The Imaara Shopping Mall located along Mombasa Road is one of the most popular shopping centres in the country, known for its wide range of shopping, dining and entertainment services.
The mall houses various brands offering retail, dining, entertainment and healthcare services. Some of the big brands that have occupied Imaara mall include Naivas supermarket, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), TenderCare hospital, Airtel, Stanbic Bank, and Optica.
Others are Pharmaplus, Samsung, Diamond Trust Bank (DTB), Big Knife, Espresso coffee, Text Book Center, Hotpoint, and Rubis Petrol Station, among many others.
The construction of the mall commenced in 2018 at a cost estimated to be USD 23.1 million (over Sh2 billion).
The mall’s architectural design was handled by Castles Architecture Ltd, while Bells Associates Ltd provided structural engineering services. Quantity Surveying and engineering were handled by Rede International, and Linx Consulting Engineers Ltd, respectively.
While the Imaara mall is known to many in the country, not much is known about its owner. The mall was founded by Mukesh Patel through his company, Tuffsteel Limited, a leading distributor of construction materials in Kenya.
Patel is a Kenyan billionaire who serves as the Managing Director of Tuffsteel Limited. The company was established in 2010 and has grown to become one of Kenya’s leading distributors of construction materials, including steel products, cement, bitumen, roofing solutions, and industrial chemicals.
The company has been the key supplier of cement and steel to a number of big time projects in Kenya including the Karen hub mall, Garden city mall, Karen Water front mall and Two rivers mall.
Other projects are Britam Towers, KCB Headquarters in Upper Hill, UAP Towers, UN Headquarters and Sameer Business Park. Others are Nairobi Hospital, University of Nairobi and Kenya School of Monetary Studies.
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