A 43-storey office block and a five-star hotel in Westlands, Nairobi is taking shape. The development is being undertaken by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (Avic) International Real Estate. The complex will comprise an office block, a hotel tower and four
apartment blocks which will sit on 7.5 acres or five plots combined into one.
The project will cost an estimated Kshs 20 billion. The office block alone will cost Sh9.6 billion and will host AVIC International African headquarters. But the entire complex which will cover 250,000 square meter will comprise; a 43-storey office block, a 35-storey hotel, two 24-level, a 25-level, and a 28-level apartment tower.
When the county government of Nairobi approved the project back in 2015, the then Governor, Evans Kidero, called the approval fee of Kshs 97.2 million, paid by AVIC International, "the single largest cheque we’ve ever received for a single approval."
The tower complex will border Hotel Villa Rosa Kempinski. American luxury hotel chain JW Marriott will run the 35-storey hotel which will have 315 guest rooms, 50 serviced apartments and a 760 square-metre ballroom.
In September 2015, Villa Rosa Kempinski filed a petition with National Environment Management Authority (Nema) seeking to halt the construction of the Avic property. Nema tribunal threw out the case on grounds that it was filed outside the 60-day window following the award of an approval.
Analysts see Villa Rosa Kempinski's actions as an attempt to fend off competition. Kempinski filed another suit with the Environment and Lands Division of the High Court seeking to overturn the tribunal’s decision.
The magnanimity of the project was recently beamed by the Chinese firm's indication, to Kenya Power, that it estimates its power demand to be 12 megavolt ampere (MVA) which is a downward revision from the initial 16 MVA it had estimated initially. This will be the largest demand by a non-factory power consumer in Kenya.
The project will cost an estimated Kshs 20 billion. The office block alone will cost Sh9.6 billion and will host AVIC International African headquarters. But the entire complex which will cover 250,000 square meter will comprise; a 43-storey office block, a 35-storey hotel, two 24-level, a 25-level, and a 28-level apartment tower.
The tower complex will border Hotel Villa Rosa Kempinski. American luxury hotel chain JW Marriott will run the 35-storey hotel which will have 315 guest rooms, 50 serviced apartments and a 760 square-metre ballroom.
In September 2015, Villa Rosa Kempinski filed a petition with National Environment Management Authority (Nema) seeking to halt the construction of the Avic property. Nema tribunal threw out the case on grounds that it was filed outside the 60-day window following the award of an approval.
Analysts see Villa Rosa Kempinski's actions as an attempt to fend off competition. Kempinski filed another suit with the Environment and Lands Division of the High Court seeking to overturn the tribunal’s decision.
The magnanimity of the project was recently beamed by the Chinese firm's indication, to Kenya Power, that it estimates its power demand to be 12 megavolt ampere (MVA) which is a downward revision from the initial 16 MVA it had estimated initially. This will be the largest demand by a non-factory power consumer in Kenya.
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