1 & 2 Bedroom Residences
Twenty-four 1-beds (45–58 m²) and thirty-two 2-beds (78–96 m²), with continuous wrap-around balconies and Petersen Tegl brick facades. From KES 28M.
Raptor Road · Westlands · Nairobi · LR No. 1870/IV/237
The Dagaz
Buildings you recognise before you see the sign. Eighteen floors. Ninety-two residences. Petersen Tegl brick, Bulthaup kitchens, Vola fittings — every detail designed, not defaulted.
The Dagaz takes its name from the Old Norse rune for dawn — the moment of breakthrough between the long night and the working day. A residence here is the experience of things working exactly as they should: morning light enters as the architect intended, the door handle feels right in the hand for the ten-thousandth time, the breakfast table catches the canopy. Premium residential should deliver certainty, not aspiration. The Dagaz is our argument for what that means in Nairobi.
Why Westlands, why now
The address chose us before we chose the building.
Westlands is Nairobi’s diplomatic-and-commercial core. Within a fifteen-minute walk: UNON Gigiri, ABC Place, Sarit, Westgate, Village Market, three diplomatic missions, the deepest cluster of premium F&B in the city, and the new mass-rapid line on Waiyaki Way. Within a twenty-minute drive: JKIA, the National Park gate, the Karen edge, the Kiambu coffee belt.
The premium rental cohort here is real, established, and growing — UN and embassy staff on three-to-five-year postings, expatriate professionals on indefinite contracts, returning diaspora consolidating into a primary residence, and Nairobi families moving up from Kilimani and Lavington as those districts densify. Demand for new-build premium vertical stock outruns supply because the plot grain on Raptor Road and its surrounding lanes constrains the rate at which any of it can be added.
Architecture
Two slender wings, one carved crown, a planted arch down the middle.
The form draws from Scandinavian warm minimalism — generous proportions, layered daylight, honest materials — translated into Westlands’ climate and context. The mid-tower arches let the building breathe through its middle. The crown is signed in spaced serif caps and turns toward the city.
Eighteen floors on Raptor Road. Designed by Lars-Henrik Mortensen from our Nairobi studio, built by hands you can meet, certified by GEcon Africa — who do not work for us. The gap between promise and delivery should not exist.
The Jacaranda Life
A quiet crown above Westlands.
Nairobi mornings begin under the canopy. The Dagaz sits inside it. Eighteen floors that face the city without raising their voice. Premium brands whisper — and the right people lean in.
Residences
Eighteen floors. One, two, three, and four-bedroom residences. Two crown penthouses.
3 & 4 Bedroom Residences
Twenty-four 3-beds (124–148 m²) and ten 4-beds (172–198 m²). Family-scaled floor plans with double-aspect light, integrated study, and Schüco triple-glazed full-height glazing onto the city. From KES 72M.
The Crown Penthouses
Two penthouses share floors 17 and 18. Each carries 312 m² internal and an 88 m² private terrace adjacent to the rooftop pool. Two of two. From KES 180M.
An invitation
Starting prices, in your currency.
Indicative · spot rates as of May 2026
1 & 2 Bedroom
$215K
Forty-five to ninety-six square metres internal. Continuous balcony, Petersen Tegl façade. Twenty-four month escrow-protected payment plan.
3 & 4 Bedroom
$555K
One hundred and twenty-four to one hundred and ninety-eight square metres internal. Double-aspect light, integrated study, Schüco glazing.
Crown Penthouse
$1.39M
Three hundred and twelve square metres internal, eighty-eight square metres terrace. Adjacent rooftop pool. Two of two.
Amenities
The crown belongs to all eighteen floors.
The neighbourhood
Five minutes to the city. Eleven to the United Nations.
The Dagaz
Sarit Centre · 4 min
Westgate Mall · 5 min
ABC Place · 7 min
Village Market · 12 min
The Junction · 14 min
- Sarit Centre4min
- Westgate Mall5min
- ABC Place7min
- Village Market12min
- The Junction14min
Drive times indicative · daytime traffic
CONSTRUCTION · LIVE FROM SITE
Site, on camera.
We publish the build to the public, every working day.
CAMERA GOES LIVE Q3 2026
Camera goes live with the first concrete pour above ground · published from this page.
Verified Standards
We prove it. You don’t have to take our word.
Every claim on this page is independently verifiable. IFC EDGE Advanced (Reg. EDGE-KE-2025-00148, audited by GEcon Africa) · Escrow held by Stanmore Trust Kenya Limited · Debt-free development model · Monthly construction log signed by Joseph K. Otieno, MICE. We build what we show. We deliver when we say. We hold what we promise.
Conservative numbers, source-checkable.
- EDGE-AdvancedTargeted Certification
Energy & water savings target ≥ 40%, audited by IFC-licensed third party.
- 5–15%EDGE Rental Premium
Sub-Saharan Africa benchmark for EDGE-certified premium rental units.
- 24 moEscrow-Protected Plan
Buyer payment plan held by a regulated trustee, milestone-released.
Construction Log
We publish what is happening on site, monthly.
Phase, photographs, milestones, and a one-page narrative — signed by the site engineer. Subscribe to receive each update by email, or read the public log at any time.
Questions answered
What people ask before they reserve.
- Targeted handover Q2 2029. Construction began Q1 2026; the public construction log on this site publishes monthly photographs and a one-page narrative signed by Joseph K. Otieno, MICE.
- A 24-month escrow-protected plan: 10% on reservation into the trustee account at Stanmore Trust Kenya Limited, then milestone-released tranches counter-signed by Knight Mwangi Quantity Surveyors. No funds reach DEMAR before the corresponding stage of work is independently certified complete.
- Yes. Apartments at The Dagaz are held on a 99-year leasehold with renewal rights, which is the standard premium tenure available to non-citizens in Kenya. Our SPV counsel — Otieno & Patel Advocates LLP — handles each transfer through PIN registration to title issuance.
- Petersen Tegl D71 brick to the façade. Bulthaup b3 kitchens with Gaggenau appliances. Vola sanitaryware. Schüco AWS triple-glazed full-height aluminium glazing. White-oiled European oak floors. Travertine and Italian marble bathrooms. Brass switchgear by Buster + Punch.
- Targeted at KES 28–34 per square foot per month, set and managed by Westgate Living Management under a published 10-year service-level agreement with a 24-hour, seven-day response-time matrix. Service charge schedule is published in full inside the reservation pack.
- It is registered for IFC EDGE Advanced (registration EDGE-KE-2025-00148, audited by GEcon Africa). Targets are 40% energy savings, 35% water savings, 25% embodied-carbon reduction. Final certification is issued at handover; the audit trail will be published on the Standards page as it is produced.
Designed.Together.Designed in-house. Built in public.
An Invitation
A residence is best understood in person.
A 45-minute private viewing at our Westlands sales gallery, or a video call from anywhere.