Case studies / Applied learning
Projects are arguments.
Teaching cases that unpack the development logic behind familiar buildings, neighborhoods, and investment patterns.
Playbook
Applied learning / Case file series
Land · Capital · Design · Delivery · Operations
Teaching case 0101
Kilimani, Nairobi
The studio apartment wave
Demand · Density · Product
What the rapid growth of compact apartments reveals about affordability, investor demand, and neighborhood capacity.
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02
Eastlands, Nairobi
Retail land, second life
Infill · Retail · Mixed use
A teaching case on using underutilized mall land without compromising access, operations, or customer experience.
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03
Riverside, Nairobi
The logic of a Riverside office
Office · Capital · Leasing
Tracing the investment thesis from address and floorplate to tenant profile, lease risk, and exit value.
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Teaching case 0404
Westlands, Nairobi
Density meets the street
Infrastructure · Mobility · Urbanism
How cumulative private development changes the public realm—and eventually the feasibility of the next project.
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Teaching case 0505
Greater Nairobi
From land story to underwriting truth
Land · Research · Feasibility
A composite case showing how to test seller narratives against planning, market, cost, and capital evidence.
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