22 HOUER UNIT 1
1200m² Warehouse to Let in City Deep, Food-Grade Facility with 570m² Cold Storage Neat food-grade warehouse available ...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
UNIT 20 - 355SQM
355m² Warehouse to Let in City Deep, 3-Phase Power and Easy Access This 355m² warehouse to let in City Deep offers clean, functional ind...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
UNIT 16 - 196SQM
196m² Warehouse to Let in City Deep, Secure Industrial Space This warehouse to rent in City Deep offers businesses a practical base alon...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
UNIT 10 - CITY DEEP MINI UNITS
1,173m² Warehouse to Let in City Deep, High Eaves and 80 AMP 3-Phase Power This industrial property to let in City Deep combines warehou...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
32 FORTUNE STREET
2,500m² Cold Storage Warehouse to Let in Johannesburg, High Power and Logistics-Ready This industrial warehouse in Johannesburg offers a...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
ENTIRE BUILDING
5,057m² Industrial Warehouse to Let in City Deep with Large Yard and Super Link Access This 5,057m² industrial warehouse...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
1,060m² at 111 Whitworth Street, Heriotdale is now available for lease—a practical, accessible setup ideal for call centres, admin hubs, ...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
115m² retail space in Heriotdale is now available to let—perfect for motor spares, general retail, or a compact showroom needing visibili...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
UNIT [B11-2]SECOND FLOOR
225m² at Heriotdale, Germiston is now up for lease—ideal for retail showrooms, wholesale setups, or light manufacturing needing street ex...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
UNIT-B12/3-SECOND FLOOR
260m² at Lower Germiston Road, Heriotdale is now available to lease—perfect for storage, small-scale production, or quick-turn distributi...
Wayne Ngubane
Candidate Property Practitioner
Common questions about commercial property to rent and for sale in City Deep.
City Deep is mainly a logistics and warehousing market, with space suited to distribution, freight handling, container-related operations and businesses serving the fresh produce market. Tenants will typically find practical industrial stock, including warehouse units with loading access, yard areas, truck circulation, offices attached to warehouse space, and some food-linked storage or service-industrial premises. The area suits companies that need road freight access more than showroom exposure or a corporate office presentation.
Across the City Deep industrial properties we currently list, net asking rentals run R40 to R56 per m² (10th to 90th percentile), with a median of R55 per m². Allow about R57 per m² gross once rates and levies are included, with final pricing depending on building specification, yard, access and lease terms.
Yes. City Deep is a practical fit for logistics, distribution and manufacturing because it gives industrial users direct access to the M2, N3 and N17, with established freight movement around the container terminal and Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market. The area suits companies that prioritise truck access, yard functionality and dispatch efficiency over showroom frontage or corporate-office profile.
Across our City Deep listings, warehouse eaves range from 2.0–15.0 m, so tenants should check height building by building rather than assume a uniform clearance standard. Loading is typically assessed around yard depth, roller-shutter access and truck circulation, while dock levellers are limited in the properties we cover. The area has mixed-grade stock, so the practical fit depends on whether the operation needs racking height, container access or simpler dispatch space.
City Deep is more freight-led than nearby inner-south industrial nodes, with the container terminal, fresh produce market and access to the M2 and N17 shaping its tenant profile. Across our listings, City Deep rentals are R40 to R56/m² (10th to 90th percentile), with a median of R55/m² net asking and gross asking of about R57/m² including rates and levies. It suits businesses that prioritise truck movement, distribution and produce-related logistics; nearby nodes may offer broader industrial use, but City Deep’s trade-off is clear: access and freight function over showroom frontage.
In City Deep, power is generally specified around industrial use, so tenants looking at warehouses or logistics space should expect three-phase availability to be a standard discussion point, with capacity varying by building, yard operation and previous tenant use. Heavy users should verify the existing amperage, transformer arrangements and any landlord-approved upgrade path before committing, especially where refrigeration, charging, manufacturing equipment or high-draw conveyor systems are involved. For normal warehousing and distribution, industrial-grade supply is usually the baseline expectation, but final suitability should be confirmed through a site-specific electrical assessment and municipal supply check.
City Deep is built around heavy-vehicle movement, with practical truck access off the main industrial routes feeding the container, warehousing and fresh-produce precincts. Yard space is usually a decisive variable: some sites offer full reticulation for trucks, while others work better for rigid vehicles or limited loading because the yard is tighter. For tenants, the key checks are turning circles, gate width, loading depth and whether the yard can handle staging without blocking dispatch.
City Deep suits industrial businesses that need fast freight movement across Johannesburg, with direct links into the M2 corridor, the N3/N17 system and the container terminal environment. The area works particularly well for logistics, FMCG, cold-chain, produce, packaging and light manufacturing companies because suppliers, transporters and industrial services are already concentrated around the market and depot network. The main trade-off is building by building: the advantage is strongest where a tenant secures the right yard depth, truck access and power specification for its operation.
City Deep’s main drawbacks are operational: heavy truck movement around the container depot and fresh produce market can slow access at peak times, and some internal roads take strain under constant freight traffic. The area also has older industrial stock, so tenants need to check yard depth, loading configuration, power capacity and office condition carefully before committing. It suits logistics and distribution businesses, but companies needing a cleaner corporate environment or strong staff amenity may find limited showroom appeal compared with newer industrial nodes.
Contact Anvil Property Smith and ask for the industrial broker covering City Deep. They can shortlist warehouses, yards and logistics facilities around the City Deep container depot and arrange viewings based on your operational brief.
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