Qando Property.
With a track record over 40 years in the property sector and extensive commercial property experience, he offers expertise in property finance, property development, and investment and development sales and acquisitions.
When based in New Zealand, he was a Senior Investment Broker at CB Richard Ellis working with listed and unlisted property funds, multinational corporates and private clients executing real estate strategies and major projects in Australasia.
In South Africa, he was Head of Capital Markets, JLL South Africa, for 10 years. At JLL he was responsible for business growth and oversight of all capital market transactions. He completed investment sales on behalf of a wide range of institutional, corporate, pension fund and private client family offices. He advised on sales and acquisitions for client portfolios and major developers, with an emphasis on selling larger investment grade assets and matching private equity to property opportunity.
He has a wide range of experience across all asset classes and has assisted various clients with investment strategy, analysis, negotiation and general advisory.
Selected property experience
DSV Park, R21, Johannesburg R 2 050 000 000
Club Med La Plantation D’Albion, Mauritius USD 42 000 000
Hyatt Hotel, Rosebank R 450 000 000
ABSA Towers Building, Pretoria CBD R 370 000 000
Academia Student Village, Van der Bijl Park R 370 000 000
Land Accumulation (Sasol Head Office, Bidvest), Sandton R 214 500 000
River Crescent Shopping Centre, Witbank R 135 000 000
Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West R 120 000 000
Portfolio – 5 industrial assets owned by DSV R 165 000 000
Redefine Head Office, 2 Arnold Road, Rosebank R 75 000 000
15 Fredman Drive Sandton R 66 500 000
Hans Grohe Building, Kramerville R 65 000 000
Contact Us
Contact Qando today for specialised commercial property brokerage solutions for you and your property portfolio.