Nairobi tops Africa peers in race for developers of high-end shopping malls

Shoppers at the Game, an outlet at Garden City Mall on Thika Road in Nairobi. PHOTO | FILE

Nairobi has overshadowed Africa’s cities such as Lagos and Kinshasa to become sub-Saharan Africa’s top destination for developers setting up shopping malls.

A report by property management firm Knight Frank shows that Nairobi has a total shopping mall space of 391,000 square metres (sqm), with an additional 470,000 sqm in the pipeline.

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