Property developer Acorn gets Reit manager licence

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Acorn-owned hostels in Nairobi’s Ruaraka. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Acorn Investment, a subsidiary of property developer Acorn Holdings, has received a licence to act as a Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) manager, setting the stage for the listing of Qwetu student hostels it is building in Nairobi.

Industry regulator Capital Markets Authority (CMA) said on Monday that the real estate firm had met all the legal requirements.

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