Formerly | West Property Company (Pvt) Limited |
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Type | Public |
WPHL on the VFEX | |
Founded | September 27, 2007 in Harare, Zimbabwe |
Founder | Ken Sharpe |
WestProp Holdings is a real estate development company in Zimbabwe. It is the first real estate company to be listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange. [1] [2]
WestProp Holdings Ltd, formerly West Property Company Pvt Ltd was founded in 2007 by Kenneth Sharpe as a publicly traded property development company. [3] The company is known for its flagship developments projects that include Gunhill Rise, [4] Millennium Heights, [5] [6] Pokugara residential estate [7] and mixed use smart city projects at Pomona city, [8] [9] Warren Hills Golf Estate [10] and Mall of Zimbabwe, [11] [12] a joint venture with Exemplar. [13] [14]
In 2023, WestProp Holdings was approved for listing on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange [15] becoming the first real estate company to list on the VFEX [16] and the listing became the first equity capital raise by way of preference shares in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the VFEX stock market. [17] [18]
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