Cape Town mayor says the metro’s accelerated land release programme is taking shape [SOUND]

# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says they are continuing to make under-used public assets work for Capetonians. He has officially handed over the metro’s flagship Salt River Market site for the construction of 970 inner-city affordable housing units by developer Communicare. The development includes 300 social housing rental units and 670 affordable market units. Hill-Lewis says the development demonstrates an innovative public-private partnership model, with the metro contributing land at a 90-percent discount: