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With the rapid expansion of Greater Nairobi and the phenomenal pace of construction within Kenya, Dunhill Consulting is ready to capitalise, with its imminent Dunhill Towers project an innovative and green sign of things to come Writer: Matthew Staff Project Manager: Kane Weller

ncompassing values of professional, costeffective and hassle-free real estate services, Dunhill Consulting continues to expand its simple but lucrative offering across East Africa; showcasing the soon-to-be unveiled Dunhill Towers as an epitome of the Company’s expertise.

Described as a “major step forward in commercial green buildings in Kenya”, Dunhill Towers is the culmination of almost 15 years of growth and diversification for a business that can now boast the full spectrum of real estate services across an ever-broadening footprint.

“Our practice areas include sales, letting, management, development and advisory services,” introduces the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Nipool Shah. “We serve all sectors of the industry, including residential, commercial, retail and warehousing developments; while our sister Company, Dunhill Africa Valuations Ltd provides valuation and survey services and is on the panel of several banks in Kenya.”

With a staff compliment of more than 125 valuers, estate agents, accountants and sales personnel, Dunhill is able to serve individual unit and mixeduse development clients alike; driven by professional expertise that emanates down from its four

department Executive Directors - all of whom have shares in the business.

Shah continues: “At least one director is responsible for excellence in delivery within each silo of Sales and Letting, Facilities Management, Projects, and Single Properties. Our professional expertise is then engaged with by a broad range of organisations, including multinational corporations, local developers, high net-worth individuals, quasi government offices, and not-for-profit institutions.”

Testament to its philosophy, the rise of Dunhill speaks for itself, and in 2016 alone Dunhill Consulting achieved more than Ksh7 billion in properties sold, while also affirming its status as a leader in warehousing with more than 2.5 million square feet under its management.

Nipool Shah, Chief Executive Officer

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aytech Limited is a technology solutions and service provider based in Nairobi, Kenya. The Company provides convenient, reliable and fully integrated top class car park management technologies made by world market leaders.

Its solutions incorporate a host of eCommerce products such as reservation systems, cashless payment via app and ticketless parking with LPR at entry and exit lanes allowing you to comprehensively manage both shortterm and contract parkers.

By integrating intelligent parking guidance and smart lighting solutions you are able to efficiently manage your car parks and ultimately lower your total cost of operation.

The go-to company for residential sales

“We also provide building management services to more than 30 commercial buildings and large apartment complexes - managing collections of more than Ksh100 million a month - while we’re also the go-to company for residential sales of apartments and houses across Nairobi,” Shah enthuses.

The right place at the right time

Incorporated initially in 2003 by Shah, he has ensured that Dunhill has evolved as a brand reputed for selling quality developments from solid developers; staying true to its tagline of “professional, cost-effective and hassle-free”, while continuously investing in cutting-edge technologies in order to improve it services.

“Being in the right place at the right time and providing unmatched services has allowed Dunhill to grow by 25 percent in turnover, year-on-year, since inception,” the CEO states. “To achieve this, in our facility management

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www.paytechafrica.com services, we have introduced a comprehensive software for our property and facilities managers in our retail, office, industrial, residential and body corporate portfolios, with integrated accounting and real-time financial reporting.

“This is a first of its kind software introduced in Kenya. Designed around industry best practices and business processes, it is used every day by leading property owners and managers around the world. This software covers the full spectrum, from day-to-day administration to portfolio performance reporting and analysis.”

Always striving for a new competitive advantage and enhanced internal procedures, this latest innovation allows Dunhill to provide a comprehensive accounts payable system with stronger security controls, making the process faster and more efficient. It also allows for improved storage of documents; an increase

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egaWatt Limited is a young and dynamic team of professional engineers in East Africa that provide energy efficiency solutions to all kinds of industry.

Completion of the Building Automation System at TRM for Dunhill Consulting has paved the way for intelligent buildings here in Nairobi. From controlling lighting and fans to assisting with monthly tenant billing, NegaWatt and Dunhill Consulting have established a relationship for the greater good.

As the East African distributor for Johnson Controls, Metasys, and York, we can assist with providing solutions that work for you too.

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in scope and capacity; enhanced accountability; and it ensures a single point access to pertinent credit control processes through the use of automated statistic generation.

“Finally it allows us to manage jobs emanating from either tenants or our own maintenance department, whether reactive or planned. In other words, it allows for full integration from issuing an order to the payment of invoices,” Shah completes.

Flagship project

In perfecting its internal structure, Dunhill can then launch from the perfect footing into what it is best known for: its project portfolio.

Described as the Company’s unique selling proposal, “our estate agency strengths allow us to focus on creating projects that are appropriate for the market where the development is planned”, Shah affirms. “Our experience from our in-house projects allows us to guide other developers in

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best practices, cost optimisation and project management. And over the years, we have developed apartments, townhouses, luxury homes, warehousing and commercial offices.”

Renowned for its work on the Thika Road Mall especially - the largest mall in East Africa at the time - this project has really set the tone for Dunhill’s progression ever since the undertaking back in 2010.

Shah recalls: “The location was identified as a prime location since the Government had just commenced construction of the Thika superhighway. This 50,000 square metre mall was delivered three months ahead of schedule, within budget and achieved a 75 percent occupancy rate at the time of opening. It has since achieved an occupancy rate of more than 90 percent year-on-year and retailer, Carrefour has recently announced the opening at TRM of the first Hypermarket in an existing mall in Kenya.”

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Thika Road Mall is situated in a prime location

Embedding consumer trends and requirements across safety, security, technology, digital marketing and social media, Dunhill has never been one to shy away from modern nuances and foreseeable trends; the latest being the industry’s commitment to green practices and eco-friendliness.

And nothing epitomises this ethos more than its soon-to-be completed flagship project, Dunhill Towers.

Shah details: “Dunhill Towers will be completed by October, 2017 and is a classical yet modern design that provides warmth and character to its immediate environment with a high level of finish both on the interior and the exterior. The design of the building will enhance the cityscape, providing Tier 1 office spaces with stunning views towards the main highway and the general Westlands area. The project

has been designed considering user comfort for effective working space.

“The project also holds significant importance to the future of green buildings in Kenya and by extension the East Africa region in that it is also the pilot project for the South Africa Green Star-¬Kenya Office V1.1 rating system.”

Working alongside WEB Limited who was tasked with ensuring that these environmental principles were adhered to, Dunhill has subsequently fostered a 30,000 square metre building designed with two towers, a connecting lobby, six high-speed efficient lifts, and a host of simple yet effective considerations.

Shah continues: “These include adequate natural lighting; effective natural ventilation; solar glass to reduce heat gain within the building; solar shading ledges; low water consumption sanitary fittings; low power usage LED light fittings; and energy modelling to minimise greenhouse gas emissions.”

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“Meanwhile, we have decided to focus on three main areas for our CSR activities: food, water and education.”

Outstanding investment

As such, Dunhill Towers is set to become an innovative pioneer within the local industry, as the first Green Star Office V1.1 project in the region and outside of South Africa. Actually exceeding Green Star benchmarks across its VOC compliancy and its building tuning, the building owner has also assured a commitment to ensuring that the building performs as designed and will be monitored as such via a biannual productivity study.

“Jerry Yudelson, PE, LEED(r) Fellow, and author of 13 full-length professional and trade books on green buildings, integrated design, green homes, water conservation, building performance and sustainable development has commended Dunhill Towers as a “major step forward in Commercial Green Buildings in Kenya”, during his recent visit to the project,” Shah notes.

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children to go to school and to ensure that health standards rise through the provision of clean water. To date the programme has completed 280 such bore-wells in the dry areas of Kenya and has now moved to solar-run water pumps that are far more efficient and more effective.”

A further example saw Doshi adopt a unit for 22 children with cerebral palsy, providing them with food, care and necessary equipment; and such initiatives are testament not only to the Company’s compassionate nature, but also to its understanding “Investing in human resources is a critical of the surroundings it operates in. success factor... Our staff are among the This particular initiative started with best paid within the industry and subjected to continuous training both in-house and 22 children with cerebral palsy and has outsourced.” now grown to 120 children providing for all their needs. The plan is to now increase the reach to 250 children by establishing a world class centre in Inevitably addressing areas of Kenya. sustainability as a consequence, “Dunhill is proud to do such CSR Dunhill has made it a concerted focus activities to ensure we take care of the since day one to have a positive needy in society, and country expertise impact on Kenya and the wider region; is therefore one of the four key whether that’s from a green building differentiators we have identified to perspective, a human resource point of engaging in a relationship with Dunhill view, or even from a corporate social Consulting,” Shah concludes.”The responsibility (CSR) angle. other three are technology, focus, “Investing in human resources is a and delivery, and our results speak for critical success factor,” Shah says to themselves. this end. “Our staff are among the best “We tailor-make the plan to suit the paid within the industry and subjected product and our unique approach is to continuous training both in-house founded on the co-development of and outsourced. expectations for service and value, “Meanwhile, we have decided to as well as a “value scorecard” which focus on three main areas for our CSR enables clients to continuously activities: food, water and education. measure our performance, converting Led by our Projects Director, Bharat the relationship from a cost into an Doshi at present we participate in outstanding investment. a programme to feed more than “With the rapid expansion of 1,500 school children a hot meal daily Greater Nairobi and the phenomenal in different schools in slums. This pace of construction within Kenya, we programme is being expanded to are now embarking on developing a continue the work and feed more. The solid footprint, especially for the estate result has been healthier children who agency business that will allow us, if now attend more regularly. all goes well, to cover all of Nairobi “Secondly, we have a programme within the next two years, key towns to dig bore-wells in remote areas for in Kenya over the next four years, and the local communities that allow more the region by 2025.”

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