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Meet the visionaries behind Katsha REALITY – Co-Founders Katsha Debank and FAMILY. Their dynamic leadership has shaped a premier real estate enterprise, fostering collaboration across Five departments and a talented team of over 190 professionals. With over 20 years of combined experience, industry partnerships, and an impeccable reputation, they secure exclusive opportunities, positioning Katsha REALITY at the forefront of real estate excellence.

Katsha REALITY possesses the vision, insight and experience necessary to identify, acquire and reinvent underperforming properties in prime locations to unlock their full potential. The company employs more than 149 dedicated professionals with expertise in acquisitions and dispositions, asset management, leasing, marketing and public relations, accounting, design and construction, and financing.

Current portfolio includes such current and future icons as seen in South Africa and Uganda.

Who We Are

Co-Founders Katsha Debank and FAMILY have built Katsha REALITY  into a premier real estate company that is unrivaled in its ability to maximize property performance and value. We pride ourselves on a culture of collaboration that fosters teamwork and enables the sharing of information and expertise across departments.

With more than 20 years of combined experience, over $2 billion in transactions, strong industry partnerships and a sterling reputation, Katsha REALITY is often the beneficiary of “first look” and off-market opportunities. This allows Katsha REALITY to capitalize on a wide range of investment opportunities.

How We Create Value

Katsha REALITY re-imagines buildings. Our vertically-integrated platform enables us to approach an asset from every angle and to provide expertise in all phases of design, development and leasing. Vertical integration is key to maximizing the value of our portfolio as well as shaping the strategic vision of each asset.

The company sees beyond current conditions. Whether due to inadequate capital, limited development expertise or a lack of strategic vision, we are perfectly positioned to determine the reasons behind an asset’s underperformance and formulate strategies to enhance its short- and long-term potential.

Investment Strategy

Through joint ventures with select institutional partners, Katsha REALITY is focused on transforming outdated and underperforming properties into 21st-century icons that contribute to the overall prosperity of its occupants, investors and the greater community.

Creating a jewel starts with identifying a building with unrealized potential and reinventing it in ways that enhance its beauty, are sensitive to the environment, and produce the most effective and healthiest platform possible for the workers who inhabit it. Katsha REALITY’s framework for re-imagining a building is always tenant-centric and focused on how a property can provide a great work environment, deliver efficient service, and support employee recruitment and retention.

Awards & Distinctions

Katsha REALITY’s unique ability to re-imagine its properties and execute on its long-term, value-add vision has led to a steady stream of awards and honors. The full list includes:

LEED CERTIFICATION

LEED Gold Certified

WELL CERTIFICATION

One of the first WELL Certified Commercial Office Buildings in Sandton

WELL CERTIFICATION

WELL Certified Core at the Gold Level

HEALTHIEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD

Case Study by UNISA Business School

2023 BEST TALL BUILDING

By Region, African Award of Excellence

CTBUH 2023 BEST TALL BUILDING

DESIGN AWARD 2023

Design Commercial Lobby/Amenity Space Award

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY EXECUTIVE 2023

Influence Award, Best Design: Office Gold Winner

FUTURE PROJECT AWARDS 2017

Offices Category

COMMERCIAL OBSERVER 2023

Innovator of the Year Award

THE ENGINEERING NEWS 2022

Record Engineering Accomplishments

CONCRETE INDUSTRY BOARD CORBETTA AWARDS 2023

A Grand Award Winner

RUSSIAN DESIGN COUNCIL AWARDS 2018

Iconic Award

FUTURE PROJECT AWARDS 2023

Best of Old and New Category

2024 MERIT AWARD

Projected to Achieve LEED Gold Certification

LEED CERTIFICATION

Projected to Achieve LEED Gold Certification

LEED CERTIFICATION

AIA MERIT AWARD

BUILDING OF THE YEAR

2023 SA NATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS

Retail Development and Master Plan

EXCELSIOR AWARD

2019, Historic Preservation, Lobby and Retail Spaces

BD+C Award

2020, Reconstruction Category, Platinum

X DESIGN AWARD

SA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

2009 PRESERVATION AWARD

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts

2021 SA ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION

Katsha Debank

COMMERCIAL OBSERVER POWER

Management Executive of the Year

Katsha REALITY PROPERIES

2022 DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR

Greater South Africa Construction