REAL ESTATE NEWS

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The government has issued a 14-day notice to owners of Seefar Apartments in Nairobi's Nyayo Highrise estate to bring the building down. In a notice on Friday, the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) and Water Resource Authority (WRA) ordered the property's developer, Edermann Property…
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Top Chinese companies have lined up billions of shillings for President Uhuru's cheap houses set to be built in Nairobi. The firms are jostling for the tender worth billions of shillings for the construction of 1, 500 low-cost housing units in Nairobi’s Park Road for sale to workers. Six Chinese…
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Details about a mabati-made estate in Kitengela belonging to President Kenyatta's family have emerged. The iron sheet estate, located in Kitengela area along Namanga Rd in Kajiado County rakes in millions of shillings per year for the first family, Standard Digital reports. Dubbed "Kwa Uhuru", the…
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Veteran Kenyan architect David Mutiso has shocked many Kenyans after explaining what inspired him when designing the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) about 50 years ago. Speaking in an interview with Citizen TV, Mutiso said he was inspired by a donkey’s erect penis when drawing the…
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Kenya and the United Nations have signed a deal that will have 100,000 cheap housing units constructed in the country. The project will be financed through a partnership between the Kenyan government and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The signing of the deal was done on the…
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Watamu beach in Malindi, Kilifi County is set to be home of Africa's tallest skyscraper. Dubbed Palm Exotjca, the 61-storey tower will be 370 metres tall and overlooking the Malindi Marine National Park. The multi-billion shilling structure is designed by Rome-based architect Lorenzo Pagnini and…
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Dubai-based investors have struck a deal for the setting up of a Sh8 billion mini city at Mang’u in Juja, Kiambu County, along the Nairobi-Thika highway. Capitaland East Africa chief executive officer Rogers Obure, who had travelled to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to sign the deal, said…
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The world's super-rich individuals are looking to own property in Kenyan capital Nairobi, a new report shows. Dubbed Inside View Kenya 2018, the report prepared by Knight and Frank shows that Nairobi is on the radar of several High Net Worth Investors (HNWIs) from across the globe. 4 percent of the…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cousin Kathleen Kihanya has claimed ownership of a prime parcel of land where an investment company is developing a Sh1 billion estate for sale. The businesswoman has accused Banda Homes of misleading potential buyers on the land where the company is setting up 120 units…
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Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu is at the centre of a dispute involving a Sh250 million prime property located in Nairobi's Central Business District with a city businessman. Waititu is said to have purchased the building sitting along Nairobi's Koinange Street early this year despite a court…