Nairobi's tallest building planned

Real estate developers Jabavu Village Limited and White Lotus Projects are the names behind plans to build the tallest building in Nairobi, Kenya, which will be the new home of the city’s third Hilton Hotel. The $109 million dual-tower development, in Nairobi’s Upper Hill area, is scheduled to be completed by 2020.

When complete, Hass Towers will be one of the largest and most modern properties in Upper Hill and is expected to reaffirm Nairobi’s position as Africa’s prime real estate investment city. The 66- and 45-storey towers are set on a three-acre plot and will dwarf other buildings in Nairobi, including the recently topped-out UAP Towers.

If completed today, the 300-metre Hass Towers would also be the tallest building in Africa. The 255-room hotel will be located in the shorter of the two towers while the taller structure will be an office block. The mixed-use development further comprises a business hub and a four-level parking facility with automated car parking solutions.

It will also house a four-storey retail and entertainment segment with a central atrium on which the hotel will be built. Hilton hopes to tap into the large number of local and international visitors to the Upper Hill area, which has rapidly evolved into Nairobi’s business hub and the preferred location for diplomatic missions.