Design conviction
Architecture by Lars-Henrik Mortensen and the DEMAR studio in Nairobi. One signature from site planning to door hardware. The same studio behind The Dagaz on Raptor Road, Westlands.
For landowners
Designed Together. On eye height.
Most people know Karen is named after a Danish author. Fewer know KICC — the building on Kenya's 100-shilling banknote — was co-designed by a Norwegian architect and a Kenyan chief architect. Fewer still know that Danish wind turbines now generate roughly 14% of Kenya's electricity. For sixty years, Nordic design and Kenyan context have produced sovereign Kenyan infrastructure. One sector has never been part of the story: residential real estate. We are not the first Nordic company to build in Kenya. We are simply the first to build homes — and we want to do it with a landowner who knows the place.
The proposition
Premium development without the usual compromises.
Most development partnerships ask landowners to surrender either control or upside. We have structured DEMAR to ask for neither. You bring the land and the local knowledge of your community. We bring the design conviction of Lars-Henrik Mortensen and the DEMAR studio, the capital discipline of a Stanmore Trust Kenya escrow and a Bowman Adair Kenya audit, and the delivery muscle of Knight Mwangi Quantity Surveyors on every milestone. The escrow protects the buyer’s deposit — and your reputation as the owner whose name is on the cornerstone is protected by the same guard.
“The strength of the SSC approach is that the work we do together is not based on hierarchies or power dynamics. It allows relevant technical teams to collaborate freely and develop solutions based on their professional expertise.” That is Erick Ogallo on Danish-Kenyan Strategic Sector Cooperation. It is also how a DEMAR landowner partnership is meant to read. Preaching less and listening more, in the words of the Danish Foreign Minister on the Africa’s Century strategy. Kenya is for Kenyans. We are humble guests and grateful partners.
Capital structure
Buyer deposits held by Stanmore Trust Kenya Limited as escrow trustee, released against milestones counter-signed by Knight Mwangi Quantity Surveyors. Annual statutory audit by Bowman Adair Kenya. SPV legal counsel by Otieno & Patel Advocates LLP.
Delivery discipline
Construction supervision by our own site team, day in and day out. Independent quantity-surveying scrutiny on every milestone draw. Post-handover by Westgate Living Management on a 10-year service-level agreement.
What qualifies a siteSubmit a site for review
We are selective. So should you be.
We work on premium urban infill sites in Nairobi — Westlands, Kilimani, Lavington, Gigiri, Karen, Riverside. Minimum half an acre. Clean title. Zoned for residential or mixed-use up to eighteen floors. Corner sites or quiet through-roads with walkable proximity to the commercial and diplomatic cores.
We do not develop greenfield suburbs, gated estates outside municipal infrastructure, or sites that require zoning gymnastics to make the underwriting work. We respond to every submission in writing within five working days. Where the site fits, a JV term sheet follows within fourteen working days.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WE BUILD INTO
Westlands. The plot we chose.
Six minutes from the UN's African seat. Twelve from the CBD. A neighbourhood that has been Nairobi's quiet centre of professional life for thirty years.
- Plot reference
- LR No. 1870/IV/237
- Address
- Raptor Road, Westlands, Nairobi
- JKIA airport
- 28 minutes off-peak
- Wilson airport
- 14 minutes off-peak
Drive times stated off-peak from the plot, sourced from public routing data, December 2025. Indicative.
How the partnership is structured
Three structures. One that fits your situation.
Joint-venture equity
Land contributes as equity into the SPV at independent valuation. You participate in profits proportional to contribution, with defined liquidity events at handover.
Revenue share
Land remains in your name. We develop and sell. You receive a defined share of gross sales, paid as units close, with a guaranteed minimum at completion.
Outright purchase
If you prefer a clean exit, we will purchase the land at market plus a development-discount premium and develop on our own balance sheet. Independent valuation governs the price.
Submit a site
Tell us about your land.
A short conversation, then a written proposal within five working days — feasible, not feasible, or feasible with conditions. Where the site fits, a JV term sheet follows within fourteen working days. The Land Partner Brief covers structures, IRR modeling, design approach, delivery scope, and the names of every third party we work with — Stanmore Trust Kenya, Knight Mwangi Quantity Surveyors, Bowman Adair Kenya, Westgate Living Management, Otieno & Patel Advocates LLP.