Updated 10 November 2026
Fifteen proposed Nairobi 20-storey towers appear in Kenya Gazette notices published between 7 August and 6 November 2026, after developers filed Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) study reports with NEMA. The tallest filings are two 31-storey towers on Westlands Road, by Savanna Pinnacle Estates Limited, with 679 apartments. A Gazette notice is not a building permit and it is not evidence that construction has started. It means NEMA has invited public comment on the study. This guide ranks those 15 Nairobi filings by height, names the developer and the unit count, and links each row to the Gazette issue.
Updated November 2026. Every row is taken from a Kenya Gazette invitation for public comment on an ESIA study report, checked on 10 November 2026 for the Nairobi projects tracker. The 27-project overview, which also includes shorter buildings, is in new buildings in Nairobi.
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What a NEMA filing does, and does not mean
Under Kenya’s environmental assessment process, a developer of a large building submits an ESIA study report to the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). NEMA then publishes a notice in the Kenya Gazette inviting the public to comment. That is the source for every tower on this list.
The notice does not mean:
- that NEMA has already issued an EIA licence;
- that Nairobi City County has approved the building plans;
- that the National Construction Authority has registered the project; or
- that construction, or even demolition on the site, has begun.
Some filings later receive a licence, some are revised, and some do not proceed. Treat the table as a list of proposed Nairobi 20-storey towers that have reached the public-comment stage, not as a list of buildings going up this year.
The 15 Nairobi 20-storey towers, ranked by height
Floor counts are written as they appear in each Gazette notice (for example “ground + 31 floors”). Where a project has more than one tower, the height of the tallest blocks is used for the ranking. All 15 are in Nairobi City County.
| Rank | Project and area | Developer | Floors (as filed) | Units | Gazette |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two towers, Westlands Road, Westlands | Savanna Pinnacle Estates Limited | 2 towers, ground + 31 floors, 2 basements | 679 (203 one-bed, 472 two-bed, 4 three-bed) | Gazette No. 179, 9 Oct 2026, notice 16190 |
| 2 | Twin residential towers, Ring Road Parklands | Ivory Crown Residences Company Limited | 2 blocks, ground + 30 floors, 6 basements | 748 (30 studios, 330 one-bed, 326 two-bed, 62 two-bed + DSQ) | Gazette No. 182, 16 Oct 2026, notice 16442 |
| 3 | Residential and commercial complex, Ngong Road, Kilimani | Limerence Company Limited | Ground + 30 floors, 2 basements | 469 (261 one-bed, 99 two-bed, 93 three-bed, 16 five-bed) | Gazette No. 145, 21 Aug 2026, notice 13716 |
| 4 | High-rise, Mpaka Road, Parklands | Stellar Bay Limited | 30 storeys | 697 (mix not given in the notice) | Gazette No. 175, 2 Oct 2026, notice 15939 |
| 5 | Mixed-use complex, Mugo Kibiru Drive, Woodley | Beyond Imagination Construction Company Limited | 27 storeys | 396 (mix not given) | Gazette No. 167, 21 Sep 2026, notice 15265 |
| 6 | Two blocks, General Mathenge Drive, Westlands | Wondercrest Development Limited | 2 blocks, ground + 26 floors, 2 basements | 699 (231 studios, 141 one-bed, 327 two-bed) | Gazette No. 145, 21 Aug 2026, notice 13715 |
| 7 | Apartment block, Ring Road Westlands | Flourish Haven Limited | Ground + 25 floors, 2 basements | 464 (243 one-bed, 154 two-bed, 66 three-bed, 1 penthouse) | Gazette No. 194, 6 Nov 2026, notice 17648 |
| 8 | Two blocks, Othaya Road, Kileleshwa | Plateau Light Investment Limited | 2 blocks, 25 storeys (ground, mezzanine, 24 upper floors), 3 basements | 498 (298 one-bed, 100 two-bed, 100 three-bed) | Gazette No. 166, 18 Sep 2026, notice 15192 |
| 9 | Block, Githunguri Road, Kileleshwa | Arbor Edge Ventures Company Limited | Ground + 23 floors, 5 basements | 616 (115 studios, 357 one-bed, 75 two-bed, 69 three-bed) | Gazette No. 163, 11 Sep 2026, notice 14611 |
| 10 | Mixed-use block, General Mathenge Drive, Westlands | Fan Rong Limited | Ground, upper ground, mezzanine + 22 floors, 3 basements | 198 (44 studios, 44 one-bed, 44 one-bed + study, 44 two-bed, 22 two-bed + studio) | Gazette No. 171, 25 Sep 2026, notice 15529 |
| 11 | Two blocks, Kilimani | Euphoria Real Estate Company Limited | 2 blocks, ground + 22 floors, 3 basements | 374 (176 two-bed with DSQ, 88 two-bed, 88 three-bed, 22 four-bed) | Gazette No. 152, 28 Aug 2026 |
| 12 | Apartment block, Gichugu Road, Kileleshwa | Sonder Space Development Limited | Ground + 21 floors (3rd–20th residential), 2 basements | 212 (51 studios, 89 one-bed, 72 two-bed) | Gazette No. 163, 11 Sep 2026, notice 14612 |
| 13 | Mixed-use block, Lantana Road, Dagoretti North | Olmaa Lands Limited | Ground, mezzanine + 20 floors and a roof restaurant, 4 basements | 328 (121 one-bed, 207 two-bed) | Gazette No. 179, 9 Oct 2026, notices 16189 and 16446 |
| 14 | Apartment complex, South C | Ibrahim Adde Group Holdings Limited | 20 storeys, 2 basements | 106 (18 one-bed, 48 two-bed, 20 three-bed + DSQ, 20 four-bed + DSQ) | Gazette No. 135, 7 Aug 2026, notice 12193 |
| 15 | Building, Riara Road, Kilimani | Oasisquorra Homes Limited | Ground + 20 floors, 3 basements | 360 (200 one-bed, 160 two-bed) | Gazette No. 179, 9 Oct 2026 |
Just below the 20-storey cut-off, and therefore not ranked here, are several other large Nairobi filings in the same Gazette window, including an eight-block scheme of up to 19 upper floors plus a mezzanine on East Church Road (Morning Light Apartment Limited, 956 units) and a 19-storey block at Riverside Mews (Lumina Riverside Limited, 152 units). Those appear in the full tracker.
Where these Nairobi 20-storey towers are clustered
The 15 Nairobi 20-storey towers in this window are tightly concentrated in a handful of Westlands, Parklands, Kilimani and Kileleshwa streets:
- Westlands and Parklands: the two 31-storey Westlands Road towers, the 30-storey Mpaka Road high-rise, the 25-floor Ring Road Westlands block, and two separate filings on General Mathenge Drive (26 storeys and 22 floors).
- Kilimani and Ngong Road: the 30-storey Limerence complex, the 27-storey Woodley mixed-use building off Ring Road Kilimani, Euphoria’s twin 22-storey blocks, and the 20-storey Oasisquorra scheme on Riara Road.
- Kileleshwa: two 25-storey blocks on Othaya Road, a 23-storey block on Githunguri Road, and a 21-floor block on Gichugu Road.
- Elsewhere in the city: the Lantana Road mixed-use block in Dagoretti North, and the 20-storey South C complex, which is the only filing on this list south of the Ngong Road ridge.
No 20-storey filing in this window sits in the CBD, Eastlands or along Thika Road. A 16-storey Garden City scheme is in the tracker but falls short of this cut-off. For land-price context in the same suburbs, see land prices near Nairobi.
How many homes the Nairobi 20-storey towers propose
Adding the unit counts in the 15 notices gives 6,944 apartments. Four of the five tallest filings alone account for 2,593 units (679 + 748 + 469 + 697). One-bedroom and studio units dominate several of the Westlands and Kileleshwa schemes; the Kilimani Euphoria filing and the South C scheme have a higher share of two-, three- and four-bed units.
These are proposed units in ESIA notices, not units under construction and not units that have been sold. A buyer considering an off-plan purchase still needs to check the developer’s NCA record, the EIA licence (if one is later issued) and the usual land-title searches. Mortgage pricing, when a bank will lend on a finished unit, is compared in our mortgage rates in Kenya guide.
How to read a Gazette notice for one of these towers
- Open the Kenya Gazette issue linked in the table (the official copies are on new.kenyalaw.org).
- Find the notice number. Each notice names the developer, the location, a short description of the building and the period for public comments.
- Comments go to NEMA, not to Business Radar. The notice states the address and the deadline.
- Check later Gazette issues for an EIA licence, and the NCA register for a project registration, before treating the scheme as approved or under construction.
This ranked list of Nairobi 20-storey towers will change when later Gazette notices appear. The full, searchable table of 32 filings, including shorter buildings and projects in Kiambu and Machakos, stays on the Nairobi projects tracker. Developers can ask for a correction through the property developers directory. This list will change when later Gazette notices appear; it reflects the 7 August to 6 November 2026 window only.
Frequently asked questions
How many Nairobi 20-storey towers were filed with NEMA?
Fifteen proposed towers or tower schemes of 20 floors or more in Nairobi City County appear in Kenya Gazette ESIA notices published between 7 August and 6 November 2026.
What is the tallest building filed in that window?
The tallest filing is two towers of ground plus 31 floors on Westlands Road, by Savanna Pinnacle Estates Limited, with 679 apartments, gazetted on 9 October 2026 (notice 16190).
Does a NEMA Gazette notice mean construction has started?
No. The notice invites public comment on an ESIA study report. It is not a licence, a county approval or a construction start.
How many apartments do the 15 filings propose?
The unit counts in the 15 notices add up to 6,944 apartments. These are proposed units, not completed or sold homes.
Where can I see shorter buildings as well?
The Nairobi projects tracker lists all 32 sourced filings in the same Gazette window, including buildings under 20 floors and projects in Kiambu and Machakos. The new buildings in Nairobi guide is the narrative overview of that wider set.
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