Dubai-based platform Tokinvest has launched a ‘tokenised’ build-to-rent (BTR) product backed by a 29-unit residential development in Birmingham.
Great Hampton Street Works
The offering, which the firm claims is the first regulated offering of its kind, allows investors to access economic rights linked to a rental property through a digital token structure.
The platform’s first asset is Great Hampton Street Works, a 29-unit residential heritage conversion completed in 2025. The economic rights to the asset will be available to buy via the platform from May.
In a report published last year, the firm said its tokens differ from cryptocurrency as they are digital representations of tangible assets with intrinsic value.
Investors participate alongside the developer in the economics of the property through rights linked to net rental income and net sale proceeds. Through tokenisation, developers gain access to a broader pool of investors, while introducing secondary market transferability.
The platform is regulated by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.
“Tokenisation represents a significant evolution in how real estate can be structured and distributed,” said John Heath, director at Great Hampton Street Button Works, the developer of the first tokenised asset.
“Tokinvest brought the regulatory process, structuring capability and operating framework needed to take this asset from concept to issuance.”
Great Hampton Street Works in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter was built in 1872. The grade II-listed building was formerly used as a warehouse before being acquired by the developer and converted into 29 one- and two-bedroom apartments, supported by investment from the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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