Westlands and Parklands Districts

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Westlands affluent neighbourhood and administrative division in the city of Nairob.

Ultimate thread for Westlands and Parklands: Westlands and Parklands have seen incredible growth over the last 5 years and are firmly in the list of the most vibrant districts on the continent. Welcome to Westlands and Parklands!


 
Malls in Westlands

West Gate Mall











 
Sarit Center

Sarit in Sh4bn mall expansion as competition hots up

SOURCE

Sarit Centre has unveiled a Sh4 billion plan to construct a new building beside the existing mall as it looks to keep pace with upcoming shopping complexes and take advantage of Westlands’ growing population.


The four-storey mall will add 250,000 square feet of retail space, effectively doubling its size.

Regulatory filings indicate that a whole floor of the new building will be devoted to a new supermarket. Uchumi Supermarkets has a branch in the existing mall.

The other three floors will have extra retail space, food courts, an exhibition hall and entertainment facilities.

“Westlands has become one of the prime spots for office and retail space expansion. With the burgeoning growth in the population of Westlands and the development of competing malls, this expansion is almost inevitable,” an environmental audit report says.

Over the last decade, malls have sprouted across Nairobi offering more competition to the older shopping establishments like Sarit Centre.

These include malls like Westgate which is less than 500 metres from Sarit, Garden City on Thika Road and the upcoming Two Rivers Mall in Ruaka.



 
Westy has really transformed overtime,i still remember very well when unga house used to be the tallest tower in this part of nairobi,now its no where near that title.
 
Is there Any Kenyan JF member residing in one of those districts
 
Kunta kinte1776 said:
Westy has really transformed overtime,i still remember very well when unga house used to be the tallest tower in this part of nairobi,now its no where near that title.
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Atleast Unga House still stands. I recently used Ring road on my way to Spring Valley, via Westy, and my eyes were still subconciously searching for the Triangle Craft Market or 'Curio'. It was nolstagic, that place was Westy's equivalent of Afya House in the CBD. Its where all the first time visitors to Westy, who didn't want to get lost, stood waiting for their hosts. Horizons are being replaced in just the blink of an eye!
 
Lol...the triangle curio had to go to pave way for the expansion of the ringroads...westy is my favourite district,lots of cool entertainment joints na warembo kibao😎😎😎😎
 
Just like upanga or kijitonyama or masaki. Nothing new here to learn here.
 
Kunta kinte1776 said:
Lol...the triangle curio had to go to pave way for the expansion of the ringroads...westy is my favourite district,lots of cool entertainment joints na warembo kibao😎😎😎😎
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I remember, it was demolished last year. It stood on a road reserve but it was still a very visible landmark. Westlands is where it all goes down, entertainment-wise.
 
Kunta kinte1776 said:
Lol...the triangle curio had to go to pave way for the expansion of the ringroads...westy is my favourite district,lots of cool entertainment joints na warembo kibao😎😎😎😎
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I remember in 2016, on Fridays and Saturdays we used to do "round-mwenda" i.e Atempt to Visit all the hot clubs around the CBD then Westlands ...etc We would always end up stopping in westy and never leaving 🥰 even the bitches are nicer over there.
 
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