01 PillarAcquire below intrinsic value
Underwritten to replacement cost and stabilised cash flow, with a margin of safety. If the basis isn't there, we walk.
About us
The most enduring real estate is acquired patiently and held for generations.
Marerwa is a privately-held investor and developer of income-producing property across SADC. We deploy our own capital into commercial, mixed-use and residential property — with hold periods measured in cycles, not quarters.
We focus on SADC nodes where population growth, formalising economies and undersupplied quality stock meet. Off-market origination, in-house development and long-term ownership — one platform across the lifecycle of an asset.
Our Thesis →Value investing approach
Price.
Patience.
Permanence.
Buy below intrinsic value, improve deliberately, let time compound. Three pillars govern every dollar we deploy.
01 Pillar
02 PillarDevelop with discipline
Design, construction, leasing and capex run in-house — on programme, on budget, and meaningfully better than what we bought.
03 PillarHold through cycles
Default hold is 7–12 years and longer. We harvest yield, escalations and the patient re-rating of well-located SADC real estate.
"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get — and in real estate, what you get only reveals itself across cycles."
By the numbers
SADC
Core geography across Southern Africa
7–12 yrs
Default hold horizon, longer where it compounds
$5–30M
Typical single-asset and small-portfolio tickets
100%
Own balance sheet — no external or public investors
Focus areas
The right corner, the right node,
the right city.
Location is the only thing we can't fix later.
Contact
Have a real estate
opportunity in SADC?
Off-market deals, land with entitlements, and stabilised assets in our core nodes — we read every introduction personally.
- info@marerwa.com
- Geography
- SADC + Frontier Africa
- Ticket size
- USD 5–30M per asset
- Capital
- Own balance sheet