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e. On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, [1] Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege. [2] The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, [3] including 62 civilians, five ...
80+. Total retail floor area. 350,000 square feet (33,000 m 2) No. of floors. 5. Website. www.westgate.co.ke. Westgate Shopping Mall (also known as Westgate) is an upscale shopping mall located in the Westlands division of Nairobi, Kenya. It was first opened in 2007.
T-Mall - Nairobi West. The Village Market - Gigiri. Unicity Mall - Kahawa. Ridgeways Mall - Kiambu Road. Nextgen Mall - Mombasa Road [10] Westgate Shopping Mall. Yaya Centre - Hurlingham [11] The Lavington Mall - Lavington. The Southfield Mall - Embakasi.
From the 15 to 16 January 2019, a coordinated attack against civilians occurred at the DusitD2 complex in Westlands District, Nairobi, Kenya. The attack began at around 14:30 EAT (UTC+3), shortly after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the center of the complex at a restaurant. Four attackers associated with Harakat Al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen ...
Westlands is a residential district in Nairobi which houses a sizable population of upper middle class and wealthy Kenyans [3]. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as land and office space became scarce and exorbitantly priced in the central business district, more businesses have relocated to Westlands and Upper Hill, where land and office space are more readily available and less expensive.
Construction of Sarit Centre began in 1981, with its architectural design based on the Brent Cross Shopping Centre in London. With the rising political instability in the early 1980s, construction was halted and the business class that had applied for the 200 rental units withdrew as others left Kenya. The mall was opened in April 1983 with ...
Westlands, Nairobi: 71 Al-Shabaab militants attack a shopping mall in Nairobi with small arms and grenades. Garissa University College massacre: 2 April 2015 Garissa, North Eastern Province: 148 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack: 15–16 January 2019 Westlands, Nairobi: 27 Al-Shabaab militants attack an upscale hotel in Nairobi with small arms and ...
The Global Trade Centre (GTC) is a mixed-use complex in the Westlands suburb of Upper Parklands in Nairobi owned by Nairobi GTC Industry Ltd. The establishment is set on a 7.5 acre piece of land in Westlands, comprises the Nairobi GTC Office Tower, the tallest building in Kenya, rises 184 metres (604 ft) above ground, with 42 floors.