Development partnerships

Named parties. Defined scope.

Peponi is a small originating and structuring team. Delivery is executed with appointed professionals whose scope, responsibility and reporting line are documented before work begins.

01 / Who we work with

Disciplines we appoint.

If you work on the Kenyan coast to an international standard, we would like to know your practice — whether or not there is a live appointment.

Design

Architects

Climate-responsive coastal residential and hospitality work, and the authorship of enforceable design codes.

Design

Master planners

Landscape-led subdivision layout, density strategy, access, servicing corridors and public realm.

Technical

Civil engineers

Roads, drainage, water supply, wastewater treatment, power reticulation and coastal infrastructure.

Delivery

Contractors

Infrastructure and building contractors with a verifiable coastal Kenyan track record and audited accounts.

Operations

Hospitality operators

Management of rental, serviced or branded residential components where a scheme supports one.

Commercial

Sales partners

International and Kenyan agencies with access to second-home, diaspora and investor buyers.

Origination

Landowners

Owners of titled coastal land considering sale, joint venture or contribution of the site into a project vehicle.

Governance

Authorities & advisers

County planning departments, NEMA-registered experts, licensed surveyors, counsel, quantity surveyors and auditors.

02 / Project lifecycle

Sourcing through exit.

Where each discipline is engaged, what is expected of it, and what has to be true before the project moves on.

  1. 01

    Sourcing

    Direct landowner relationships and local intermediaries identify scarce coastal sites. Outputs: site identification, initial commercial view, indicative terms.

  2. 02

    Feasibility and validation

    Counsel, licensed surveyor, NEMA-registered expert and cost consultant test title, boundary, environmental constraint, servicing and cost. Gate: any failure stops the project here.

  3. 03

    Concept and master planning

    Architect and master planner establish density, layout, plot yield, design code and material palette against the validated site constraints.

  4. 04

    Acquisition

    Transaction documentation, payment conditions and transfer. Gate: acquisition completes only on a clean title position.

  5. 05

    Approvals

    Land Control Board consent where the parcel is agricultural, change of user, subdivision application, environmental impact assessment and licence, riparian and county consents. Gate: no marketing of consented product before instruments issue.

  6. 06

    Capital formation and structuring

    Budget fixed, vehicle established, governance and risk allocation documented, investor due diligence completed. Gate: no construction spend before financial close.

  7. 07

    Procurement

    Tender, evaluation and appointment of contractors against the cost plan, with warranties and retention agreed.

  8. 08

    Infrastructure and construction

    Delivery against fixed scope, programme and budget, with monthly valuation, variation control and quality inspection.

  9. 09

    Sales and handover

    Sales partners release plots or units with title and approvals in place. Buyer documentation, transfer and handover completed.

  10. 10

    Realisation and exit

    Proceeds applied through the agreed waterfall, defects period managed, vehicle wound up or transferred.

03 / How we appoint

What we ask, and what you can expect.

Registration
Current professional registration in Kenya where the discipline requires it
Track record
Verifiable comparable projects with contactable references
Indemnity
Professional indemnity cover appropriate to the appointment
Scope
Written scope, deliverables and programme before commencement
Fees
Agreed in writing; staged against deliverables
Payment
Paid to terms — we do not fund projects on unpaid consultant credit
Reporting
Defined reporting line and single point of contact
Disclosure
Appointed parties are disclosed to project investors by name
Coastal shoreline and vegetation typical of the sites Peponi originates

04 / Landowners

If you hold coastal land.

We consider outright purchase, joint venture, and contribution of a site into the project vehicle in exchange for equity or a share of proceeds. Initial conversations are confidential and carry no obligation.

Development partnerships

Good projects are built by named professionals.

Send your practice profile and relevant coastal experience. We keep a standing list and approach it when a project reaches the appointment stage.

Register your practice