About Us

About Improvon

Improvon is a real estate investment company operating across sub-Saharan Africa with expertise in providing tenants with A-grade warehousing, distribution and logistics facilities built to clients specifications.

Established in 1995, Improvon has a distinguished track record in logistics and warehousing, with a collective 100 years’ experience. The founders are still active in the business.

Improvon is one of the few dedicated development businesses in the sector, offering tenants a turn-key solution in construction, leasing and asset & property management, resulting in quicker turn-arounds, balance sheet optimisation and better cost control.

The Improvon Difference

We own and manage the value chain, ensuring confidence in execution:

Our projects are on time, within budget and to specification
We draw on a team of more than 80 expert, fulltime employees across Improvon’s businesses

About Actis

Actis is a leading investor in growth markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America with > 70 years heritage, across diverse asset classes of consumer, energy, financial services, infrastructure and real estate.

With $13Bn raised since inception, Actis has made more than 220 investments across 40 countries globally. The Actis Real Estate Fund recently closed on its third opportunistic private fund, with commitments totaling $500M – the largest private real estate fund targeting sub-Saharan Africa to date.

Actis’ Real Estate investment strategy focuses on the development of retail, office and industrial assets in some of the most dynamic cities in Africa. Over the past decade, the fund has invested in assets valued at $1.4Bn on a gross asset value base.

Actis provides unique insights into trends and opportunities across the sub-continent, allowing first mover advantage to leverage Improvon’s substantial 480Ha land bank. Nairobi Gate Industrial Park is Improvon’s first development in Kenya #NextLevelLogistics.

Development

Identify warehousing, distribution & logistics property opportunities
Conduct feasibility assessments
Acquire properties
Design assets
Funding
Commission of development

Construction

Co-ordinate the professional team
Attain regulatory approvals
Construct asset

Leasing property mgmt & admin

Marketing the property
Negotiate new leases & lease renewals
Inspect, manage & ensure compliance & maintenance of properties
Administer rental invoices & collections, municipal accounts & group reporting

About The Park

A desirable location for industrial, commercial, residential, and public amenities.
Ideally situated on the Eastern Bypass, 30 minutes from JKIA International airport, providing easy access to key arterial roads and to ‘Up-Country’ Kenya via Thika Road and the Southern Bypass.
Phase 1 set on 100 acres, designed for ultra-modern logistics, warehousing and distribution centers, bringing a unique ‘build to suit’ concept to Nairobi, providing grade A flexible space, good access, efficient circulation, generous loading facilities and volumetric capacity.
Offering both speculative and bespoke property for rent or purchase.
Close proximity to SGR (Standard Gauge Railway) transport, 30 mins from NGIP.

Reasons to Choose
Nairobi Gate

Innovative and flexible warehousing models, standardized or bespoke.
Efficiency: Designed for maximum volumetric capacity.
Serviced Land: stable power supply, adequate water storage, wide roads,
generous parking, and large yards.
Eastern Bypass frontage.
Customs gatehouses.
Weighbridges.
One-stop-shop.
Customs warehouses.
Secure and monitored perimeter fence.
Designated and secured customs controlled area.
Approved Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status.
SEZ status provides various fiscal benefits such as:
- Corporation tax rate reduction (30% – 10%) for 10 years.
- VAT zero rated.
- Withholding tax rate reduction.
- Preferential import duty, excise and IDF treatment.

Location: In Ruiru’s which is considered Sixth most populated urban area in Kenya. Population estimation at 464,578 in 2024 with annual growth rate of 4.41%. Growth signifies a dynamic and evolving market.
- Labour market. Strategic labour pool. Presence of readily available
  workforce in the vicinity.
- Good for market expansion.