:
UAE/UK: Tokinvest, a digital investment platform regulated by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), has launched its global Build-to-Rent product, a tokenised residential real estate product, issued on BNB Chain.
The product gives eligible institutional, qualified, and retail investors access to the economic rights linked to a UK BTR asset through a regulated digital-asset framework. The first asset, Great Hampton Street Works (GHSW), is a 29-unit residential heritage conversion in Birmingham‘s Jewellery Quarter, which was completed in 2025. GHSW is now an income-generating building. The economic rights will be available to buy in tokenised form from May 2026.
“Tokenisation represents a significant evolution in how real estate can be structured and distributed,” said John Heath, developer of the BTR asset. “Tokinvest brought the regulatory process, structuring capability and operating framework needed to take this asset from concept to issuance.”
By issuing the product on BNB Chain, Tokinvest is using one of the world’s most active blockchain ecosystems, with more than 700 million total unique addresses and approximately 4.17 million average daily active users in the latest official reporting.
For property developers, Tokenivest says the Global Build-to-Rent Token creates a new regulated route for bringing income-producing residential assets to market and unlocking capital tied up in completed developments. 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 a broader pool of eligible institutional, qualified, and retail investors, while introducing secondary market transferability.
“We built Tokinvest to solve the problem of capital raising for developers and investment access for all investor classes. The BTR product allows people to sit at the top table alongside the developer,” said Scott Thiel, CEO and co-founder of Tokinvest. “Institutional investors have allocated significant capital to this asset class for years. Our aim is to make that type of exposure available to a broader investor base through tokenised infrastructure, while keeping issuance and distribution inside a regulated environment. BNB’s focus on risk-weighted assets, along with their recognition of the role of regulated issuers, is reflected in our decision to deploy this asset on BNB.”
John Heath, director of Great Hampton Street Works, said: “This project brings together the enduring value of a historic UK property asset with the forward-looking financial infrastructure now emerging from Dubai. It is a powerful example of how real estate can be made more globally accessible through tokenisation, while still being anchored in a credible, regulated environment. For us, this is not only about one property. It is about participating in a new model for how quality real estate assets can connect with international pools of capital.”
Tokinvest wants to make contact with developers, asset owners, and distribution partners interested in bringing residential property opportunities to a broader investor base.
Highlights:
- Tokinvest, a digital investment platform regulated by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), has launched its global “Build-to-Rent” product, a tokenised residential real estate product, issued on BNB Chain
- The product gives eligible institutional, qualified, and retail investors access to the economic rights linked to a UK BTR asset through a regulated digital-asset framework
- The first asset, Great Hampton Street Works (GHSW), is a 29-unit residential heritage conversion in Birmingham,’s Jewellery Quarter, which was completed in 2025
- GHSW is now an income-generating building. The economic rights will be available to buy in tokenised form from May 2026
