Bentel Group

Bentel Group is a commercial property developer and manager based in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It works on shopping centres: development, redevelopment and the management of retail space let to tenants.

According to the company's own website, the group was formed in 1989 by brothers Aubrey and Selwyn Bentel to house restaurants they planned to open. With partner Dennis Martin, they opened thirteen individually branded restaurants in regional shopping centres across the country. That early experience of tenant layout and shopper behaviour led them to buy vacant land in stages and apply for rezoning, with commercial property in mind. Shopping centres then became the main focus. The site states that a small office block housing the current head office was built in 1998, and that the first shopping centre opened in 2002.

• Portfolio: 15 centres, about 308,000 m² of retail space according to the company website.
• Acquisition: the three President Square centres (Fochville, Krugersdorp, Vaal) were acquired in August 2022, followed by a redevelopment at Krugersdorp.
• Other listed assets: Carletonville Mall, Cosmo Mall in Cosmo City, East Rand Retail Park, Lifestyle Crossing in Randburg, Northmead Square in Benoni, Park Place East in Boksburg, Raslouw, Retail Crossing, Riverwalk in Vereeniging, The Atrium in Durban, The Palms in Boksburg and Victory Park.

The space on offer is mixed. According to the company website, retail space is listed in its centres, and Park Place East in Boksburg is described as a commercial building of about 2,000 m² that also houses offices, with the head office on the first floor. Lease terms, rentals, lease duration and unit availability are not published on the company website: they have to be obtained from the management team, whose details appear on the contact page.