Off-plan projects for sale in Westlands & Riverside
The deepest off-plan inventory in the city: towers around Sarit and Muthithi Road, and the quieter Riverside Drive projects by the river.
269 off-plan homes across nearly 100 developments in Westlands and Riverside, with a real asking price on every listing, staged payment plans, and our due diligence done before you pay a shilling.
The corridor
Where Nairobi does business, and where it is building fastest.
Westlands is where Nairobi works and spends its evenings: GTC, Sarit Centre, Westgate, Aga Khan University Hospital and an Expressway ramp for everything else. Riverside is its quieter sister, an embassy-belt corridor of leafy compounds along Riverside Drive, five minutes from the buzz without having to live inside it. Between them they hold 269 off-plan listings, nearly half of everything off-plan on Block.ke.
The buyer mix is unusually broad. First-time buyers come in through KES 4.9M studios at Capital Heights off School Lane. Hybrid workers want the one-bed-plus-study layouts most towers now offer. Diaspora buyers want a managed lock-up-and-leave in a neighbourhood they already know. Investors want the corporate and expat tenant pool that never really leaves. Street matters here: Mogotio and Muthithi Road are the accessible end, Riverside Drive, Brookside and General Mathenge the premium.
- Price floor
- KES 4.9M for a Capital Heights studio off School Lane; KES 6.76M for a Pavo Riverside studio on Riverside Drive.
- Typical unit
- One-beds and one-bed-plus-study layouts of 50 to 70 sqm; two-beds from about 84 sqm at Executive Suites.
- Handover windows
- 21 homes complete in 2026, 82 in 2027, 123 in 2028 and 39 in 2029 or later.
- Who buys here
- Corporate tenants’ landlords, diaspora buyers, hybrid workers, and families on the Riverside and Brookside side.
- Getting around
- Waiyaki Way and the Expressway, Ring Road Westlands, Rhapta and Church Road; Riverside Drive to Chiromo and the CBD.
- Watch-outs
- Supply. With 98 developments competing, resale and rental depend on the specific tower. Check the service charge and the view line.
Price ladder, October 2026
- Studios from
- KES 4.9MCapital Heights, School Lane
- One-beds from
- KES 5MDiplomat Residences, Westlands
- Two-beds from
- KES 10MExecutive Suites, 84 to 117 sqm
- Three-beds from
- KES 15.1MCiti Rise Residency, Mogotio Road
Developer asking prices on live Block.ke listings, October 2026, taken from the cheapest single-type listing we could verify. Higher floors, larger layouts and DSQ options cost more; cash buyers often pay less than the payment-plan price.
When do you want the keys?
Browse by completion year.
Most of Westlands hands over in 2027 and 2028. If you want keys sooner, the 2026 set is small and sells fast; if you want the longest plan, the 2029 launches are where the deepest discounts sit.
Counts are the homes in Westlands & Riverside tagged with each completion year on Block.ke in October 2026; each tile opens the Nairobi-wide archive for that year. Handover dates are the developer’s stated schedule; we tell you where a timeline looks optimistic.
Projects worth your deposit
Six developments we would put a deposit on.
Hand-picked across budgets in Westlands & Riverside, from the cheapest verified entry to the family-sized top end. Every card shows the developer’s real asking price. No “call for price”, no bait.
Prices are asking prices on live Block.ke listings, October 2026. Payment plans and completion dates are the developer’s stated terms at the time of listing.
Lowest entryCapital Heights
The cheapest way into a Westlands address on our books: studios off School Lane with a rooftop pool and gym, handing over December 2027.
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Closest to keysLovi Crescent
One- and two-beds on a 20 percent deposit plan with the earliest handover on this list. If you want keys rather than paper appreciation, start here.
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Rooftop poolGolden Mansion
A 30-storey tower with a heated rooftop pool, instalments spread to handover, minutes from Sarit and Westgate.
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Riverside entryPavo Riverside
VAAL’s Riverside Drive tower sets the price floor for the embassy belt: studios from USD 52,440 and one-beds from USD 67,500, due December 2027.
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Longest runwayThe Oxford Homes
25 floors a short walk from the University of Nairobi’s Chiromo campus. An embassy-belt address at a Westlands entry price, with the longest payment runway here.
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Amenity playCheval Riverside
A 20-storey glass tower with rooftop amenities pitched well above its price point, sold on a 20 percent deposit with handover in 2028.
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Live off-plan listings in Westlands & Riverside.
Fresh from the developers we work with, updated as units sell and prices move. Filter by completion year, or open the full search to narrow by budget and bedrooms.
Why here
Why buy off-plan in Westlands and Riverside.
The case for paying before completion, in Nairobi’s prime commercial corridor.
A KES 4.9M ticket into a prime postcode
Off-plan studios off School Lane start at KES 4.9M, Kilimani entry money for Nairobi’s prime commercial address. Stock in the same corridor runs well past KES 20M. That gap is the whole argument.
Pick your street, pick your price
Mogotio and Muthithi Road towers are the accessible high-density end. Rhapta and Church Road sit mid-band. General Mathenge, Brookside and Riverside Drive command the premium. Same corridor, three price tiers.
Payment plans that track the cranes
Booking fees from around KES 300,000, deposits near 20 percent, then instalments staged against construction. With handovers spread from late 2026 to 2029, you choose how much runway your money gets.
The tenants are already here
Westlands supplies the corporate lets: GTC, Sarit, the office towers, Aga Khan University Hospital. Riverside supplies the embassy belt and its expat compounds. Buy off-plan now and you complete straight into that demand.
Honest trade-off: off-plan is not risk-free. Delays happen, a few projects stall, and your protection is the contract and the checks done before you pay. That is the part we take seriously, and it is laid out in the due-diligence section below.
Due diligence
The homework we do before you pay a shilling.
Westlands & Riverside has 98 developments on this page and the developers behind them are not all equal. Here is what we verify before a project earns a spot here, and before you put a deposit anywhere.
Title search at the Lands Registry
An official search confirms the developer actually owns the land, and that it is free of charges and caveats that could stall the project or your title.
Approvals, not brochures
NCA registration, county construction permits and environmental clearances, verified against the actual documents rather than the marketing deck.
Developer track record
What they have delivered before, whether it landed on time, and how those buildings have held up since. Past delays predict future delays.
Sale agreement review
Your own advocate reads every clause: completion date, grace period, penalties, assignment rights and refund terms. We flag anything that quietly shifts risk onto you.
Payment plan and escrow
Instalments should track construction milestones, and ideally sit in a project account released against progress, not straight into the developer’s pocket.
Updates until handover
We track construction and report back until you hold the keys and the title, not just until the deposit is paid.
Straight answers
Westlands & Riverside off-plan, asked and answered.
How much does an off-plan apartment in Westlands or Riverside cost?
How does buying off-plan work?
Is Westlands a good bet for rental investment?
Westlands or Riverside, which side should I buy?
When do these projects actually complete?
What deposit do I need to reserve a unit?
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Read before you reserve
Market intel, minus the fluff.
Guides to the corridor and its neighbours, the legal landmines to step around, and what the lending market is doing to buyer budgets.
Riverside, Nairobi: The Complete 2026 Guide to Living, Renting and Investing
Why Westlands Keeps Outperforming: An Investor’s Deep-Dive
KES 10M in the Golden Triangle: Westlands vs Riverside vs Brookside vs General Mathenge
Talk to Block
Own your Westlands block before the cranes come down.
Tell us your budget, your preferred street and when you want the keys. A real person replies the same working day with vetted towers, real prices and an honest read on each developer. No pressure, no gloss.
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