NAIROBI | Projects & Construction

[SE9]

Nairobi Projects & Construction

Developments in the Nairobi area

Welcome to the Nairobi projects and construction thread. Below is a list of projects in Nairobi, listed by area.

The end of the list includes large transport and infrastructure projects underway in the Nairobi area.

The list is continuously updated.


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Upper Hill

Located 1km west of Nairobi's CBD


Britam Tower

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1551469
Location: Hospital Road, Upper Hill
Developer: British American Insurance
Status: Under Construction
Floors: 30
Use: Office
Occupiers: TBC




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Delta Centre

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=923690
Location: Menengai Road, Upper Hill
Developer: Delta Corp East Africa Ltd
Status: Complete
Floors: 21
Use: Office
Occupiers: World Bank (African headquarters) | IFC (African headquarters)




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KCB Plaza

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1273169
Location: Kenya Road, Upper Hill
Status: Topped Out
Floors: 23
Use: Office
Occupiers: Kenya Commercial Bank (headquarters)




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The One Nairobi

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1273169
Official Website: http://theonenairobi.com/
Location: Upper Hill
Developer: The First Group
Status: Proposed
Floors: 53
Use: Residential & Hotel
Occupiers: The First Group




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UAP Towers

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=983042
Location: Upper Hill
Developer: UAP Provincial Insurance
Status: Under Construction
Floors: 23
Use: Office
Occupiers: TBC





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Westlands

Located 3.1km north-west of Nairobi's CBD


9 West

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1382400
Location: Waiyaki Way, Westlands
Status: Complete
Floors: 11
Use: Office
Occupiers: TBC




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ABC Towers

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1275157
Location: Waiyaki Way, Westlands
Status: Under Construction
Floors: 12
Use: Office
Occupiers: TBC




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Delta Corner

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=915950
Location: Chiromo Road, Westlands
Developer: Delta Corp East Africa Ltd
Status: Under Construction
Floors: 18
Use: Office
Occupiers: Pricewaterhouse Coopers | TBC




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Le'Mac

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=915950
Official Website: http://www.mark-properties.com/lemac.asp
Location: Waiyaki Way, Westlands
Developer: Mark Properties
Status: Under Construction
Floors: 22
Use: Residential
Occupiers: Pricewaterhouse Coopers | TBC




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Sky Park

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1291677
Location: Westlands
Status: Complete
Floors: 10
Use: Office
Occupiers: TBC




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The Mirage

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1369563
Location: Chiromo Road, Westlands
Status: Under Construction
Floors: 15
Use: Office
Occupiers: TBC





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Central Business District

The centre of Nairobi


Hazina Centre

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1395838
Location: CBD
Developer: NSSF
Status: Proposed
Use: Office




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University of Nairobi Towers

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1451700
Location: CBD
Developer: University of Nairobi
Status: Proposed
Use: Education





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Kasarani and Thika Road

Located 10km north of Nairobi's CBD


Garden City

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1513841
Official Website: http://gardencity-nairobi.com/
Location: Thika Road, Kasarani
Developer: Actis LLS
Status: Approved
Use: Mixed Use
Scope: Garden City Mall | Garden City Apartments | Central Park




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Kasarani Hills

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1436055
Location: Thika Road, Kasarani
Developer: Kasarani Hills Consortium
Status: Proposed
Use: Residential





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Planned Cities

Planned cities in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area


Tatu City

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1157539
Official Website: http://www.tatucity.com/
Location: Riuru, Kiambu County, Kenya
Developer: Renaissance (Russia)
Cost: $2.5 billion
Status: Approved
Use: Mixed Use




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Konza Technology City

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1061225
Official Website: http://www.konzacity.co.ke/
Location: Malili, Makueni County, Kenya
Cost: $14.5 billion
Status: Under construction
Use: Mixed Use





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Transport and Infrastructure

Projects underway in the Nairobi area


Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - New "Greenfield Terminal" (20 million PAX)

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=511237
Location: JKIA, Embakasi, Nairobi
Capacity: 20 million passengers per annum
Status: Approved




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A2 | Thika Road

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1436055
Location: Nairobi - Thika
Status: Near Complete
Use: Highway




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A104 | JKIA-Rironi Highway

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=916906
Location: JKIA - Nairobi - Rironi
Status: Approved
Use: Highway




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Nairobi - Northern & Eastern Bypass

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=940162
Location: Nairobi
Status: Complete
Use: Ring-Road Highway




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Nairobi - Southern Bypass

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1219531
Location: Nairobi
Status: Under Construction
Use: Ring-Road Highway




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Nairobi Commuter Rail Network

Official Thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=850556
Location: Nairobi
Status: Under Construction
Use: Rail network linking districts of Nairobi

[TYW]

those projects look not bad at all.

i do hope nairobi gets a tall scraper one day...

[Bond James Bond]

Good to see some things happening in Kenya!

[Don Omar]

good development of a growing city
nice work

[SE9]

Mackay to design Nairobi hotel

Pictures can be found here: http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles...obi+hotel.html

Mackay & Partners has been appointed by Mara Property Management as architects and interior designers for a four star 150-bedroom hotel in Nairobi.

The consultancy has been tasked with creating a new iconic hotel, which will have a prominent skyline presence overlooking the Nairobi National Park to the south, and the city.

Rising above a landscaped podium, the hotel will house a business centre, conference centre, spa and car parking. The ground floor lobby and grounds will flow through to the landscape and the distant city views.

In addition, the hotel tower rooms have been located to the north to take advantage of the views. All rooms will have breezeways, balconies and solar shading.

Mackay & Partners have previously been involved in hotel projects such as St Martin’s Lane, Sanderson Hotels London, Claridges, South African and New Delhi, India.

[The Cebuano Exultor]

Kenya is, probably the most promising East African economy by far. And, with these developments, this will only strengthen that claim even more.

[paw25694]

nice . wish taller projects come soon

[SE9]

Four major companies are establishing their African Headquarters in Nairobi. All this news came in the space of two months. It shows how prominent Nairobi is as a financial/economic centre.

General Electric moves Africa’s hub to Nairobi
http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?op...91&Itemid=4744



04-June-2007: General Electric Company, the world’s leading producer of large and small jet engines for commercial and military aircraft, will move it’s Africa corporate headquarters from South Africa to Nairobi, company officials have said, continuing the growth of the capital as a hub for multinational business for sub-Saharan Africa.
The GE office in the capital will now be responsible for corporate-level decisions for the company’s African business, it will also spearhead the company’s hunt for new businesses on the continent, the firm’s president for Africa, Yibrah Tesfasghi, told Business Daily.

Young & Rubicam relocates African HQ to Nairobi
http://bdafrica.com/index.php?option...84&Itemid=2826



14 July 2007: The creation of a pan-African headquarters for media and advertising group Young and Rubicam (Y&R) brands in Nairobi is the latest in a trend of big business centring wide-reaching regional operations in the capital city.In February, the global office of Y&R agreed to move their African operations headquarters from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Nairobi.

The former managing director of Y&R’s local subsidiary, Ayton Young & Rubicam (AY&R), Mr Chris Harrison, became chief of the pan-African operation in the move.

From his Nairobi office, Mr Harrison will oversee Y&R’s operations in 12 African and Indian Ocean countries, between South Africa and the Sahara, including west African economic powerhouses Nigeria and Angola and the prosperous French-controlled island of Reunion.

Google sets up base (Nairobi) in Sub-Saharan Africa
http://mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=6695



11 June 2007: Google is moving outside of the continental comfort zones for most global investors, North and South Africa, and is opening its first operation in Sub-Saharan Africa.


Kenya has been chosen as the base camp for what is likely to turn into a sub-regional business. It has chosen Joseph Mucheru, former CEO of Wananchi to be its Site Lead- Kenya and although he has barely got his feet under the desk, Russell Southwood spoke to him about what Google might be doing, infrastructure initiatives and Kenya's media and communications bills.

NAIROBI: Coca Cola to build $10.4 million regional headquarters
http://www.bevmanager.com/article/ar...ash=338282460b



Soft drink giant Coca Cola is finally putting up $10.4 million headquarters building to oversee its operations in 27 East and Central African countries.

Coca Cola has had a presence in Africa since 1928, when its first bottling plant was established in Johannesburg. In the rest of Africa, Coca Cola, the soft drink, was first produced after the Second World War.

The business has been continually expanding ever since. With its track record in marketing innovation, Coca Cola’s proposed new head office is a vote of confidence in the newly expanded East African Community with its population of over 110 million people.(bm)

[SE9]

Originally Posted by SE9

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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Embasaki


- Airport to be more than doubled in size: from 25,662 sq metres to 55,222 sq metres.
- Apron will be increased from 200,000 square metres to over 300,000 square metres, and additional taxiways will be included
- Constructed to handle 9 million passengers per-year.
- Cost: $100million.

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More details released on this project:

[GNU]

when is the airport going to be finished?

[diz]

neato airport! that's great for kenya!

[SE9]

Originally Posted by Checker

when is the airport going to be finished?

The airport'll be up and running in 2009.

[Truepioneer]

Congradulations Nairobi alot of good is coming your way

[SE9]

Originally Posted by SE9

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Landmark Plaza, Capital Hill
http://www.knightfrank.com/kenya/en/...aza-180706.pdf


- Located on Argwings Kodhek Road.

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Landmark Plaza - Nairobi, Kenya - Just Completed




Name: Landmark Plaza

Location: Kodhek Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi

Status: Complete

Use: Office

Full Knight Frank pdf: http://www.knightfrank.com/kenya/en/...aza-180706.pdf
Offices and Doctors plaza.
Close to Nairobi's central business district, upperhill and Kilimani.

[SE9]

Originally Posted by SE9

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Citadel, Westlands
http://www.knightfrank.com/kenya/en/...del-180706.pdf


- over 15F
- Located on Muthithi Road, Westlands, an up-and-coming district.

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The Citadel - Nairobi, Kenya - Just Completed







Name: The Citadel

Location: Muthithi, Westlands, Nairobi

Status: Complete

Use: Office

[Whiteeclipse]

Nice projects, anyone know the per capita in NAIROBI?

[SE9]

At 2002, the annual income per capita for Nairobi was Sh78,644 ($1,220)
Source: http://www.nationaudio.com/News/Dail..._Report43.html

[brickellresidence]

anybody in skyscrapercity is from africa

[montesky]

this building is beautiful indeed

[GNU]

interesting projects thx