Offplan Projects For Sale
in Westlands & Riverside
30 off-plan projects, studios from KES 5.8M behind the GTC to Riverside Drive towers. Buy in before the cranes come down.
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Off-plan in Westlands & Riverside: one corridor, every price point
Westlands is where Nairobi does business 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.
The buyer mix here is unusually broad. First-time buyers come in through KES 5.8M studios behind the GTC. Hybrid workers want the +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.
Nearly everything on the market here is off-plan, and that is the opportunity. Booking fees start around KES 300K, deposits sit near 20%, and instalments track construction through handovers running from Q4 2026 to Q4 2028. Entry pricing overlaps Kilimani; the top end — KES 23M at Butterfly Palace, a KES 77.5M penthouse at Gamil Heights — plays in Karen villa money.
What's on the market right now
87+ live listings across Westlands and Riverside — off-plan builds alongside completed and serviced stock. Price, beds and size on every card.
Projects worth your deposit
Six of the 30 we track — prices checked against the live listings, not the brochures.
Lovi Crescent
1 and 2-bedroom units with study and DSQ options across 70-120 sqm, completing Q4 2026. The earliest handover on this list — if you want keys rather than just paper appreciation, start here.
From KES 6.5M
San Remo Heights
1-beds, 1-bed + study and master-ensuite 2-beds (52-115 sqm) in a 25-storey tower off Rhapta Road, completing Q3 2028. Same entry price as Lovi with nearly two extra years of instalments.
From KES 6.5M
Verona Apartments
Studios to 3-beds plus Sky Villas on Muthangari Drive — studios from KES 6.7M, 1-beds at 9.1M, 2-beds at 16M, 3-beds at 31.5M. One building covering almost the entire Westlands price ladder.
From KES 6.7M
The Oxford Homes
1-beds, 1-bed + study and 2-beds with DSQ options (70-120 sqm) on Riverside Drive, Chiromo, completing Q4 2028. An embassy-belt address at a Westlands entry price, with the longest payment runway on this list.
From KES 6.8M
Cheval Riverside
1-beds, 1-bed + study and 2-beds in a 20-storey glass tower, completing mid-2028. Infinity heated pool and a rooftop spa — amenities pitched well above its price point.
From c. KES 9.5M
Butterfly Palace
2, 3 and 4-beds from 116 to 370 sqm in a butterfly-shaped, low-density building with forest views on Donyo Sabuk Avenue. Westlands' answer for buyers who'd otherwise be looking at Lavington.
From KES 23M
Why buy off-plan here
Four reasons this corridor rewards buying before the paint dries.
A KES 5.8M ticket into a KES 23M postcode
Off-plan studios behind the GTC start at KES 5.8M — Kilimani entry money for Nairobi's prime commercial address. Stock in the same corridor runs to KES 23M and beyond at Butterfly Palace. 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 — leafy and low-density. Same corridor, three price tiers. Choose deliberately.
Payment plans that track the cranes
Booking fees from around KES 300K, deposits near 20%, then instalments staged against construction. With handovers spread from Q4 2026 to Q4 2028, 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.
The homework we do before you pay a shilling
Cranes outnumber coffee shops in Westlands right now, and not every one is backed by clean title and approved plans. Before a shilling leaves your account, this is the homework we run on every project on this page.
Title search at the Lands Registry
An official search confirms the developer actually owns the land, free of charges and caveats — before you put a shilling down.
Approvals check
NCA registration, county construction permits and environmental clearances — verified against the actual documents, not the brochure.
Developer track record
What they have delivered before, whether it landed on time, and how it has held up since.
Sale agreement review
Our advocates read every clause before you sign and flag anything that quietly shifts risk onto you.
Payment plan sanity-check
Instalments should track construction milestones, not the developer's cash flow — we make sure yours do.
Updates until handover
We track construction and report back until you hold the keys and the title, not just until you have paid.
New to offplan? Read the complete guide to buying offplan in Nairobi.
Straight answers on Westlands & Riverside
What buyers ask us over coffee. No fluff.
Off-plan studios start at KES 5.8M (Mogotio Oasis, behind the GTC), 1-bedrooms from KES 6.5M, 2-bedrooms from KES 10M and 3-bedrooms from KES 22M. The top end runs past KES 23M at Butterfly Palace. Street matters: Mogotio and Muthithi Road are the accessible end, General Mathenge and Riverside Drive the premium.
Shortlist projects, then do a site visit while we run due diligence on title, approvals and the developer’s track record. Reserve your unit with a booking fee, pay a deposit — around 20% here — then instalments that track construction milestones. At completion you snag the unit, sign off the fixes and take handover. See our complete guide to buying offplan in Nairobi.
The tenant pool is deep and it renews itself: corporates around GTC and Sarit, medics and staff at Aga Khan University Hospital, embassy and NGO people along Riverside. Demand is real. We won’t quote you a yield without underwriting the specific unit — anyone who does is guessing.
Westlands if you want the buzz on your doorstep and the widest unit choice. Riverside if you’d trade that for embassy-belt quiet and greenery without giving up the five-minute commute. Entry prices overlap; Riverside Drive’s low-density pockets carry a premium.
Handovers are spread out: Lovi Crescent completes Q4 2026, Cheval Riverside mid-2028, San Remo Heights Q3 2028 and The Oxford Homes Q4 2028. Earlier completion means keys sooner; later means a longer, gentler payment plan. We confirm the current timeline on any project before you commit.
Most projects here take a booking fee from around KES 300K to hold a unit, then a deposit of about 20%, with the balance in instalments staged against construction. Exact splits vary by developer — we’ll walk you through each plan and flag anything unusual before you commit.
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