Britam Tower | |
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Record height | |
Tallest in Kenya since 2017 [I] | |
Preceded by | UAP Old Mutual Tower |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Architectural style | Structural Expressionism |
Location | Hospital Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi |
Country | Kenya |
Coordinates | 01°18′00″S 36°48′47″E / 1.30000°S 36.81306°E |
Elevation | 1,795 metres (5,889 ft) |
Current tenants | Equity group holdings |
Construction started | September 2013 [2] |
Completed | September 2017 [3] |
Cost | KSh. 7 billion (US$70 Million) [1] |
Client | Britam |
Owner | Britam |
Height | 200.1 metres (656 ft) [3] |
Dimensions | |
Diameter | 160 by 150 metres (520 ft × 490 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 32 [3] |
Floor area | 31,500 m2 (339,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Chris Kroese, GAPP Architects and Urban Designers |
Website | |
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The Britam Tower is a commercial building in Nairobi owned by British-American Investments Company (Britam). The skyscraper, the tallest building in Kenya, rises 195 metres (640 ft) above ground, with 32 usable floors. [3] The building features a unique prismic shape, that starts as an equal four sided square footprint and ends with a two sided roof with a 60 metres (197 ft) mast, containing three helical wind turbines. [1]
The tower is located along Hospital Road, in the Upper Hill neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city. [3] The geographical coordinates of Britam Tower are 01°18'00.0"S, 36°48'47.0"E (Latitude:-1.300000; Longitude:36.813056). [4]
The building is the international headquarters of Britam. It also serves as the regional headquarters of the business conglomerate in East and Central Africa. The building has a total of 350,000 square feet (32,516 m2) of office space to let for commercial purposes. [3] To cater to its many tenants, the building has an attached 12 Storey Car Park that can accommodate up to 1,000 vehicles. [2]
In July 2018, nearly one year after the building was completed, Britam, the skyscraper's owner-developer, began letting the building to prospective tenants. The target clientele are financial institutions, diplomatic missions, private companies and multinational corporations. [3]