Development proposal · 18 August 2026

Stillpoint
Bushveld

A five-star retreat for private mental restoration, thoughtfully packaged for delivery.

Prepared for Yusuf Bhana and consortium Limpopo, South Africa

Conceptual artist's impression. No site or design approval is implied.

The opportunity

A compelling idea. The next job is to make it investable.

The consortium wants to create an ultra-private bushveld retreat where high-pressure lives can slow down, recover and reset.

The early brief combines luxury hospitality, daytime talk therapy and nature-based restoration on approximately 5 hectares in Limpopo. The landowners have expressed interest and verbally supported making the land available, with a meeting anticipated next month.

Private restoration

Discreet care for executives, high-net-worth guests and international wellness travellers seeking time away from sustained stress and burnout.

Hospitality, not a ward

Luxury eco-chalets, spa and hydrotherapy facilities, trails and yoga decks. Clinical sessions take place during the day in private consultation suites.

Clear operating boundaries

Talk therapy only. No overnight hospital stays and no medication stored, dispensed or administered on the property, subject to legal and clinical confirmation.

Faith-conscious service

Separate certified Halaal and Kosher kitchen arrangements, combined with high-trust privacy, security and travel coordination.

The development model

Separate ownership, development and operations.

One project. Distinct roles. Shared standards.

Farm owner

Retains the land and grants long-term development rights through an agreed lease, participation or hybrid structure.

Project developer

Packages the project, raises capital, procures the professional team, builds the assets and protects the investment case.

Specialist operators

Hospitality, clinical care and VIP travel are run by separate, qualified operators under one guest promise and governance framework.

This structure is the consortium's current hypothesis. Land, clinical, hospitality, tax, regulatory and commercial advice must test it before adoption.

Where the project stands

The project is at concept stage. That is precisely where disciplined development work creates the most value.

No acquisition, design, operator appointment, regulatory route, capital structure or development budget is yet confirmed in the brief. Moving straight to architecture or fundraising would harden assumptions before they have been tested.

NowConcept and land discussion

NextPre-feasibility and packaging

ThenCapital and partner mobilisation

LaterDesign, approvals and delivery

Proposed Akoma mandate

A risk-first route from vision to fundable project.

We propose five gated workstreams. Each one earns the right to proceed to the next.

1Frame the dealInception

Turn the consortium's idea into a clear development hypothesis and prepare the landowner conversation.

Consortium objectives and decision rights
Landowner discussion pack and heads-of-terms framework
Development structure options and stakeholder map
Critical assumptions, information gaps and go/no-go criteria

2Test the fundamentalsPre-feasibility

Establish whether the land, market, regulation and operating idea can support a viable project.

Desktop site, title, access, services and planning assessment
Clinical and hospitality regulatory pathway
Demand, competitor, pricing and source-market study
Operator requirements and preliminary guest proposition
Fatal-flaw report with mitigation actions

3Package the projectConcept and viability

Translate validated evidence into a coherent product, commercial model and phased development plan.

Development brief, accommodation mix and illustrative concept
Operator, lease, management and land-participation options
Capital and operating cost plan
Financial model, scenarios and sensitivity testing
Risk register, programme and decision-ready project pack

4Mobilise capital and partnersTransaction preparation

Take an evidence-backed proposition to suitable operators, investors and funders.

Capital strategy and investor materials
Operator and specialist partner procurement
Funding pipeline, introductions and due-diligence room
Term-sheet evaluation and commercial negotiation support

5Manage pre-constructionDevelopment management

Coordinate the professional team, approvals, cost plan and funding conditions through to an investment decision.

Professional-team procurement and coordination
Design, cost, approvals and programme management
Funder information, conditions precedent and reporting
Board and consortium decision support

Relevant work

Development advice shaped by doing the work.

We know early-stage development because we manage it under real planning, cost and funding pressure.

Linbro Gardens · Johannesburg

From regenerative idea to funded project preparation.

R23.9mpre-construction capital facility secured from the DBSA Green Fund

Akoma has coordinated planning, design, costing, market evidence, low-carbon feasibility and fundraising around a mixed-income development of 300 apartments. As viability evidence changed, we reset the cost and materials strategy, strengthened the financial model and kept the project's risks visible rather than protecting an outdated concept.

Haarties · North West

Raw land turned into a gated project-packaging programme.

Akoma was appointed Development Manager to take a waterfront landholding towards a bankable investment case. Stage 1 established the site and professional-team picture, generated several concept routes and defined six third-party verifications that must clear before market analysis and financial modelling proceed.

Outcome: fewer hidden assumptions, one coordination point and a decision path grounded in evidence.

Case-study statements reflect current Akoma project records. Linbro remains in project preparation. Haarties remains in early-stage verification.

Commercial framework

Aligned fees, defined before each commitment.

No fee figures are proposed yet. The engagement can combine four clear charging bases.

Stage fees

Fixed professional fees for agreed feasibility and project-packaging stages, linked to defined outputs and approval gates.

Specialist costs

Third-party studies and professional appointments approved in advance, either contracted directly by the client or managed transparently by Akoma.

Success fees

Agreed fees on capital raised or material transactions closed through Akoma's work, payable only on clearly defined success events and subject to applicable rules.

Development management

A time-based, retainer or project-value-linked fee for ongoing coordination through design, approvals, funding close and construction preparation.

The final fee basis, payment milestones, exclusions and any success-fee trigger will be recorded in a formal appointment after the inception scope is agreed.

Working title

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