African Design Magazine August 2015 | Page 18

NEWS Earth’s greenest hotel is in Cape Town Hotel Verde has just been awarded a second LEED® Platinum Green Building Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) making Hotel Verde the first hotel globally, to achieve a double Platinum certification for LEED. Read more here Global launch for iconic Italian brand De Padova Julia Day’s Generation and 100% Hotel sees the global launch of select items from iconic Italian brand De Padova at 100% Design South Africa 2015 Read more here Investing in developments in Nigeria Capitalising on the huge demand for quality retail space from Nigeria’s emerging middle class, Grand Towers Property Fund is investing in retail and mixed-use developments in Africa’s largest economy. Read more here 18 africandesignmagazine.com