Creating real estate
investment opportunities A 24-year-old who has delivered multiple property schemes in Leicester is up for two entrepreneur awards WORDS BY KERRY SMITH
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yan Thakrar (24) is a nominee of the currently postponed Asian Business Awards 2020 in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year category, and is a semi-finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year category of the Niche Business Awards 2021. He set up his own business, RST Group, four years ago and which has provided work for 12 local builders and multiple Midland-based subcontractors for each of the company’s projects. This year, Ryan has already purchased three schemes and has worked on seven others for private institutions and developers in the past 14 months, despite a number of obstacles caused by the coronavirus crisis. They’ve included medium to large scale refurbishments for offices, student accommodation, residential properties, and private rental schemes. On how he’s achieved such success in his early twenties, Ryan said: “I’ve had a good support network of property developers around me and
my family are in the Leicester property business too, and RST Group’s finance director is also my uncle. “I started an apprenticeship in project management when I left school at the age of 16. I then ventured into projects alongside family members. RST Group has delivered multimiliion pounds worth of real estate in Leicester in four years.” While Ryan researches schemes in order to add another five to the company’s project pipeline by the end of the year, they are currently working on a building in Long Street, Wigston. It will have two commercial spaces on the ground floor, five first-floor apartments, and four penthouses with rooftop garden access. “It’s our new urban regeneration scheme, which will bring this old property back to life,” Ryan commented. RST Group has recently worked on converting a warehouse into four four-bed en suites and 11 studios for students, and 54 apartments in the city centre complete with
IT’S OUR NEW URBAN REGENERATION SCHEME, WHICH WILL BRING THIS OLD PROPERTY BACK TO LIFE
gym, cinema, and communal areas. The company also recently completed a three-bed luxury home in Sileby, as well as 23 studios in Leicester with communal areas, laundry room, gym, and study pods. Ryan is currently searching for new opportunities in Leicester. If you are a solicitor, banker, an estate agent, or an investor, get in touch by emailing ryan@rstgroup.co.uk. To see more projects by RST Group, visit rstgroup.co.uk.
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