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- Redefine Properties Limited (JSE: RDF) is a South African-based real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, develops, manages and invests in a diversified portfolio of retail, office, industrial and specialised properties; its property asset platform is valued at R99.6 billion as of 31 August 2024 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with headquarters in Sandton, Johannesburg, where it was founded in 1999. The company's local South African portfolio, valued at R64.7 billion, comprises directly held retail (34.7% by value), office (30%), industrial (14.2%) and other specialised assets across Gauteng (73%), Western Cape (5%), KwaZulu-Natal (5%) and other regions, serving anchor tenants, national retailers, corporates and government entities; internationally, it holds a 35.2% stake in Polish assets including retail, logistics and self-storage through EPP N.V., joint ventures such as European Logistics Investment B.V., EPP Community Properties JV, Horse Group and others, plus investments in Stokado sp. z o.o. for self-storage facilities. Redefine targets stable income generation and capital growth for stakeholders through active asset management, with operations spanning South Africa (79.7% of revenue) and Poland (20.3%). In recent developments, Redefine acquired full ownership of Mall of South Coast (MOTS) for R1.8 billion in December 2023, 50.9% of Pan Africa Development Proprietary Limited (PAN Africa Mall) for R90.1 million in May 2024, and office properties plus land from Setso Holdco valued at R350.8 million; it restructured a R27.7 billion secured evergreen funding facility in October 2024 using 127 properties as security, completed nine refurbishments and new developments adding over 13,000m² of gross lettable area, and progressed solar installations to 43.2MWp capacity with R260 million more underway, while disposing non-core assets for R386.7 million.