| Global Trade Centre | |
| Alternate Names: | GTC |
| Status: | Complete |
| Cost: | KES 40 billion |
| Location: | Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Owner: | Avic International |
| Coordinates: | -1.2711°N 36.8084°W |
| Start Date: | 2015 |
| Completion Date: | 2022 |
| Inauguration Date: | 23 December 2022 |
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| References: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
The Global Trade Centre (GTC) is a mixed-use complex in the Westlands suburb of Upper Parklands in Nairobi owned by multinational company Avic International. The establishment is set on a 7.5 acre piece of land in Westlands, comprises the Nairobi GTC Office Tower, the second tallest building in Kenya after the Britam Tower, rises 184m (604feet) above ground, with 42 floors.[2]
The Global Trade Centre developed as mixed-use high-rises, sits on a 7.5-acre piece of land in the Westlands neighbourhood of Upper Parklands. The GTC comprises six other imposing towers: a 42-floor Office Tower, a 35-floor hotel tower hosting the US chain JW Marriott hotel, and four residential flats of 24 to 28 floors. GTC also includes a 4-storey mall on the and a 3-storey retail within the GTC Office Tower[1] The GTC Office Tower is sits at the farthest south of all the other establishments along Waiyaki Way and the Nairobi Expressway, the rest of the complex spreads northwards and westwards along Westlands Road and both sides of Chiromo Lane.[5] [6]