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Property Management & Development Consultants
We help our clients create sustainable, inclusive, and resilient development projects.
Property Management & Development Consultants
We help our clients create sustainable, inclusive, and resilient development projects.
Property Management & Development Consultants
We help our clients create sustainable, inclusive, and resilient development projects.
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What Makes us Unique:

We have extensive experience in the African region working with both the public and private sector and across a wide variety of industries. Whether you are looking to create economic opportunities or maximise your yield on a property asset, we’ll help you achieve your business goals while respecting the community’s needs and the planet.

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Our Services

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Property Management

We’ll assist you to manage your property from top to bottom and help you achieve operational excellence.

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Property Development

Leverage over 40 years of property development expertise for your property development project.
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Property Development

Leverage over 40 years of property development expertise for your property development project.
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Why Work With Us?

Strong Regional Expertise

We’ve advised clients across Africa and beyond, including the Seychelles, Comoros and Mauritius.

Sustainability and Resilience at Heart

Our advice has at heart the creation of resilient towns and cities, and the aim of connecting people to places.

Cross-Sectoral Expertise

The tourism sector, government bodies, individuals, developers, and more… over the years, we’ve worked with them all.

A Global Network of Professionals

Working with us lets you tap into a knowledge pool of international experts who can intervene at any stage of your project.

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Major Awards Received

South African Landscape Institute Gold Award for Stonehurst Mountain Estate, 2008
South African Planning Institute (SAPI) Planning Award (Category : Private Sector) for Lake Michelle Innovative Housing Development in a Disused Salt Mine, 2008
International Association of Impact Assessors (IAIA) (SA) Premium Award Finalist for Strategic Initiative to Introduce Commercial Land Based Wind Energy Development to the Western Cape, 2008
Institute of Landscape Architects of South Africa Award of Merit for Lake Michelle, 2007
South African Property Owners Association Award for Innovative Excellence in Property Development for Lake Michelle, 2007
Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Award for Lake Michelle, 2007
South African Planning Institute National Planning Award for Best Urban Planning Project for Groote Schuur Estate Conservation Development Framework, 2002
International Association of Impact Assessors (IAIA) National Awards, Runner Up for Macassar Dunes Management Plan, 2002
South African Planning Institute National Planning Award Special Mention in category Best Environmental Project for Macassar Dunes Management Plan, 2002
South African Planning Institute and Association of Consulting Town and Regional Planners Awards in category Best Environmental Project for the Knysna Western Heads and Environs Local Structure Plan, 2001
Institute of Housing of South Africa Jubilee Best Practice Award for Weltevreden Valley North High Density Housing Project, 2001
Finalist in the WWF/Green Trust Awards in the Urban Renewal Category for the Hout Bay River Restoration, 2001
Lead consultant in the preparation of a strategic ‘conservation-development strategy’ for the 26,000 hectare Makuleke Reserve in the north of the Kruger National Park (South Africa’s largest land restitution claim), winner of the Mail and Guardian Community Conservation Award 2014
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South African Landscape Institute Gold Award for Stonehurst Mountain Estate, 2008
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
South African Planning Institute (SAPI) Planning Award (Category : Private Sector) for Lake Michelle Innovative Housing Development in a Disused Salt Mine, 2008
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
International Association of Impact Assessors (IAIA) (SA) Premium Award Finalist for Strategic Initiative to Introduce Commercial Land Based Wind Energy Development to the Western Cape, 2008
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
Institute of Landscape Architects of South Africa Award of Merit for Lake Michelle, 2007
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
South African Property Owners Association Award for Innovative Excellence in Property Development for Lake Michelle, 2007
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Award for Lake Michelle, 2007
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
South African Planning Institute National Planning Award for Best Urban Planning Project for Groote Schuur Estate Conservation Development Framework, 2002
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
International Association of Impact Assessors (IAIA) National Awards, Runner Up for Macassar Dunes Management Plan, 2002
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
South African Planning Institute National Planning Award Special Mention in category Best Environmental Project for Macassar Dunes Management Plan, 2002
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
South African Planning Institute and Association of Consulting Town and Regional Planners Awards in category Best Environmental Project for the Knysna Western Heads and Environs Local Structure Plan, 2001
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
Institute of Housing of South Africa Jubilee Best Practice Award for Weltevreden Valley North High Density Housing Project, 2001
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
Finalist in the WWF/Green Trust Awards in the Urban Renewal Category for the Hout Bay River Restoration, 2001
Gilbert Sunglee
Gilbert SungleeFounder
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Derek Chittenden

Consultant and Director of BlueGreen Planning + Design

“How can cities perform like forests?” is a question Derek tries to answer with every urban project and development he touches.                 

Growing up in Zimbabwe, Derek developed a love for Africa and its wilderness, which led him to become a committed environmentalist with a passion for creating sustainable projects that positively impact the planet. Over the years, he has worked on many groundbreaking and innovative developments across South Africa, Costa Rica, Seychelles, Comoros Islands, Tanzania, and more.

Today, Derek offers his experience in sustainable planning, urban design, conservation and development planning, regenerative system design, and more to our clients. If you want to bring a project to life that is in complete harmony with the needs of the planet and that enhances today’s communities and the future, he’s the guy that can make it happen.

Notable Projects

  • Specialist consultant to the East Coast Economic Region of Malaysia to assist in tourism development master planning for a 35km stretch of coastline on the South China Sea.
  • Advised the Government of Seychelles regarding a development control strategy for the islands, and worked on an urban design, landscape and heritage strategy for the capital city of Victoria.
  • Created a development strategy for a new town on a large area (3,500 Ha) on the north coast of the Comoros main Island; incorporating a sustainable agricultural network, a range of residential opportunities, and tourism use, set within an extensive natural systems web.
  • Worked on the ‘Capricorn’ Science and Technology Park in Cape Town. A large industrial estate developed around a created wetland feature.
  • Currently involved in the master planning and detailed urban design for a large (600 Ha)mixed use urban development in Lusaka, Zambia, for NAPSA (the State Pension Fund), as well as development planning for other exclusive residential estates in the city such as ‘Lion’s Hill Estate’.

Gilbert Sunglee

Founder

Gilbert has worked with one of the most important property development and management companies for over a decade.

From successfully managing properties to designing placemaking precincts and repositioning historical buildings, his experience gives him unique insight into what makes the local market “tick”.

A strong proponent of the customer-centric approach, Gilbert has applied his project management philosophy across various industries to create fair and supportive work environments for staff members and tenants while converting low to no-yield properties into performing ones.

Whether you’re thinking of bringing in a concept from abroad or developing one from scratch, you can count on his expertise to make it fit right into the Mauritian context and deliver results.

Notable Projects
  • The refurbishment and repositioning of existing properties e.g the refurbishment and introduction of a food and beverage precinct in a 108 years old property in the centre of Curepipe- lead a team of professionals.
  • The conversion of old buildings in the heart of Port Louis into a vibrant place for food and specialised retail.
  • The Restoration of historical buildings in Port Louis.