Homeowners rush for city skyline view, pay sh2m more

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Apartments with a 360-degree view of Nairobi and its environs are in vogue, and people are willing to pay extra for a skyline view.

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On a Saturday morning in Nairobi's Kilimani estate, tens of people walk in for a house show. It is a 17-floor residential property in its completion stages. Shockingly, almost all the apartments from the 10th to 17th floor are sold out.

Between 11am and 1pm, two of the remaining top-most floor apartments are sold; one to a cash buyer who coughed out Sh7.2 million for a tiny one-bedroom with a relatively small kitchen and bathroom.

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