Apartment Look

You know where you are with a beauty hall. It’s a large room – a hall, you might say – and it sells beauty products . Same goes for the men’s department, or the lingerie section. But department stores also have secret spaces, with names that give no clue to their purposes. They all sound the same, and they’re all a bit different, so we found out the lowdown, and now, we’re sharing it with you. Holt Renfrew’s The Apartment has a living room space , kitchen and wraparound patio . - Contributed photo Holt Renfrew The Apartment This is Vancouver’s newest personal shopping suite , and its swankiest. At 1,200 sq ft it’s bigger than most downtown apartments and has its own kitchen, washroom, living and dining areas and a private wraparound patio . Reserved for top clients and visiting celebs, it will also be used for private events and trunk shows. The store also has seven smaller personal shopping suites , and another two in the men’s section. These are open to all customers, free, by appoin...

The luxury apartment sector (R4.5 million plus) represents about 40% of the Atlantic Seaboard apartment market , and sales for the year to July 2017 already top R1.2 billion, with 97 units sold at an average price of R12.7 million. The average rate being 24% higher than last year (R10.3 million in 2016) and 44% up in just five years (from R8.8 million in 2012). This four bedroom, five bathroom apartment in Bakoven has a wraparound terrace, pool and two flatlets with separate entrances. It is on the market for R26 million - click here to view. Billy Rautenbach, sales director for Seeff Atlantic Seaboard , V&A Waterfront and City Bowl, says less than half of all sales (45%) this year, are below R10 million. Notably, she says some 14 sales have been concluded in the super- luxury R20 million -plus sector. This includes four in Clifton ranging from R40 million (Clifton Terraces) to R80 million (The Beaches), six at the Waterfront ranging from R40 million (Juliette) and one in Mouille ...