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Cosy: The Kozi bedroom

Kozi Heights is innovatively designed
to offer comfortable, affordable
accomodation - to capture the
imagination while meeting the
comfort, and practical needs of the
busy short stay tenant
characteristics dictated by traditions
within the sector as well as prevailing The Kozi lounge
market conditions. Nonetheless
we embarked on a quest to do
extensive research on alternative other factors. We are putting up 104
real estate products that could be studios and one bedroom units that
more worthwhile to an investor have been well articulated to satisfy
while maintaining a relative ease of the needs of a guest on a short to
onboarding. medium term stay. at site know that we will never treat
them less than we would like to be
As Kwea, we realized that cash To offer a complete solution, we treated. Our suppliers know that we
flows needed to be at the centre of are in discussions with experts in this value them greatly as much as we do
any sensible real estate investment relatively new segment, so as to plug their business.
any knowledge deficit as well as to
for the end user. It is from these, and get partners who would ultimately Hustle is a perfect way to
asking the right questions that Kozi manage the development on behalf of describe how Kwea operates. We are
Suites came about. We are eternally the investors.
grateful to our first two investors who always hustling to keep our culture
top of mind, to work with the best
bought into literally nothing but the In many ways, Kwea is the
Kwea hustle and heart, purchasing byproduct of a don’t-back-down and to keep growing as leaders. With
mentality. The 20-hour days,
a long way to go and a few mistakes
the very first units when they were scrounging for funds to ensure a to make, we have all been through
just a dream and drawings on tracing strong root hold, all the energy and
paper. This enabled Kwea to acquire the curse words you can think of, is the ups and downs of life and have
the scars to prove it but, what this
land and to lease and fit-out a modest what has brought Kwea to where it
but cozy office at the Nextgen mall. is today. journey is teaching us is to never
give up. Put our passions first, love
Kozi Suites shall be a We don’t approach core values people, create a culture that inspires
development typology targeting the way a lot of companies do. We innovation and to never, ever stop
the alternative rental market, a don’t have our values front and hustling.”
development curated for short stays. center for all to see, or laminated
in poster form on the wall to serve Check out for ADANA
Our flagship development is in as inspiration. The building blocks STUDENT PODS. Its flagship
Syokimau, Chady Road. The location of our culture include appreciation, development shall be in Rongai. This
was carefully selected from a myriad brutal honesty and, above all, love for
of other possible locations within all, because in our hearts we believe is but a snippet of the many exciting
Nairobi and its metropolitan areas on the “do unto others” mantra. Our projects that wasee wa kwea are
as it taps into the short stays market investors know too well that we do crafting for all investors out there
brought about by the major transport not sell them an apartment that we looking for sensible and innovative
nodes around the area namely the would not buy or live in. Our people real estate products.
airport and SGR terminus among
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