Tall & Urban News

316 Upper Hill Chambers is an office development located on 2nd Ngong Avenue, in the Upper Hill area of Nairobi, Kenya.

Standing at a height of 104 meters, the project boosts boasts 26 floors comprising three basement parking floors, a ground floor with an arcade, a mezzanine floor, five upper parking floors, 15 Grade A office floors, and two roof-top penthouses that offer stunning views of the city and its environs.

The entire building, with a gross leasable area of 19,500 square meters, is designed to reduce external noise, heat, and glare from sunlight, and it will use solar as its main energy source. 

Construction works commenced in 2015 and the development is slated to be completed in 2021, upon which it will join the list of the tallest buildings in Kenya, overtaking the Social Security House at 102.7 meters and slightly behind Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) at 105.2 meters.

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