Nairobi Projects Tracker 2026: New High-Rises Filed With NEMA

The Nairobi Projects Tracker lists the large buildings that developers have filed with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) since August 2026. Each row is taken from a NEMA invitation for public comment printed in the Kenya Gazette, with the developer’s name, floors, number of homes and a link to the Gazette issue. Today it holds 27 projects in Nairobi City County and 5 in the metro counties of Kiambu and Machakos.

Checked on 10 November 2026 against Kenya Gazette issues dated 7 August to 6 November 2026, read on Kenya Law’s Gazette archive. No source, no row.

What the Nairobi projects tracker shows

• 15 Nairobi projects rise 20 floors or more above the ground floor. Four reach 30 or more: Savanna Pinnacle Estates on Westlands Road (two towers, 31 floors), Ivory Crown Residences on Ring Road Parklands (two blocks, 30 floors), Limerence Company on Ngong Road in Kilimani (30 floors) and Stellar Bay on Mpaka Road in Parklands (30 storeys).
• About 10,500 homes are listed in the Nairobi notices that state a number. That excludes the five State Department for Housing notices for Kibra Lots 1 to 5 in Southlands, which each describe 1,386 social and affordable units.
• Westlands and Kilimani dominate. Ten projects are in Westlands, Parklands, Mountain View, Riverside and Gigiri, and eight are in Kilimani, Kileleshwa and the Woodley side of Ring Road.
• Small units lead. The notices that give a unit mix list about 1,165 studios and 3,790 one-bedroom flats, more than half of the homes that are broken down.

The full list

Where the new Nairobi towers are going

Westlands and Parklands. Ten filings sit in Westlands, Parklands, Mountain View, Riverside and Gigiri. They include Savanna Pinnacle (679 homes), Ivory Crown (748), Stellar Bay (697), Wondercrest Development’s two 26-floor towers on General Mathenge Drive (699), Flourish Haven on Ring Road Westlands (464), Fan Rong (198), Lumina Riverside (152), International Housing’s two Mountain View blocks (375), Riverside Ripples (263) and Artesano Investment’s 152-key hotel in Gigiri.

Kilimani, Kileleshwa and Woodley. Eight filings are on the Ngong Road and Ring Road side of the city: Limerence (469), Beyond Imagination (396), Plateau Light (498), Arbor Edge (616), Euphoria (374), Sonder Space (212), Oasisquorra Homes (360) and Harrington Estates (550).

Elsewhere in the city. Morning Light Apartment’s 956 homes on East Church Road and Olmaa Lands’ 328 on Lantana Road are both in Dagoretti North. Nanchong Longines Bay (601) is off Ngong Road, Zain Properties (272) is near Rhapta Road, GC 237 Residential (224) is at Garden City, and Ibrahim Adde Group (106) is in South C. The largest non-residential filing is Metroarena Development’s plan for a 10,000-seat indoor arena, a 140-key hotel and a 77-key serviced-apartment tower near the Railway Station.

Outside Nairobi. The five metro filings in the Nairobi projects tracker are in Thika and Kiambaa in Kiambu, and Athi River and Syokimau in Machakos. They include the Thika Bustani affordable housing project and a student hostel for Mount Kenya University in Thika.

How to read a NEMA notice in the Nairobi projects tracker

Under section 59 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, NEMA must publish a notice when it receives an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) study report for a large project. The public then has 30 days to send comments. The notice is an early, official sign that a developer is serious, but it is not an approval. Before construction a project also needs an EIA licence from NEMA, planning and building approval from Nairobi City County, and registration with the National Construction Authority (NCA).

That is why the status column says “ESIA study report with NEMA, public comment invited” for every row. When a developer announces a groundbreaking, a completion or a licence, or a county approval is published, we update the row and link that source.

Check a project yourself

1. Open the Gazette issue linked in the row and search for the developer’s name to read the full notice, including the plot number.
2. Search the plot on Ardhisasa before you pay anything. Our land search guide shows the steps.
3. Confirm the contractor and project with the NCA. See our NCA contractor check.
4. Read our 12 checks before you pay a deposit if you are buying off-plan.

Add or correct a project

Developers and their agents can send a project or a correction through the free form on our developer directory. Every submission goes to a private review queue and is checked against NEMA, NCA or county records before it appears. Listing is free and is never sold.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the tallest building planned in Nairobi right now?

Among the notices in this tracker, Savanna Pinnacle Estates’ two towers on Westlands Road have the most floors: a ground floor plus 31 floors, according to Gazette Notice 16190 of 9 October 2026. The notices give floors, not heights in metres, so we do not rank by height.

Does a NEMA notice mean the building is approved?

No. It means NEMA has received the developer’s study report and is inviting public comment. An EIA licence, county planning and building approvals and NCA registration are separate steps.

How often is the Nairobi projects tracker updated?

We read each new Gazette issue and add qualifying Nairobi-area notices, and we update a row when a developer, NEMA, NCA or the county publishes a new official step.

Can a developer pay to be listed or ranked higher?

No. Rows are sorted by floors, and inclusion depends only on an official source. Paid, labelled sponsored articles are kept separate from the tracker.