Multiple income streams
Fuel, rental income, convenience retail and food & beverage on one land parcel.
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Kenya & East Africa
Strip malls & service station retail plazas
Turn a high-traffic site into a place people stop, shop and stay. Petrol stations and modular retail, masterplanned together. Delivered by one partner.
01 / The opportunity
A forecourt brings the traffic.
A retail plaza gives it a reason to stay.
When fuel and retail are designed together, each supports the other. Refuelling customers become visitors to coffee shops, pharmacies, banking agents and convenience stores. Destination retail brings more people to the forecourt.
Fuel, rental income, convenience retail and food & beverage on one land parcel.
Shared access, intuitive circulation and a tenant mix planned around your catchment.
Landscaped public spaces and places to eat, meet and spend more time.
Rental streams that diversify income, backed by ongoing commercial management.
02 / One partner, end to end
For oil marketing companies, dealers, landowners and investors. We bring the forecourt and retail plaza together through our Design · Build · Manage framework.
Strategic vision. Practical design.
We translate traffic patterns, catchment demographics and your brand into one integrated fuel-and-retail scheme.
Precision construction. Parallel delivery.
While the retail plaza is fabricated, forecourt civils and tank installation can progress on-site. One team coordinates procurement, contractors, quality and delivery.
Beyond handover. Into operation.
Our management services support day-to-day operations, tenant relationships and commercial performance after construction is complete.
From the ground up
Groundworks, canopy steel and dispensing pumps, coordinated with the retail development.
Site clearing, excavation, foundations, reinforcement and the station building.
Fabricated and erected steel, roof deck, fascia and forecourt sub-base preparation.
Equipment for new builds and upgrades, matched to your layout, fuel grades and pipework.
03 / Selected projects
From integrated retail concepts to completed forecourts and modular malls.
Kikambala, Mombasa · Kenya
A highway stop reimagined as a destination. This masterplanned development on Malindi Road combines a petrol station, supermarket anchor and two-storey container retail plaza.
Indoor eatery · Outdoor dining · Rooftop terraces · Bar & lounge deck · Landscaped public spaces
Designed by ISM Engineering
Completed · OperationalKenya
A TotalEnergies-branded service station with an illuminated canopy, paved forecourt, safety bollards and double-storey station building.
Completed · OperationalKenya
A finished forecourt with recessed canopy lighting, pump islands, a two-storey convenience store building and landscaped frontage.
Past project · Design & BuildKigali, Rwanda
A multi-level retail destination made from 35 repurposed shipping containers, fabricated in Nairobi and assembled in Kigali.
50% cost saving compared with the original conventional construction design.
Built around your ambition
Whether you are modernising a station network or developing a new commercial site, we help bring the whole opportunity into focus.
Before we begin
Yes. The modular approach allows retail fabrication off-site while forecourt civils and tank installation proceed on-site. The programme is coordinated around site conditions, approvals and the agreed scope.
The brochure covers station network modernisation, new developments and dispensing pumps for upgrades. We can discuss your existing site, access, available space and retail ambitions to define a suitable scope.
Our Manage offering includes tenant sourcing and leases, rent collection, service charges, facilities, utilities, marketing and financial reporting. The management scope can be discussed as part of your project brief.
Start with the location, approximate land area, current use and what you want to develop. Tell us whether you are planning a new forecourt, adding retail or modernising a station. Any available site plans can follow by email.
04 / Start a conversation
Tell us where you are and what you have in mind. We’ll discuss the right approach for your fuel-and-retail development.
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