Asset Magazine Oct 2025

Paarl

Drakenstein Municipality

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Paarl’s new growth engine: from wine farms to warehouses F or decades, when you said

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“Paarl,” most people thought of wine estates, schoolboy rugby and Cape Dutch homesteads framed by the Drakenstein mountains. However, lately, areas under the Drakenstein Municipality have been quietly rebranding themselves as something bigger: becoming the industrial and commercial powerhouse of the Cape Winelands. From estates to ecosystems The mushrooming of residential estates in the Winelands – think MontClair, La Boutonne and Drakenzicht – has brought a new kind of growth. Where homes go, communities grow. And where individuals settle, retail

By Ash Müller: Winner of the ‘Best Newcomer of the Year’ award at the 2025 SAPOA Journalism Awards for Excellence

Development in Southern Paarl

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