Nairobi Business Park
Encyclopedia
Nairobi Business Park is a flagship business park
located in Nairobi
, Kenya
. It was the first business park in East Africa
. The first phase, which includes 7,000 square metres of commercial office space, was completed in 2003.
and Karen
. The club decided to diversify their land use by restructuring their land portfolio.
Some 30 acres (121,405.8 m²) of land was sub-divided from the main block of land and transferred into the joint ownership of the Jockey Club of Kenya and CDC Capital Partners and the Nairobi Business Park Ltd was formed to develop the site, with the Jockey Club of Kenya retaining a shareholding in the development.
-based architectural firm. The overall scheme included 30,000 square metres of lettable office space, to be developed in phases to suit market conditions.
The business park is managed by Knight Frank and CB Richard Ellis
.
The offices are designed around a standard modular unit of a core and the two wings. The standard core element comprises WCs, a reception area and circulation. The two wings vary in size from a minimum of 400 square metres to a maximum of 600 square metres per floor.
Several companies have opened offices at Nairobi Business Park, including Siemens
and Nokia
.
Business park
A business park or office park is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. All of the work that goes on is commercial, not industrial or residential....
located in Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. It was the first business park in East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
. The first phase, which includes 7,000 square metres of commercial office space, was completed in 2003.
History
The Nairobi Business Park was first envisaged by the Jockey Club of Kenya. The club owned of 400 acres (1.6 km²) of land by the Ngong Road between NairobiNairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
and Karen
Karen, Kenya
Karen is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south west of the city centre.It is generally believed that the suburb is named after Karen Blixen, the Danish author of the colonial memoir Out of Africa; her farm occupied the land where the suburb now stands. Blixen herself declared in her later...
. The club decided to diversify their land use by restructuring their land portfolio.
Some 30 acres (121,405.8 m²) of land was sub-divided from the main block of land and transferred into the joint ownership of the Jockey Club of Kenya and CDC Capital Partners and the Nairobi Business Park Ltd was formed to develop the site, with the Jockey Club of Kenya retaining a shareholding in the development.
Development of the Business Park
Various studies were undertaken to define the type of development. An office park was decided upon, and designs made by Triad Architects, a NairobiNairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
-based architectural firm. The overall scheme included 30,000 square metres of lettable office space, to be developed in phases to suit market conditions.
The business park is managed by Knight Frank and CB Richard Ellis
CB Richard Ellis
CBRE Group, Inc. , a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm . The Company has approximately 31,000 employees , and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices worldwide...
.
Today
Phase 1 of the overall development was completed in March 2003 and consists of three office units. This phase includes 7,000 square metres of lettable space. Parking is provided on site to a ratio of one parking bay per 25 square metres of usable office space.The offices are designed around a standard modular unit of a core and the two wings. The standard core element comprises WCs, a reception area and circulation. The two wings vary in size from a minimum of 400 square metres to a maximum of 600 square metres per floor.
Several companies have opened offices at Nairobi Business Park, including Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
and Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
.