Sand Corporation
Sand Corporation

We identify and structure opportunities by bringing together the assets, capital, capabilities and relationships required to move them forward.

SandCorp works across the real-estate ecosystem to unlock value from opportunities constrained by fragmentation, misalignment or the absence of the right structure.

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The Opportunity

Valuable opportunities remain constrained by structure, not by a lack of underlying value.

The value is often already there. What is missing is the alignment that allows the opportunity to move forward.

An aerial view of adjoining urban parcels and new development
Value exists before the structure does.
01
Fragmented assets
02
Disconnected capital
03
Missing capabilities
04
Misaligned stakeholders
Real-estate principals reviewing a masterplan model and site drawings
One process, five moves.
What We Do

Identify, understand, align, structure, move.

SandCorp identifies opportunities where value is not yet being realised, understands what is preventing that opportunity from progressing, aligns the parties, capital and capabilities required, structures the commercial and partnership architecture needed, and helps move the opportunity toward execution.

  1. 01

    Identify

  2. 02

    Understand

  3. 03

    Align

  4. 04

    Structure

  5. 05

    Move

How We Work

How an opportunity moves from potential to execution

A real-estate team reviewing development plans and a site model
Every stage tested before the next begins.
  1. 01

    Opportunity

    A potential opportunity enters the SandCorp network.

  2. 02

    Diagnosis

    Understand the opportunity, where the value lies and what is preventing progress.

  3. 03

    Alignment

    Identify the parties, capabilities and resources required.

  4. 04

    Structuring

    Develop the commercial and partnership architecture required.

  5. 05

    Decision

    Test the opportunity against its commercial, technical and strategic realities.

  6. 06

    Execution

    Where viable, enable the relevant parties to move forward, with SandCorp participating according to its role.

Where We Create Value

Five points where structure changes the outcome

A landscaped mixed-use district connecting established buildings and new development
From latent value to viable opportunity

Opportunity Origination

Finding and assembling opportunities before they are investable.

Feasibility & Diligence

Testing whether an opportunity is commercially and technically sound.

Transaction Structuring

Building the legal and commercial architecture that carries a deal to execution.

Partnership Formation

Aligning the parties, roles and governance a structure needs to hold.

Participation

SandCorp holds a stake in the value it helps create, where appropriate.

Proof of Approach
A large mixed-use precinct arranged around a landscaped civic courtyard
Structure creates momentum

Site assembly for a large-scale mixed-use concept, still in the land-acquisition stage.

See how we create value
Category
Opportunity Origination
Structure
Site assembly
Stage
Land acquisition
The Network

SandCorp works alongside landowners, capital providers, developers and specialists across the real estate ecosystem to move opportunities forward.

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The right people at the table
About
The Observation

There are valuable real estate opportunities where the parties, capabilities, and resources required to move an opportunity forward exist, but are not naturally coming together.

The Role

Identify the opportunity, understand what is preventing it from moving, bring the relevant parties to the table, and help create the architecture through which they can work together.

A real-estate strategist looking across a growing East African city

Seeing the value that the right structure can unlock.

The People
Richard Sichangi
Chief Executive Officer
Heinz Mwamburi
Real Estate Development Principal
Where we're headed

To become East Africa's leading structuring platform, the firm that landowners, capital providers, and developers call first to turn underused assets into landmark ventures.

An ambition, not a description of SandCorp's current position.