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An aerial view of Nakuru town, on December 29, 2020. [File, Standard]
Surging land costs and rapid population growth have driven Nakuru City's public and private developers to embrace high-rise residential projects to combat affordability challenges in the county.
However, this shift faces strict limitations, especially the city's unique Rift Valley soil capacity and active fault line, which has seen most residential buildings capped at between three and five storeys.
Skyrocketing land prices within the Central Business District (CBD) and its immediate neighbourhoods are increasingly pricing out middle-income earners, and it is mostly the blue-chip companies and the upper business class that seem to snap most real estate deals in or near the city centre.
