For many office occupiers, business continuity has moved from a “nice to have” to a core property requirement. A professional address is of limited value if staff cannot work reliably during electricity, water or connectivity interruptions.
Backup infrastructure should be understood before a lease is signed — not after the first outage.
Power
Ask whether the building has a generator, UPS, solar, battery backup or a combination of systems. Confirm what the backup actually serves: common areas, lifts, plugs, air-conditioning, full tenant load or only selected circuits.
Water
Confirm whether backup water exists, how it is supplied and what parts of the property it serves. Park-level water resilience can differ from building-level supply.
Connectivity
Fibre availability is common across the major Sandton and Bryanston office nodes, but provider choice, redundancy and internal building infrastructure still matter to technology-dependent businesses.
Continuity costs
Confirm generator diesel recoveries, backup-power charges, water levies and any service-related recoveries that form part of the occupancy cost.
Candice's perspective
The question I ask is not simply “Does the Park have a generator?” I want to know what the backup serves, how long it can operate, what the tenant pays for it and whether the building has the resilience the business actually needs.
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