| Britam Tower | |
| Status: | Complete |
| Highest Region: | Kenya |
| Highest Prev: | UAP Old Mutual Tower |
| Highest Start: | 2017 |
| Architectural Style: | Structural Expressionism |
| Cost: | KSh. 7 billion (US$70 Million)[1] |
| Location: | Hospital Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi |
| Client: | Britam |
| Owner: | Britam |
| Current Tenants: | Equity group holdings |
| Location Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | -1.3°N 36.8131°W |
| Altitude: | 1795m (5,889feet) |
| Start Date: | September 2013[2] |
| Completion Date: | September 2017[3] |
| Height: | 200.1m (656.5feet) |
| Diameter: | 160x |
| Floor Count: | 32 |
| Floor Area: | 31500m2 |
| Architect: | Chris Kroese, GAPP Architects and Urban Designers |
The Britam Tower is a commercial building in Nairobi owned by British-American Investments Company (Britam). The skyscraper, the tallest building in Kenya, rises 195m (640feet) above ground, with 32 usable floors.[3] The building features a unique prismic shape, that starts as an equal four sided square footprint and ends with a two sided roof with a 60m (200feet) mast, containing three helical wind turbines.[1]
The tower is located along Hospital Road, in the Upper Hill neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city.[3] The geographical coordinates of Britam Tower are 01°18'00.0"S, 36°48'47.0"E (Latitude:-1.300000; Longitude:36.813056).
The building is the international headquarters of Britam. It also serves as the regional headquarters of the business conglomerate in East and Central Africa. The building has a total of 350000ft2 of office space to let for commercial purposes.[3] To cater to its many tenants, the building has an attached 12 Storey Car Park that can accommodate up to 1,000 vehicles.[2]
In July 2018, nearly one year after the building was completed, Britam, the skyscraper's owner-developer, began letting the building to prospective tenants. The target clientele are financial institutions, diplomatic missions, private companies and multinational corporations.[3]