URBAN IMPLEMENTATION KILIMANI AREA

Kilimani Area Has The Following Characteristics:

The area is fully serviced and has trunk infrastructure.

Land holding is very fluid and property rights are sound. This means that the
prices of land can be predicted and is dependent on the capitalistic forces of
demand and supply.
Land is very expensive owing to the provision of trunk infrastructure and
sound property rights.
land in this area is bankable (can be used as collateral)
The area has transformed from the affluent high income to the majority upper
middle class.
the area has a uniform sky-line
Challenges
Development is dictated by the fiscal regime and return on investment.
Precedence in approval of building plans and development control.
Overwhelming of trunk infrastructure and public utilities due to population
increase.
The local authority rating is not commensurate with the level of investments.
Increased vehicular and pedestrian movement.
the area is attracting non residential type of development notably the car
bazaars, malls, hotels and petrol, stations
Mixed development.