'Africa’s Largest Mall' with 3,500 Shops, 3 Hospitals, 12 Banks, and a 7-Star Hotel to be Opened in Nairobi

Nairobi business hub Eastleigh is set to host the largest shopping mall in Africa with more than 3,500 shops.

Dubbed Business Bay Square (BBS), the mall is set to open in early May 2023, Business Daily reports.

BBS boasts a floor size of 130,000 square meters, making it the largest mall in Kenya and East Africa ahead of Two Rivers Mall (65,000 square meters) and Garden City Mall (50,000 square meters).

BBS, which is touted as the biggest shopping mall on the continent, will have 3,500 shops, three hospitals, 12 banks, a seven-star hotel, over 20 restaurants, cinema halls, and 1,400 parking slots.

It will house some popular international brands such as Giordano, Linton’s Beauty World, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty, Clinique, Estée Lauder, Turkish brand LC Waikiki, among others.

Some of the fast-food stores to be hosted at the mall include American multinational Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Pizzahut, and South African fast food chain Galito’s and Artcaffe. The mall will also have a food court on the rooftop.

Business Daily reports that the project size covers 6.4 acres with the property comprising serviced plots for commercial, residential and mixed-use as well as recreational and utility plots, landscaped areas, and infrastructure routes.

“Ten Commodities Wholesale, registered in 2018, is a business group headquartered in Nairobi, to consolidate extensive experience and resources required to build a massive architectural icon, Business Bay Square, currently under development in Nairobi,” the developer’s website read.

The BBS project is being undertaken in two phases. The first phase is 90 percent complete while the second phase of the project, comprising the Hotel and Serviced Apartment Towers will commence once the first phase is done.

Other businesses setting shop in the mall include Optica, Goodlife Pharmacy, Cleanfax Laundry and Cleaners, Beyond Fruits, Healthy U, and NCBA among others.

French multinational retailer Carrefour, which operates more than 12,000 outlets globally is the mall’s anchor tenant.

Other banks in the mall include Absa Bank, SBM, National bank, KCB, and Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) among others.