Longonot Place
NAIROBI, KENYA

The concept of the Longonot Place development grew out of the success of the adjacent Norfolk Towers project for the same clients, which was the first scheme to plan deluxe apartments into an integrated scheme with offices in downtown Nairobi. High-income tenants are attracted to this form of development for a variety of reasons; good physical security, a high degree of service with a resident manager, attractive gardens and a swimming pool, adjacent hotel and entertainment facilities, good and guaranteed parking, and travelling convenience to the city, etc.

The site of 1.75 acres adjoins the Norfolk Hotel and is of a triangular shape with a natural cross-fall down to Kijabe Street of about 7m from the main entrance in Harry Thuku Road. The scheme consists of 68 flats with a variety of accommodation from 1-bedroom units, a majority with 3 bedrooms and 2 athrooms (either in flats or 2-storey duplex form), and 2 deluxe penthouse apartments.

The offices and shops are planned on the Kijabe Street frontage and provide 1,550 sq. metres of shops and 6,270sq. metres of offices, with 2 parking levels for the flats built into the office building with their access off the deck level, built at the higher level off Harry Thuku Road.

The parking for the shops and offices is under the deck level, making use of the cross-fall of the site, with a separate vehicular access off Kijabe Street. The flats have been planned in two separate blocks to break down the bulk of the whole development and to give tenants an identity with smaller scale flat blocks. The brick facing was used to give a high quality appearance and a maintenance-free finish in sympathy with the neighbouring Norfolk Hotel.

The office building also uses brick panels and end elevations to bring related materials and colour into this concrete framed building, which due to its orientation, also features vertical sun-breakers to protect the office users from solar gain. The scheme also features pleasant landscaped areas and enjoys use of the adjacent Norfolk Hotel swimming pool, sun terraces and pool-side cafe.
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